What happened to MBLAQ and J Tune Camp??

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

Last year a netizen found MBLAQ trophies at a flea market, and very recently J. Tune Camp's only other group Madtown transferred agencies. It turns out these events are related and part of a bigger story that MBLAQ member G.O (who is currently enlisted) spilled to his fans through his fan cafe on Feb 14. Read the translated messages below.

G.O:

Hello

Have you guys ate dinner?

Can you give me a time to talk for today?

I will tell you

First, I sincerely apologize for cursing at chatting last weekend

I did not had any intention to call out anyone etc., but it was very controverisial enough

I felt guilty toward fans since few years ago

It's because I felt like I did not do enough to pay back

I was very busy myself during beginning and middle stage of debut
and did not felt relaxed enough to look back at others and thankful toward love that fans gave

I had to send away precious fingers when I gradually came to learn to appreciate these

I thought of enlisting at that point

However, I thought that it was not mannerful to fans. Us three released album after discussing endlessly

JTC promised for total of 2 mini albums and a fan meeting

However, there was no album after Mirror

They chose official fans for A+ 4th season, but they didn't hold a fanmeeting

We complained about it to JTC every single day, but they didn't respond

I told JTC that I will hold a fanmeeting by using my own money because I felt very
guilty toward fans and wanted to payback in anyways that I can

However, JTC did not let me do that and time passed by without any progress

I felt puzzled at the fact that JTC had no power to release album anymore and was
not making any plans for it

I enlisted after discussing about it with other members. I thought a lot during that time

Since my personality tends to be very mischievous and feel very burdened at receiving
unconditional love by anyone, I thought a lot that what did I have done to fans as a singer
and celebrity

Therefore, I wanted to be closer to fans and take off unncessary wall

I think that my desire to do it led to that mistake

I apologize once again about it

I really wanted to fulfill responsibility for a fanmeeting

However, as you all know, we all have very different enlisting period.

I really wanted to meet you guys as soon as possible

I feel sure that Cheolyong and Seungho feel the same way

Therefore, I wanted to paln and make it happen as soon as possible

I want to clarify about some controversies and rumors

As for fancafe and Goduck, which is my personal fanpage, it was because JTC
existed and there was a fanstaff at a period when I was being very careful about things

I informed fans through Goduck because I was very cautious about informing stuffs
because there are some members who are still active

I did that because Goduck Goduck is a place where you can be anymous and that it is
reliable since it was owned since beginning of debut

JTC is gone as time passed by

Fancafe manager does not exist

I informed about personal news through Goduck, but I wanted to inform plans about
official fanmeeting through chatting. It was fun and did not thought that it will be controversial

Controversy happened and when I was trying to comprehend through fanpage, my instinct
came that they are tryign to prepare for fanmeeting as how they prepared for previous
supports and birthday gifts since they had a chatting

I wanted to stop it, so I went into thechat and told them not to prepare for a fanmeeting
since I would use my own money for it. I apolgozied to some who were there at that time

However, it was also a mistake. Therefore, I wanted to apologize in last weekend through
fancafe chatting.

Another guess. About contract, leaving MBLAQ, portal websites, and JTC label being disappeared from my profile

Didn't you guys wanted me to get out JTC badly..

I really wanted to erase JTC from my own profile the very first thing after JTC was gone

However, I was not able to imagine that I would get bashed for not signing up again or that
I left MBLAQ

I will let you all know that all thee of us are not related to JTC in terms of contract.

It's because JTC is gone

I often have phone conversations with other members

I just talked with Seungho and said we should release album after all of us get discharged

I often have a phone conversation with Cheolyong and share about music related stuffs

I do not know if you guys can remember this, but I told you guys before entering training
center last year that I might not be a singer when we meet again

I still feel that way

I do not want to meet you guys in terms of singer and fans

I was hurt too much while being a singer and being under companies, along with
having to experience physical departing twice regardless of my intentions and desires

I thought that it is not a happiness that I want

Therefore, I want to have a comfortable relationship like friends.

Oh, I didn't felt a necessity to follow them on Instagram because we keep in touch
with each other very often

I will follow them immediately

I hope that it was a good enough answer

I promise you guys

Fanmeeting will definetely be hold in February 2018

We will hold fanmeeting once again when all three of us get discharged from military

I will inform all official news through fancafe every single time in the future as long as
my rights are maintained

I will tell you guys about trophy

I cursed out all curses that I know since I was born to company

They gave us excuses that it happened while combinign 2 containers that they kept into
one, but are we 2 years old?

