Endless yawns.
I had lost sleep from comforting Kim Ye-eun Unni, who was crying and shouting all night.
‘Ugh, I’m so tired I could die.’
“Do-hee, why do you look so exhausted today? Are you that tired? Didn’t you sleep last night?”
“Well, I didn’t really get to sleep…”
And Seo-yoon Unni, seeing me like this, asked me.
“By the way, why are you worrying about me for once?”
Of course, it wasn’t like I usually needed anyone’s concern since I handled things perfectly.
“Don’t tell me you stayed up all night playing like a kid?”
“Ah, yeah. I figured you’d say that.”
“Ha-ah… This is why even in high school, you’re still a kid.”
“Shut up, I haven’t even started school yet!”
Getting tired of dallying with Kim Seo-yoon’s teasing since morning, I headed out to the living room.
I wanted to lie down on the sofa to catch a quick nap.
But on my sofa was the troublemaker.
“Unni.”
“Ugh, yeah…?! Why are you looking at me like that…? Did I do something wrong…?”
Anyway, after enjoying such a relaxing holiday, we had to return to our everyday lives.
And that beginning was a meeting at the office.
It was to discuss the next album and our last overall activities.
Since it was a scheduled comeback, the A&R team would handle the songs.
Everything was supposed to be planned out.
I felt like it would all end nicely.
Maybe that’s why our steps toward the office felt both refreshing and a bit sad.
“Ah, welcome.”
But the person we encountered at the meeting wasn’t a staff member, but a director from Shock Enter.
We were hit with an unexpected proposal.
“We’ll be discussing with your agency too, but are you willing to extend your contract?”
It was about Seven’s extension negotiations.
*
From the end of the year through the beginning of the next, we were occupied with various events, stages, and awards ceremonies.
After completing all the schedules, Seven had entered a short break from activities.
However, our popularity peaked after receiving awards in most ceremonies.
[Real-time) Seo-yoon surpasses 2 million followers on Instagram]
[Ye-eun: I’m craving for the WE app. Can you turn it on quickly, Yan-rang-dung?]
[Official) Seven maintains 7-member girl group status ‘contract renewed’ for 40 years]
[Nonsense aside, let’s go check out Chae-rin’s bubble.jpg]
[Looks like Ha-rang is kind of proud of his thighs;; so cute]
[Did Do-hee enroll in Hanseong Arts High School? Reports of new students sighted on the orientation day]
[About three months before disbandment, one company bro started a conversion with the Seven fans ㅋㅋㅋ Let’s die together, you jerk ㅋㅋㅋ]
[There’s a YouTube channel with 1.1 million subscribers that hasn’t uploaded a video in three months? Yeah, I’m talking about Hana Kwon. I’m really dying]
[They even won the grand prize and exceeded 1 million in initial sales, isn’t it beneficial for the entertainment agencies if they extend this?]
The fan community’s traffic was also very high.
The content and topics of the posts on the fan community range from serious to trivial, including everything.
This was partly due to the continuous recognition of the title of the target group, but also because the existing fans’ affection became even stronger.
The amount of time left until the disbandment is so short that this inactive period might lead straight to disbandment.
Because of that, fans wrote dozens or hundreds of posts waiting with just one bit of content.
However, Seven’s activities were almost non-existent save for the occasional bubbles that popped up.
The only things we did get were from the official YouTube channel, behind-the-scenes of year-end stages, etc.
[Seven SAVEN 2023 MWMA Behind #1]
[Seven SAVEN 2023 Water Melon Awards Behind]
[Seven SAVEN 2023 Gayo Daechukje & Seoul Music Awards BEHIND]
But rather, because of this, fans were able to make a certain guess.
– Looks like they’ll release one last album.
It was a theory that a final album would be released.
Otherwise, it wouldn’t be this quiet without any announcements.
– But honestly, looking at how Shock Entertainment is handling things, who knows?
Even the idea of them releasing an album was uncertain at this point.
This could be taken as good news.
– If a new album comes out, it should be a full album, right? A four consecutive singles might lead to a full album, right?
└ Project groups usually don’t release full albums much… Seasons 1 and 2 only released mini-albums.
└ But Inus had a full album right after their debut? ㅋㅋ Starting with a concert.
└ But their comeback got delayed in return ㅋㅋ LE really doesn’t sit well with this, seeing all the artists just as cash cows.
