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 an overview of group schedules for the first quarter of 2023 can be found below the cut.

the beginning of a new year and recent news around some of the big idol companies, such as gold star media’s tax evasion investigation and the announcement of a new ceo for dimensions entertainment have idols and their companies in the news more than ever. as eager as companies are to stake a claim to 2023 for their idols, certain media companies are eager to report on what’s going on under the veil, especially exclusive now that their loyalties are called into question with at least one of today seoul’s major stories seemingly having merit. each muse may claim one free exclusive publicity or scandal article during either the first or second quarter of the year. denote ‘schedule free article’ in the discounts portion of the form when claiming. note: please remember scandals must be approved by the admin before submitting a scandal article claim.

the beginning of a new year means planning departments in the company also want to be able to have an idea of what their acts will be looking like by the end of the year, and outside companies look to see what idols will suit their campaigns and projects for the year. as offers for the year rush in, each muse gets a twenty-three point voucher to use on any item(s) in the points shop by the end of the quarter, as long as the claim releases/begins within the span of 2023. denote ‘2023 voucher’ in the discounts portion of the form when claiming. note: only one voucher can be used on a purchase. i.e. this voucher and the specialty voucher cannot be used on the same item.

during this quarter, all idols will begin to prepare for the CROWNED WORLD TOUR, something teased by base by not officially announced until some point this quarter, so everyone will be in practice rooms preparing for the stages. rehearsals will take place mainly in company practice rooms this quarter. (admin note: more information about this will become available at a later time!)

the bulk of AWARDS SHOWS wraps up in the first half of the quarter. many idol groups will be preparing for more awards shows taking place in january and february. all idols will be preparing for the first ever base awards. the following artists will attend the following shows:

GOLDEN DISC AWARDS (jan. 7): titan (“shine shine” + “the stealer”), cloud (“fear”), candy (“so bad” + “asap”), polaris (intro + “on” + “dynamite” (slow jam remix)), arcadia (intro (”black mamba”) + “next level” + “savage”) selene (intro + “starry night” + “egotistic”), catalyst (“from zero” + “now or never” + “dramarama”)

SEOUL MUSIC AWARDS (jan. 19): titan (intro + “the stealers”), quantumphase (“utopia” + “inception”), selene (“starry night” + “egotistic” + “windflower”), catalyst (intro + “dramarama”)

BASE AWARDS (feb. 4): all. see event post for further details.

CIRCLE CHART AWARDS (feb. 18): candy (“stereotype” + “asap”), equinox (“queendom”)

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titan’s ANNIVERSARY is january 6. the base culture complex will be hosting special events from january 6 to january 8, including a special edition selection of titan-themed treats and drinks and, on january 6, a special music video marathon in the theater for fans lucky enough to get tickets. the titan members will make a special appearance at the end of the music video marathon to greet and thank fans. on the spot, they’ll do a special a capella performance of “universe” at fan request that gains some minor attention on social media for their widely acknowledged vocal skills.

in january, the members will do filming for a YOUTUBE VARIETY CONTENT where each member is tasked to give a powerpoint presentation to the other members on the story of their lives and they will be graded by the other members (example). this will be released on january 24, right after the lunar new year.

titan are the first-up artists for the homebase x base music FM202.3 PROJECT. they’re informed of the details of the project and given their single for it in early january so that they can record it by mid-january. they will learn the choreography to the demo so that they have time to prepare it for the “drink it” music video filming in late january.

with a JAPANESE RELEASE approaching in march, titan will spend the quarter in preparation mode. they’ll attend a meeting to hear the demos and go over the album concept for their japanese comeback for the first time in early january, followed by studio time to record the tracks over the final two weeks of january. choreography and other visual elements, such as photo shoots and fittings will take place in february for breaking dawn, leading up to filming the music video at the end of the month. they’ll promote “breaking dawn” on tv asahi break out on march 22, but the performance will be filmed in seoul.

a KOREAN COMEBACK is also internally confirmed for may, so the titan members will go into COMEBACK PREPARATIONS for that as soon as they’re finished with their japanese release preparations. meetings with the agency regarding album plans will be scattered throughout the first week of march and they will go back into the studio to record for the maverick single album in the final week of march.

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lily will have PROMOTIONS for their eung eung comeback starting january 2nd. bc has officially dubbed lily the originators of their own ‘lily crush’ concept that is a response to the turn in trend away from the more pure and innocent sound lily debuted with while still keeping the group’s signature charms. the comeback is generally received well by music critics and earns a handful of music show wins, but it underperforms a bit based on the company’s expectations commercially, despite an early year “empty house”. they’re still well-loved by the public, increasingly so as a legacy act, though, and online communities seem to be the only ones really caught up on the comeback’s chart performance. 

about a week after wrapping music show stages with a final performance on mcountdown on february 2nd, the members of lily will be headed to the airport to fly out to tokyo for the japanese dates of their pink collection: red & white CONCERT, held on february 11th and february 12th.

in march, the members will serve as bc entertainment’s representatives for the test run rollout of the homebase app’s new livestreaming and video-on-demand features. for this test run, each member of lily will create their own thirty minute to an hour weekly individual LIVESTREAM SHOW based on a certain subject (ex. painting, make-up, eating, etc.), which they will pitch to lily’s team with a plan for at least two instances of the livestream by the end of february. this live shows will begin on the homebase app in march.

additionally, lily is also the second group slated to release a song through homebase x base music’s FM202.3 PROJECT, at the beginning of the next quarter. their song, which will be recorded in february, is more of a throwback to years of lily past in sound and the music video, to be filmed in mid-march, and lyrics are catered to thanking and celebrating their loyal fans.

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cloud’s new contract with bc entertainment officially begins at the beginning of this year, with all contracts re-signed by the end of last year.

most of cloud’s activities for the quarter revolve around their ongoing WORLD TOUR, which will require them to miss most award shows that go into the new year, save for the golden disc awards and the base awards. their tour dates this quarter cover their north american, southeast asian, and european legs and are as follows:

jan. 13: newark, usa

jan. 15: chicago, usa

jan. 17: dallas, usa

jan. 18: houston, usa

jan. 20: mexico city, mexico

jan. 22: los angeles, usa

jan. 24: san jose, usa

jan. 26: seattle, usa

feb. 11: pasay, philippines

mar. 4: kuala lumpur, malaysia

mar. 11: taipei, taiwan

mar. 14: madrid, spain

mar. 16: paris, france

mar. 19: london, england

mar. 21: berlin, germany

during their time off of tour in february, the members of cloud will be hard at work on their new JAPANESE SINGLE, “fallin’ flower”. they’ll prepare almost everything for the single, from recording to choreography to album jacket photos in february, and once they return from the end of their tour at the tail end of march, they’ll film the music video. 

in late february, they’ll also have meetings to mark the beginning COMEBACK PREPARATIONS for their next comeback in june. at this time, they’ll receive demos to learn, but their return from the end of their tour in mid-march is when they’ll start to record songs.

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with the members all in their twenties now and in the latter halves of their first contract with bc, bc entertainment has been planning an image evolution for them with a gradual transition from the colorpop candy-sweetness they’ve risen to prominence for to a more high teen earcandy image and sound. the waters have already been tested, particularly with styling, but 2023 holds a number of key steps for the image evolution that will be outlined to candy in an early january meeting.

at the same meeting, they will go over concepts and demos for their spring comeback. COMEBACK PREPARATIONS commence following the meeting. studio recording is to be finished by early february, and from there, performance and visual elements such as choreography and album jacket and teaser photo shoots become the focus for the rest of the quarter. “fancy”’s music video will be filmed in late march.

in january, candy will also film a series of VIDEO CONTENTS called “candy signal” where the members are paired up and tested on how well they know and can predict the other member. (note: muns may choose partners.) the videos will be released in february around valentine’s day to show off member chemistry to fans.

to lineup contents for their brand ambassador roles, candy will film COMMERCIALS for pocari sweat and estee lauder in january and february respectively. they’ll do a SHOOT for the cover of allure korea’s may issue in late march.

candy will embark on a tour following their comeback next quarter, so in february and march, they will have some CONCERT FITTINGS for potential stage outfits and vcr outfits to attend.