I did not heard a reply that they got thse back despite calling them few times and company
just disappeared

Everyone, I have all albums that was released including my own single

Of course..I am keeping all letters that I received from fans

I truly love MBLAQ and A+s a lot.

Please don't think that it is disappearing as time goes by

I promise to definetely pay back for these 7 years that was not good as we hoped and
thought that it will be

MBLAQ lasts forever as long as us three do not fight and fight

Oh, I kept looking for Lisa from Goduck because I wanted to suggest somet higns to her
in order to receive help for what I plan and attempt to do

Please do not misunderstand about it

Starting from 2018, let's stay together for at least 200 days a year

Stay happy and please do not misunderstand in other terms

I will not be under entertain company anymore

The fact that I said it does not mean that my thoughts and thoughts of other members
about it are same

I hope that you guys will not misunderstand about it

I only told you all about my own thoughts and opinions exclusively

All of us are doing very well

You guys will have to prepare for a handkerchief when you guys learn that how much
all three of us got hurt in the future...

Forever MBLA+Q

Have a good night!

Bye

Sources: english translations by @aplus0727 1 2 3 4 | screen cap credit: 밥보다양승호

tldr: J. Tune Camp disappeared, MBLAQ is probably over

bob_dabuilda summarized it well in the comments here and here

Comments

[klauses.livejournal.com]

aw man, this sucks. i really liked these guys. i feel bad about neglecting mblaq after my two faves left, but none of the guys deserve this. what a shitty company.

i hope one of them has that trophy.

[rucci87.livejournal.com]

Don't say "MBLAQ is probably over" yet.

Seungho haven't enlist. ( he will probably in March )
Mir and G.O will discharge from military service next year in July and February respectively.

We never know what is going to happen. People can change their mind.
As long as there is no official statement from all 3 of them, MBLAQ is still there.
We need to wait.

**Poor my hairy bear G.O ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ..guys give him a big hug please**
ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

Aww I'm sorry! I really hope it works out for them, they don't deserve what JTC did. Maybe G.O will have a change of heart when he's out and they form a new company together. :)

btw thanks for your comment earlier, it made me do research and then make this. I'm glad my nugu boys were able to find a new home instead of just disappearing like their former company.

[greywonderland.livejournal.com]

wow.. I feel so bad for them

[bob-dabuilda.livejournal.com]

So JTC went broke and dissolved as a company, the three were let out of their contracts, and when packing up former employees DGAF and just got rid of the trophies.

Damn that company is fucked up, especially since Seungho got hit upside the head by a glass bottle by a former higher up.

Well G.O. can't be mad at Joon and Thunder for leaving that hellhole, they were thinking ahead.

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

thanks for your summary, tbh i did not fully understand his statement. that just sucks.


i wonder how rain feels about this since jtune was his company

[2cutelena.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the summary. That shit is long and I ain't no time traveling So Joon that an arse with a heart of go,d. I'm a Ross and my ass will fall asleep so thanks for this.

[bmo.livejournal.com]

damn this is so fucking sad it made me tear up a little bit.. that it was so bad that it made him lose his passion for singing is really so sad. i feel really bad for them :c

[bmo.livejournal.com]

also u can rly tell how sorry he is about everything :/ even tho its not his fault

[carra-mia.livejournal.com]

"You guys will have to prepare for a handkerchief when you guys learn that how much
all three of us got hurt in the future..."

Damm, he went all dramatic but it's not like I can blame him.

[bob-dabuilda.livejournal.com]

Well a higher smacked Seungho with a glass bottle so he's just keepin' it real.

[kyokomurasaki.livejournal.com]

I feel so bad for them. To think that they got treated so badly by their label that he doesn't even want to do music anymore... honestly, I don't blame him. In an ideal world they'd sue for damages but idk how realistic of a possibility that actually is.

[supersunshiner.livejournal.com]

i really liked mblaq too, stay was a bop !! and thunder and g.o. were two of my faves :( it's so sad that going through all of this made him lose his passion ..

[jinkiestabi.livejournal.com]

Fans knew MBLAQ was over a long time ago. We knew it when they just enlisted out of the blue. I knew it when some piece of shit higher up hit Seungho in the head with a glass bottle. But to know that those issues are just the tip of the iceberg? Unimaginable.

