A100 Entertainment, I've Had Enough! (NeonPunch, XUM, Yeim & Hi-L)

[@aprils1888]

NeonPunch had so much potential. I remember back in the day, they were the token underrated girl-group. If you asked someone for an underrated girl group (and they would actually name an underrated girl group), they'd most likely say NeonPunch.

[@shycherrygirl]

yes! they were in my top 5 favorite groups. the members had everything idols need to succeed and their songs were so good. they are just victims of horrible management and it breaks my heart

[@peachypink4u]

I found out about them back in 2019, I love them so so much and have continued to support them the past two years, hearing their disbandment announcement on Twitter made me very sad, I love them so much and I really miss them :(

[@bbmomos]

i will say XUM never had a chance of getting too successful, especially overseas. The scandal they got into where they made fun of Africans, Native Americans, and Filipinos was so wrong and made a lot of people disinterested in even listening to them.

[@jihoonscarat]

yea i thought about talking about it but this video was more about the company, not neonpunch themselves. But that really did do a number on them and it's sad to see. I totally understand that people got upset, they have every right to be and they have every right to not forgive.

[@Vonnie1490]

I was about to write this… I remember that scandal and it turned me off from the group (as a woman of color)… but it’s still sad to see them disband in the manner that the company did.

[@robin_silas]

As a woman of color I was pretty sad to hear they say those things. But it also baffles me that NO ONE to the filming process to the editing and posting thought "hey maybe this is kinda offensive". NO ONE?

[@enterfromthesky]

They mocked Filipinos? Yeah they never stood a chance

[@meemee0-1]

@@enterfromthesky I think that was actually a misunderstanding. It seemed like baekah got vietnam confused with the philippines, and iaan was laughing at her mistake. However, their other remarks were blatantly racist and I remember watching the video as a fan and getting weirded out by those comments.

[@aprils1888]

Why do the members of Hi-L have representative colors, if A100 just gonna choose random colors for their profile photo backgrounds!?

[@jihoonscarat]

i have no clue, i thought so too

[@JoanNoArc]

That one girl - representing the color black The background - dark blue A100 - clowns

[@animefean1]

That bugged me so much haha

[@Ryan-pg1tw]

maybe you should express yourself more respectful

[@leticialima8304]

that really sums it all about this trashy company. they’re awfully unprofessional, such a shame.

[@AuroraIsabelle]

Can't forget to mention the horrible quality of the audio in XUM's debut mv. The mixing was really odd, like it was unfinished. Their mv actually reached quite high number of views and then A100 ent deleted it to reupload it with better sound :') All those views...... it's not like all those ppl would watch it again sadly

[@pascal5566]

It was ads but i found it good that a100 tried to push the song by it

[@shycherrygirl]

@@pascal5566 the re-upload is the one that got views as an ad actually! I think they turned it into an ad to get the views back. Unfortunately that one is now deleted too :/

[@pascal5566]

@@shycherrygirl I think the management was torn between keeping XUMs channel and therefore the MV or redesigning XUMs channel to Hi-L's channel to keep the the subscribers. Thats why the MV is deleted now 📉

[@MagicalWaterLight]

What bothers me the most is that A100 never acted LOGICALLY. In KPOP it's all about the money, so disbanding NEONPUNCH to debut XUM was a smart, yet very heartbreaking decision. A debut picks up more tracktion than a unit-debut or comeback in most cases. But when XUM started to pick up tracktion (their MV got a lot of views, they sold more than twice as many albums as they did as NEONPUNCH, they visited some interviews etc.) they decide to disband them. There has to be something fishy going on, nobody would disband a group that just started gaining tracktion like that. Also, the way they handled their disbandment is so cruel. First this weird post on the community page (which was posted on XUM's channel as well, not only A100) and when they started to receive backlash, they posted the members goodbye-messages on the same community page with the title "please stop hating". This was so awful. I'm just so sorry to all the members who underwent rigorous training to participate in 1-2 songs and be locked in the basement, casually scared to have disbanded as a prank. It's sick.

[@Ryan-pg1tw]

maybe you should express yourself more respectful

[@MagicalWaterLight]

@@Ryan-pg1tw in what way? I'll gladly take criticism, but English isn't my first language, so maybe something came across wrongly :)

[@mrrrrrrrorwwwwwer]

@@MagicalWaterLight you were fine, it looks like they just post this same thing under a comment on all of her videos for some reason lol

[@MagicalWaterLight]

@@mrrrrrrrorwwwwwer ohh I see, thanks for letting me know haha

[@Pudding_zip]

They didn't care one bit about the fans nor thier artists. They didn't even care about telling us they disbanded. They told us when all the fans were hating tremendously on the company and how did they tell us? A shitty community post 🧍‍♀️

[@Sulie1x]

You are so underrated like seriously you should be getting more views and subs.