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having earned a GRAMMY nomination in the best pop/duo performance category, polaris will fly out to los angeles via private jet right after the base awards after party in order to perform the song at the ceremony on february 5. though they don’t take home the win, the nomination and performance themselves keep polaris in the media headlines throughout the quarter.

upon their return to seoul, the group is met with the news of a confirmed comeback song for may in “butter”. it’s another english song, but dimensions is still sorting through songs for a korean-language comeback later in the year. COMEBACK PREPARATIONS begin with practicing the choreography and their performance to the demo until they record the final version of the song in early march.

overlapping preparations for their korean comeback will be JAPANESE SINGLE PREPARATIONS. “film out” will be recorded in early february and the music video will be filmed mid-march.

the new year also means new ads and brand ambassador duties continue, namely with filming COMMERCIALS. in january, the group will film commercials for four different fila campaigns. in march for bodyfriend, hyundai, and also for kloud beer, which they’ve been signed on as ambassadors for starting this year. the vocal line (main vocal and both lead vocals) will record a cover of x ambassador’s “jungle” in january to be used as the soundtrack to a coca-cola commercial. the full group will record a cf song for hyundai the same month, which will also get a ‘music video’ starring the members filmed around the same time.

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quantumphase will start off the year with a meeting regarding their march release of a JAPANESE ALBUM. the album features two original japanese songs and japanese versions of many of their recently released songs. these tracks will all need to be recorded in january so that the album can be ready for release on march 22. the album will be released without any major overseas promotions in its first few weeks so that they can focus on activities in korea.

with their next korean mini-album recorded in its entirety as of the end of last year, quantumphase moves immediately into long practice hours of their performances for the comeback to live up to their reputation as great performers. the single’s music video and other visual materials will be shot in early february. in addition to the single’s mv, a special video will also be filmed for staged b-side “celebrate”. they will hold their COMEBACK press showcase on february 27, the mini-album’s release day. in addition to music show stages, promotions for the album will include a video recording for studio choom’s be original series.

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arcadia wraps a busy awards season where they’ve found themselves the most in-demand of their careers. they’re given some time in february for a vacation as a congratulations on a job well done in 2022.

as soon as they’re back in march, they’re back to schedules, namely filming for new commercials for new brand deals. commercials for both LOTTE TAMS ZERO and two commercials for MLB KOREA will be shot in the month of march.

though it hasn’t been announced yet, the members also get the news that they’ll be performing a special stage at the second weekend of coachella in april. as such, they will be in rehearsals for THEIR PERFORMANCE throughout march. they will premiere a new song, an all-english track called “LIFE’S TOO SHORT” at coachella as well, so they will need to have the song recorded by the end of the march.

at the very end of march, arcadia will have a mini-album comeback confirmed for july and they will be given the track list demos to prepare to record the rest of the songs next month.

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to celebrate the new year and the end of “windflower” promotions, the members of selene will come together on january 2 to film a TIPSY LIVE for their youtube channel. the members will eat, talk, and drink, and at the end they’ll sing “windflower”. it’s a type of video they’ve done a few times before, and fans always love it, so their team decided it was time for another.

their next japanese, their windflower single album releases in february 8, but preparations for it were fully completed last year, so further work for the release isn’t needed.

the end of their 4 seasons, 4 colors project quickly approaches with the end of winter, so they’ll meet to go over the album at the very beginning of january, as soon as windflower promotions come to a close, and will be doing studio recordings of songs from mid-january to late january. that will give them the month of february and early march to practice their stages and complete visual shoots, including their music video shoot in late february. they make their COMEBACK on march 16. promotions will include music shows as always, as well as a dance video with 1 million dance studio, due to the greater emphasis on dance for this comeback track compared to the prior ones.

selene will hold the seoul dates of their 4seasons f/w concert at the beginning of next quarter, so the members will be undergoing CONCERT PREPARATIONS as well. in addition to the full group songs on the set list, each member will get a fifteen to twenty-five minute solo performance segment. (admin note: each member must perform their solo song from the 4 seasons, 4 colors series during this segment, but outside of that, muns may choose whether they want to reflect the real life segment or choose different songs.)

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platinum holds their platinum live space seoul CONCERTS and their platinum four nights in the us TOUR in february, so january is spent on final preparations for that. their concert dates are as follows:

feb. 11: seoul

feb. 12: seoul

feb. 18: seoul

feb. 19: seoul

feb. 22: new york, usa

feb. 24: chicago, usa

feb. 26: san francisco, usa

feb. 27: los angeles, usa

platinum are set to make their next comeback in april, so much of the quarter that isn’t spent on their concerts will be spent on COMEBACK PREPARATIONS for a new single album. the single album consists of two dual singles, which means that mid-january studio time is shorter than it would be for a longer album, but performance and visual preparations have to be completed in full for two songs after that. as most of february is spent touring, they’ll only begin to focus on those aspects once they touch back down in seoul in late february. the music videos for each song will be shot in mid-march.

studio recordings for the JAPANESE SINGLE ALBUM version of their upcoming comeback will be done around the same time as the korean versions in preparation for the japanese release shortly after the korean.

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at the very start of the year, equinox are met with the unexpected news of both a korean comeback this quarter and a japanese album release at the very beginning of the next. plans for a comeback had seemed to still be a quarter or two out until this point, but they’re given a rundown of the concepts, scheduled activities, and the chosen tracks, and are expected to show their almost decade of professional experience by getting to work and cranking out a mini-album and five new japanese tracks in about ten weeks, without any advance notice. track vocal recording will take place in mid- to late january, leaving february and early march for all further COMEBACK PREPARATIONS, including preparing choreography, shooting album jacket photos, and filming music videos. the music video for “feel the rhythm” will be shot in late february, while the video for japanese single “wildside” will be shot in early march.

as they were awarded as their prize for winning crowned, equinox will hold a special global COMEBACK SHOW BROADCAST for their comeback. this only adds more to their plate, as they’ll do performances of “feel my rhythm”, “bamboleo”, “in my dreams”, in addition to “queendom”, “red flavor”, “psycho”, and “dazzle dazzle”.

in february, the equinox members will shoot a YOUTUBE VIDEO for a channel targetted toward an overseas audience, where they’ll be challenged to sing their crowned finale song “dazzle dazzle” in different languages.

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catalyst has a busy year ahead of them with non-stop music releases and touring. their JAPANESE SINGLE ALBUM spotlight / shine forever releases on february 1. the music video for “spotlight” will be filmed in early january. a catalyst collaboration cafe will open at shinjuku box in tokyo where fans can buy group merch and meals picked by each member from january 20 to february 19 to promote their japanese release. catalyst will fly to tokyo a few days before it opens to film a youtube video of them visiting the cafe and checking out the merch and menu to promote the event. 

catalyst will also record new japanese songs for their japanese album pieces that is slated for release early in the next quarter.

they will also be undergoing COMEBACK PREPARATIONS for their next korean comeback from the very beginning of the quarter. the concepts and contents of the comeback will be introduced to them in very early january and they’ll record the songs after returning from their brief trip to tokyo. preparations for the release will continue through february and early march, with the music video for “jealousy” being shot in early march.

in addition to the album tracks, the members will also record an additional ‘mixtape’ song, “mixtape: on track” for release the week before the mini-album. the music video will be filmed in late february.

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the month of january is spent on final preparations for their special one-night only concert in seoul, THE SHOW. the concert will be livestreamed around the world for paying fans and immortalized forever, so the production teams wants it to be particularly perfect. each member will get a solo stage of their choice (after consulting with the production team) as well.

though they will get time off in february and early march following the concert, femme fatale will go into early meetings about THEIR NEXT COMEBACK at the end of the quarter.

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an overview of group schedules for the fourth quarter of 2022 can be found below the cut.

