First, let's talk about IOI. They said they were gonna promote for a year, so I thought they meant one whole year... turns out they're disbanding after only 9 months (beginning of May-end of January), which I'm a bit bummed about, I wish they could stay as a group for a while longer. Inevitably, we're all sad that this amazing group is temporary. I actually really love them as individuals and as a group. I hope we'll get to see pictures of their annual "IOI Day"!
Let's switch our focus to Big Bang now. Their new releases "Fxxk It" and "Last Dance" are their last before T.O.P enlists, and people on YouTube are making it sound like these are their last releases forever. I really don't think they'll disband, they'll probably be like Shinhwa and come back after everyone finishes their military service, albeit less frequently. Even g.o.d is still considered an active group (they released another song in 2014) and member Park Joon Hyung is almost 50 lol
Unfortunately, I don't think that'll be the case with groups like Secret, After School, and Miss A. I predict that they'll disband sometime in 2017. The members of Secret and Miss A could probably all fare well on their own, but I'm not sure what E-Young and Kaeun of After School would do once their group disbands. Or make the group a duo of just the two of them? :P
Finally, more bad news from Running Man as Jong Kook and Ji Hyo are gonna leave at the end of this year, as if Gary leaving a month ago wasn't bad enough. I accept Jong Kook and Jihyo's choices but I personally believe they should've waited a little longer so that we could get used to the 6-member arrangement without Gary. Now they'll have to film another sad episode for the two of them, and doubly sad to boot. Jong Kook is one of my faves along with Suk Jin, so it'll be hard to get used to Jong Kook's absence. I'm also hearing that Kang Ho Dong is joining and I've heard a few bad rumours about this guy, but again we just have to see how it goes, maybe it'll go really smoothly. After all, Kang Ho Dong could probably fill in the "strong guy" spot that Jong Kook is leaving behind. I'll just really miss the OT7 arrangement, nothing can replace the OG 7012 squad in my heart. Maybe they should just rebrand Running Man as X-Man the Reboot and at least old fans of X-Man can be happy. As long as Yoo Jae Suk continues, Running Man may be able to achieve the longevity of Infinity Challenge even with all the member changes.
But even when Running Man eventually ends (I dread the day!), that won't stop me from my annual tradition of playing the nametag game with my friends hehehe.
Oh, and Donald Trump is starting his first year as president. I wonder how that will go.
I just hope 2017 won't be worse than 2016 and that everything good that happens next year will outweigh the bad. Let's try to focus on the positive, shall we?
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