Keep the rumors comin'—The truth of Jessica's departure

[tsubaki874.livejournal.com]

Upon completing their Tokyo Dome Tour on June 24th, Girl’s Generation has launched into full preparations for their July comeback.

However, on June 21st, screenshots of a “Catch Me If You Can” music video that included Jessica surfaced with the full music video leaking just hours later. In addition, it was revealed that a Jessica & Krystal subunit had finished recording their album and a complete music video but was cancelled, along with plans for a second season of Jessica & Krystal the tv program.

Upon this news, user @RealSamchon, took to Twitter to reveal details about Jessica, stating that she was initially supposed to go on hiatus after Girls Generation finished their dome tour as 9 on the 24th. RealSamchon is known to have a great deal of insider information about Girl’s Generation, and is a prominent figure in the international SONE community.

Koreaboo has compiled tweets and rumors to summarize the rumors and speculations by both RealSamchon, OnionTaker and others.

Following news reports of her leaving Girls’ Generation in 2014, RealSamchon tweeted that she was planning on leaving next year (2015) anyway.

called a sone friend. he was unbelievably calm. he says "jessica wanted to quit anyway. it's just that she didn't finish it to the last."

— Samchon (@RealSamchon) October 2, 2014

yeah she was going to leave the team next year anyway...

— Samchon (@RealSamchon) October 2, 2014

RealSamchon then revealed that Jessica’s plans to leave were reported by newspapers. Supposedly, Jessica had plan to go on hiatus rather than leaving the group all together following the Girl’s Generation Tokyo Dorm tour. As a whole, the group had mentally prepared for her leave, recorded “Catch Me If You Can” as their Tokyo Dome tour single, and decided on “Divine” to be Jessica’s farewell song to Sones before going on hiatus.

However, it seems that when Jessica had second thoughts and asked to stay in the group, her members, who had already prepared for her farewell concert and her hiatus plans, did not want to let her back in the group.

CMIYC had to be Tokyo Dome concert single. Jessica's quit ruined the single and the other members had to record it again, after the concert.

— Samchon (@RealSamchon) June 21, 2015

you can never be girls' generation if you don't devote your soul. jessica wasn't fully into the team. let her do her business.

— Samchon (@RealSamchon) June 21, 2015

you can never be a team with an half-minded member. that's how jessica wanted to be a girls' generation member.

— Samchon (@RealSamchon) June 21, 2015

oh did I tell you jessica was going to leave anyway? the members prepared for her last stage tho...

— Samchon (@RealSamchon) June 21, 2015

can you believe divine was the song for jessica's farewell?

— Samchon (@RealSamchon) June 21, 2015

the company and the members prepared for a beautiful farewell at tokyo dome...which was screwed anyway...

— Samchon (@RealSamchon) June 21, 2015

If true, this would support the wording behind Jessica’s breaking Weibo post on September 30th saying, “I was excited about our upcoming fan events only to shockingly be informed by my company and 8 others that as of today, I’m no longer a member. I’m devastated – my priority and love is to serve as a member of GG, but for no justifiable reason, I am being forced out..”

Another well-known fan, John Yoo, @Oniontaker, confirmed RealSamchon’s words in a series of tweets as well.

Pete Samchon is not incorrect. In an alternative reality where 9/30 didn't happen, on this day of 6/24, Jess would be on hiatus.

— John Yoo (@oniontaker) June 21, 2015

You can tell how long people have been involved in the fandom by seeing if they know who RealSamchon is or not lol

— John Yoo (@oniontaker) June 22, 2015

while doesn't mean he is to be ignored. I used to put him up there with Johnny and silis in terms of the ones that talked with the public.

— John Yoo (@oniontaker) June 22, 2015

In addition, when Jessica’s leave was first revealed, many were confused since SM had revealed earlier that year that the group had resigned for another 3 years. However, Oniontaker addressed this topic as well.

Pro-tip: if your resident "insider" tells you that SM artists talk contracts with SM at any other time than the beginning of the year, run.

— John Yoo (@oniontaker) June 22, 2015

Meanwhile, Girl’s Generation is preparing for a July comeback, teasing fans with new hair cuts and colors while Jessica has been busy with her company BLANC & ECLARE, launched an $18,000 watch project, and was recently featured in BEAUTY+.