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The end of the year is a busy time as awards season approaches. All artists will be preparing for awards and end-of-the-year shows. The following artists will attend the following shows (dates will be updated as they are released, but the list of performances should be final!):

Oct. 8 in Seoul, The Fact Music Awards : Titan (Intro + Reveal + The Stealer), Polaris (Dynamite), Quantumphase (Inception + THANXX) Nov. 26 in Seoul, Melon Music Awards : Candy (Stereotype + ASAP), Polaris (Black Swan Intro + On + Dynamite) Nov. 29 - 30 in Osaka, MAMA Awards : Titan (Reveal + Checkmate), Cloud (Intro + Fear), Polaris (ON + Dynamite), Quantumphase (Inception + Answer, Catalyst (Intro + Beautiful MAMA Remix Ver. + Dance Performance + DRAMARAMA) Dec. 13 in Nagoya, Asia Artist Awards : Titan (Intro + The Stealer), Cloud (Fear), Candy (Stereotype + ASAP), Catalyst (Beautiful + DRAMARAMA) Dec. 16 in Seoul, KBS Gayo Daechukje : Titan (Intro + The Stealer), Candy (ASAP + Stereotype), Polaris (Dynamite + I Need U), Selene (Mr. Ambiguous + Piano Man + Um Oh Ah Yeh + Yes I Am), Equinox (Psycho + Queendom), Ultraviolet (Intro + Adios) Dec. 24 in Seoul, SBS Gayo Daejeon : Titan (Intro + Reveal), Lily (Catch Me If You Can + I Feel You), Polaris (Black Swan + Dynamite), Quantumphase (To The Beat + THANXX) Dec. 30 in Seoul, MBC Drama Awards : Selene (Yes I Am), Platinum (A Lie) Dec. 31 in Ilsan, MBC Gayo Daejejeon : Titan (Intro + The Stealer), Cloud (Hit + You’re The Best/ Clap), Selene (Yes I Am (Remix), + You’re The Best/Clap ), Platinum (A Lie + Meant To Be), Equinox (Queendom), Catalyst (Beautiful +DRAMARAMA) Dec. 31 in Seoul, SBS Drama Awards : Candy (ASAP + Stereotype)

titan

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titan returns with the stealer on october 3. to promote the song, they’ll film a studio choom be original video, a 1thek suit dance video, and a gap crush video in addition to their month of music show promotions.

titan will shoot for their 2023 season’s greetings package [2] in october.

on october 26, titan will perform a mini-concert at the base culture complex for its opening concert series.

titan will hold a special one-night only concert in seoul on october 29 called the re:al open to fanclub members only. the set list will consist of solely of the songs from their two mini-album releases this year plus “rpm”, “now or never”, “obsession, “bad”, and “love shot”. 

after finishing promotions for the stealer, the titan members will film a show called ‘stealer house’ [2], which will be a parody of popular dating program heart signal and the concept of the show will be for the members to discover the the two secret stealers (the leader and the main rapper) among them by playing games and using their ‘tricks’. filming will only take a day since there will only be two episodes. the episodes will be released in late november for fans as a close to the stealer era.

titan will be very busy with performances at the end of the year. they will perform at the fact music awards, mama awards, asia artist awards, kbs gayo daechukje, sbs gayo daejeon, and mbc gayo daejejeon.

lily

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most of lily’s tenth anniversary activities are over now as the year comes to an end, but they still have quite a lot on their plates to prepare for the next chapter of their activities.

in early october, the members have yet another campaign shoot [2] in their role as ambassadors for casio baby g. on december 3, they will attend a new store opening for casio in itaewon and on december 4, they will hold a fan sign there.

around the same time in early october, the lily members will be called to a meeting to go over the details of their next comeback, which they’ll already be making in january with a new mini-album. album recordings, choreography practice, album visual shooting, fittings, and music video filming will all take place in the fourth quarter. most of the preparation will need to be completed by early december so that the music video for the title track can be filmed in the second week of december.

on november 5, lily will perform a mini-concert at the base culture complex for its opening concert series.

lily will also hold a concert ahead of their new era and to usher in the new year on december 31 and january first. the set list will consist of the first stages of their next title song, plus these songs as well as “i feel you”, “candle”, “rewind”, “catch me if you can”, and “mr. mr.”. each member will also perform a solo stage. they may choose a cover or they may perform an original song they’ve released (such as a single or an ost). (admin note: muses may use the following stages if they wish, but they may do a different stage if the mun wishes as well, as long as it does not exceed a similar production value: leader/main vocal, lead vocal/lead dancer/rapper [or 2], main rapper/main dancer/vocal, maknae/lead vocal/rapper [or 2]).

cloud

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cloud will continue to promote their comeback on music shows through the middle of october.

they will also continue their ode to you world tour with the following dates:

october 11: osaka, japan october 12: osaka, japan october 16: aichi, japan october 17: aichi, japan november 2: yokohama, japan november 3: yokohama, japan november 10: chiba, japan november 11: chiba, japan november 12: chiba, japan november 19: jakarta, indonesia november 26: bangkok, thailand november 27: bangkok, thailand

cloud will take time off from their tour in december to attend the mama awards, asia artist awards, and mbc gayo daejejeon. they will continue to have rehearsals to prepare to continue their tour in january.

on october 29, cloud will perform a mini-concert at the base culture complex for its opening concert series.

cloud’s japanese album turn up will be released november 16, and in the same month, they’ll film a music video for their next japanese title track, i won’t let you go.

on december 10, they’ll perform at an adidas event in seoul along with fellow adidas ambassadors platinum and ultraviolet. they’ll perform “lullaby”, as well as “look” and and “hit”.

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the day after they finish stereotype promotions, candy is gathered for a meeting. bc staff has been monitoring fan communities and although their crowned original song so bad didn’t perform well on the charts, it was received with enthusiasm among fans. as such, bc has arranged for candy to release a special, limited release physical single album of so bad and a new b-side, like this, in november. it won’t be an official comeback, but candy will appear on music shows for a week from november 11 to november 17 to perform both songs.

in early october, candy will shoot pictorials for elle korea and cosmopolitan korea’s november issues.

on their fourth anniversary on october 23, candy will hold their annual anniversary fanmeeting. their fourth year anniversary also means that members are allowed to begin to move out of their group dorm.

when they release their special limited single album for so bad in november, they will film a 1thek suit dance video for so bad as well to further get fans used to a maturing image of candy. an it’s live performance of stereotype, an unplugged version of so bad, like this, and i’ll be there, and a waiting room live video of so bad will serve to counter lipsycning criticism. the marketing plan is quite successful and candy earns several trending moments on social media and in fan communities during this short period.

on november 12, candy will perform a mini-concert at the base culture complex for its opening concert series.

in late november and december, candy will give performances at the melon music awards, asia artist awards, kbs gayo daechukje, and sbs drama awards.

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on october 15 and 16, polaris will hold their map of the soul tour encore concerts in seoul. these will serve as the official end to the tour and the members will get a short time time off from the constant performances until end of the year shows kick them into full gear again.

their hot 100 #1 has put them in the news more than ever and this means staff is talking a lot, too. there’s meetings and discussions about going even bigger for their next world tour and what their next comeback should be and even hopes for a grammy nomination for dynamite, but it’s a lot of meetings over anything else for the polaris members, as most of the organization for these things is out of their hands.

in early october, polaris will shoot their 2023 season’s greetings.

on october 29, polaris will perform a mini-concert at the base culture complex for its opening concert series.

polaris will appear on the november 30 episode of the late late show to perform dynamite, but they will film the performance in seoul on sets and at an airport, so no travel is necessary for this appearance.

polaris will perform at the fact music awards, melon music awards, mama awards, kbs gayo daechukje, and sbs gayo daejeon this year-end.

quantumphase

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quantumphase’s win on immortal songs last quarter has earned them quite a bit of newfound attention. it’s gained attention both from idol fan communities and some first generation idol fans who were impressed by their cover. they haven’t gone fully viral, but they’re going through a phase of being a hot topic online.

in the downtime between their last comeback and their slated next release next year, dimensions hopes to keep the buzz going by releasing a lot of content showing the members’ personalities onto youtube. throughout the fourth quarter, the members will be encouraged to film vlogs and a cover for upload onto youtube.

in early october, quantumphase will shoot their 2023 season’s greetings.

on november 9, quantumphase will perform a mini-concert at the base culture complex for its opening concert series.

in late november, they’ll film a new reality show that will be released beginning early next year called fever road. they’ll travel by bus to a mansion outside of seoul. they’ll have to complete missions during their stay in the mansion to escape and solve the mystery.

