IZ*ONE member agencies reportedly agreed to continue group activities

[juhli.livejournal.com]

#Update: 10Asia shares members of IZ*ONE and their respective agencies have come to an agreement to continue activities https://t.co/IBczq27KSp

— 파룬 (@balloon_wanted) January 6, 2020

10Asia shares members of IZ*ONE and their respective agencies have come to an agreement to continue activities.
Following recent news of IZ*ONE to continue activities, it if shared by SPOTV that activities could resume as soon as this month.

source: balloon_wanted 1 2, Daum 1 2

Comments

[bloodtaki2.livejournal.com]

Small mercies. This better not be empty words. Protect these poor girls.

To think Big Bang are coming back without an ounce of shame and here, X1 are disbanding because of something that was beyond their control.

[azoarka.livejournal.com]

I'm so excited! I need Fiesta right now!

They were always in a different position than X1 bc they signed that contract, unlike X1. That said, this whole mess wasted months of their time when they're already on a time-limited contract....

[dior-chic.livejournal.com]

Yea I think they disband in April 2021? Time goes by fast

[myrrhcat.livejournal.com]

i feel like them continuing while x1 disbands is gonna get them a lot of backlash... :/

[rainstormraider.livejournal.com]

Same.

They will get shitted on a lot and the blatant misogyny already on record will be amped up.

[coyote-revolver.livejournal.com]

Ugh, I didn’t think of that :( dammit.

[spread.livejournal.com]

Oh, damn.
Good point!
:(

[welljustguess.livejournal.com]

Agree

[gathyou.livejournal.com]

I'm relieved, I'm not a super-fan but I've enjoyed their releases so far (and I loved the preview for Bloomiz) + the members aren't responsible for this mess, it would have been unfair to see them disband. It already must have been so stressful to scrap everything they had been busy preparing just the day before the release and wait without any promotion, even solo schedules in Japan.

[katheli.livejournal.com]

I actually like Izone well enough but people always say the members aren't responsible, when according to sources some were given choreos etc before other "non-chosen" ones...obvs you wouldn't expect them to speak up about that being trainees with their one shot at making it, but still they gotta have known they were at an unfair advantage there.

that said I really want that album, so eh. They should probably downplay the whole center/ranking thing though since nobody knows how much that was tempered with...

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

I'm just happy that for once, girls get to keep their jobs while the boys are now unemployed. I know this sounds harsh but in this misogynistic world I expected vice versa.

[lizanka23.livejournal.com]

agreed. my first thought was "finally a girl group survives a scandal" lol

[kyulkyung.livejournal.com]

a win for feminism

[thomaswilmoore.livejournal.com]

thank god

[spread.livejournal.com]

I'm so happy about this news.
These young ladies have been through hell and back again.
They deserve the best tbh.

[thebloomroom.livejournal.com]

Happy for them and hope they don’t suffer any further! I am so bummed about X1, im glad both groups aren’t suffering the same consequence. But i am worried for how hard it will be to promote given the stigma. Still, at least they can promote. Fuck mnet

[ohlookshiny.livejournal.com]

good. i didn’t need 2 fave groups disbanding in a day.

now drop aoty bloom*iz

[annayism.livejournal.com]

yessssss

[welljustguess.livejournal.com]

I dont care whether thry continue or not, i just want to know the true rankings and that mnet should compensate the eliminated-manipulately trainees

[cairistiona.livejournal.com]

they're never going to release the true rankings because it would ruin the reputations of all the trainees; not all of them were in on it and shouldn't be punished for what their agencies & mnet did. mnet have said they won't do it and will just compensate the idols & companies who were disadvantaged quietly

[welljustguess.livejournal.com]

I see, didnt know that Mnet decided to compensate the disadvantaged trainee quietly.
That's good, but I still hope that they at least announce the disadvantaged trainee just so that they got recognition again :(
It's sad that they're not going anywhere

[myungung.livejournal.com]

can't wait for them to comeback, and I'm sure the girls will be relieved it's finally happening. hopefully their fandom can continue to support them while they tide over the mess that may unfurl.

[cairistiona.livejournal.com]

i'm so relieved!!! i need the album so much, i love all their songs. i loved i.o.i a lot but honestly iz*one's discography is way more my style, it's so good!

i was refunded the preorder....but i wanted all the preorder goodies so the moment it gets a rerelease i'm gonna reorder it again lol

[lizanka23.livejournal.com]

yay! of course the companies behind the shows are mainly responsible for this mess but it feels good to see a girl group survive when usually the smallest scandal brings them crashing down