New trademark filings reveal YG's new girl group likely to be named 'Baby Monster'

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

It's highly likely that YG's new girl group will be named 'Baby Monster.'

Following YG's confirmations they're preparing to launch a new girl group later this year, speculations of the group and member names are pouring online causing rising expectations and interest.

Among the most popular group names rumored, 'Baby Monster' seems to be the most likely name for the group after new trademark filings related to the name have surfaced once again.

YG previously registered Korean and English name 'Baby Monster' with Korean Intellectual Property in August last year and is currently undergoing trademark application process since March this year with expected formal registration to be processed sooner or later this year. In addition, YG has also applied for related trademarks like "BAEMON" believed to be abbreviation for the group.

In addition, during 'Treasure Map Season 2', a sticker labeled "BABY MONSTER DANCE STUDIO" was spotted on the door of a practice room inside YG's new building further solidifying the rumors.



The rumored trainees to join the new girl group are Chinese trainees Wang Syu (born 2000) and Wei Chen (stage name: Jane, 1999 liner) who appeared in YG's Chinese survival show last year and are currently trainees under YG's Chinese label "Yang Xing Culture."

Trainees Kang Seo-jin of SBS 'Kpop Star 4' (2000 liner) and other YG trainees from 2005 to 2006 line are expected to join.







sources: dailynaver, Hankook Ilbo

Comments

[frequency.livejournal.com]

awful name

[pikapika217.livejournal.com]

but what about BP......

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

It's been 5 years since their debut. 2NE1 also only lasted 5 years before they got locked in the dungeon 💀

[pikapika217.livejournal.com]

but all they've been is locked in the dungeon, this is a mess!

[senshicalico.livejournal.com]

it blows my mind it's been 5 years. Almost every other girl group (that isn't super nugu) has out out more tracks in 2-3 years than they have in over 5, solors included!

[chiives.livejournal.com]

good luck to bp

[camouflagecat.livejournal.com]

Baemon is kinda cute imo, makes it's like a name for a Digimon lol.

[timetobegin.livejournal.com]

I feel like I've seen this name float around for a while now..... I think its cute personally. As for BP, I don't think this debut'll stop them from being influencers? And given that thats their main value, YG isn't gonna retire them until they stop being trendy, hit 30 or don't renew their contract guess???

[xoxkenzxox.livejournal.com]

5 years. time to trade up to newer/shinier versions. It's the idol way....

I mean, I had to go around saying my favorite girl group is Gfriend soooooo...the name isn't THAT bad. Baby Monster and Pink Blood fighting it out. Can't wait.

[pseudo-shigure.livejournal.com]

yeah. i thought pink blood is bad. but it sounds kinda better now.

[madrigalpals.livejournal.com]

lol yeah my favorite group was T-ara and I still cringed as I typed their name

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

I thought T-ara was a pretty cute and genius name

[twinklehana.livejournal.com]

i mean i think it's cute but if i tell any nonfans about this new group called baby monsters they will not take it seriously lol

[kastih.livejournal.com]

who's that in your profile pic?

[twinklehana.livejournal.com]

nemoto nagi! shes a japanese idol & member of the groups dempagumi.inc and niji no conquistador. i don't know much about the latter but dempa is one of my favorite groups & she's my favorite member lol

[kastih.livejournal.com]

i finally got around to looking them up and this->でんぱ組.inc「千秋万歳！電波一座！」Live Movie from『Dear☆Stageへようこそ2021』....is definitely driving music! I tend to pick random jpop playlists cuz I haven't really been into a particular jpop group since ano left yurumerumo lol

[twinklehana.livejournal.com]

dempa have a lot of high energy stuff, their music is perfect for driving lol. i recommend their 2020 album as a whole, it's really good and the members at the time all got their own solos. and i can relate about a favorite member leaving, i've never been into yurumerumo (i need to get into them lol) but oshi loss is universal orz

(also saw the other reply, don't worry about the late response ^^)

[kastih.livejournal.com]

also big oops, i hadn't realized this much time has passed since you replied~

[pseudo-shigure.livejournal.com]

i swear, yg trainees or ex trainees, never caught my attention in PD 101 or its spin off.

[madrigalpals.livejournal.com]

What an absolutely terrible idea. This backlash is going to be unreal, and I know there's backlash every time a shinier, younger new group is promoted in the place of a fading/disbanding group (Red Velvet, Aespa, Blackpink, G-Idle, etc) but this is going to be REALLY bad considering the international outreach Blackpink has right now.

[kyungwons.livejournal.com]

yeah it's funny cause i think now would be the ideal time to show actually gg's can continue longer as new international fans aren't used to the system automatically winding down an artists career 5 years in and i think brave girls have shown korea is willing to support gg's in their 30s as well recently but trust yg to make that step? i dont think so lol

[madrigalpals.livejournal.com]

I just looked and wow, I had no idea! I assumed they were late teens early 20s as per usual. That's really nice to see, I've always liked Brave Girls and I want to support them even more now.

And yeah YG is notoriously trash and I'd expect nothing more from them. They very much don't have their artists' best interests at heart so their acts will always get screwed over way too soon. I've never been a BP stan but like... they've barely had a music career.

[1100003.livejournal.com]

None born in 2005 or later, shocking tbh.

Baemon sounds a lot better than the English version but I'm too old, I'm not the target and I just won't care beyond hearing about this happening and people (probably) going crazy over the latest shiny thing ヽ(´ー｀)┌

[inwazyja.livejournal.com]

Ah so a sexy baby concept, gotcha.