after they return from their short trip to film the reality show, the members of quantumphase will meet for the final details on their next mini-album. in december, studio recording for the songs will take place.

quantumphase will perform at the fact music awards, mama awards, and sbs gayo daejeon.

arcadia

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october will primarily be a break for the members of arcadia. they’re encouraged to use this time to relax, if need, or pursue individual activities if they prefer, though they will have to shoot for their seasons greetings during the month. by the end of october, they’ll be back to rehearsing for their base culture complex the opening mini-concert on november 5.

after that, most of the end of the year continues to be rehearsals. they’ll be holding a concert in february, as they’re informed at the beginning of october. the set list will consist of many of the group songs they’ve released so far, but will not include any of their pre-debut solo songs. they’ll also prepare a new song for the concert, which is likely to be a b-side on their next comeback (which they are told won’t be until the second quarter of next year).

as the end of the year approaches, arcadia has been invited to perform at mama awards, asia artist awards, and kbs gayo daechukje.

selene

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selene’s japanese single album décalcomanie -japanese ver.- will release on october 5. they’ll hold a special pre-release showcase at tower records in tokyo on october 4. they’ll hold two mini-concerts in tokyo on october 5 and two in osaka on october 6 to promote the release.

on october 9, the selene members are pulled into a meeting with the rest of the gold star media artists and are told there may be articles about gold star media being under special tax investigation soon. they are told not to worry about any news that comes out and not to speak about it at all, directly or indirectly.

early in october, in a meeting called for the group, they’re also let in on the big project their team has been working on, which will be a project called ‘four seasons, four colors" where they will release a mini-album, each representing a color and one of the members, for each season over the course of a year. in a meeting in early november, they’re given more details on the first mini-album, which will represent the color yellow, the season of spring, and the maknae of the group. they’ll begin to record the mini-album shortly after and the music video for the mini-album’s pre-release paint me will be filmed in early december.

on november 5, selene will perform a mini-concert at the base culture complex for its opening concert series.

on december 12, selene will film an appearance on immortal songs to air on december 17. they win the episode, making for their third win as a group on the show, the most by any idol group.

selene will perform at kbs gayo daechukje, mbc drama awards, and mbc gayo daejejeon in december.

platinum

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platinum will continue to prepare for their comeback throughout october and november. they’ll do some final sessions for recording their album, prepare choreography, and attend fitting sessions, and shoot album visuals in october. the music video will be filmed in early november.

on october 9, they are pulled into a meeting with the rest of the gold star media artists and are told there may be articles about gold star media being under special tax investigation soon. they are told not to worry about any news that comes out and not to speak about it at all, directly or indirectly.

on november 2, platinum will perform a mini-concert at the base culture complex for its opening concert series.

on november 8, the members of platinum will serve as the mcs for catalyst’s comeback showcase. each member will serve as the mc for one segment of the showcase. this may involve asking the catalyst members questions and introducing performances. 

in late november, before they begin comeback promotions, they’ll film a performance for the december 3 episode of immortal songs.

on the day of their first comeback stage, november 29, the members will hold a mini-fanmeeting outside of the sbs studio. during this time, they’ll answer pre-approved fan submitted questions on post-it notes off of a board provided by staff.

on december 10, they’ll perform at an adidas event in seoul along with fellow adidas ambassadors cloud and ultraviolet. they’ll perform “a lie”, as well as “sentimental” and and “immature” off of their mini-album release earlier in the year.

platinum are slated to embark on another tour next year with stops in seoul, the u.s., and japan, so they will begin to rehearse songs for that this quarter as well. the setlist is not yet set in stone, but they will mainly be rehearsing their title tracks from over the years and recent b-sides.

they will perform at the mbc drama awards and mbc gayo daejejeon in december.

equinox

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with both queendom promotions and crowned festivities over, the final quarter of the year is relaxed for equinox. gold star has ultimately decided it more beneficial to ensure equinox avoids overexposure and ride the attention from winning crowned for as long as they can instead of immediately banking on it by accepting all of the love calls equinox has received in the wake of their win.

two of their prizes for winning crowned were a special fanmeeting for crowned voters and a special exhibition at the base culture complex. equinox will hold their fanmeeting on october 30 with a halloween theme. all of the members will wear a costume to the fanmeeting and fans are encouraged to as well. they’ll answer questions, especially about crowned, play games, and give performances of “dazzle dazzle” and “queendom”.

once the base culture complex opens at the beginning of the month, their special exhibition will already be on display in the museum portion of the complex. this special exhibit will recount their journey from predebut to winning crowned and will include some of their most memorable stage outfits throughout the years, recreated music video sets, and never-before-seen behind the scenes footage, dance practices, and predebut footage. on october 14, the members will attend the exhibition after the complex (before its grand opening to the public) and film their visit. they’ll be expected to reminisce about memories the exhibition brings up. the video will be uploaded online as promotion for the special exhibition.

on october 9, the equinox members are pulled into a meeting with the rest of the gold star media artists and are told there may be articles about gold star media being under special tax investigation soon. they are told not to worry about any news that comes out and not to speak about it at all, directly or indirectly.

in the middle of october, they will shoot their 2023 season’s greetings. they will also record two new tracks for a re-release of their love pop wow!! japanese album in november.

on november 16, equinox will perform a mini-concert at the base culture complex for its opening concert series.

equinox will perform at kbs gayo daechukje and mbc gayo daejejeon in december.

catalyst

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catalyst finishes their beautiful world tour with one final concert on october 7 in monterrey, mexico. the members were originally promised two days off after the conclusion of their concert to vacation in mexico, but their flights are changed and they fly back to seoul the morning after their final concert. on october 9, they are pulled into a meeting with the rest of the gold star media artists and are told there may be articles about gold star media being under special tax investigation soon. they are told not to worry about any news that comes out and not to speak about it at all, directly or indirectly.

through the rest of october, the members will finish studio recordings for their next comeback mini-album. in october, they will also work on choreography, attending fitting sessions, and shooting album visuals. at the end of the month, they will film the music video for dramarama.

in the first half of october, catalyst will shoot their 2023 season’s greetings [2].

on november 12, catalyst will perform a mini-concert at the base culture complex for its opening concert series.

on october 26, catalyst will perform at a special kt concert as one of their ambassadors. they’ll perform “shine forever” ,”beautiful”, “kick it”, “cherry bomb”, and “do better”.

when catalyst makes their comeback on november 8, the platinum members will serve as their showcase mcs for a show of company solidarity. promotions for dramarama will follow the typical pattern with music show promotions, fansigns, and additional promotional content, such as a dingo van live video. behind the scenes, they’ll be busy at work preparing future projects, including lonely christmas (a special holiday single), mixtape: gone days (another special single to be released at the end of the year which will also get a muply special video), and upcoming japanese release spotlight. they’ll perform a special stage of lonely christmas on the december 24 episode of show! music core.

in november and december, they will perform at the mama awards, asia artists awards, and mbc gayo daejejeon.

ultraviolet

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reputation: ▼

in early october, ultraviolet will film a new commercial for adidas [2]. a new pictorial campaign will be shot at this time as well. 

on october 9, they’ll attend a special hangul day event to promote a limited hangul edition of adidas ultraboost with a big name foreign athlete. ultraviolet will show up late to the event due to a last-minute internal meeting with the rest of the gold star media artists where they are told there may be articles about gold star media being under special tax investigation soon. they are told not to worry about any news that comes out and not to speak about it at all, directly or indirectly. their late arrival earns them negative press and gold star media does not issue any statements to explain their tardiness.

on october 15, they’ll hold a fansign outside of lotte world in their capacity as olens ambassadors.

-kill this love -jp ver.- is slated for release on october 12, but a few days before its release, it will be delayed two weeks to the end of the month, october 26, without any further explanation. in the days following the album’s release, the ultraviolet members will be in japan to film appearances on tv asahi’s music station and fuji tv’s love music. they’ll return to korea on october 30.

on november 5, ultraviolet will perform at a private event at paradise city hotel & resort in incheon for the hotel’s vip guestlist.

on november 12, ultraviolet will perform a mini-concert at the base culture complex for its opening concert series.

ultraviolet won’t make many public appearances as a group in november as they prepare to return to tour after several months on december 7 with a concert at tokyo dome. for this concert, they’ll switch out several of the korean songs on their setlist for the japanese versions and prepare new cover stages.

on december 10, they’ll perform at an adidas event in seoul along with fellow adidas ambassadors platinum and cloud. they’ll perform “adios”, as well as “kill this love” and and “don’t know what to do” off of their mini-album release earlier in the year.

the only year-end show they’ll be attending is kbs gayo daechukje.

