FNC to debut another boy group despite being unable to manage the ones they already have

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

FNC Preparing To Debut NEOZ Dance Team, Now Called SF9

FNC Entertainment is gearing up to debut its first dance group. The group is the first rookie dance team to go through FNC’s training system “NEOZ SCHOOL,” and will be called SF9 (Sensational First 9).

Sensational, meaning the group will take the world by storm, First, meaning FNC’s first male dance group, and 9, the numerical representation of the Chinese character for ‘long time,’ meaning the group’s popularity will last forever.

The members of SF9 are Young Bin, In Seong, Jae Yoon, Da Won, Ju Ho, Ro Woon, Tae Yang, Hwi Young, and Cha Ni. They previously participated in the Mnet survival show “d.o.b,” where they, they dance team, emerged victorious in a battle with FNC’s band team for a chance at debut.





FNC Entertainment to Debut First Male Dance Group ′SF9′

Agency FNC Entertainment has officially begun preparing the debut of their first male dance group.

FNC′s training system Neoz School confirmed the release of their first dance group under the name SF9.

SF9 stands for "Sensational First 9," and consists of 9 talented dance members Youngbin, Inseong, Jaeyoon, Taeyang, Hwiyoung, Chani, Dawon, Rowoon, and Zuho. The 9 members appeared on Mnet′s survival reality program d.o.b as the dance trainee team and competed again the band team. At the time, the dance team beat the band team and got the chance to debut under FNC.

SF9 plans to meet with fans through a variety of activities before their debut. SF9′s agency FNC Entertainment opened SF9 official SNS channels on August 22 and also released SF9′s team logo as well as a logo poster. The official homepage was also opened on August 22 and SF9 plans to greet their fans through Naver V app at 6PM KST.

Meanwhile, SF9′s promotion schedule can be found on their officialy homepage and official SNS channels.




They have a whole bunch of video here

soompi, naver, mwave, FNC v live, 

Comments

[soyunatetera.livejournal.com]

Is it profitable to keep debuting new idol groups? I understand why there was a boom of new groups the last couple of years with the growth on profits in the kpop world, but with that there were so many that didn't accomplish anything after that, that I thought maybe it would stop the boom of debuts

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

I think FNC doesn't really have a choice with them
They've been injecting lots of money into this group and releasing teasers and other vids for a while (I think they've been "officially" around for a year or so - not counting previous training) so not debuting them would be a waste of money

There has been speculations that all the rushed comebacks (cnblue, fnc, aoa) were to finance them

[soyunatetera.livejournal.com]

I wish there were less debuts in general, a lot of kids get lost in this saturated market

[seulgibear.livejournal.com]

so many stupid group names lately, has kpop run out of ideas? i like their logo tho

[belintuchiha.livejournal.com]

Zuho though lmao

[boxcuttergirl.livejournal.com]

they went through a lot to debut, i just hope fnc doesn't fuck them over

plus they're all amazing dancers

[pbutterlion.livejournal.com]

lols this group. i watched dob and lmao only a few are talented. the rest still should practice and get better. w groups like bts and nct out here rn they are lacking in appeal, looks, dance wise and no one has an extra special voice or outstanding talent whatsoever.

i feel for them bc this company totally should hire a better teacher bc they are such shit dancers. their choreos were all over the place on the show. sigh

[miuratenshi.livejournal.com]

Justice for N.Flying.

But I'm still excited to hear their debut song.

[horichansenpai.livejournal.com]

That feel when two boy groups make their debut before Youkyung even makes her AOA comeback... #fnclogic

Speaking of that other one, justice for n.flying [2], are they yet another group fated to chill in Japan 90% of their time now?

[scionofawhisper.livejournal.com]

lol, it's amazing that japan's music market is so huge that it can even absorb all sorts of kpop rejects as a small part of it, and still totally support all sorts of their own artists and some other foreign ones, while Korea can't even support their own...

[aidolls.livejournal.com]

Japan's population is around 130 million, while S. Korea's is around 50 million. Not to mention that CDs in Japan are like three/four times the price of Korean CDs... It honestly makes sense for flop groups to focus on Japan or other Asian countries, especially considering how oversaturated the idol market is in Korea. Top groups should probably focus on S. Korea, because focusing too much on the international market can negatively affect how they're doing in Korea (like KARA or Wonder Girls). But if you're already unlikely to be a top group in Korea, it's worth it, imo.

[reader17.livejournal.com]

Not that FT Island or CNBlue is going anywhere but they will need to go in the military in a few years. I would imagine they have to start getting more groups setup.

AOA will still be here, and I have no clue what they are doing with N. Flying so I guess they are trying to get the Dance team started then they will have to get the other new band started and get them all established before FT Island and CNBlue are serving. But that is just my thoughts, since it seems to take at least a year to two years before new groups start getting recognized and even then some groups don't get recognized.

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

That would be true if FNC knew how to manage more than 2 groups but that's not the case
Juniel left because she wasn't able to get anything done for years

CNBlue oldest member has a good 3 years ahead of him, the two oldest ft have 4 years and Nflying just debuted
And even with that logic it doesn't justify FNC cutting short everybody's promo...
I mean there's reason why FT are considering leaving this shit show