Battle no more?

[eleclya111.livejournal.com]

There have been rumors going around for a few weeks of Good Ent group Battle being no more after months of inactivity together, all starting with some fans announcing Hwichan had entered the army.

As some might know, their company has been going through financial crisis after crisis, which even had them sell contracts (ex: Dongwan) and trainees (ex: Yoobin).

And now it seems they couldn't hold Battle anymore...

I was one of the first to deny the rumors and claim we should wait for official word -but Good being what they are, we're probably never going to get news! And now it seems the inevitable has been confirmed, through pictures of Hwichan in uniform.

More rumors state Chris is now studying music in New York, and that Taehwa has a job somewhere. No word on Ryu (who was last seen in a play) and Lio.





(Kim Tae Kwan...sigh, only 21 years old)










We're losing some extremely talented boys...

And a bunch of dorks :\

Source 1, 2, and my own own translation of rumors.

Comments

[hellodee16.livejournal.com]

i totally forgot that they existed.

[bunglur.livejournal.com]

i still lol at all of the battle shinhwa rejects (seungri, taegoon, ga-in) doing so much better than battle themselves

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

Me too.

[distortedinpink.livejournal.com]

Nooooooo Battle was one of the first kpop groups I ever liked :(

[yumemiame.livejournal.com]

what happened to chris?!
he was my fave <3

[sup-homeskillet.livejournal.com]

:( I really liked them.

[dalpaengee.livejournal.com]

i am so very sad T_______________________T










seriously, though, battle was awesome, i hope some of them will come back as singers/entertainers at some point, even if it's not as battle. :(

[brokenbarbies.livejournal.com]

I was just listening to their songs few nights ago and wondering where they've disappeared to. It's such a pity, they could have been really successful; i remember they were one of the few idol groups with the least anti-fans cos they were so likeable :/ I guess their popularity started going down when they left Korea for China for some time and then newer bands started popping out, plus Kihyun leaving the group. Geeeeeeee what a waste.

[a-ma.livejournal.com]

WHAT DDDD: I guess it was to be expected since they've been so inactive, but still... Now I'm also wondering why did Hwichan go to the army already when he's still so young :/

[ex-decenniu.livejournal.com]

NOOOOOO WTF

[kaylapoo.livejournal.com]

whoa crazy what shaving your head can do

[ontokki.livejournal.com]

OMFG.
MY
HEART
IS
BROKEN.
i loved them so fucking much T_T

and Chris in new york?! YES. TIME TO STALK.

[no-genre.livejournal.com]

lol go stalk :D
& share some chris with us y/y?

[ontokki.livejournal.com]

siii

if he's in nyc studying music, i think i know where he could be XD
i hope korean sources tell me more tho XD

[hoyah.livejournal.com]

i can't say i'm too... surprised? u_u but it's very sad. ;o; i thought they were gonna do some interesting stuff since the latest single

[bulgocrazyi.livejournal.com]

Not that surprised but it's sad :/

[no-genre.livejournal.com]

WTF?!? noooooo
DDDDDDD:
i wanted them to came back with a hit and awesomeness
DDDDDDDD:
damn

[sojufever.livejournal.com]

:(

[carrotsandroses.livejournal.com]

I can't say I really knew all that much about this band, but I still find it pretty depressing D:

[tismeekat.livejournal.com]

Oh man, that's sad!
I really love Battle!
TToTT

[crypticbluerose.livejournal.com]

it's been so long, i feel like battle was a nineties band. :O

[dreamerbri.livejournal.com]

i've never heard of battle but that sucks. i liked the song in that performance.

[lenra.livejournal.com]

i liked them ;__;

[nezumi-kenka.livejournal.com]

I feel like they had to sell the contract of everyone who was in Yoobin's group. Uee, Jiwon from T-Ara, Gina Park, and the other girl who's name escapes me are all on other labels now.

But Battle will be missed :(


Chris will probably be seen working the corners in new york

[ulchick418.livejournal.com]

NOOOOOOOOOO! D': They are the reason I have a bad ass Big Bang/Battle/Son Dam Bi mash up!

Seriously, I feel bad for them. :/

[avirjin.livejournal.com]

OMG HWICHAN. ;____; jkajfeioenac I <3ed him!! D: I even named my kitten after him. ;_;
I really liked Battle.. I'm so disappointed, but I can't say I didn't see this coming. :\

[heartsolid.livejournal.com]

That sucks.
Battle was so awesome. DD:

[vanillacakes.livejournal.com]

omg D: i was wondering why they were taking so long to release something..

[downpour.livejournal.com]

OMG NO. I LOVE CHRIS AND RYU. :||||

[ftsk-lykewhoa.livejournal.com]

but.
i liked them.
DDD:

[thereisdiscord.livejournal.com]

D: I loved their stuff a lot. They were talented and quite adorable.

[twomin.livejournal.com]

LIO :(

[retrominho.livejournal.com]

fmlfmlfml >(