VESPER + RENDEZVOUS
2MIX 투믹스 | DEBUT DATE: MAY 15, 2011 | FANDOM: FUSIES
2MIX DEBUTED ON MAY 15, 2011 WITH THE SINGLE TOO LATE. MM ENTERTAINMENT SAW AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE MARKET FOR A CO-ED GROUP AND EXPECTED A LOT IN RETURN. THEIR SINGLE CAUGHT AUDIENCES ATTENTION BECAUSE NEXT MONTH WHEN THEIR MINI ALBUM CAME OUT THEY PASSED THEIR TARGET OF 10,000 SALES BY ALMOST DOUBLE. BBIRIBBOM BBERIBBOM WAS A CATCHY SONG THAT RECEIVED POSITIVE FEEDBACK BUT AS A SMALL COMPANY MM ENTERTAINMENT WAS ON THE VERGE OF BANKRUPTCY. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY MAINTAIN THE HYPE SO ALL OF THE MEMBERS PITCHED IN THEIR OWN PERSONAL MONEY INTO THE COMPANY SO THEY COULD HAVE ANOTHER COMEBACK.
DURING THEIR HIATUS 2MIX CONTINUED TO WORK ON THEMSELVES, DUE TO BUDGET CUTS SOME OF THE PREVIOUS STAFF GOT FIRED WHILE OTHERS WERE SEVERAL UNDERPAID YET STAYED IN SUPPORT FOR 2MIX. THE MEMBERS BECAME LIKE A SELF PRODUCING GROUP, WORKING ON CHOREOGRAPHING, SONGWRITING, PRODUCING, AND CREATING THEIR OWN MUSIC THROUGH MANY TRIALS AND ERRORS. AFTER ALMOST 2 YEARS HIATUS MM ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCED THAT 2MIX WOULD HAVE A COMEBACK AS TWO SEPARATE UNITS CALLED BMIX AND GMIX INSTEAD.
BESIDES LITTLE COLLABS BETWEEN EACH UNIT, 2MIX DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE GROUP COMEBACK UNTIL 5 YEARS LATER IN 2016. THEY CAME BACK WITH THE SONG PRESENTE AS A MEANS TO PROMOTE GMIX WHO WAS FALLING BEHIND IN SALES AND A TREAT FOR OLD FANS. THE SALES WERE GREAT BUT IT HAD THE OPPOSITE AFFECT, FANS HATED THE IDEA OF THEIR BIASES DANCING AND SINGING WITH BEAUTIFUL FEMALE IDOLS. AS A RESULT THAT WAS THEIR LAST COMEBACK AS 2MIX.
DURING THEIR HIATUS 2MIX CONTINUED TO WORK ON THEMSELVES, DUE TO BUDGET CUTS SOME OF THE PREVIOUS STAFF GOT FIRED WHILE OTHERS WERE SEVERAL UNDERPAID YET STAYED IN SUPPORT FOR 2MIX. THE MEMBERS BECAME LIKE A SELF PRODUCING GROUP, WORKING ON CHOREOGRAPHING, SONGWRITING, PRODUCING, AND CREATING THEIR OWN MUSIC THROUGH MANY TRIALS AND ERRORS. AFTER ALMOST 2 YEARS HIATUS MM ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCED THAT 2MIX WOULD HAVE A COMEBACK AS TWO SEPARATE UNITS CALLED BMIX AND GMIX INSTEAD.
BESIDES LITTLE COLLABS BETWEEN EACH UNIT, 2MIX DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE GROUP COMEBACK UNTIL 5 YEARS LATER IN 2016. THEY CAME BACK WITH THE SONG PRESENTE AS A MEANS TO PROMOTE GMIX WHO WAS FALLING BEHIND IN SALES AND A TREAT FOR OLD FANS. THE SALES WERE GREAT BUT IT HAD THE OPPOSITE AFFECT, FANS HATED THE IDEA OF THEIR BIASES DANCING AND SINGING WITH BEAUTIFUL FEMALE IDOLS. AS A RESULT THAT WAS THEIR LAST COMEBACK AS 2MIX.