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an overview of group schedules for the second quarter of 2022 can be found below the cut.

titan

titan will hold the encore concerts for their tour on april 15, 16, and 17. the setlist will be mostly the same as the rest of their tour, with the addition of “reveal” and a few of the b-sides off of that album.

titan don’t have another comeback or concert planned until the fourth quarter, so the middle of the year affords them time to focus on solo activities and enjoy their downtime before they’re fully busy again with promotions. they won’t start working on recording their next album just yet this quarter as bc entertainment is still finalizing the track list and details.

in late may, the members will participate in a photo shoot for w korea’s july issue. though it’s a group photoshoot, the members will be interviewed separately by the magazine team when they are not on camera during the shoot for small highlight segments on each member. questions will revolve around topics such as their personalities, their position in the group, and their activities.

on june 19, titan will participate in the lotte duty free family concert alongside lotte duty free’s other ambassador groups (candy, polaris, and catalyst). they’ll perform “reveal”, ‘break your rules”, “scar”, “rpm”, and “enough”. on june 24, they’ll perform “reveal” on music bank’s first half of the year special with all other groups who have promoted new songs during the first half of the year.

lily

lily makes their comeback in april with “catch me if you can”. compared to what the public is used to, it’s a new concept for the group, which they’ll find to be a common theme for their tenth anniversary promotions. it’s received decently well, with fans just happy to see them make a comeback after nine months. non-fans aren’t in love with it though, with opinions being mixed as to whether it’s a fresh image from lily or if they should stick to what they do best. similar sentiments are shared among their japanese audience when the japanese version of the song is released on may 4.

“catch me if you can” is only a single, though, and likewise only the beginning of bc’s goal to show lily’s versatility for their tenth anniversary. a meeting early in april before their comeback will inform the members that they’ll need to dedicate themselves to learning (or practicing, if they already know how to play it) an instrument because their major anniversary album release will have the members taking on a band concept. they won’t be expected to play the actual instrumentals for the album recording, but by august, they should be good enough to handsync their respective instruments. the instruments assigned to each member will be as follows:    - leader/main vocal: keyboard    - lead vocal/lead dancer/rapper: bass guitar    - main rapper/main dancer/vocal: drums    - maknae/lead vocal/rapper: guitar

in late april, the group will also film a new campaign video and photoshoot in their roles as ambassadors for casio baby g. this will be for the brand’s summer campaign.

after promotions for “catch me if you can” end in may, the members will enter studio sessions for their next album, reboot. these sessions will continue throughout june and the members will be expected to continue to dedicate themselves to learning/practicing their assigned instrument.

in late may, the members will also shoot a cover for the july issue of the celebrity. in the interview, they’ll talk about their ten years as a group, how they’ve grown, and what they see for their future.

on june 24, they’ll perform "catch me if you can” on music bank’s first half of the year special with all other groups who have promoted new songs during the first half of the year.

cloud 

cloud will embark on their world tour beginning in may (dates and locations here), but in the month between the end of their promotions and the beginning of their tour, they’ll record two tracks for a single album for their next japanese comeback. they’ll shoot the album visuals and record the music video for the main single as well. 

in april, they’ll also be in rehearsals for their world tour. for the tour, the members will perform a number of unreleased songs that bc plans to release on a forthcoming album. to prepare for this, the members will record the songs for the concert backtracks, although they may be brought back in late to do touch-ups before the final release of the songs in the future. the songs/stages are:    - “king” - leader/lead vocal & main dancer/lead rapper/vocal    - “think about it” - maknae/main vocal/lead dancer & main rapper/lead dancer/vocal & main vocal    - “from now” - main dancer/lead vocal    - “hunger” - main dancer/lead rapper/vocal     - “phoenix” - main dancer/lead rapper/vocal & main dancer/lead vocal

the members will also prepare special cover stages for the thailand (”aor jao aoey”) and the taipei/macau dates (”sweet”).

on june 2, the group will hold a special vlive from their hotel in macau to celebrate their fifth anniversary as a group. they’ll be surprised with a cake and decorations by staff at the beginning of the vlive.

on june 24, they’ll perform “look” on music bank’s first half of the year special with all other groups who have promoted new songs during the first half of the year.

on june 25 and 26, they’ll hold two special arena concerts in tokyo in support of their my swagger single album, separate from their world tour.

candy

candy finishes their japanese dome tour after filming from sapporo to nagoya to hold their final concert the night of april 2. after the concert, they return to seoul to prepare to make their comeback in korea later in the week. “asap” is well-received for its signature candy viral vibrance, but when a number one hit has become an expectation from every candy release, “asap”’s top ten charting is enough to spark some discussion in online communities about whether their concept is becoming played out. in a move to quell lipsyncing complaints, they’ll also appear on the it’s live youtube channel to perform “asap” and “love fool” and will use lower backing track volume for several of their music show performances.

luckily, bc has been in the market long enough to be one step ahead and while they don’t look to be planning a one-eighty in candy’s concept, their management team has already prepared to mature candy outside of their original releases. after “asap” promotions come to a close, candy will record and film a cover of doja cat and sza’s “kiss me more” to be uploaded onto youtube (admin note: since isa is in the cover track, but not the dance performance, assume the formations would be slightly different to include the main dancer).

in may, the members will also shoot a commercial for philips as the new brand ambassadors and they’ll perform at yonsei university’s akaraka festival on may 20 as the main act.

in the second half of may, after promotions have wrapped and the cover and commercial have been filmed, the candy members will be informed they’re getting a vacation — in the form of filming a reality show. they’ll spend one night and two days in a house in the countryside and film themselves competing in a variety of challenges and spending their vacation together (admin note: day one reference [2], night reference, day two reference)

beginning in june, each member will also be required to film a solo cover video of a song by someone they consider a role model to showcase their individual skills which will be uploaded to youtube over the course of several months (examples here, here, and here).

on june 19, candy will participate in the lotte duty free family concert alongside lotte duty free’s other ambassador groups (titan, polaris, and catalyst). they’ll perform “asap”, “so what”, “yes or yes”, “dance the night away”, and “what is love”. on june 24, they’ll perform “asap” on music bank’s first half of the year special with all other groups who have promoted new songs during the first half of the year.

calypso 

after their new stroke of viral fame and return to promotions, their formerly nonexistent group plans have become a packed agenda. as soon as they come back from the retreat, they’re informed dimensions has finalized a track list for a summer comeback for the group while they were in hokkaido. the quarter will be filled with full-force preparations for the comeback. album recording should be finished by the end of april. in may, they’ll prepare visually for the comeback with choreography, locking in comeback looks, and filming the comeback music video and another video for a b-side.

as the current hot trend, they’re in high demand for endorsements and dimensions has been plenty happy to accept several offers on behalf of the members. in april, after the members wrap up their return promotions for “rollin”, they’ll film a commercial for elcanto shoes using a different past release of their, “high heels” and do group pictorials for bnt korea and gq korea’s may issues.

amid everything else going on in may, they’ll film additional commercials and/or campaigns for lotte department store, spao jeans, happy call, and denmark yogumeal, some of which will also require studio time to record new songs or new versions of songs.

in june, they’ll make their comeback to warm reception and another top-ten hit as well as film another brand deal commercial and a pictorial for elle korea’s july issue.

with dimensions’s usual top breadwinners off touring the world most of the quarter and calypso’s potential spelling out money signs, attention and pressure of management seems to suddenly be on calypso this quarter more than ever.

