It's been a couple days since this news has come out, but it is certainly quite shocking for us L.O.V.E.s. Recently, Pledis announced that the boy group NU'EST will be gaining a 6th member for NU'EST-M to expand into the Chinese music market. Jason (JA符龙飞), a Chinese idol, will be joining the five member group and debuting in a Chinese version of the song Sleep Talking. Sleep Talking is part of NU'EST's most recent Mini-Album- Sleep Talking, and has a MV on YouTube (Links will always be at the end of a post). Another groups that have done a Chinese market expansion AFTER their debut is Super Junior (Super Junior-M) by SM Entertainment. Exo, also from SM Entertainment, also has a Chinese subgroup, (Exo-K and Exo-M), but they debuted at the same time. Many fans, including myself aren't very pleased with this news, saying that there is no point of adding a 6th member. What do you think? Is it really necessary to add a new member and expand to China? Another problem comes up- Jason is quite a bit older than his new band members. Jason is 25 years old, 5 years older than Aron, who's 20, and 7 years older than JR, Baekho, Minhyun, and Ren, who are all 18. Pledis will be joining with YUEHUA to expand into the Chinese market, and SME even gave some pointers.
Pledis commented, "Joining hands with YUEHUA, we will be revealing our first project NU'EST-M. We believe the group will kick off to a great start as the existing NU'EST members and Jason showed good team work during the preparation stage. As the group is made up of talented individuals, we will do our best so that the group can achieve success in the Chinese market."
NU'EST is planned to debut in China on the 11th-tomorrow with a performance of Sleep Talking. What do you think about Jason, and do you think they will succeed? I hope they will succeed.... NU'EST FIGHTING!
~EAsia
Fun Facts: While researching about Jason and NU'EST's birthdays, it turns out that Jason and our dear Aron have their birthdays on the exact same day- May 21.
Links (Mentioned Sites or Videos, and Research Sites-Thank You!):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nu'est
http://seoulbeats.com/2013/11/nuest-adds-new-member-form-nuest-m/
http://www.allkpop.com/article/2013/11/pledis-to-launch-6-member-team-nuest-m-for-promotions-in-china#axzz2kI9K7hFo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UyMeMyJ2yg
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