Cube Entertainment has officially announced the departure of former 4minute members Jihyun, Gayoon, Jiyoon, and Sohyun.
Recently, it was reported that 4minute would be disbanding due to the upcoming termination of their contracts. HyunA was the only member to renew her contract with Cube. About the other members, Cube stated on June 16, "The final decision has been made, and the other 4 members, Jihyun, Gayoon, Jiyoon, and Sohyun, will not be renewing their contracts with us."
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It continued, "We have made the final decision after thorough discussion with the members. We respect the opinions of the 4 girls, and sincerely hope only the best for them."
Jung_Wi • Thursday, June 16, 2016
4Minute..... the way the band was promoted the band's name might as well have been Hyuna and 4 Back-ups.
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michinpabo • Thursday, June 16, 2016
I hope the other girls sign with a different agency like Minzy and find their own path. It's sad seeing the golden age of KPOP nearing it's end.
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Rockram • Thursday, June 16, 2016
Hyuna, you better secretly make plans for something else, because this Cube/iHQ crap is going down!
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DEVILINEDEMONISE • Thursday, June 16, 2016
Is 2016 slowly following 2014? 2014 is the worst Kpop year in Kpop industry/Kpop World
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babyblackjack • Thursday, June 16, 2016
I hope they stay close Dx
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namomi07 • Thursday, June 16, 2016
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT????????????? T++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++TTTTTTTTTTTT ONE OF MY FAVE GIRL GROUP. T_T T_T
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melalabanana • Thursday, June 16, 2016
The article states that iHQ was the reason behind the disbandment of 4MINUTE. The reporter, states, “The answer to the question of why 4MINUTE disbanded lies with iHQ. In 2013, 50% CUBE Ent was bought out by iHQ at 16.5 Billion won and the final decision in all things lay with CUBE.” The article goes on to state that with the recent failures of 4MINUTE’s albums 4MINUTE was seen by iHQ as a non-profitable group and as profit took priority over music, became an “unnecessary” group to CUBE. Hyuna who was successful as a solo artist was able to resign but the rest were abandoned. The members, according to this reporter, wished to resign with the company but no one could help them. CEO Hong who discovered 4MINUTE loved 4MINUTE as his own and CUBE suffered great pain through this incident. Many entertainment personnel stated, “If this was CUBE run by CEO Hong, a different outcome would have been reached..”
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namomi07 • Thursday, June 16, 2016
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT????????????? T++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++TTTTTTTTTTTT ONE OF MY FAVE GIRL GROUP. T_T T_T
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Lynnbia • Thursday, June 16, 2016
They didn't even want to disband ...
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suntaehyo • Thursday, June 16, 2016
What a shocker there that Hyuna is the only one staying. Let's all be real ok!! We all know that the girls leaving was because Cube put to much damn attention on Hyuna and not them. The only attention those girls ever got was when they were promoting at 4mintue! And hell! Even then all you see and hear is Hyuna's ass!! That's just being truthful. I'm sorry to 4minutes fans, but they didn't let those other girls shine. Hyuna wasn't the only one in that group, but it sure seemed like it sometimes. So really, I don't blame them for leaving. Hell if I was them I would have left a long time ago.
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