lastly, the project tasked upon all groups under dimensions this quarter to celebrate dimensions’s twentieth anniversary is a “cover swap”. calypso and quantum will team up to cover each others’ songs, with a little help from each other. they’ll film some behind the scenes video with the members of quantum helping them to prepare their cover of “chained up”, and calypso will help quantum prepare their cover of “rollin”. the line distribution will be as follows:   - leader/main vocal/lead dancer/rapper — quantum’s leader/main dancer/lead rapper/vocal & quantum’s main vocal’s lines   - main rapper/main dancer/vocal — quantum’s main rapper/lead dancer/vocal’s lines   - lead vocal  — quantum’s maknae/main vocal’s lines   - maknae/lead vocal/lead rapper/lead dancer  — quantum’s main dancer/lead vocal’s lines

polaris

polaris will fly out directly from sapporo to los angeles following the retreat. this is in order to be in las vegas in time for the grammy awards on april 3, which they’ve been invited to for a second year. they won’t be performing since they’re not nominated, but they will be presenting an award again like last year.

polaris will fly back to seoul after the grammys. while in seoul, before they depart for their world tour, they’ll film commercials for chilsung cider and bodyfriend, for which they’re now ambassadors. this quarter they will have their opening seoul dates for their tour as well as the north american leg of their tour. they will also begin the japanese leg of their tour at the very end of the quarter (dates and locations listed here). it’s an all-stadium tour, which is a big deal, so the members are expected to keep themselves in top condition.

they’ll also be preparing for the release of their upcoming japanese album by both recording in the studio while they’re in seoul and finishing recording on the road while they’re in the early stages of touring. during the beginning of their north american tour, they will also receive the demo for their next comeback, which will be their first full-english release. some studio sessions for the single will be conducted on tour, but final studio sessions will take place in june when the group is back in seoul for an extended period of time.

after returning from chicago and before flying out to japan, they’ll hold their debut anniversary fanmeeting in seoul on june 12. on june 19, polaris will participate in the lotte duty free family concert alongside lotte duty free’s other ambassador groups (titan, candy, and catalyst). they’ll perform “on”, ‘black swan”, “boy with luv”, “make it right”, and “home”. on june 24, they’ll perform “on” and “black swan” on music bank’s first half of the year special with all other groups who have promoted new songs during the first half of the year.

lastly, the project tasked upon all groups under dimensions this quarter to celebrate dimensions’s twentieth anniversary is a “cover swap”. polaris and andromeda will team up to cover each others’ songs, with a little help from each other. they’ll film some behind the scenes video with the members of andromeda helping them to prepare their cover of “secret” (with an r&b arrangement similar to this without choreography since they’ll be so busy), and polaris will help andromeda prepare their cover of “i need u”. the line distribution will be as follows:   - leader/main rapper/vocal — andromeda’s leader/main rapper/lead dancer/vocal’s lines   - lead rapper/vocal — andromeda’s maknae/lead rapper/vocal’s lines   - main dancer/rapper/vocal — andromeda’s main dancer/vocal/rapper’s lines   - main dancer/lead vocal — andromeda’s lead vocal/lead dancer’s lines   - lead vocal — andromeda’s main vocal (2)’s lines   - maknae/main vocal/lead dancer/rapper — andromeda’s main vocal (1)’s lines

quantum

much like when they finished their last round of promotions, quantum will once again be jumping right back into preparing for another comeback shortly after wrapping promotions for their latest. while their last comeback served as an interlude to keep their name out there following the success of “chained up”, they’re now set to prepare a whole new album series that will last them for the next year or so.

quantum will begin to record their next mini-album in late april and will wrap up recording by mid-may, at which point they’ll be working on choreography and preparing photoshoots and styling for their comeback early in quarter three. 

on may 13, the members of quantum will attend a meeting with an official from the ministry of culture, sports, and tourism as well as the members of catalyst to be named as their 2022 joint promotional ambassadors to promote korean tourism.

the members will also be informed they’ve been chosen to be a part of a philanthropic campaign to raise funds for children in disadvantaged situations. as a part of the campaign, each member will record a short audiobook for a different children’s picture book. these audiobooks will be released later in the year to raise donations for the cause. the recording will take place in may.

on june 4, quantum will perform a free fanmeeting called wave party [crescent] in seoul, which will be split into three different sections meant to highlight their versatility. the first section will be bright concepts featuring a performance of “wave”, a dance performance that they’ve previously performed, and a cover of polaris’s “boy with luv”. the second section will feature darker, sexier concepts and they’ll perform “say my name”, “dazzling light”, “hala hala”, and “desire”. they’ll end the fanmeeting with their uplifting music segment, featuring performances of “star 1117″ and “dancing like butterfly wings”. at the end of the fanmeeting, they’ll tease their upcoming comeback.

in early june, the group will participate in a photoshoot and interview for first look magazine.  on june 24, they’ll perform “a song written easily” on music bank’s first half of the year special with all other groups who have promoted new songs during the first half of the year.

lastly, the project tasked upon all groups under dimensions this quarter to celebrate dimensions’s twentieth anniversary is a “cover swap”. quantum and calypso will team up to cover each others’ songs, with a little help from each other. they’ll film some behind the scenes video with the members of calypso helping them to prepare their cover of “rollin’”, and quantum will help calypso prepare their cover of “chained up”. the line distribution will be as follows:   - leader/main dancer/lead rapper/vocal — calypso’s maknae/lead vocal/lead rapper/lead dancer’s lines   - main rapper/lead dancer/vocal — calypso’s main rapper/main dancer/vocal’s lines   - main vocal — part of calypso’s main vocal/lead dancer/rapper’s lines   - main dancer/lead vocal — part of calypso’s main vocal/lead dancer/rapper’s lines   - maknae/main vocal — calypso’s lead vocal’s lines

andromeda

andromeda’s promotions for their latest comeback come to an end in april. the comeback earned the group some new fans and got attention in fan communities thanks to the concept and positive receptions to the styling, but the actual chart performance wasn’t promising. with calypso’s sudden viral fame, andromeda seems to have moved down to the bottom rung of dimensions’s business interests, though they can’t be fully cast aside thanks to the creative director’s adoration for the group.

a comeback is slated for the second half of the year as a continuation of their latest comeback, but work on that doesn’t start immediately. instead, the members of andromeda are informed they’ve been signed as faces of korea telecom alongside gold star media’s group catalyst. the two groups will collaborate to form a “project group” and release a single called “do better” to promote kt. the song is meant to combine andromeda’s sound with catalyst’s, but will require some stepping out of andromeda’s usual concept (admin note: not all members have lines in the song regardless, but main vocal (1) will take soobin’s position in the formation while main vocal (2) will only take dayoung’s position and lines). the members with lines in the song will record their lines in april so that the two groups are prepared to begin working together on the performance in may. in june, they’ll film a dance practice together at dimensions’s building and film the music video. the song won’t release until next quarter, but promotional photos will be released at the end of the quarter by kt.

andromeda are also the new faces of nh bank for a contract signed through the rest of the year, a deal for which they’ll film a commercial in april.

this spring, they’ll also perform at a few festivals with a standard setlist of “dreams come true”, “secret”, “i wish”, and “starry moment”. on april 30, they’ll perform at a cultural festival in paju, on may 8, they’ll perform at the coex c-festival in seoul, and on may 18, they’ll perform at chungcheong university’s festival in cheongju.

on june 24, they’ll perform “dreams come true” on music bank’s first half of the year special with all other groups who have promoted new songs during the first half of the year.

lastly, the project tasked upon all groups under dimensions this quarter to celebrate dimensions’s twentieth anniversary is a “cover swap”. andromeda and polaris will team up to cover each others’ songs, with a little help from each other. they’ll film some behind the scenes video with the members of polaris helping them to prepare their cover of “i need u”, and andromeda will help polaris prepare their cover of “secret” (with an r&b arrangement similar to this without choreography since polaris will be so busy). the line distribution will be as follows:  - leader/main rapper/lead dancer/vocal’s lines — polaris’s leader/main rapper/vocal’s lines  - main vocal (1) — polaris’s maknae/main vocal/lead dancer/rapper’s lines  - main dancer/vocal/rapper’s lines — polaris’s main dancer/rapper/vocal’s lines  - main vocal (2) — polaris’s lead vocal’s lines  - lead vocal/lead dancer’s lines — polaris’s main dancer/lead vocal's lines  - maknae/lead rapper/vocal’s lines — polaris’s lead rapper/vocal’s lines

selene

selene are back into comeback preparations as they gear up to release a new mini-album at the end of the quarter. it’s their first comeback of the year, only barely making it into the first half. it’s a brighter sound than their last few releases, but gold star’s aim is for it to be a popular summer song without sacrificing selene’s signature confident and empowered image.

