[NEWS] SS501 - Solo yet Together!

Credit: Sports Donga
English Translation : Ode

Following behind Kim Hyun Joong who signed on to a full contract with a Bae Yong Jun's agency Keyeast in mid-June after contract with former agency ended, it has been revealed that popular idol group SS501's member Park JungMin will also be signing on to a new agency company as well. Whilst on the other hand, 'SS301' will be carrying out their singer activities after the last 2008. SS301 (pronounced Double S sam-gong-il) is a unit group consisting of Heo Young Saeng, Kim Kyu Jong, Kim Hyung Jun.

SS501's personnel expressed that Park JungMin who's been having a huge interest over acting will be managing himself this time round, and has been searching for a new agency company. While Heo Young Saeng, Kim Kyu Jong and Kim Hyung Jun will wish to carry out singer activities together rather than doing solo activities, and is currently searching for new agency company.

SS301 which consists of Kim Kyu Jong, Heo Young Saeng and Kim Hyung Jun are the recruitment targets that top agency companies are looking for in the current music FA industry scene. They have been receiving invitations from many agency companies here and there who are offering them huge contract fees, but despite so, 3 of them are hoping to move into a company whom they could trust and rely on fully, rather than the money that they are concerned about. A personnel of the members revealed, "Although the contract fees is of course an important element we consider, the members are wishing for a company whom they could trust fully/without qualms, and where they would be able to maximize the best of their abilities".

Since SS501 members are collaborating with and moving into various different agency companies, it seems like carrying out activities together as SS501 will be challenging for the time being. However there isn't much of a displease amongst members, all of them still want SS501 to be existent, and so it seems like the team will not break up fully (fully? that shouldnt even exist!).
Especially where SS501 has such high popularity in Taiwan, the possibility of them standing together on foreign stages again for promo purposes could not be ruled out, too.

On the other hand, SS501 who is quoting the '1+1+3' activity formula is similar to that of original ancestor H.O.T after they disbanded. -H.O.T information omitted