Isn’t it funny?
So, if you check out the recent behind-the-scenes stuff, it turns out that this album was entirely produced by the members.
Of course, there have been complaints from fans about their recent activities piling up.
But the members themselves never had an issue with it.
With less than 100 days left, there was no chance for it to change, so we had no choice but to just trust and wait.
– There’s no joy in commuting…
– When will you guys come…? I’m freezing…
Then, one day, after all the cries for help.
Finally, the official SNS account dropped some member updates.
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SAVEN OFFICIAL (@SAVENShock)
[Hey hey, Shaveny, did you miss us?]
(picture) (picture)
I’m not really feeling it LOL my heart says no LOL
Chae-rin told me not to write stuff like this, but I did anyway LOL
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All seven members appeared, heads wrapped tightly, hidden away.
It was obvious they were preparing for a comeback, and fans were so relieved they were nearly in tears.
– Ah damn LOL Just from the text, you can tell Jeon Ha-rang wrote it LOL
But that wasn’t the end of it.
Soon after, a new announcement appeared on the Seven official cafe.
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[SAVEN 2ND CONCERT [Saven days a week]]
Hello,
This is the manager of the SAVEN fan club.
Details for the SAVEN 2ND CONCERT [Saven days a week]
Please check below for more information.
SAVEN 2ND CONCERT [Saven days a week]
– Date: March 23, 2024 (Saturday) 6 PM (KST) / March 24, 2024 (Sunday) 5 PM (KST) + Online streaming
– Venue: Gocheok Sky Dome
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It was the concert.
And the first girl group to have it at Gocheok Sky Dome, no less.
Naturally, this news spread like wildfire and became all the buzz, but oddly enough, fans seemed a bit lukewarm about the reaction.
[Ah, so they’re doing the last concert, huh]
[Are they having both a comeback and a last concert then?]
[I guess I have to go, haㅠㅠ]
[But isn’t this the first girl group concert at Gocheok? The scale is insane… That makes it even more disappointing…]
The atmosphere was becoming final.
It was because the atmosphere was becoming more and more certain.
Thanks to that, the fans were closer to a funeral than a festival.
But gradually, the news coming in began to change the atmosphere.
First off, it started with the fans’ significant reactions after calmly reading the announcements.
– But why is the concert named 2ND? Wasn’t it originally called the last concert?
└ Oh? That’s true! Didn’t they list both Running Rose and Mono Rush as the last concerts? They even said it was the last album before the comeback.
└ They just wrote 2nd because it’s the second one, there’s no need to overthink it.
– Looking at the introduction, “We will be together in the future,” it really feels like something is going on…
└ Even the B2B promotional materials say “Seven’s first concert in 2024.”
└ Are they really not extending this?
– Do you believe that? It’s obviously just corporate marketing. Have you been fooled by LE once or twice?
Of course, there were still many who were skeptical.
But then follow-up articles started to come out.
[All Seven members heading to one place… Concert at Gocheok Dome in March]
[First-ever Gocheok concert by a girl group, Seven is rising]
[Top girl group Seven certified as a trend, concert at ‘Gocheok Stadium’]
These were ordinary, typical follow-up articles.
However, among them, there were a few articles with peculiar content.
[Exclusive) Seven might extend if they fill Gocheok Stadium?]
[Exclusive) Top girl group, first Gocheok Stadium Seven “It would be a shame to disband like this…”]
[Will Seven extend their activities thanks to winning all year-end awards?]
Somehow, these articles instilled a sense of hope for an extension among fans.
The reporters left room for speculation, and reactions of disbelief began to pop up in fan communities.
– I heard that the members’ agencies started negotiating for contract extensions. Is it really possible to re-sign if things go well?
– Is it really the second concert? Is there a third one too? I just hope the extension news comes, it feels unreal…
– LOL, doesn’t it seem like Seven will extend? Yeah~ I believed that during Season 1 too, LOL. I’m still believing, please…
And that anticipation ultimately peaked when LE, Show Shock Entertainment’s parent company, revealed their stance.
[Exclusive) LE “We are keeping the possibility of Seven’s extension open”… Will fans’ wishes come true?]
[Exclusive) Seven accelerating discussion on extension… Negotiating with each agency]
[Will Seven extend their activities… “Assessing opinions from agencies and artists”[Official]]
After that, Seven’s Gocheok Stadium concert was a complete sell-out.
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