I think they’ll renew. Hwasa and Solar do great solo work but I think they’re much stronger as a group.

The chances are they are in the early stages of negotiation of a new deal and if they are smart they have contract law specialists advising them and telling them to really not comment regarding those negotiations as public comments can sometimes ruin your own position or strengthen the company's. You don't say things like, "Oh we will definitely sign," nearly a year ahead of renewal as you will lose your only leverage.

I do think that RBW has been pretty good with the members regarding solo activities and getting the group revenue. The question of course is whether the members feel they have got a fair share of profits and that those profits were fairly calculated. That is a common problem all over the entertainment industry not just in Korea. Some Hollywood films can gross $500 million on a supposed $150 million production budget and then claim they lost money and there are no profits to issue. The same thing happens in the music biz.

I doubt the members would find greener grass elsewhere. For every Sunmi who sent to another company and continued to have success or maybe better success, there are like half a dozen or more who did that and found leaving didn't work out well.

Finally, while RBW has Oneus, Onewe, and Purple Kiss coming, Mamamoo would seem to be their main source of revenue and the label's premiere artist. Unless the members are asking for a deal that is completely unreasonable, you make sure you keep them. The thing is that Mamamoo already has an audience that isn't terribly age sensitive, so you aren't too worried that as they get to 30 they lose their audience.