[@jihoonscarat]

awh thank you so much

[@shannonteo9841]

I totally agree

[@imperfect1797]

💜 I feel like the reason not a lot of people fall into liking smaller company groups is because line up changes happen so often in groups from smaller companies and they tend to always have relatively poor management. I know money can be a problem for small companies too but they have to put in that effort and money and time to their groups if they want to gain revenue. I just feel most smaller companies don't do that enough and groups like Neon Punch just get the short end of the stick.

[@worldsedge4991]

I feel I’m cursed to be drawn to impoverished rookie/predebut girl groups... BULLDOK, GirlKind, NeonPunch, Marmello, Rolling Quartz. Never a pre-hyped Itzy or iDLE... I guess I’m waiting to discover a Bulletproof Girl Group that starts with nothing before conquering the world!. Haha! The closest I’ve come is WekiMeki.

[@IndianaJonas96]

Yeah it's hard to get invested in a group when you know the chance of seeing them cut short is so high. Small companies really rely on a group getting enough notice after one or two songs, and they tend to go downhill after that if they don't succeed as much as they wanted

[@bbmomos]

also you should do a video on the lovelyz “lesbian member” situation because that was just so badly managed by their company, and k-nets were actually in shock as to how bad they handled it

[@jihoonscarat]

hello, i did talk about this in my ice berg video, all though i didn't go too deep into the topic, I did cover it

[@kyusung4518]

DxEx see d ddcdp

[@kimliptchi]

Yoo Jiae isn't lesbian. The Jiae who is lesbian is Wassup member, not Lovelyz

[@jihoonscarat]

I think they are referring to the scandal, not that she is an actual lesbian

[@Marte0107]

10:17 I didn’t even know XUM disbanded! Ffs, I listened and loved both NeoPunchs and Xums songs! AND THEY DISBANDED THEM THROUGH A COMMUNITY POST?! Well I am mad 😡

[@henryblovesthings8305]

I guess, in conclusion, A100 can go up in flames if they’re never gonna learn

[@Ryan-pg1tw]

maybe you should express yourself more respectful

[@kpopandotherthings6853]

The fact they opened HiL’s KZbin channel by wiping XUM out of existence is such clownery.

[@truefalse934]

Could you possibly do a video about April? I recently discovered “Lalalilala” and I wanted to know more about the group, but then I found out that there is a long complicated bullying scandal surrounding the group that I don’t completely understand. (It’s just a suggestion though!)

[@whl.523]

TBH I feel like it’s harder to delve into their history because the bullying court case hasn’t been finalized yet..

[@jihoonscarat]

i want to, trust me. But for the time being I want to wait a bit since it's kind of still on going, and I think it would a lot better to wait to be able to make a fuller video

[@ryunekoyashiki]

kara little sister ^^

[@xyz-hs9ix]

@@jihoonscarat please talk about their company too once you made the April video. Dsp was it? I've heard it's a trashy company

[@spanishislandsquattingduck3175]

I remember Moonlight appearing on my recs the day it came out. I never heard of the group, never heard any news about this debut but I thought why not give them a chance. I'd recently gotten back into kpop and everything was new to me so I looooved the idea of stanning a group no one else I knew did. This was maybe an hour after it officially released. And I fell so in love with Neonpunch. The MV, the song, the choreo, the girls' vocals and their charisma. You could feel their genuine joy for finally debuting in that MV. I listened to it every single day and shared it everywhere I could lmao. Throughout the year I was under the illusion that A100 was treating the girls right: there was promotions, there was dance practices, there were dance and vocal covers every friday. They did vlives. And then it all just stopped for awhile which I assumed was for preparation for a comeback. (I didn't watch all their content so I was shocked when I heard about the fake disbandment thing...) Tic Toc finally happened and the excitement was revived. I was sad about Terry but Dohee filled her own spot in Neonpunch really well and she even became a bias with May. I was obsessed with the dance practice video for Tic Toc. They had GFRIEND-style sharpness and synchronization that I didn't observe in any other girl group from that year. I bought(!) the album because I really wanted to support the group and see them do well (one of the albums in my collection I'm most fond of). There were promotions, there were cover videos. And then the silence returned. And this time I was worried cause it lasted longer. Then there were suspicions that Dohee left. Then the Xum announcement happened. I was excited about the three girls continuing but the magic was gone. I loved Ddalala. I loved the bside Lipgloss. But it just wasn't the same and I felt like there was gloom on the horizon. The year passes and there's silence going into the new year. I was not surprised at all by the news of their disbandment (which was only by word of mouth from a friend LMAO). The amount of disappointment and disgust I have in this company for how astronomically they've mismanaged this poor group of young women is just.. insurmountable. I'm sorry for this essay sized comment but gahd. Neonpunch was such a special group to me, I'm sure the members all hold it fondly, but their legacy is just tainted with a100 being shitty in so many ways. I'm also so glad that other people actually remember Yeim?? Like I watched her debut after I'd checked the channel when i watched moonlight and was like "Why is no one talking about this incredible artist???" And then she just disappeared. I hope she finds herself out of this company or whatever situation she is in right now. She deserves so much better.

