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+ GEMI RETURNS TO SEOUL AFTER EXTENDED VACATION IN THE U.S

Spiced’s leader has finally returned back to Korea after a two month stay in her hometown of Miami, Florida in the United States. Since the promotions ended on their ‘Prism’ mini album, the girls have all pretty much stayed low and out of the public eye–or have at least tried to. Gemi’s visits home have increased dramatically over the last year, and many fans think they know why. The idol’s grandmother’s health has been on a steady decline since around Christmas of last year. Gemi has stated in an interview before that she’s tried an infinite number of times to convince her grandmother to move to Korea to be closer to her (or even Japan to be with Gemi’s mother), but she insists on staying in the US. In the last year alone, Gemi has visited Miami a whopping ten times–much more often than most idols are able to go home to see their families. Although, we cannot confirm or deny the reason why Gemi did visit for so long, or even the status of her grandmother’s health, we are happy to say the leader is back, and hope she’s here to stay.

Her return also comes days after the MAMA Awards, which she and Spiced decided to sit out on this year. The group, despite having tremendous success with both their full length album, and mini album, the girls unfortunately did not take anything home. This is the first time since 2011 that the girls as a group, as a subunit, or as a solo act have not taken anything home from MAMA awards. There have been no comments by any of the girls as to why they didn’t attend, nor have there been any comments from their company representatives. Hopefully, with the return of Gemi to Korea, the group will begin to reemerge from the shadows and come back to making public appearances! 

+ Gemi displays a softer side of herself for Spiced’s Charity Event! 

Most commonly known for her strong appearance, Gemi revealed to her fans a much softer image of herself throughout the night. From her simple/casual outfits to her stages during the event, seeing this different side of Gemi was highly refreshing. With a lot of recent backlash against the Spiced member, we can see why she might have taken on this route. 

Gemi spoke on behalf of the group and their Foundation twice during the night, along side of member Smiley. Her speech with Smiley was especially sad for fans due to the rapper being unable to participate in this month’s comeback as well as performances during the concert. The two idols addressed Domestic Violence of both the emotional and physical nature, and offered advice and services to those watching who may be involved in some type of an abusive relationship. The two of them also spoke on the seriousness of Smiley’s condition, and how it is important for fans to understand that their idols are people also. The group faced a lot of negativity due to their decision to carry on without Smiley for this comeback, but she addressed and cleared up any misconceptions about this decision. 

Spiced’s leader partook in four stages (outside of the group’s performances), and they were as followed: Thorn (her debut song), Breathe (an original release for the concert), RED (along side of Mellow’s Sophie, Illumia’s Cerise and Siyeon). The singer also revealed a special clip video of another original release with Unplugged’s Rex called “Blue Moon” during an intermission. 

NETIZEN BUZZ

who the fuck is she fooling trying to act all innocent now? we already know she’s a bitch, she can cut the act. 

BALLAD GEMI ;____; the best Gemi tbh

I wish all this hate would stop. She doesn’t deserve it at all. 

Sleepy x Smiley will always be the best OTP. I know it breaks her heart that she doesn’t have her on stage with her ;; 

Gemi shouldn’t have to do all of this to prove that she’s not evil!! She should get to be her regular self and people trust her for who she says she is! 

GEMI SET TO HOLD SOLO FAN MEET THIS WEEKEND! 

We caught up with Gemi and her manager yesterday as they entered the TQ building, and she confirmed rumors that she was planning to hold a solo fan meet before her group’s comeback. At the meet, she will be releasing ‘Step 2/3′, the second part of her solo project, ‘THREE’; she will also be releasing a song intended to be released on Spiced’s eighth anniversary but wasn’t for unknown reasons. She will perform songs off of both Step 1/3 and Step 2/3, and solo renditions of hit Spiced songs. Gemi will hold a Q&A session with fans and media groups about the group’s upcoming album, as well as future individual projects for the members. Her and her team will be raffling off prizes for her fans at various points during the meet. It hasn’t been determined if there will be an appearance by the other members, or any other special guest. 

The fan meet with be held at the COEX Mall on Sunday, 11AM-3:15PM. The event is set to allow entry to 400 fans in total. 

NETIZEN BUZZ! 

it’s obvious her selfish ass wants to be a fulltime solo artist. just go already damn

brb camping out at coex!! 

she always does free events for fans and gives out gifts, she’s such a sweetheart.