the mini-album includes three new songs to be recorded as a group, plus a solo song for the main rapper and a collaboration with two outside artists for the main dancer. these songs will all be recorded throughout april and may. in may, they’ll focus on preparing their performance with choreography and live vocals as well as shooting promotional materials and photos for the album release.

their anniversary falls at the very beginning of the next quarter, so their team will run a poll in selene’s fancafe for fans to vote on what old song they want to see selene perform in 2022. selene’s 2011 track “mr. ambiguous” will win and the members will film a 2022 dance practice version of the track in late may for release around their anniversary.

in addition to filming the comeback single music video in early june, they’ll also film a video for “aze gag” that will be released a day before the album release.

before their comeback, selene will film appearances on both immortal songs and sketchbook. for immortal songs, they’ll film on june 10 for the june 17 episode. they’ll perform “love” for an episode honoring noh sayeon as the “legend”. though they don’t win the episode, their performance is well-received as their immortal songs appearances always are.

selene will film their sketchbook appearance on june 18 to air on june 24. for the appearance, they’ll perform “yes i am” and a medley of “piano man”, “you’re the best”, “aze gag”, “decalcomanie”, and “um oh ah yeh”.

to further promote the comeback, the members will hold a “busking” event for fans at lotte world mall on june 26, where they’ll perform “you’re the best”, “aze gag”, “decalcomanie”, “yes i am”, and “um oh ah yeh”.

platinum

the second quarter takes platinum on tour (more information on dates and locations here). gold star media has accounted for quite a bit of downtime between their tour dates to keep them from being overworked so that they can give their best performance.

april 4 is the group’s anniversary and the members will be expected to participate in a vlive filmed at the gold star media building to talk to fans to celebrate eleven years. the vlive will be themed as “1 (platinum) & 1 (number 1 ⁠— their fandom name)”. staff will have prepared a variety of topics and games to pass by the time during the vlive. staff will filter questions from the chat for the members to answer and they’ll do games like part switches in their songs and they’ll do a sit-down acoustic performance of their debut track “insane”.

in early may, the members will shoot a pictorial for nylon korea.

during the quarter, the members will film a reality show where they will “open” a daycare center and take care of ten kids ranging in age from four to seven who have busy parents. in late april, they’ll be filmed decorating the space that’s been rented out for use for the show in anticipation of taking care of the kids in may. in may, between tour dates, they’ll film the bulk of the show where they’ll take care of the kids during the day and get to know them. near the end of filming, they’ll bring the kids to watch their busan concert and film some short segments backstage with the kids. the show will air on television from june to september.

on june 24, platinum will perform “baby baby” and “sentimental” on music bank’s first half of the year special with all other groups who have promoted new songs during the first half of the year.

equinox

in april, equinox films their music video for “between us” after familiarizing themselves with the choreography. album visuals will also be handled in april. when they make their comeback in may, the song does well enough but isn’t a breakout hit. it’s more popular with fans than the general public and lowkey promotions don’t give it much of a chance to grab the attention of anyone who doesn’t seek it out. they’ll make radio show appearances over the course of promotions in addition to their usual music show rounds, but 

promotions for the comeback are kept on the light side so that the members can work on preparing their japanese comeback with a brighter concept. filming for the music video for the album is very minimal, with the members only required to film a few scenes of dancing on a set. the rest of the footage will come from behind the scenes clips gold star has stored up and footage from a pre-release live performance of some of the songs off of the album the members will do in tokyo on june 26 for a small audience of japanese fancafe members selected by lottery.

shortly after “between us” promotions end, equinox will go straight into preparing for their next comeback, which they’re slated to release in august for their anniversary. they’ll record the mini-album in may and june and begin to work on comeback choreography in june.

in late june, they’ll also film a series of videos that will precede their next comeback, using different b-sides they’ve released over the years.

on june 24, they’ll perform “between us” on music bank’s first half of the year special with all other groups who have promoted new songs during the first half of the year.

catalyst

catalyst continues to promote their comeback through most of the first third of the quarter, but once they’re done, they aren’t given any chance to rest as their attention is forced to turn to a japanese comeback and a repackage of their latest korean album. both are set to release before the quarter comes to an end.

their japanese single album will include japanese versions of “hero” and “stuck” and will release. the single album visuals will be shot in late april and the music video for “hero” will be filmed in early may. after that, promotions for the release are pretty hands-off for the members so that they can work on their korean repackage.

the repackage of their latest album will include two news songs: “shine forever” and “gravity”. both will be recorded in may and the members will learn the choreography for their comeback title track “shine forever” shortly after. album visuals will be shot at the end of may, save for the music video for “shine forever”. the members will film the music video (car crash tw) in early june in gimyeong.

the members of catalyst are also informed they’ve been signed as faces of korea telecom alongside dimensions entertainment’s group andromeda. the two groups will collaborate to form a “project group” and release a single called “do better” to promote kt. the song is meant to combine andromeda’s sound with catalyst’s. the members with lines in the song will record their lines in april so that the two groups are prepared to begin working together on the performance in may. in june, they’ll film a dance practice together at dimensions’s building and film the music video. the song won’t release until next quarter, but promotional photos will be released at the end of the quarter by kt.

on may 13, the members of catalyst will attend a meeting with an official from the ministry of culture, sports, and tourism as well as the members of quantum to be named as their 2022 joint promotional ambassadors to promote korean tourism. 

may 17 is the group’s fourth anniversary and they will be permitted to move out of the dorm beginning may 18 if they wish. management makes clear that they are expected to not let moving out interfere with their busy schedules during this time if they choose to. the members will have a year before the lease is up on their dorm, so they aren’t required to move out yet.

on june 19, catalyst will participate in the lotte duty free family concert alongside lotte duty free’s other ambassador groups (titan, candy, and polaris). they’ll perform “beautiful”, ‘fighter”, “all in”, “kick it”, and “punch”.

amid everything else, the members will also be rehearsing and shooting promotional materials for a new tour, which they’ll begin in june. this quarter, they’ll only hold the seoul dates on june 25 and 26. the rest of their tour will take place next quarter.

on june 24, they’ll perform “beautiful” on music bank’s first half of the year special with all other groups who have promoted new songs during the first half of the year.

ultraviolet

this quarter is full of traveling for ultraviolet. ultraviolet will take to california to perform at coachella on april 15 and april 22, with a world tour concert date in inglewood in between. their touring scheduling for this quarter looks as follow:    - april 20: inglewood, sua    - april 27: chicago, usa    - april 30: hamilton, canada    - may 4: newark, usa    - may 5: newark, usa    - may 8: atlanta, usa    - may 11: dallas, usa    - may 21: amsterdam, netherlands    - may 24: manchester, uk    - may 25: london, uk    - may 27: berlin, germany    - may 29: paris, france    - may 31: barcelona, spain    - june 11: macau    - june 16: melbourne, australia    - june 18: sydney, austalia

the members will return to seoul during the downtime between legs of the tour and they will have few group activities this quarter other than touring and performing. at the beginning of june, though, gold star media will let them know it’s time to begin preparing for their next comeback. their next comeback will be another short project, a single album with three songs. the members will record the songs for the single album in june, save for the short period of time they will be touring abroad that month.

on june 24, they’ll perform “kill this love” on music bank’s first half of the year special with all other groups who have promoted new songs during the first half of the year.