[@muzikmann2583]

pandemic aside, i have a simple question....how is it that so many inexperienced, fledgling, unprepared, not properly financed, and not properly trained kpop management agencies (A100 Entertainment, Star Empire Entertainment, DR Music, CJ E&M, Pledis, and so many more) are allowed to manage a kpop group of individual artist?....i'm sick of these fly-by-night and fledgling kpop management agencies that continue to ruin the careers of promising kpop groups and individuals.

[@henryblovesthings8305]

Here’s another video you can do. Call it, “Cube Entertainment, are you repeatedly switching focus with your own girl groups?”

[@henryblovesthings8305]

Reason why I say it like that is the company literally was switching focus every time they create a new girl group. Like for example, Cube focused less on 4Minute when they debuted CLC, then they focused a bit less on CLC when they had (G)I-DLE. Now that they just debuted Lightsum, I’m worried this confusing cycle will never end

[@kidawesomeness123]

elkie already stated when she left clc how the management basically told her they werent going to support clc anymore in the future.“When the agency said I would not invest in CLC, I felt there was no reason to stay.” Even when sorn had her solo cube didnt promote or help with anything, it was basically an independent project

[@henryblovesthings8305]

That could be part of why Cube Entertainment is switching focus with its own girl groups

[@mariadiallo5786]

@@henryblovesthings8305 (G)I-DLE's saving grace is Soyeon (since she's also in charge of production in the group) and, to a different extent, Yuqi should also counted as possibly saving the group because of her popularity. Thanks to their solo promotions + Miyeon and Minnie's acting activities + Shuhua's individual activities, they will still stay afloat until a group comeback, possibly if/when Soojin comes back

[@henryblovesthings8305]

If my statement is false (that Cube is repeatedly switching focus with girl groups), then forgive me

[@callistocallipso7043]

The undertitles to the segment titles killed me 💀

[@elladyson8886]

yeah i remember hearing so much about them and all their potential but most of what I've heard about them is from the fans complaining about all the crappy treatment all these women got, sad but informative video and looking forward into the future I have to agree that we should be very worried for the future of Hi-L. Companies like this rarely ever change, and I cannot think of a single example of a company that improves in treatment at this point in their timeline. SO many young women being treated so horribly, its saddening to see :(

[@jennierubyjaneofficial298]

Their Disband Statement of Xum is so Unprofessional LoL

[@ninanano]

the audacity to prank them about disbandment fully knowing their finances were shaky and they were about to ask the fans to fund a comeback... also kpop debuts can be quite expensive, they had 2 in the span of a few weeks? that's mismanagement, and just dumb. doomed from the start

[@liisaa287]

NeonPunch and XUM were some of my favorite girl groups and the fact that they disbanded, alongside groups such as IZ*ONE and GFRIEND also disbanding has made this year really heartbreaking

[@Nicola1279]

This was so good and really brought in all the thoughts I have about neonpunch/XUM. I've been stanning since predebut so seeing this happen is just heartbreaking, the girls are so talented and deserved better than they've been given. I got into a fansign in September last year and it was obvious how much the girls cared about what they were doing, and how happy they were to see fans. Iaan even mentioned me on their fancafe as she was so shocked to have a fan from England! I'm hoping to be moving to Korea by the end of the year and I was hoping I would be able to meet them in person and it breaks my heart that that can't happen anymore. These girls deserved the world and yet they were treated so badly, I hope whatever they end up doing next they're happy, and if any of them, of the 6 who have been a part of this mess not just the three in XUM, redebut or join another company I hope all us fans will be there to support them in their new adventure.

