Talking a walk...

Another Nine Muses content! Should I revive this blog or what?

Former Muses Moon Hyuna and Pyo Hyemi are going to release their first (or should I say one-off?) single "Walking" tomorrow, May 10 2020. Since leaving Nine Muses in 2016 (for Hyuna) and 2019 (for Hyemi), Hyuna has released a duet single with another former Muse Euaerin (real name Lee Hyemin) in 2017 as well as guest-starring in the concert of yet another former Muse Ryu Sera in 2018. All these and the up-coming single are conducted by her own agency, Daynite Records. I'm still counting on her to bring a full-fledged Nine Muses reunion (with all 13 former Muses if necessary, not the just the 2013 line-up) hopefully in the near future. 

A sneak peak at "Walking"...

Looks like it will be a city pop tune? I'm still in need of a remedy for....

This. Whatever this is. I'm not saying the song's bad, it's just not my cup of tea. Some people wouldn't even categorize this as a proper song and I don't blame them, as it's more suitable as background music of a travel documentary or something like that. By the way, the official video somehow isn't available for linking on Blogger. 

Another premonition (sort of) coming true

Alive and well, guys. Still in the same job. Just surviving for now, can't complain.

Remember an entry I posted on November 19 2016 about Moon Hyuna leaving Nine Muses and setting up her own label called Moongom House? I mused in that entry that Hyuna should bring together all the ex-members of Namyu under her agency.

Since her departure, Hyuna has released four singles including the very latest one on August 11 2017 with fellow ex Muse Euaerin (real name Lee Hyemin) called "Doong Doong", under Daynite Records. Now I can't prove that Daynite Records and Moongom House are one and the same, since some sources mention that Daynite Records is partially owned by the 30-year-old, but the fact that she's teaming up with Euaerin now sparks hope that she'll bring along more ex Muses on board. I personally hope it's gonna be Ryu Sera, whose music style post Nine Muses is actually starkly different from Hyuna's.


Celebrating freedom from uniform stage costumes and synchronized choreography...

On the possible resurrection of Nine Muses

Earlier last month, Star Empire announced that Nine Muses member Moon Hyuna had officially left the group, making her the third member to depart this year following Park Minha and Euaerin (real name Lee Hyemin.) Hyuna was one of the group's main vocalists alongside Pyo Hyemi, Lee Keumjo and Park Kyungri.

Hyuna's departure only added fuel to the already on-going rumours that the girl group was disbanding, now that there are only five members left, four of whom are in a sub-unit called Nine Muses A which released an mini album titled "Muses Diary" back in August.

It's been three months since the release of "Muses Diary" and no one really knows the fate of Son Sungah, the only remaining member not included in the sub-unit. Hearsay has it that Sungah's contract will expire next year and she has already decided not to renew it. If it's true, disbandment is very likely inevitable, after six years of seven mini albums, one full album, a concert and a sub-unit album.

In a turn of events, just this week Hyuna announced the launch of her entertainment company, Moongom House, and that the company will release Hyuna's photobook (titled "Sweet Remedy") and a mini album of self-composed songs. Mines everywhere rejoiced over the news, mostly hoping that Hyuna will recruit the former muses especially Ryu Sera, who's started to gain wide recognition as an indie artist (although in my humble opinion it's unlikely that Sera would want to do that, and neither would Minha who's debuted as an actress under J-Wide Company) In other words, fans are hoping that the golden line-up of Nine Muses will reunite under Moongom House, even if they don't get to use the name "Nine Muses."

While entertaining these hopes, one is reminded that even with such an underrated girl group that's never won a single award there's a chance they would be able to pull a Shinhwa. For those uninitiated, Shinhwa is the epitome of K-pop longevity, debuting under SM Entertainment in 1998 and since 2011 has released albums and appearances under their very own company named after themselves.