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KainWind posted...

I'm more of an outsider, so not commenting on anything other than stating personal opinion. I think NewJeans is fine and have potential, but I kinda forgot about them after their debut. I like them enough, but not to put on repeat. I still hate their name, but probably irrelevant. I didn't even realize they were HYBE, and I'm 100% on the Le Sserafim train this year.

What's going on with IVE? From my perspective (again, outsider) they've quietly dropped 3 incredible songs in the past year, but I don't know much about them.

Its not necessarily anything going on with IVE themselves but Kakao which is the parent company of their label that also happens to be one of if not the biggest conglomerates in Korea.

It was recently found that they were secretly behind an extremely popular entertainment news Facebook page (which has now been shut down) that was essentially being used to slander and spread very negative news and rumours about groups that are considered "rivals" of the groups under their company and make those trend/go viral. They specifically were targeting groups like LE SSERAFIM, New Jeans, Aespa, Idle, etc... in order to prop up IVE. The page was also violating copyright on photos it was using in their articles. They are currently being investigated by the Fair Trade Commision but considering their status as a company I dont expect they will actually face any real consequences exept in the court of public opinion. And there is also a lot of suspicion, and has been for years, about the rankings/performance of their groups on Melon (the biggest streaming platform in the country), which Kakao also owns