[@seriousleh]

If underrated was a person, it would be you, WHY AREN'T Y'ALL GIVING HER MORE VIEWS LOOK AT HOW MUCH QUALITY STUFF WE'RE GETTING 🙌😤

[@jihoonscarat]

awh thank you so much. you are making my heart melt

[@seriousleh]

@@jihoonscarat ur welcome ✨

[@hmmtom]

Neonpunch/XUM were definitely one of the unluckiest groups ever, and their colorism scandal didn’t exactly help them out. A100/Kpop Live have no idea how to manage groups

[@iliveinacgicity]

Neonpunch had so much potential I hope the girls are doing better now they aren't under that company I love your content

[@patriciarodrigues2527]

Has anyone else noticed that few of the girls who left Neonpunch didn't continue with their careers? (different from Xum). Arang participated in a performance, but what about social media? Hajeong, May and Terry no longer sing and Dohee ?? Where? Did the company do something to stop them from continuing their careers?

[@kkurajam]

They’re gonna ruin Hi-L and it’s so sad

[@henryblovesthings8305]

They announced a teaser of Hi-L on my birthday

[@henryblovesthings8305]

Just saying that when it was announced May 27- oh you’re right. Never mind

[@xyz-hs9ix]

The made a comeback today

[@poofbnny]

neonpunch was my ult group for a while. when terry left I was devastated since she was my bias, but I was extremely happy my girls were finally getting a comeback! When their activities halted I knew something was about to happen and it hurts even more when you've been with the group since debut + when the group is from a small company. Now about XUM I actually liked the song ngl, pretty generic I guess, but it did showcase another side of the girls which I loved !!! I'm still sad to this day because they wasted time and left these wonderful and talented girls like they were nothing !!!! I just hope the new girlgroup will not be getting treated like this.... great video!!!!

[@orbitmelody]

This honestly makes me so mad. I loved Neonpunch so much! They were one of my favorite girl groups. And I was so sad when they disbanded. So, I hoped XUM would do better, but A100 just sucks. I didn't even know about the prank until it was mentioned in a video I watched like a year ago, and that made me so mad. I still don't understand how the company thought that was a good idea. It seems like they didn't care about the Neonpunch members at all. And now, I just don't see the point in supporting Hi-L. They seem really nice, but I really think they are going to be mismanaged just like Neonpunch and XUM. I really hope all the idols that were or are in A100 the best, because they deserve so much more!

[@AnimeStar426]

A100 Entertainment just made number 5 on my shitlist. the top 4 in order being TS Entertainment, The Entertainment Pascal, Star Empire Entertainment, and Pledis Entertainment

[@jihoonscarat]

Lmao I can’t agree more with your list

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Add MLD, Cube, Fnc, Noga, etc etc to ur list lol I’m sorry for getting ahead of my self lol 😅🤦‍♀️

[@Waternight1]

I would add DSP Media on your list. Maybe even Sm ent and Jellyfish ent. But Jellyfish ent. has learned some lessons from their wrong doings.

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@Waternight1 MLD too

[@psyche_is1732]

I can feel the rage while watching.... //gives virtual hugs to all the fans of the group/stated in this video

[@kaitlynmontgomery5289]

Loved. Neonpunch and was heartbroken when they disbanded. Then some came back as XUM and loved them...only to find out they disbanded as well

[@imperfect1797]

I love how this turned out!

[@aprils1888]

Lately makestar has been really stale with the projects, so little is going on there. My hope is that maybe... LABOUM will get a makestar since their company said they are preparing for a comeback. Let's hope it wont turn out like the October one lol. Also considering that the upcomming album will feature a more upbeat concept, while the Oct. one was supposed to have a sexy concept... does that mean we will never hear the 4 (I presume) songs from the original 3rd mini album?

[@mariadiallo5786]

I'm confident LABOUM will have the comeback this time, unless NH Media is caught in yet another lie. Their contract is gonna be over soon. Either they step up their game, or the girls will find their path somewhere else

[@RoyalViper1]

MY GOD I WAS WATCHING YOUR PLEDIS VIDEO AGAIN JUST NOW, THIS IS A MIRACLEE! Your videos are amazing and brighten up my day, please never stop making them :)

[@jihoonscarat]

oh my god really? that makes me so happy, i really appreciate it. and don't worry I'm not planning on stopping any time soon

[@annzflwr]

💜 i liked neon punch songs i was sad when they disbanded that was pretty much all my knowledge of them but now i mean pretty damn sad to know what really happened

[@totizsofi4771]

I found XUM through a youtube ad on the day of their debut and i was truly obsessed with them and when i heard about their disbanding i was like MAD mad, i remember punching the pillow and screaming.