BMIX 비믹스 | DEBUT DATE: MARCH 3, 2013 | FANDOM: BEBES
BMIX BROKE THE RADIO SILENCE OF 2MIX WITH THEIR SINGLE SUPERHERO. THE FEAR THAT FANS WOULDN'T SUPPORT THEM AFTER A HIATUS THAT LASTED OVER A YEAR WAS GONE AFTER THEY SAW THAT THEY ACCUMULATED OVER 15,000 ALBUM SALES. COMPARED TO OTHER BOY GROUPS IT WASN'T A LOT BUT TO THEM IT WAS ENOUGH TO MOTIVATE THEM TO KEEP GOING. WITH EACH COMEBACK THEY SAW GRADUAL GROWTH, NOTHING THEY COULD CALL AN ABSOLUTE HIT BUT THE LITTLE FANBASE THEY HAD WAS CONSISTENT BECAUSE THEIR SALES NEVER WENT LOWER THAN THEIR FIRST SINGLE. AFTER THE ALBUM SKIRMISH WAS RELEASED THEY SAW A SLIGHT DIP IN SALES FOR THE FIRST TIME WHICH ENCOURAGED THEM TO SEND A MEMBER TO ROOKIEDOL AND IT WAS THE BEST DECISION THEY EVER MADE.
DURING ROOKIEDOL THEY RELEASED AN EP TITLED UNDER COVER WITHOUT JINKYU WHO WAS ON THE SHOW AND ALMOST DOUBLED THEIR SALES. ORIGINALLY MAYDAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FIRST FULL GROUP EP IN ALMOST A YEAR BUT AS DAMAGE CONTROL FOR PRESENTE, IT WAS RELEASED EARLIER THAN PLANNED AS A SINGLE ALBUM INSTEAD. SINCE JINKYU MADE THE LINE UP OF THE TEMPORARY GROUP XYNERGY, HIS POPULARITY HELPED MAYDAY HAVE A SALES INCREASE OF over 50% COMPARED TO UNDER COVER. the loss of a member caused another dip in sales. though WHILE ONE MEMBER WAS BALANCING BETWEEN TWO GROUPS, THE OTHERS WERE LEFT IN THE DIRT. THE LITTLE ROLES THEY RECIEVED DIDN'T COMPARE TO HIM AND HE SOON OUTSHINED HIS OWN GROUP.
AS THEY REACHED NEW HEIGHTS IN SALES, THEY SAW NEW LOWS IN THEIR RELATIONSHIPS. EGOS, JEALOUSY AND FANWARS STARTED TO EXPOSE THE CRACKS IN THEIR DETERIORATING RELATIONSHIP. A LOT WAS EXPECTED OF THEM AFTER XYNERGY DISBANDED, FANS EXPECTED A TOUR SOON because JINKYU TALKED ABOUT ONE AS WELL, BUT AFTER THEIR NEXT COMEBACK THEY SHOCKED THEIR FANS WITH THE NEWS THAT ALL MEMBERS CHOSE TO NOT RENEW THEIR CONTRACTS EXCEPT ONE, the it boy JINKYU.
DURING ROOKIEDOL THEY RELEASED AN EP TITLED UNDER COVER WITHOUT JINKYU WHO WAS ON THE SHOW AND ALMOST DOUBLED THEIR SALES. ORIGINALLY MAYDAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FIRST FULL GROUP EP IN ALMOST A YEAR BUT AS DAMAGE CONTROL FOR PRESENTE, IT WAS RELEASED EARLIER THAN PLANNED AS A SINGLE ALBUM INSTEAD. SINCE JINKYU MADE THE LINE UP OF THE TEMPORARY GROUP XYNERGY, HIS POPULARITY HELPED MAYDAY HAVE A SALES INCREASE OF over 50% COMPARED TO UNDER COVER. the loss of a member caused another dip in sales. though WHILE ONE MEMBER WAS BALANCING BETWEEN TWO GROUPS, THE OTHERS WERE LEFT IN THE DIRT. THE LITTLE ROLES THEY RECIEVED DIDN'T COMPARE TO HIM AND HE SOON OUTSHINED HIS OWN GROUP.