Finally!! Step 2/3 is here TT-TT I’m so excited for it omg. I hope it’s as good as 1/3. 

Stan Gemi the Angel. 

             GEMI’S FANMEETING TO BE PUSHED BACK 

Just one day after the announcement of her fan meet for tomorrow, Gemi’s manager has confirmed that the meet will be pushed back a few days. The singer has flown to Tokyo for a few days to visit with her mother and step-father. While there has been no confirmation, it’s suspected that she went to be with her grandmother who has been in and out of the hospital over the last few months. Her manager assured us that the meeting will be taking place by Thursday of this week, and asked for fans to continue to look forward to it. While the venue may change, the event is still free admission and will hold upwards to 400 eager fans. 

A source from the company has revealed that there are potential guests attending her fan meet, be it to stop by or perform. The list includes TQ labelmates such as the soloist Bang, cousin and Senshi member Zinnie, Joon of CO:HRT, choreographer Dorian, and even soloist (and self proclaimed queen bee of TQ) Akali. Spiced members are expected to stop by to show support to their leader, and of course, Gemi’s twin brother Gino (of OK:GO) and younger sister, Albie are as well. Neither Gemi nor her management have confirmed this list, but they have yet to deny it either. (Knowing how Gemi is and how she loves surprising people, we can probably look forward to seeing all of those faces, if not more.)

NETIZEN BUZZ

i hope she’s okay :c i know her grandmother means a lot to her. 

AKALI? is this some kind of joke? 

damn with all the tq people coming, it might as well be a damn company fan meeting.

and yet, everyone’s always calling her selfish. she’s sharing her SOLO fan meet with her friends and labelmates. if that ain’t love and realness, i don’t know what is. 

i’m glad i looked this up, i was really packing my bag to sleep outside of coex tonight. 

prayers to your family, eonni. i’m sure things will be okay. can’t wait to see you at this meet <3 

Gemi to head America to be with family after tragic loss.

Just days before she is set to begin promotions with her subunit, Spektrum, Gemma is making her way America to be among loved ones. Although, no prior news was heard about it from the singer or her company beforehand, it has now been confirmed that her cousin passed days ago in a car accident. It has been revealed that he was the older brother of TQ’s Zinnie Harada. 

Her company CEO released this statement earlier this morning:

While we have known about this horrible tragedy for a few days now, we thought it would be best to give Zinnie and Gemma some privacy and to have the chance to appropriately mourn such a significant loss. We ask that you continue to extend the same courtesy towards them, and allow them some peace as they do their best to pull through such a difficult time. 

Promotions for ‘Winter Wonderland’ were originally set to take place starting tomorrow, however, we will postpone it until Gemma has returned and settled back in. We still will go through with the release of it between today and tomorrow, as Gemma has requested of us. Please send  lots of prayers, love, and light to Zinnie and Gemi, as well as their family.

Thank you. 

NETIZEN BUZZ!

            IS GEMI  PLANNING A COMEBACK?

by: kim minhee  +   posted 8hrs ago    +   shared: 15k 

Last night Spiced’s leader, Gemi, took to both Twitter and Instagram with a cryptic set of messages. Referencing her childhood favorite and American classic, Schoolhouse Rock, she asked fans if ‘three really was the magic number’, followed by a #comingsoon’. Minutes later, she uploaded a picture to her Instagram, along with the caption ‘three? three. #soon.’ From these posts we’ve come to the conclusion that we should be expecting something from either Gemi as a soloist, or a group comeback! It’s been almost a year since Gemi has had a solo comeback, and seven months since Spiced has had a comeback. Whichever one it is, from Gemi’s posts we should be expecting it rather soon. So Red Hots and Gemstones gear up, something is most definitely coming your way! 

If you want to keep up with her updates on your own, we suggest following her on Twitter (@slimgem) and on Instagram (@sleepingmama)! With a release of whatever kind around the corner, we expect her to be hitting Social Media up again soon! 

BUZZ! 

beglover (+1354,-567)  Please be Spiced. Please be Spiced. I miss Spiced. 

5picedfan (+2142, -1125) It doesn’t matter if it’s a Spiced or Gemi comeback. WE need to support her no matter what. 

missing2ne1 (+946, -1803) I hope it’s a Gem comeback. She deserves it. Not one of them is half as talented as Gemi. She should just go solo, tbh.