Also, that name is tragique tbh

[theweebdream.livejournal.com]

Aren’t lady Gaga fans called little monsters? They’re gonna have to be careful with fan names lol

[madrigalpals.livejournal.com]

haha watch them be called Goblins or something.

[senshicalico.livejournal.com]

that is definitely at the top of tragic group names, especially to come out of a big company.

[921227.livejournal.com]

The first thing I thought of was (formerly) Hotshots Kid Monster 🤷🏽

[myrrhcat.livejournal.com]

i think it's a cute name... yg is a garbage fire tho, not looking forward to them being tragically mismanaged

[scribblyness-x.livejournal.com]

the two yg trainees made zero impact in qcyn2 but jane has a really nice voice/tone. i hope they don't make her ruin that to produce the typical yg sound



also, babymonster is forever synonymous in my mind to babymonster an (coincidentally, vicky is also part of this performance and did well but anqi and snow kong were too charismatic for anyone else to be memorable imo lol)



...i think i'm still not over qcyn2 lmao

[queenmedea.livejournal.com]

This is why I like the name Baby Monster, because I associate it with Babymoster An and she's amazing. But the reason she owns the name is because she has more charisma in her pinky finger than almost all kpop idols combined.

Unless all the members of YG's Baby Monster have 2ne1's charisma, the name will be wasted on them.

[accioanime.livejournal.com]

Baby Monster doesnt sound unique, I'm sure there's at least a rapper or two out there with that name already. I like Baemon, though. A lot more searchable.

I'm not as worried about BP going back into the dungeon, I think financially they will be fine compared to 2ne1. BP came out in an era where they can easily make money with just social media and modeling, and KPop is more mainstream, so they have alternative opportunities. Also, they have their sunbaes to learn from so they can better prepare for the inevitability of being replaced. For 2ne1, it was the endless waiting that killed their momentum to execute a strategic plan B or C, maybe except for Dara, who went into variety and youtube early on....

[dior-chic.livejournal.com]

IA a few years ago I’d definitely believe BP would be replaced by the new YG gg but now especially with their growth post DDDD, not really.

[myungung.livejournal.com]

I don’t think they’ll have that many members though, doesn’t feel like they would give that many of their female trainees the chance. I mean look at what happened to the other group who was supposed to debut after BP. I doubt the Chinese trainees will be there too

[lydzi.livejournal.com]

No women is safe under YGE. I wish that company would just fucking get what they deserve which is jail. That being said, I wish those girls safety and joy.

Name is very YA type Monster High and such. Not surprised considering YGE is stuck in the 90's.

[kcaomei.livejournal.com]

i stopped paying attention to YG when he screwed 2ne1 over but here we are, them still exhausting me.

it will forever be a mystery of the universe to me how YGE literally treats every artist exactly the same (zero/few releases, groups going MIA, intense mismanagement, etc) yet this behavior has been tolerated/allowed to continue for years.... WHEN WILL IT END

forgive us YGE if we actually want and expect kpop groups to release music and follow the usual kpop timeline and lifespan

[dior-chic.livejournal.com]

Baemon sounds like a digimon and it makes me chuckle a bit lol

Possible unpopular opinion but I don’t see history repeating. Blackpink is way more massive and bringing in much more money than 2NE1 ever did. Plus with way more international fans, they’ll face a lot more outrage which could impact their other groups sales wise. I should clarify (final edit sorry!) what I mean: so it’s clear there are people who are YG company stans. Of course there are plenty BP-only stans since their other groups minus Big Bang’s history have nowhere as much success right now. But so many kpop fans follow multiple YG artists since they think they’re the best (clearly I don’t). So I think burning Blackpink would backfire and turn off some of those YGE stans and stop them from spending more money.


Is YG still going to be misogynistic? Oh most definitely. But 2021 is in a much different place than 2014 (or mid 2010s) kpop.

Tbh the only way I see Blackpink getting fully replaced by the new girl group is if a BP member has a major scandal like Park Bom did. Something with drugs or insulting Korea has to be involved 🤷♀️Or the girls ‘demand too much’ as they know their worth, which is the vibe Gfriend gives off with their disbanding. Otherwise I see this being like Twice & Itzy, coexisting with one older group and one newer group.

[queenmedea.livejournal.com]

I agree with some of the other comments, that Black Pink is too popular to throw into the dungeon, barring a scandal. They are differently situated than 2ne1 was when they hit the five year mark. And it helps that things have changed. Social media plays a huge role in extending popularity/relevance. BP has managed to survive on minimal comebacks because they are able to saturate the market in ways 2ne1 didn't have access to.

My major concern is whether YG can handle two girl groups at once. Or boy groups for that matter. Admittedly, I don't follow boy groups as much, but Big Bang was everywhere, they had comebacks constantly. Winner, Ikon, and Treasure should be in constant rotation with solos sprinkled in, but that isn't what I've observed.

Black Pink hardly gets any comebacks, how is YG going to handle having two girls groups? Especially if Teddy is the only producer. He produces for Somi as well and we hardly ever see her (I mean we all knew leaving JYP for YG was a bad move on her part, but this is just further proof that YG doesn't know how to manage). JYP used to struggle with management (during the Wonder Girls/Miss A era, but they figured it out to a degree (#justice for Got7). SM seems pretty good about its boy groups, not sure about the girls (Oh!GG never has comebacks, but that's to be expected, SM killed f(x) but that was sort of scandal related (I'm oversimplifying and don't want to dive into it), RV was doing well before Irene's scandal, and it's a little early to say with Aespa). None of the big companies are any good about managing solo artists (unless they are members of popular groups), but that is a bit of a different game. However, it's not an excuse, if you can't manage solo artist well, don't do it.