Sources: Koreaboo,
Samchon, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
John Yoo, 9, 10, 11, 12
This was one hell of a post and my first time embedding Tweets. My apologies if they were embedded wrong!

Comments

[a-cheshire-grin.livejournal.com]

If they hadn't kicked her out, there wouldn't have been any need to rerecord the MV. xddd

And wow @ the "devote your soul"-tweet. Most Kpop-fans are pretty delulu.

[tsubaki874.livejournal.com]

I just find it hilarious that she "wasn't devoted", when most of the members have been missing from multiple performances for filming dramas lmao

[ggumd.livejournal.com]

ok but what is all of this supposed to show? wasnt it known she was gonna leave anyway?

[tsubaki874.livejournal.com]

Apparently she was supposed to pull a Suju Kibum so who knows anymore

[mlmello.livejournal.com]

I'm a little confused about this "farewell" thing.. sm was thinking about announcing jessica's hiatus, saying that tokyo dome would be their last stage as ot9 beforehand? it's not a farewell stage if the fans didn't know this at the time. the outcome would be the same that we have now. you can't simply say "well, that single, that mv and that concert were jessica's farewell".

[tsubaki874.livejournal.com]

If it was such a farewell stage they would've kept her debut video/picture in the montage since there was obviously a space for her lmao

[miwa201.livejournal.com]

honestly, i'm still a bit iffy as to why the members/sm "kicked" jessica out right before the chinese fanmeet tour and near tokyo dome. she must have done something big that pissed the girls off and i wonder what that is.

anyway, those tweets are so dramatic tho lmao. you can't be a member of snsd if you don't devote your soul? if you're half-minded? plz tell that to sunny and yuri. taeyeon seems to be alive only during tts promos. both sides of this conflict are ridiculous.

[mspopstar.livejournal.com]

I guess her flip-flopping pushed them over the edge.
If she hadn't got public on her Weibo, it may have been resolved internally to keep the facade up? Sigh, we'll never know…

[bloodtaki2.livejournal.com]

Sme is so fucking stupid they could have made bank with a farewell concert, special album, and so on. You want money, that was the perfect occasion, Jessica fans would have eaten that shit till the end! Sme as a business doesn't make sense.

[bunica1990.livejournal.com]

Mte

[mspopstar.livejournal.com]

Ehhh at this point all of this is just twisting the knife. What's done is done.
We're basically getting what we would have if 9/30 didn't happen: a Jessi-less comeback, with the girls eager to prove they still "got it". Feelings between SM/OT8 and Jessica are just an added mess.

(I sure would have enjoyed this Jungsis song/MV/album though)

[mamamoos.livejournal.com]

yes to a jekry album and another season of their show </3

[4minutesluts.livejournal.com]

is there any sadder descriptor of a person than "prominent figure in the international SONE community"

[kjc48.livejournal.com]

+1

LMAO I was side-eyeing that too lol

[siaht.livejournal.com]

Who the hell cares. They (SME + the other 8) kicked her out, end of story. You don't do that to anyone unless you have really good reasons.

I'm rooting for Jessica.

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

you can never be girls' generation if you don't devote your soul

rme
everyone (except hardcore sones) knows that soshis popularity is declining. jessica did the right thing, she prepared her life after SNSD which is smart as fuck. look at SES, look at finKL, look at the wonder girls. most of these girls are in the dungeon and you've never heard of them again after their breakup/hiatus. the soshi girls wont be popular anymore in 10-15 years from now, except maybe 1 or 2 of them.
"devoting your soul" to a brand that had its peak years ago and will only be active for 1-2 more years is fucking delusional.

also, samchon & oniontaker.......... no comment.

[4minutesluts.livejournal.com]

if there's one group of people I look to for reasoned perspectives on issues, it's two grown men who spend an uncomfortable amount of time on being fans of a fucking pop group

[myra9.livejournal.com]

Why would money-hungry sm kick out one of the popular members, risk getting their stocks drop drastically and not milking that one last album for unjustified reason?

I believe Jessica must've done something really bad to get on sm's bad side.

