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Posted by drifter6,429 pts Wednesday, July 24, 2019

CJ ENM and Jellyfish respond to rumor of BY9's debut

The rumor of CJ ENM and Jellyfish cooperating to debut BY9 - the group including eliminated trainees in "ProduceX101" is stirring up the netizen.

On July 24, CJ ENM shared its official stance with Newsen, "We have yet decided anything on the debut of the derivative group after 'ProduceX101' ended." At the same time, Jellyfish also made a similar statement: "Currently, there are no decisions made regarding the group BY9. We are also surprised at the news of taking charge of managing this group".

Earlier, on the same day, Joynews24 reported that CJ ENM has decided to launch the group BY9 and started planning on the act's debut album. In addition, Jellyfish Entertainment - the agency of trainee Kim Mingyu will take charge of the new group BY9.

BY9 is a fictional group formed by fans with the wish that 9 eliminated trainees (including Lee Jinhyuk, Kim Mingyu, Koo Jungmo, Ham Wonjin, Geum Donghyun, Song Yuvin, Lee Sejin, Tony, Hwang Yunseong) in the final of "ProduceX101" - the show that has just finished airing on July 19 - will be debuted in a group.

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Newsen = Reporter Hwang Hye Jin blossom@

Photo = Provided by Mnet



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    fantasticlau
    fantasticlau2,576 pts Wednesday, July 24, 2019 10
    Wednesday, July 24, 2019

    This project group is a really nice idea and I support it but we shouldn’t force them to do something they don’t want to. If the members want it, marvellous. If they don’t, that’s their own decision that we should all respect. I don’t think all 9 of them want it, but some of them probably want to take the chance, so we may see the group but with a little different lineup. Let’s wait and see and hope for the best for everyone involved.

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    lidora
    lidora624 pts Wednesday, July 24, 2019 0
    Wednesday, July 24, 2019

    I feel the pain of people who's pick wasn't chosen for the final produce group and I do think voting results were off as always but we can't force agencies to debute our idols just because we feel hurt and upset. Debuting idols from different companies is a difficult matter which costs not only a lot of money (I know about the fundraising for BY9) but is legally a nightmare and in case of the earnings a carefully negioted deal. Not speaking about the fact that some of the members people want to debut in BY9 are still members of another group.

    And while with X1 you know that you will have an audience BY9 is a hazard even if we know there are fans who would love it. (And we should not forget the fact that for X1 I'm sure arrangements were made way before the group was finalised but for BY9 you have to make deals about their music, about their debut, image, dance, stages, promotion, yada yada.)

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