Scandalous ◇ The Trials of Coterie
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Scandalous
Can one group cover it all?
Headlines!
Circle Media
The last straw on a long list of grievances. That's what Miyeon's elopement did for Circle Media. Once an up and coming mid tier company with popular girl group Riot and known for supposedly treating their trainees and staff as if they were human beings, scandal after scandal left them hanging on by the thread. Circle Media was once the bastion of hope for kpop fans that not all entertainment companies saw their artists as money machines: Circle was different. But they had Riot. Riot with their music show wins and winning variety personalities, the quartet seemed unstoppable. Then contracts came up and two did not re-sign. It was okay because Circle still had Miyeon, their y soloist now, and Minji, their former lead vocal now actress. Their trainees did so well in Produce even though they didn't make it into IZ*ONE or X1. Their new boy group, Omni, have had success with their songs and were even named rookies of the year. Circle was doing so good! Then came the Burning Sun scandal with their one male soloist and producers linked. Then came the Produce vote manipulation and the leakage that one of their VPs was trying to bribe their trainees into the final lineup. And finally, Miyeon was caught in an illicit moment with her now fiancee and Circle denied it, only to have Miyeon tell the truth and elope with her man to Canada. The public has lost faith in Circle Ent.
welcome Coterie
Circle Media's Redemption
Coterie, a social gathering. A Social CIRCLE if you will. Circle' Media's solution to the scandals surrounding them. Deflect and deflect some more. If SM could do it every time they had a scandal, then what's good for them should be good for Circle Media. Throwing their few remaining trainees together after having to downsize or release those that wanted to leave, Coterie is their hail mary. Coterie won't have the once shining reputation of Circle Media to protect them and open doors. Coterie won't have Riot as sunbaes to promote them. Promotions with Omni will be so limited so as not to tarnish their reputation should they fail. They're starting from the ground up again. There's just one rule for them: don't mess it up...because if they do, there's no guarantee Circle will back them up.
Except it seems like someone or someones want Coterie, and thereby Circle, to fail.
Except it seems like someone or someones want Coterie, and thereby Circle, to fail.
Scandalous: Not a false update! I've added a section that goes into a little more detail on Riot and Omni. Just for fun!
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