Okay, in order talked about earlier than, B.A.P have successfully reunited (sans Zelo within the army) as BANG&JUNG&YOO&MOON (a simple but in addition insane identify to decide on). They not too long ago marked this with a sentimental comeback in “Gone”.
Nice to see them again and hope they maintain at it so we will get one thing greater than like a protected fansong sort of deal, although it’s nice sufficient for followers to take pleasure in a minimum of.
Anyway, the motive they’ll’t use B.A.P is outwardly TS Leisure, who’re by some means nonetheless round and nonetheless being assholes regardless of shedding mainly each case from each artist they’ve had. The members defined not with the ability to use the B.A.P title, “It could have been nice if we might have used our unique crew identify, however the actuality is that it’s troublesome. We puzzled if we must always create a brand new crew identify, however since we promoted with the outdated crew identify for thus lengthy, popping out with a brand new identify was simply… The followers bear in mind us as B.A.P. If we will’t use that identify, then the fitting factor to do was to make use of our given names to fulfill our followers once more.”
Truthful sufficient, is sensible regardless of driving me personally insane. However TSE apparently acquired wind of this and replied,
A consultant of TS Leisure informed StarNews on August 9 KST, “Different teams who left their outdated businesses arrange their very own company particularly for group promotions, then sought to speak issues over with their outdated businesses. However not one of the B.A.P members ever sought to speak it over with the late CEO. The six members by no means contacted us saying that they wished the trademark.”
In actual fact, the trademark registration for the group identify ‘B.A.P’ expired final month, in response to TS. And the company intends on renewing the registration quickly. “At present, the entire members are below totally different businesses, and it’s not like they’ve all 6 members both. It doesn’t seem to be they need to declare possession of the trademark to allow them to generate income. So to behave like victims and make it seem like we refused to allow them to use the identify, that’s poor judgement,” the rep added.
Dude, what? By all accounts TSE is now defunct (nearly 4 years in the past) and the CEO who introduced them up handed away six years in the past, which was earlier than they even formally disbanded (apart from the truth that issues have been extra contentious on the time).
I do know they actually don’t have anything to lose anymore, however that is simply unbelievably petty and pointless. TS mainly wished them to come back to them crawling, whereas the truth that they’re renewing it anyway paradoxically exhibits their hand of how they might’ve handled them. They’re simply remarkably dangerous.
So far as I can inform, each group TS Leisure has produced has sued them, which is spectacular in its personal method.
— Asian Junkie (@asianjunkiecom) November 18, 2019