[@patriciarodrigues2527]

OMG THANK YOU VERY MUCH I thought that only I had noticed the company's treatment with the girls not only with Neonpunch and Xum but with the soloists as well !!!!

[@cindy_carat5057]

I never heard of these groups but I love watching your videos as I learned a lot about kpop. I just came across your channel lately and binge-watching it.

[@jihoonscarat]

Thank you so much. I’ll glad you enjoy my stuff ❤️💕💕

[@calleigh4287]

Another amazing video! I agree with all the comments saying you are so underrated. Your videos are so well edited & well researched. 💜💜💜

[@jihoonscarat]

Awh thank you so much it means a lot ❤️

[@electrichearts]

After xum's controversy I think a100 just gave up

[@jihoonscarat]

I think so too

[@electrichearts]

@@jihoonscarat it really sucks like my head was about to blow off with the amount of anger I felt after they 'announced' the disbandedment. plus I somehow want to get xum's old content back bc they were really comforting??

[@senassky]

I was so mad when XUM disbanded and they gave the channel to Hi-L💜

[@aprils1888]

This is random, but... I feel like FAVORITE is slowly dying and I'm not happy with it...

[@mariadiallo5786]

Exactly. The company is clearly going under... They deactivated their own SNS profiles

[@ironhank]

@@mariadiallo5786 whaaaat

[@pascal5566]

Favorite, Hashtag, Ariaz, Craxy and NATURE if they dont decide to make a comeback soon

[@mariadiallo5786]

@@pascal5566 Ariaz is set to have an online concert soon, but Rising Star needs to step up and give them a COMEBACK! CRAXY are set to come back later this year (unless they have more COVID-19 related issues) and NATURE don't seem to be inactive either. Favorite and Hashtag do worry me, though... They might disband soon

[@fanboyioi4441]

@@mariadiallo5786 what about Dreamnote, Elris, and BVNDIT?

[@escritora84]

Wow, this is truly awful. Can you please do an episode on Star Empire? They have a history of treating their idols terribly.

[@jihoonscarat]

I did make a video about Nine Muses but I do want to cover the company all together at some point in the future.

[@truefalse934]

My food just delivered so now I have something to watch!! Love your videos 🤍🤍

[@jihoonscarat]

ayeee hope you enjoyed your food! thank you for watching

[@pinklemonaze9982]

omg I was shocked to see that you didn't have at least 20k subscribers! You channel and research is amazing, I appreciate all your effort!

[@jihoonscarat]

Awh thank you so much, you’re too sweet 🥺

[@AustinT97]

I think A100/KPop Live Ent. can be added to that list of terrible companies along with TS and Pledis among others just from the way they treated NeonPunch/XUM alone. Also, I hope Yeim can get the hell out that company for her sake and I surely hope Hi-L is treated better than the company's past artists but time will tell.

[@mariadiallo5786]

Yeim hasn't released music since 2018! She deserves better! She even had the chance to train in Japan with none other than Mina from TWICE for a brief period but she's got the short end of the stick, ending up in a company who clearly doesn't believe in her...

[@emimaekal]

I had actually never heard abt neonpunch before (their songs are absolutely amazing though so thank you for bringing them to my attention!) but I knew about Xum and was confused by their sudden disappearance they promoted 'Dalla Dalla' on music shows at the same time as my favs so I saw them perform quite often and was actually looking forward to more of their songs... it's a total shame they were under such a shitty company, I hope for the best for them in the future💜

[@karinawasgeht]

I‘m so thankful to you (Jihoons Carat) for these videos. I love watching these. Thank you so much

[@jorgeasfurapadilla4911]

It can't be right in the morning I was looking for videos about Neonpuch and I saw the disbandement joke, and now you upload video. That has been happening to me a lot lately. PS: I loved the intro with Like It Hot

[@neszsa]

God I loved NeonPunch so much and just hearing all this all again makes me so freaking angry. They had so much potential and even though they were underrated I still feel like people... Knew about them? Like as an underrated group. And god the horrible treatment, I could go on for hours

[@Jrey1803]

A good friend of mine that I got into Kpop her first group she discovered on her own that she loved was neon punch. She was heartbroken when the disbandment was announced and she had hope for the new group to just be disappointed again by the company

[@jihoonscarat]

I was so heartbroken when NeonPunch debuted and it just sucks that the company gave up like this

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@jihoonscarat *disbanded

[@e.2393]

XUM was a little popular here in Brazil because ddalala sounded like Brazilian funk but yeah this sadly happened so idk what to expect more from this shitty agency 😐☔

[@atinymoonizen]

It's actually a Jersey club sounding song. Reminded me a lot of Ciara's "Level up"

[@e.2393]

@@atinymoonizen oh thats cool

[@ellabise]

NeonPunch songs were such bangers, it made me so upset when they disbanded

[@trillian777]

Thank you for your well-researched and interesting videos. I always look forward to them.