AS THEY REACHED NEW HEIGHTS IN SALES, THEY SAW NEW LOWS IN THEIR RELATIONSHIPS. EGOS, JEALOUSY AND FANWARS STARTED TO EXPOSE THE CRACKS IN THEIR DETERIORATING RELATIONSHIP. A LOT WAS EXPECTED OF THEM AFTER XYNERGY DISBANDED, FANS EXPECTED A TOUR SOON because JINKYU TALKED ABOUT ONE AS WELL, BUT AFTER THEIR NEXT COMEBACK THEY SHOCKED THEIR FANS WITH THE NEWS THAT ALL MEMBERS CHOSE TO NOT RENEW THEIR CONTRACTS EXCEPT ONE, the it boy JINKYU.
GMIX 지믹스 | DEBUT DATE: MAY 22, 2013 | FANDOM: GYPSIES
GMIX DEBUTED WITH THE SINGLE MINIMANIMO ON MAY 22, 2013. COMPARED TO THEIR MALE COUNTERPART THEIR SALES WERE VERY LOW. GROWTH WAS SLOW WITH THEIR CUTER CONCEPT SINGLES BUT ONCE THEY WENT Y THEY SAW AN INCREASE IN SALES WHICH LED THEM TO FINALLY HAVE THEIR 1ST ep hot baby. COMPETING AGAINST DIGITAL MONSTERS LIKE AOA AND SISTAR THEY HAD TO DO WHATEVER THEY COULD TO STAND OUT NO MATTER HOW UNHEALTHY IT WAS.
BUT IT WORKED BECAUSE BY THEIR NEXT mini album blaxx THEY HAD THEIR HIGHEST SALES YET WHICH DOUBLED FOR THEIR FOLLOWING EP THE NEXT YEAR. PART OF THEIR SUCCESS WAS DUE TO JINKYU DRAWING ATTENTION TO THE COMPANY. THEIR MUSIC VIDEO FOR EXCUSE ME WAS RANKED NUMBER 4 ON BILLBOARD'S LIST OF "MOST VIEWED K-POP VIDEOS IN AMERICA" AND 6TH ON ITS LIST OF "MOST VIEWED K-POP VIDEOS AROUND THE WORLD" FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. THEIR CAREERS SEEMED TO BE FINALLY TAKING OFF, BUT JUST AS SOON AS IT STARTED IT CAME CRASHING DOWN AFTER THE RELEASE OF PRESENTE.
THEY THOUGHT THE HATE WOULDN'T AFFECT THEIR SALES BUT WHEN THEY RELEASED THEIR NEXT EP NATURALNESS AT THE END OF THE YEAR THEY WERE BACK TO THE NUMBERS THEY GOT DURING THEIR FIRST MINI ALBUM, A 50% DECREASE. IT WAS WAY BELOW THE SALES TARGET AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE GIRLS CONTRACTS WERE TERMINATED AND THEY WERE FORCED TO DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF FAME ON THEIR OWN.
BUT IT WORKED BECAUSE BY THEIR NEXT mini album blaxx THEY HAD THEIR HIGHEST SALES YET WHICH DOUBLED FOR THEIR FOLLOWING EP THE NEXT YEAR. PART OF THEIR SUCCESS WAS DUE TO JINKYU DRAWING ATTENTION TO THE COMPANY. THEIR MUSIC VIDEO FOR EXCUSE ME WAS RANKED NUMBER 4 ON BILLBOARD'S LIST OF "MOST VIEWED K-POP VIDEOS IN AMERICA" AND 6TH ON ITS LIST OF "MOST VIEWED K-POP VIDEOS AROUND THE WORLD" FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. THEIR CAREERS SEEMED TO BE FINALLY TAKING OFF, BUT JUST AS SOON AS IT STARTED IT CAME CRASHING DOWN AFTER THE RELEASE OF PRESENTE.
THEY THOUGHT THE HATE WOULDN'T AFFECT THEIR SALES BUT WHEN THEY RELEASED THEIR NEXT EP NATURALNESS AT THE END OF THE YEAR THEY WERE BACK TO THE NUMBERS THEY GOT DURING THEIR FIRST MINI ALBUM, A 50% DECREASE. IT WAS WAY BELOW THE SALES TARGET AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE GIRLS CONTRACTS WERE TERMINATED AND THEY WERE FORCED TO DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF FAME ON THEIR OWN.
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