'Betrayal stigma' 3 former Fifty Fifty members start new life after a year...How fans react?

Aran, Sanna, and Shio, former Fifty Fifty members, are back with a new name: ABLUME. Domestic netizens have reacted negatively due to the stigma of betrayal, but overseas netizens have reacted differently.

Massive EN, a label corporation under NNSE&M (formerly IOKA Company), announced on Friday that it has launched Ablume, a three-member girl group consisting of former Fifty Fifty members Aran, Sanna, and Sio, and opened their official social media accounts.

Hwang Choi Hancho said, "As the three members, Aran, Sanna, and Sio, have reunited as a new girl group, we expect them to show fans a more diverse side of themselves as a team. We will strive to provide various opportunities for fans at home and abroad to interact with ABLOOM through social media accounts where they can communicate with the members."

Although Aran, Sanna, and Shio have started a new life nearly a year after their departure from Fifty Fifty, the public's view of the group is still frosty. This is because of the "tongxudol" stigma attached to them. The three members are accused of conspiring with outsourcing company Dougie Bus and publisher Warner Music Korea to breach their exclusive contracts and attempt to "temper" (contact other labels before the end of their contracts).

In fact, earlier this month, entertainment media outlet Dispatch published a recording of the voices of former Dougiebus CEO Ahn Sung-il, former Warner Music CEO Jin Seung-young, and parents of former Fifty Fifty members, in which Ahn and Jin appeared to encourage parents to terminate their contracts with their current agency, Attract, further stirring public opinion.

On the other hand, overseas netizens seemed to be interested only in the news of the trio's comeback and were indifferent to the past issues.