[@jihoonscarat]

I'm glad you enjoy my videos!

[@trillian777]

@@jihoonscarat 💜

[@seungsluvv]

I love your Videos so much. They are always so informative and you also talk alot about smaller groups which not so many people do in the way you do it! ❤️😈

[@jihoonscarat]

Thank you so much ❤️❤️

[@erinmckiblet6225]

I really liked neonpunchs debut!

[@animefean1]

It was very weird when one day i just went to my subscriptions and saw a random video by a channel i didnt recognize, there was only one video at the time and so i was like lemme check the comments cuz i have no clue who this group is nor did i sub to this channel , and i was pretty shocked but mad at the same time to learn this was supposed to be XUMs channel and all the content was just gone , this is overall just a very shitty move and idk what was so hard to just make a new channel for the new group it makes 0 sense

[@karinawasgeht]

I really spend my mornings in the moment with watching your videos while eating breakfast and I really love these videos‘s keep going

[@jihoonscarat]

Awh thank you so much ❤️❤️

[@yukil.spencer3848]

announcing disbandment through community post is like breaking up through text smh

[@elmin82]

that pranks was really horrible...

[@ilyuser]

i followed neonpunch all the way from their predebut days and let me tell you it was an extremely frustrating journey

[@isag6454]

thank you so much for making this video

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Hi-L just debuted

[@jihoonscarat]

Yes! I kinda enjoyed their song, it was refreshing with all the girl crush groups these days

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@jihoonscarat agree

[@worldsedge4991]

I also remember the low point of that horrible prank! And I remember a high point when they auditioned for Mix9... Up to that point, all the auditions looked like high school productions. Then, the bus drove over to A100 and the Neon Punch girls looked like women! Like, they towered over everyone else. - They were trained and trained and trained then.... Pleh. 🎆

[@mattcryalot]

ok but now Im ANGRY, thanks for this video 💜

[@jungkooksheart3735]

Thanks for explaining this! I hope people will see this ❤️

[@midorijewel9983]

Omfg thanks for talking about this horrible company! I was so sad when Neonpunch disbanded, I cried a lot because I was stanning them since their debut, and I miss them so much! Then with XUM Debuted with Ddala a concept way different from neonpunch that it got to 10 million views just then to announce disband & erased this MV! Baekah, Iaan, Dohee, May, Dayeon & Terry had so much potential then this stupid company failed them I'm scared if they debut a new girl group or boy group because they are doing their artists very dirty :'(

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Yeah they debuted Hi-L a few months ago and I’m scared they’ll go through bad stuff too

[@aprils1888]

My favorite NeonPunch song is "My Friends" 🟪🟪

[@azuvas]

same!

[@ZzRaidennZZ]

I started to stan them on Xum's debut and I really liked their style of music but I never saw them posted on their social media and the announcement on KZbin I thought it was a joke I even thought it was not the official channel I had to check several times because I did not see the information anywhere else and it bothered me a lot and I feel sorry for the girls who are going to debut in that company but I just put it on my list of companies that I will never support again.

[@Im_michi]

I feel so bad for them! They didn’t deserve the treatment the company gave them! I wish I could’ve seen more potential of them if they went to a better small company like blockberry or happy face entertainment it’d be so cool to see their talents in the hands of a good care taking company because they honestly deserve it. 💜

[@night756]

I liked this video and i learned some things thanks to that so thank you very much!

[@jihoonscarat]

Thank you for watching !

