"SM's Korean activities are just as active. SHINee's third album is scheduled for release on February 19th while five member female group f(x) is planning a comeback in 1Q13 (first quarter). EXO will be continuing to promote in Korea and China for the first half of the year, and a new artist is preparing for debut in the second half of the year."
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"I heard about a new rookie group coming out... It's a girl group, right?"
- I heard it's a boy group. A girl group is scheduled for next year.
- The girl group is next year~~!
"What about Jino?"
"What if it's someone they pick from K-Pop Star?"
"The new artist has to be Jino... I don't think they'd put out a new girl group this early."
"They better give EXO a comeback before they put out the new group."
"So the new group this year will be a boy group?"
"I think the debut will be delayed... Last year, an article said EXO would be making their comeback in the winter but look how delayed it's been."
"EXO hasn't even gained footing yet and they're already putting out a new group?"
Source: Netizenbuzz via Instiz
LOL exo has gained plenty of footing by simply being with sm
No, really :(
and : "EXO will be continuing to promote in Korea and China for the first half of the year"
eeally ? like really ?? do they really NEED to ?? i'm not that much of an exo fan really but still damn can't they make a comeback at least before the 2nd half of the year ?? What are they still promoting by now ?
(and btw, who's Jino ??)
However there better be an EXO comeback first or there will be hell raised
Jino's predicted band members last year were Seo Youngho, Son Minkoan, Seok Daehan and Jeon Euimin. Any of those could have changed, and after EXO SM appears to have added an extra member.
I'll keep my fingers crossed but I won't be too hopeful my bb is in the group, because it is SM after all. But he's been rigorously practising all year according to fan statements, so it does actually seem likely.
I am all over with typoing real words for other real words today.
Edited at 2013-02-14 08:03 pm (UTC)
And looking at SM's pattern in debuts, wouldn't a girl group be next? I've seen rumours going around that a girl group that supposedly complement EXO was supposed to debut in the first half of 2013 but it's been pushed back to late 2013. Though I saw this floating around Tumblr so I doubt it.
They should debut Jino as a solo artist, tbh.
I still want my EXO comeback though. (or they can just give M a new album and I'll be happy lmfao)
And I don't know how they're going to fit everyone into their schedule if they keep going like this. They're squeezed in tightly enough as it is. At this rate, each group will have three week promotions every two years. These frequent debuts weren't an issue when most of the older singers left once their contracts ended and there was a turnover rate, but now they're getting too crowded and yet seem intent on cranking out more rookies regardless. OVERPOPULATION, SM.
-I don't think SM will be debuting a group. According to their history they don't debut one group after the other. they usually wait 1, 2 years before their newest groups becomes well known and with a good fanbase. EXO may or may not have exceded SM expectetives (they did won rookie awards) but for now, I think SM will focus on their already famous groups and will keep promoting EXO.
-I think that if someone debuts this year under SM it may be a solo singer and not a group. I would love it to be Jino but I'm pretty sure he's locked up in SM's cave and won't leave it for a long time.
But we'll see. we might be trolled in the end. I still remmeber when SM said EXO would be called M1 and M2 and were supposed to debut in 2010/2011
Jino has been seen practising with a group recently, though that probably doesn't mean much. So he may be in SM's basement but he's still active and he's still practising. ^^
It's possible they're debuting a soloist, but of their soloists only BoA is very successful and active. They may decide to try again with a new one, but it's also likely they will wait a while for a new soloist (and perhaps--hopefully--try to use J-Min a little more).
Idk about jino, very talented and all - but he skipped and went ahead of a lot of trainees to be in sm the ballad so I'm not surprised if they're gonna keep him away for a while more.
They have non-Chinese foreign trainees? That's interesting, and a bit unexpected.
PERSONALLY, I keep thinking animation series/manhwa/film preparations, but that's just a dream xD lol!
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR HIS DEBUT LIKE FOREVERRRRR
Edited at 2013-02-14 10:43 pm (UTC)
Plus, SuJu debuted after TVXQ. shrug
Edited at 2013-02-14 10:58 pm (UTC)