I figured that something happened when Madtown just hopped to a different company but for JTC to just disappear and then not inform the guys of anything. I mean, isn't Mir's brother-in-law the CEO or was the CEO? What the hell was going on?

No matter what, this is upsetting to read. I knew G.O was going through things and it was in relation to the company. To be put through so much that he doesn't even want to be a singer anymore? I hope all the people involved in this BS get the karma they deserve.

I wish they would have jumped ship when Thunder and Joon left. I hope they'll tell fans what the reason was for not doing so.

[cosmopudin.livejournal.com]

this is so sad bcs MBLAQ was so fucking famous & good before?
like they blew over & poor management screwed them over
They were so goof for variety too, Mir to this day is my fave MC for everything
This is so sad :(

[cosmopudin.livejournal.com]

Also they are so talented.
G.O. has a killer voice

[juhli.livejournal.com]

Man, G.O. sounds like he's at his bottom.
To read what happened with the company and how they just withhold all information like that is making me shake my head. clearly communication wasn't a priority on their list at all. It must have been crazy frustrating for the guys to just live day by day, not knowing what is happening and not being able to do anything. I'm still shocked at what happened to Seungho.

[xxmannequin.livejournal.com]

This is so sad. Idk how do you recover from this. They burned out so fast, were treated like shit from their company for years.. It's no wonder they/G.O would feel like giving up on their dreams and losing the passion. :/

I wish them all the best in the future, it's been years since I heard anything good related to MBLAQ. :( Ugh, good ol' days of Oh Yeah and Y and LeeJoon being on every show possible, showing off his abs at every occasion, being his dumb self and Mir being one of the funniest idols everrr. :( </3

[sra-interesante.livejournal.com]

i made that post because it broked my heart to see part of mblaq success on a flea market ..... now this end up making sense in the worse way i could imagine (when mblaq came to my country i could see with my own 2 eyes their company was a sad mess, i actually imagened they could go broke) *sigh*

but GO has been very brave after all this mess and i appreciate when idols consider fans feelings when agency doesnt

this could pass like a disbanment statement 😢

[xxhna.livejournal.com]

that's so sad. i loved mblaq when they debuted. they were so fun and charismatic. it sucks how their management really mismanaged them. why does that seem to be a central theme in the kpop industry -___-

[jazzy4heard.livejournal.com]

Wow, JTC is such a mess...
It felt like MBLAQ was going to be one of top bbs back then.
Cry will always be one of my favorite Kpop songs.

[lechuza-yoya.livejournal.com]

what Seungho is doing? why did he do not enlist sooner?

I hope 3 of them can do music together and be successful.

[jaelissi.livejournal.com]

They could have stood a chance if they had peaced out at the same time as Joon and SangHyun, but they stayed and let JTC bleed them out completely. I honestly resented GO for how he treated the members who left after. Ofc I always wished them the best and I kept an eye on MadTown as MBLAQ's dongsaeng group cause MBLAQ was the first group I ever stanned. Maybe since it ended up like this, the members can reconcile in the future. The MBLAQ name isn't worthless at this point. They can still save it ㅠ

[bob-dabuilda.livejournal.com]

Joon and Thunder saw what time it was and knew MBLAQ wouldn't go any further. Looking back I bet G.O. feels foolish for speaking out against them. Kinda like Tao when Kris knew what was up and peace'd out. LOL

[scionofawhisper.livejournal.com]

Dang man. -_- I didn't understand everything in his letter...
But it reminded me of a video I watched not to long ago of Rain saying he was preparing another boy group to debut in a year or two!? like don't you see what happened to mblaq.. -_-;

[reader17.livejournal.com]

This makes me so sad. I was upset when Joon and thunder left but hearing about this is heart breaking. Mblaq was good Iiked their songs, voices and them on varities. I was hoping when they were done with their enlistment that they would have a come back. Hopefully when G.O. gets out he can find his passion in singing again, maybe those three should just start their own label, sorta like B2st. That way it would be their company and he can help decide what they do.

[edanz-castle.livejournal.com]

What a pity. I use to love MBLAQ so much so it's really sad to hear about this.

[psharp10.livejournal.com]

mblaq used to be so good, i feel really bad for them ;; they should've left with thunder and joon tbh