[@night756]

@@jihoonscarat no problem because this channel is very informative

[@xzxzojkeymtzxzx7712]

most of the times i've never heard of the grps/ppl u r talking about (i am only very lightly involved in the overall kpop scenes nowadays), i am just here cos ur videos are good

[@jihoonscarat]

Thank you for sticking around. That’s what I like to do, talk about groups that most people don’t talk about to give them love or idk if it sounds weird but justice ? Like most of the groups I talk about deserved so much more

[@DJSoulbrother]

Companies do this shit ALOT, chasing luck with debuts, Not giving 2 f&cks about their talent and/or try to keep them locked in a contract so no other company can use that talent better. Even the bigger companies with money, JYP a prime example with Miss A. VERY few companies actually seem to think of their talent as more than simple money (Dreamcatcher Ent, Plan M (APink) Woolim (Lovelyz to a point) WM (Oh my girl) etc companies actually support a lot more than most), Recently even our beloved GFriend seem to have been f*cked over by a company that most have thought as a good one.... IAAN is a star also, being so young with that confidence and charisma should be managed a shit ton better, don't get me started on how visual she and XUM were... This angers me so much how these companies f*ck dreams up so much on people... It's also a very youth-oriented sport in beauty prioritized Korea, It's meant to be MUSIC you know for the EARS haha. The 80's f*cked music and turned it into needing to look good also.

[@electrichearts]

THANK YOU.

[@xperriewinklee]

it’s July 1st and we still have barely any info on Hi-L. I’m excited for them to debut but I have bad feelings now. Idk. I wish the best for the girls though

[@xperriewinklee]

also A100 remind me of ANS entertainment how they treated AngelNSoul and how they’re treating their new group MAJORS :(

[@mariadiallo5786]

We have no debut date yet either, we know more info about only some of the girls... I hate this company

[@mariadiallo5786]

UPDATE: debut date is August 11

[@calebkinglopez4005]

Your videos are always awesome! Could you maybe create a video about the girl group Blah Blah, their company and what happened to them. It's some weird stuff and I have never seen ANYONE talk about them. Their Makestar says that they are still finishing the album even tho it's been years and years. I never got my money back from the album 😁

[@aprils1888]

ALSO, A100 can't make good 'short' names, to save their life (Idk how to call these types of names, my English skills arent THAT good) But like... wth is "Xumthing" and where did the "-" in Hi-L come from.

[@channelxcaramelo]

Your content is fire, i just got from work and it's great to have one of your vids to watch🌸

[@jihoonscarat]

Thank you so much

[@channelxcaramelo]

@@jihoonscarat thanks to *you* for always putting out great content!

[@jellyjellywowie]

I was really hoping for more music from xum what a shame

[@leahdavis9434]

The stress of them having designated colors that don't match the backgrounds xD

[@IchiSwagger]

Thank you for always fighting the good fight. 💜

[@peachxtaehyung]

Yeah the disbandment announcement on the youtube community page is a horrible idea and imo really showed how much they cared about them disbanding smh.

[@mariadiallo5786]

The DDALALA MV was reuploaded on A100's channel. Obviously, it has a LOT less views! I'm afraid AWEXUMs will have to work their a*ses off to str3am again...

[@justfaith1]

Ah shit here we go again

[@kasparov85]

A100 apparently no longer exists, as does their website. It seems obvious that KPOP live bought A100, and not that A100 turned into KPOP Live. A100 was founded in 2016 by Baek Jong-wook, a former manager at Happy Face ent, while the CEO of KPOP Live Ent is PK Heman, a singer / rapper who debuted in 2007. But it is true that KPOP Live's comment on HI-L's first video: (New girl group Hi-L and XUM are in the same company.) Also A100 changed K-pop LIVE ent.) Is really confusing. I also think A100 started having financial difficulties around mid 2019, when they moved to a smaller building. Neonpunch can be seen in their new practice room on September 6th. It's possible that even though their Makestar project was successful, the company didn't have enough money left for a Neonpunch comeback. But in this case, how to explain that the group was able to afford a trip to the Phillipines and Dallas? I also remember that A100 posted in January 2020 on Makestar asking to wait a bit longer, and that the girls were getting ready for their comeback .... What amazes me the most is how A100 was able to start XUM if it ran out of money. Maybe the company put in all the money they had left to give the girls one last chance, but unfortunately it didn't work out. As for the latest affront to XUM to put all their videos in private, I prefer not even to talk about it. At least we still have the Neonpunch KZbin channel (for now ...). It seems that some companies really don't care about the fans (which does not bode well for Hi-L), I remember only too well the group ShaSha, all of the content of which has been erased by their company. I am really sad for the girls of Neonpunch/XUM that I have followed from the start, and who have worked hard all these years. They deserved better.

[@Qu3nDisaster]

Neonpunch debut song was so good. I’m so angry with them.

[@fanboyioi4441]

If you don’t have enough to money to support a group for at least two years of promotions, then don’t debut a group.

[@jihoonscarat]

Exactly!

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Folks should’ve told that to Noga and Noga should’ve listened to them when handing Lucente

[@amaliadepinho]

please do one on astory ent too!

