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NEW AGE

Possible the most obvious is New Age Media-- fans are sure they’ll be doing some sort of debut soon, what with their announcement of G-Project and the frequent covers they’ve been posting as of late. New Age officials elaborated a little more on that. 

“With Andy’s successful debut a month or so ago, we’re ready for our next project,” a rep explained. “It will be very ambitious. We don’t want to reveal too much as of yet, but you will see new girl group activities this summer.”

“We have been planning this for a long time,” another representative added. “Before Idol Project and Unity. So we will probably have to rearrange some things, but we are committed to staying on schedule, even with Somi promoting in Unity for the time being.”

New Age did not comment on the size of their new group, which worried a lot of fans, seeing as G-Project revealed the scope of how many trainees New Age really does have. 

About their male trainees, a spokesperson commented, “A huge chunk of our male trainees are currently on Idol Project, which means they are not here for us to plan for for the moment. We also have no idea which ones will make it into the final group, which throws another wrench in our plans.”

Another said, “Our plans for our new girl group and boy group are somewhat interconnected. Again, we will have to shift some things around likely because of Idol Project, but we are committed to debuting both a boy group and a girl group before January.”

SPOTLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT

Regarding future debuts, Spotlight remained fairly tight lipped, but we managed to get some information out of them. Spotlight is planning for a boy group and a girl group, though they aren’t sure when those groups would be ready, and aren’t confident with setting a time frame until they are more certain. They also mentioned that they have a big soloist debut coming soon, and that that will be the priority for now.

HIGHER RECORDS

“We want to make sure Rewind has enough time to grow before we move on,” a Higher rep said when asked about future debuts. “They are just starting to find their way, and we want to ensure that we give them every opportunity to succeed. The last thing we want to do is make them seem like an afterthought or something we’ve given up on. This group was our first real debut with trainees from under our roof, and we are determined to get them their first win.”

Higher mentioned that they have trainees whom they are keeping their eye on when it comes to future debuts, but that Rewind is their full priority for this year.

LIBERTY RECORDS

"We have some ideas we’re throwing around,” a representative for Liberty said. “We don’t want to debut a group just for the sake of it, of course-- we want to make sure we have the right talent and the right concept before we go all in.”