What will happen? (TWICE's Castle)
どうなる？（TWICEの城）
"They probably won't renew their contract..." TWICE, 1 year and 4 months until their contract expires (?), some say they have "too few individual activities"
★TWICE debuted in October 2015. The maximum length of an exclusive contract between a K-POP idol and an agency is set at 7 years. In most cases, contracts with agencies are set at that 7-year period, so TWICE's contract with JYP is expected to end around October 2022.
Recently, there have been reports of the sudden disbandment of GFriend, who was active at the same time as TWICE, and the failure to renew Mamamoo's Wheein's contract, so naturally, interest has been growing in the outcome of TWICE's contract renewal.
(Reactions from Korean online communities)
▼"Some of them will probably renew their contracts, but I don't think they'll renew their contracts."
▼"This was probably written by a Yeojin fan."
▼"This is just what I felt, but everyone looks a little tired."
▼"When I watched the interview, they looked like they wanted to leave when they were clapping. And Jeongyeon, even though it's because of her cervical spine, I hope she doesn't force herself to dance anymore. She must be having a hard time with her rehabilitation."
(TWICE's "Jeongyeon" "grimaces" - Concerns voiced during "Alcohol-Free" stage)
▼"TWICE doesn't have much ability individually... If they want to survive as celebrities, they'll have to stick together."
▼"But JYP didn't let them do individual activities from the beginning. They couldn't do it even if they wanted to, so it's a bit..."
▼"They can't help but look like they don't have the ability because they don't have individual activities. Other groups, during the hiatus, did variety shows and acting, They will do unit activities. TWICE has never done unit or individual activities.
▼"Girls' Generation had girls like Yuna and Taeyeon who stood out (individually), but there is no one like that in TWICE. Girls who don't have any outstanding personalities usually just pursue hobbies with the money they made in their heyday and get married. There seems to be no need to worry. They made a lot of money with Towa.
▼"Yuna and Taeyeon are miracles... Honestly, not only TWICE but also other 3rd generation yodols, how many of them will become big solo hits after the group disbands?"
▼"I think it's a bit disappointing from the company's point of view that they didn't renew their contract. Their performance is not bad."
▼"This is a case where not doing any individual activities at all has become poison...."
▼"I think it's time to let them do individual activities now..."
▼"They can at least do Instagram. Nayeon and Jihyo seem to be able to do individual activities."
In the past, it was said that "10 years is a long time." When 10 years have passed and I look back on 10 years ago, I can't help but feel a sense of antiquity.
This is how I feel when I see old buildings, new houses, reclaimed rice fields, and reclaimed land, but these days, if you're not careful, you often don't even see these things in progress.
A gas station on the corner of the road may be demolished without you even noticing, and be reborn as a convenience store or other store.
When driving down a road I rarely go by, a group of houses that look familiar from long ago appears, and when I look closely, parts of the walls have peeled off and the rain gutters are cut off.
When there is no sign of people, it's in these parts that you feel the passage of time.
In today's world, the past that we know disappears in the blink of an eye, and we are entering an era where the past rushes in all at once.
Until recently, instead of "10 years is an era," we used the phrase "seven years is an era." However, that phrase has become inappropriate now.
Perhaps it's more appropriate to say that four years is an era, the time of the Olympics.
Since around 2010, I have been working with K-pop idols, starting with Girls' Generation and KARA, and I am well aware that TWICE's activities will soon become a thing of the past. However, my desire to see them burn out to the end remains unchanged. TWICE debuted in 2015 and has been there for just over five years. Their contract is for seven years, so they have less than two years left. "What will happen with the contract renewal?" There are many comments from fans, but for the girls themselves, it is probably not as simple as they make it out to be. They may look like just idols to the outside, but their idol work is a real life to which they are seriously devoting their passion and soul. The nine members of TWICE have joined forces to become super idols. As the day of their "contract renewal" steadily approaches, they are determined not to disappear like an "old gas station". Watching Jeongyeon's hard work, I feel that strong will. Mina, who was on the verge of giving up halfway through, also has a seal that has brought back that pride.
I hope that the position of top girls that they have built up over the past five years will not be easily disintegrated.
The "castle of TWICE" is something that the members have built by working hard through wind and rain.
I am sure that they will protect it again next time.
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