[ggumd.livejournal.com]

ikr people are calling sm money hungry but if they were truly money hungry wouldn't they have kept her and milked her departure? Something jessica did or wanted to do must have been the breaking point and they were like nope and people tend to forget jessica was over the idol life (she clearly showed it) like never forget her response to a question asking if she ever thought about leaving snsd "I think about it several times a day"

[kjc48.livejournal.com]

At this point everyone involved needs to let go and move on. ALL 9 are doing well and are happy (for how long...idk). Sones should be happy that they're not down to OT6 8 years into their career. Out of every korean girl group their original line up lasted the longest.

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

Out of every korean girl group their original line up lasted the longest.

lies, what about BEG

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

Devoted? SNSD had 17 days of work in 6 months and Yoona has been in China for months so they can both GTFOHWTBS

I had hoped this post wouldn't make it here...those two are speculating and come off as assholes

Jessica be like:

[rennehollic.livejournal.com]

this will never get old

[simplyseasalt.livejournal.com]

In situations like members leaving/breaking apart from groups, I don't get the people running around believing rumors because they're all believing stuff while still in the shadows of what actually went on. There's no need to take this stuff seriously either. It's kpop for goodness sakes, not some inseparable part of your life that must be taken personally. It's a lot easier to just like what/who you like and leave it at that...makes being a fan easier than taking imaginary sides and believing narratives to fit how you want to see it.

Anyway, it's always odd to run into comments about betraying the group or not being loyal because again this is kpop and those that write comments like that are not necessarily pissed of how members leave but that they leave in general.

[leopolitan.livejournal.com]

its so weird to me that sm goes to such great lengths to chain down their other artists and straight up let sulli take a hiatus from work for a year but they let jess go so easily? she just strikes me as being way more valuable to the company than sulli or any exo members

[xchubbycheeks.livejournal.com]

Wait, can someone find and leak anything from the Jung!sis sub-unit? I want I want!

[gingasaur.livejournal.com]

the real loss here is jungsis subunit songs and possibly more j&k :(

[mamamoos.livejournal.com]

mte

[huanyia.livejournal.com]

she still gets public recognition whether she stayed in gg or not?

[atopworld.livejournal.com]

All I got from this was, Jessica changed her mind after thinking about it and they were like 'NOPE, fuck you, we're already mad'. Otherwise, I didn't get much of anything from this.

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

p much

[lolylen.livejournal.com]

the whole devote your soul to the group or put the group before ur own life mindset some kpop fans seems to have is so ridiculous.
i can't take anyone srsly the moment they talk abt it.

[yakuniku-8.livejournal.com]

Let it go! Let it go!
Or at least give us something new

[agentgoodnight.livejournal.com]

Lol. Clearly something big went down, I don't buy Jessica using the victim card or SM's innocent OT8 spin, but this is just sad. Investing this much energy and time into the subject seems exhausting. Everyone seems happy and Jessica is doing her thing, can't people just be happy for both parties?

[a-cheshire-grin.livejournal.com]

NO, THIS IS KOP!!! This is SERIOUS BUSINESS!!! Nobody is allowed to be happy here! >:(

xddd

[jeit91.livejournal.com]

is she still contracted to SM, but just not a GG member? Why can't she promote her stuff with her sister? (if she is?)

[mspopstar.livejournal.com]

Because SM won't help her anymore.

[rennehollic.livejournal.com]

(http://tinypic.com?ref=30i841d)

move on people!
move on!

[lydz19.livejournal.com]

What I find the most scary is fans turning against Jessica now like she is the devil and the only one responsible for whatever happened.

[sayuridoll.livejournal.com]

don't forget now she's just a traitor chinese AMERICAN!!!!11!!!!

[luxelet.livejournal.com]

insider sones are so dumb and keep perpetuating sones into delusional territory. strange how so many of them cling to their words, rather than jessica's own weibo/sm's post confirming jessica's weibo

and even if she WAS planing to leave...so what. she changed her mind, had a change of heart, if this was any other group the members would have been understanding and let her back w/open arms.

this reminds me of how heechul was unsure if he wanted to continue being an idol during sorry, sorry and was debating a hiatus but the members let him chill bts and take time off, telling him he could back whenever if he wanted. or when onew went on a hiatus that was obviously him not wanting to be an idol anymore. or when amber went mia the first time, the groups were silently supportive...sad that snsd had such an extreme reaction to jessica wanting to venture and try new things on the side

[ah-mui.livejournal.com]

All this. The tweets only show that the remaining 8 are so adamant that once you're out you're out. Nope sorry no takebacks