Saena, Aran and Sio left the K-pop group in October amid a legal dispute with the group’s agency ATTRAKT.
Lots of changes are happening for FIFTY FIFTY.
Three former members of the K-pop girl group — Saena, Aran and Sio — have reportedly signed with a new label after their fallout with the group’s agency ATTRAKT. Meanwhile, ATTRAKT has announced the addition of four new FIFTY FIFTY members.
On Monday (Aug. 12), IOK Company announced the launch of a new label, MASSIVE E&C, of which Saena, Aran and Sio are three of the first signees. “We plan to fully support these talented and passionate members to help them achieve even greater success worldwide,” a spokesperson for the company said in a statement, according to Soompi. “With the team behind the success of ‘Cupid,’ we aim to create a new success story in the global market.”
Shortly after the success of FIFTY FIFTY’s single “Cupid,” which reached No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100, Saena, Aran and Sio — along with another former FIFTY FIFTY member, Keena — alleged that ATTRAKT had breached its contract with them by “failing to provide accounting data” and neglecting the group’s mental health, according to the Korea Times. Though Keena later dropped her lawsuit and returned to the agency, ATTRAKT terminated the contracts of Saena, Aran and Sio in October, with the agency alleging they “slandered and defamed” it.
This past week, ATTRAKT has been announcing the band’s replacements, sharing a video of Keena with the four new girls on Instagram Thursday (Aug. 8) and unveiling three of their names: CHANELLE MOON, YEWON and HANA. On Sunday (Aug. 11), the company shared the name of the fourth new member — ATHENA — with a video titled “We are FIFTY FIFTY.”
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