[@amaliadepinho]

@gloomyjoon didn't give favorite any promo even after their comeback loca did pretty well. right now the group is most likely silently disbanded because one of the members unfollowed the group's ig page. there was a soloist under them that got no promo too, so she left

[@mariadiallo5786]

@gloomyjoon hmm... I doubt they'll do. There are no updates about this "boy group" and the company even deleted their SNS, a sign they might be going under

[@sakura-rosegamer5847]

xum was also on artbeat to promote xum ddalala

[@tsukiverse]

it would be interesting if you made a video about the group ANS! they disbanded pretty early and had a really messy career. most people even think they had a bullying scandal when its actually not even true and the company just spread missinformation so they could save themselves because the girls accused their companys manager of bullying them and worse. they did so well for a nugu group but then disappeared in a really messy way. just a recommendation !

[@jihoonscarat]

I did talk about it a lot in my iceberg video so I’m not sure if I want to make a video repeating the information but maybe 💕

[@oxhyegen135]

i miss XUM. they were my ults 😔

[@karinawasgeht]

I‘m so sorry for this omg ☹️❤️

[@mihaelabarlovic4139]

I was wondering if you could make a Spectrum video or Omega x one because every time I think of Spectrum I get so sad because they deserved so much

[@thatonesweatergirl1756]

Great video☂️ and I feel like it would be so much better if a bigger company just bought them like what happened with pledis and I feel so bad for those people

[@soomi]

XUM got disbanded after their racism/xenophibic scandal. It's not deep math. If I were a company I would've disbanded them too. In kpop it is too hard to move on from such huge incident and they already had a line up of new girls already. I fully understood that move. The only thing I don't understand is their lack of communication and the failed makestar campaign.

[@jihoonscarat]

Well I do think the scandal has definitely something to do with it but you said it happened after. This incident happened the day after their debut, which is in September but they disbanded this month.

[@brown_skin_lover_queen5790]

I love ur videos I know it took u a minute to make it but I wish people would look at ur videos more

[@jihoonscarat]

Thank you ❤️❤️🥺

[@mihaelabarlovic4139]

If you want to support a group you should not buy the album because most of album sales goes to the company the idols get the most money from international promotion and events but those group never get the chance to go international

[@eleninikiforaki5036]

Loved your video, great job!💜 Hey in the future could you maybe do a video about Nature ?

[@jihoonscarat]

Thank you! I can try in the future 💕

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@jihoonscarat yeah I’m already have a feeling they’ve disbanded but their dumb company doesn’t wanna say anything since they haven’t had a comeback since June of 2020. Girls is on my Spotify unwrapped and it’s a bop ❤️

[@hyun-ll5ol]

I was just watching a video on NeonPunch!

[@randomkid4783]

ummm I just looked up Xum and I can't find the official music video at all, like there's the genie version with 70k and someone else with like 2k but it had like a 12million views and I can't find it wtf

[@jihoonscarat]

As I mention in the video, the company privated all of XUMs videos and we don’t know why

[@randomkid4783]

@@jihoonscarat what's really interesting is that I checked out their youtube channel a while back and they posted a video that looked like they were going to debut a new girl group under the name XUM, with different members. It probably was Hi-L but still it's an interesting fact

[@ha._.bbangbby]

@@randomkid4783 yeah they turned the XUM KZbin channel into a Hi-L KZbin channel.

[@randomkid4783]

@@ha._.bbangbby thanks for specifying I thought so but honestly didn’t know for sure… I hope they do ok so that more eyes will be on the company so they don’t keep hurting artists

[@patriciarodrigues2527]

this company is manipulative!!! when Arang left the group, they replaced her with May, who by the way is a lot like her. they insisted on putting someone (may) in her place (arang)! Think - they're both too much alike, red hair, same age, same birth date... for fans to think they're the same person!

[@um_runa]

I want to start stanning Hi-L but i’m afraid to because of what i’m hearing. I never knew XUM or NeonPunch, but hearing that is awful and I don’t want to ever think about or want to stan a group if later on they’ll just disband out of nowhere with no consent. I also don’t want to experience losing a favorite group of yours., that sounds absolutely horrible. I hope nothing happened to this group since they haven’t posted in 11 days! But i’m going to stan them anyway and hope i may be wrong. I’m excited!

[@jihoonscarat]

I know so well what you mean and I had convinced myself to “dislike” them because of the company. But then I saw their MV and fell in love and now I just try my hardest to show love and support, hoping they by now that company has learnt it’s lesson