JYP new girl group will not debut anytime soon as the company is reportedly capitalizing on the success of TWICE.
Many thought that JYP will push the debut of a new girl group as Somi's group IOI will deisband early next year. However, the label still has no concrete plans on Somi's career. Somi will reportedly focus on her studies first.
On Nov. 30, JYP Entertainment released an official announcement about Somi's future. "It's true that Jeon So Mi will be enrolling in the Applied Music program at Hanlim Multi Art School. We will think about Jeon So Mi's promotion after IOI's promotions officially come to an end," JYP said, according to All Kpop.
Jeon Somi's current girl group IOI is set to disband in 2017 and the fate of the members now lies to their respective agencies. Somi is signed with JYP and the future plans for her career remained unknown. Other entertainment labels debuted or set to debut IOI members in their respective girl groups (Chaeyeon in DIA, Yeonjung in Cosmic Girls, Mina and Sejong in Gugudan, Pinky and Nayoung in Girlz). This seems to be the next step for the rest of the IOI members.
IOI is one of the successful girl groups of 2016 dubbed as the cream of the crop of all female trainees that joined the reality show Produce 101. JYP's Somi ranked first in the reality program that landed her the center position in the group.
JYP is rumoured to debut a new girl group in 2017, two years after TWICE's debut. The entertainment label is reportedly cooking another reality show in order to increase the hype for the new girl group.
Dubbed as 6Mix, the new JYP girl group will be composed of the eliminated contestants from Sixteen - Chaeyeon, Chaeryoung, Eunsuh, Natty, and Somi as well as new JYP trainees Lily M, Mashiro, Hanseol, and Yejin. However, the line up is not finalized yet.
Meanwhile, there is no official confirmation from JYP when the new girl group will debut.