Is it the End of the Wonder Girls? What Lies Ahead?

Sohee's recent announcement not to renew her contract as a part of the Wonder Girls has left fans themselves wondering where the group now stands. The five girls that were once at the helm of the K-Pop industry, boasting big hits such as 'Nobody', 'Tell Me' and 'So Hot' seemed to have phased out. There was once a time where if you looked for K-pop girl groups there would be the big three, Girls Generation, 2NE1 and the Wonder Girls.


But left with four members (three active) one has to wonder where it all went wrong for this amazing group. Some people think it was JYP's fault, with a lack of Korean exposure and focus on the American market which ultimately failed (that terrible song with Akon!) JYP Entertainment has seemingly abandoned this girl group focusing more on up and coming acts in 2014.

However the Wonder Girls haven't been the first girl group to 'phase out'. A good example is the first generation groups Fin. KL and SES. Fink.KL never officially disbanded but released their last album in 2002, they did release a digital single in 2005 but as no member is a part of DSP media anymore can they reunite? They did perform together in 2008 during a concert by Lee Hyori but these don't point to a comeback but just one off performances for nostalgia and it seems highly unlikely that they will comeback as a group. For SES, their last major album was released in spring 2002 and like Fin.KL all the members have left SM entertainment. However all three members have said that they may regroup in the future and the three members remain close friends. They also reunited on stage when receiving a special award from MTV Korea in 2005 and have been together on television many times but have not made any announcement of new music.

Sohee's departure and the highly unlikely event of Sunye returning any time soon leaves us wondering why the group hasn't been officially disbanded or why they weren't disbanded earlier? Surely it would have been good to have a goodbye stage before things turned out this way.

However, some fans seem hopeful that JYP may implement Sunmi back into the group or that after a few years solo Sohee will return to Wonder Girls activities (which seems unlikely). Will the group go the way of SES and Fin.KL?

However if they do continue, what will happen? Will Sunmi come back? Will they be 'So Hot'? We're all waiting for JYP to 'Tell Me, Tell Me, T T T T T Tell Me'!!!

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