Recently, it was revealed that Tiffany, Sooyoung, and Seohyun of the famed KPop girl group "Girls Generation" will not be renewing their contracts with SM Entertainment. This has sen't shock waves through the Girls Generation fandom, the Kpop community, and most of the music world. This has left many people in a panic and wondering what the future is for Girls Generation as well as Tiffany, Sooyoung, and Seohyun.
The first thing I would like to talk about is the future's of Tiffany, Sooyoung, and Seohyun. Now, it is official that they are all basically pursuing acting, Tiffany will be leaving Korea and returning to the U.S. to learn acting, while Sooyoung and Seohyun will sign with other agencies to continue acting. However, I doubt that this is all they will be doing. First point is that Tiffany has made it clear for years that music is her biggest passion and she has said repeatedly that she wants to make it, musically, in the U.S. I doubt she is going to throw music out the window and focus strictly on acting from here on out. The same thing goes for Seohyun. She is very passionate about music and has made that the center point of her persona for a long time. Both Tiffany and Seohyun have done a lot in recent years to build themselves up musically. They have done solo projects, duets, and who forget them being in TTS. Sooyoung on the other hand, I can see giving music a rest. She has been very busy with acting when not working with Girls Generation. While many of the other members have been working on solo careers, she has just been focusing on acting mainly. She has done some musical things on the side though. Her and Tiffany have performed together a few times and she helped Tiffany write music on her solo album. However, I doubt she will do anything serious with music, at least in the near future.
The second thing that some people are concerned about is the relationship between the members. This is one that I am not worried about too much. Usually there are plenty of small indications that let you know if members are not getting along or are not talking to each other. The main one is that you don't see them mention other members on social media. That has not happened with Girls Generation. If you look on their social media accounts, the members hangout and support each other all the time. They will constantly post pictures of them hanging out and will help promote their side projects as well as like each others posts. I am pretty sure that people can be at ease with this one. I think they all get along fine and will still be great friends going forward.
Biggest question is what is the future of Girl Generation? I can see this going one of two ways. The first way is that they disband. As much as I like Taeyeon, Yuri, and the remaining members, I doubt they can continue as a five piece group. With Jessica already gone and now losing three more members, that would be hard to keep going. One reason is that this means half the group is gone and that is going to be hard to fill. Tiffany and Seohyun have a distinct sound in their voices that is very hard to replace. In fact, if I'm being honest, I don't think they were able to replace Jessica's voice that well either. Even now when I listen to "Gee" it still feels weird to me hearing Tiffany say Jessica's lines.
The second way I see it going is that SM negotiates with other agencies to keep Seohyun, Tiffany, and Sooyoung in Girls Generation. I see this as a possibility because SM themselves have said they are willing to negotiate with other agencies. In the past, SM has said that they are willing to negotiate and talk to other agencies if it mean't Girls Generation would stay together. One thing that people need to realize is that SM needs Girls Generation. They need them because without them SM will no longer be on top. Girls Generation is considered the biggest Kpop girl group in the world and if they were to disband that would be a huge blow to SM. They would lose a good chunk of their fandom they would no longer be the biggest agency as a result. It is in SM best interest to keep Girls Generation together and they know it.
However it turns out, we should still support all the members in their future ventures. Where ever they decide to go, what ever they decide to do, support them and love them. Wish them the best and no ill. If Tiffany wants to make it in America, buy her records and/or watch the things she gets to act in. The same goes for the other members. Help them grow and be successful where ever they go. Maybe they disband, maybe they stay together, it doesn't change the musical legacy they have made together.
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