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an overview of group and company schedules for the fourth quarter of 2021 can be found below the cut.

the twenty-fifth year of bc entertainment is coming to an end and with it bc have announced to their employees that they’ll be holding two all expenses paid staff retreats this year, one for their office staff and one for their idols and close management staff. the idol staff retreat will be taking place the weekend of october 23 through 25 at luxury beachside pension in jeju with an individual room reserved for each idol.

titan is set to continue their tenth anniversary tour unixerse through the end of the year with dates in jakarta on october 1, singapore on october 10, kuala lumpur on october 17, manila on november 20 & 21, taipei on december 10 & 11, and bangkok on december 17, 18, & 19. they’re also preparing for the japanese release of a new mini album and single in november (though unconventionally, much of the album is in korean).  the members will begin preparing in november for of a korean comeback planned for mid-q1 2022 with an album. bc has opted for them to focus on touring over most year-end shows this years.

lily is scheduled to wrap their one & four asia tour on october 9 with a concert in taipei. though not yet announced to the public, they will be holding a concert at tokyo dome on december 8. tenth anniversary activities for next year are a hot topic among bc entertainment staff, but year-end activities are reportedly nothing out of the usual with shooting set for their season’s greetings package in october. they’ll be performing at the melon music awards, sbs gayo daejeon, mbc gayo daejejeon, and kbs gayo daechukje.

cloud’s having a november comeback with a repackaged album. bc has hired a movie director to direct the title track’s music video, which will be filmed in october. they’ll be promoting “beautiful” through december 8 and will be performing side track “wanna” during the first week of promotions. they’re attending the mnet asian music awards and the melon music awards, as well as kbs gayo daechukje, mbc gayo daejejeon, and sbs gayo daejeon.

candy is holding their japan arena tour dates on october 2 in chiba, october 5 and 6 in nagoya, october 15, 16, and 17 in kobe, and october 19 and 20 in tokyo. they make a comeback in november with “yes or yes” that they’ll be promoting until december 1. they’ll also perform the korean version of “bdz” during the first week of promotions. later in the quarter, they’re set to release both a korean and japanese repackage of their latest albums in those respective markets in december. the korean repackage will be promoted through january 8. they’ll be performing at the mnet asian music awards, kbs gayo daechukje, sbs gayo daejeon, and mbc gayo daejejeon for year end performances. they’ll also be filming a new cf for lotte duty free, a cf for beanpole, and their korean and japanese season’s greetings in october.

dimensions entertainment is holding a writing camp for new songs with some of their most used producers, both local and foreign, in mid-november. while they’re in town, dimensions has arranged for the producers to hold a few songwriting, composing, and producing small group workshops for idols under the company who are interested in expanding their skills in those areas.

not long after wrapping single promotions, calypso will be returning with a mini-album in november and promoting through december 23. despite the fast turnaround and early preparations for their first ever concert in seoul in the first quarter of 2022, some of calypso’s staff have recently been let go or relocated to the management and creative teams of dimensions’ more junior groups. comeback plans for 2022 are currently very unclear.

polaris will hold love yourself: speak yourself world tour concerts in riyadh on october 15 and they’ll wrap the tour with seoul concerts on november 6, 7, and 9. in between, they’re set to release a remix of their track “make it right” on october 22 and to be hard at work on their q1 2022 comebacks. rehearsals will also kick in for extravagant stages at the melon music awards and the mnet asian music awards. they’ll be attending sbs gayo daejeon and the kbs gayo daechukje. they’ll be skipping mbc’s gayo in favor of flying out to new york to perform in times square on new year’s eve, and they’re on the guest list for this year’s variety hitmakers brunch in la this december as well. their season’s greetings will be shot in october.

quantum will make their comeback in november after completing music video filming in october, and they will be promoting through december 9. side track “hot enough” will also be staged during the first week of promotions and for christmas, they’ll film a special dance practice of “chained up”. beyond korean comeback activities, quantum is also working on a full japanese album release for january 2022 that will include their recent japanese single “can’t say”, as well as a new single, “depend on me”. they will be appearing on kbs gayo daechukje and sbs gayo daejeon for end of the year festivals. their season’s greetings for 2022 will be shot in october.

andromeda are being given time to focus on individual activities through the end of the year, but they’re also on the roster for the october 30 episode of immortal songs 2. they won’t win, but it’s valuable general publicity. there are plans for a comeback in the first half of 2022, though, and the members will begin working on that in late november. andromeda will also be recording, filming, and sharing alternate remixed versions of some of their past songs as an end of the year gift for fans.

the yoga and pilates classes being offered at gold star media’s new building continue through the end of the year. on october 18, gold star have invited a new crew to come into the building for a story on gold star’s “focus on artist wellbeing” and the news crew will drop by the yoga and pilates classes being held that day to potentially talk to idols who have taken advantage of the offering.

selene’s fourth quarter comeback has been set for mid-november with promotions through december 15. this means the music video will be filmed in very early november. as additional promotion for their comeback, they’ll be performing on the november 27 episode of immortal songs, where they’ve become common guests by now. they’ll be performing at the year end awards and festivals by melon, sbs, kbs, and mbc.

platinum’s japanese album will be coming out on december 8 with a new holiday single. before the release of their album, they’re embarking on a japan hall tour with a total of eleven dates: shiga on october 23, tokyo on october 25 and 26, miyagi on october 29, hiroshima on november 6, fukuoka on november 7, hyogo on november 9, kanagawa on november 13, aichi on november 26, osaka on november 29, and hokkaido on december 12. behind the scenes, much of the rest of their time this quarter will be spent preparing for their january 2022 comeback.

following the conclusion of their summer comeback, equinox has a few schedules through the end of the year. they’ve been invited to perform as the guests of honor at a kpop festival in texas on october 24 and will be filming school attack in late october as well, during which they’ll perform their two latest title tracks. they will have a photo shoot in november for marie claire korea’s january 2022 issue.

catalyst‘s comes back in early october, right after shooting their 2022 season’s greetings in the first few days of the month, and will be promoting until november 5. they’ll also perform side track “be quiet” during the first week of their promotions. special video clips will be filmed for their side tracks “white love” and “roller coaster” for release on youtube later in the quarter. they’re set to be busy at the year end with performances. they’ll be performing at the mnet asian music awards, kbs gayo daechukje, sbs gayo daejeon, and mbc gayo daejejeon. meetings and early work for their next comeback begin in earnest in december.

early in the quarter, gold star officially joins in partnership with a us label for ultraviolet’s american activities, which gold star has plans to push for more of starting in 2022. their 2022 welcoming collection season’s greetings will be shot in october. on november 13 and 14, they’ll hold their first ever concerts in seoul. their first japanese compilation album ultraviolet in your area releases physically on december 7 and on december 26, they’ll hold an encore concert to their arena tour at kyocera dome osaka — their first dome concert. when they return from the concert, they’ll be in early meetings for their q2 2022 comeback.

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an overview of group schedules for the second quarter of 2023 can be found below the cut.

SCHEDULES

after beginning rehearsals last quarter, this month, the groups will be embarking on the first leg of the crowned world tour (more details to come).

TITAN

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titan’s comeback single album should be finished being recorded so that it can be sent off for mixing and mastering by the second week of april. following that, there will be a rush to get visuals for the comeback done. once those are completed, the members will focus on preparing for live performances in the following weeks before the single album releases. 

when the single album comes out in may, the physical album is not yet ready for distribution, which leads to an unplanned delay on album sales. it’s an unfortunate fact, but once it does begin shipping out, they’re able to sweep up several music show wins regardless. fan signs during the era get delayed due to album delay as well, and overall, though the music of the comeback is well-received by the fans, the company’s efforts aren’t. when promotions come to a close, the members are encouraged to get back on track with any solo activities as an unspoken distraction from fan discontent.

in mid-may, the members will do a photo shoot for chinese magazine knight’s june issue.

LILY

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lily’s track for base fm202.3 releases in late april. generally, it’s well-received by fans, although it’s met with a small amount of backlash from non-fans that paywalling a fan song makes it seem as if lily is only appreciative for the fans who spend the most money on them. this backlash blows over within a few days.

lily will continue their livestream shows (explained in last quarter’s schedules) through the end of may, at which point the shows will be announced to go on hiatus ‘due to schedules’. this is intended to tease fans about the upcoming comeback lily is preparing for behind the scenes. 

the tracks for the single album of their comeback will have been confirmed to the members in by the end of april, from which point preparations will begin. songs will be recorded in may and practice for performances and photo shoots for promotional materials will begin shortly after. this is the return of their band concept from last summer, so it will be important the members learn their instrumental parts as well, even if they are required to handsync for most music shows and promotions this time will be split between the band version performance of the song and the dance version performance.

lily will film the music video for “why so lonely” in late june.

CLOUD

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cloud will finish recording songs for their next mini-album in early april. from there, almost all of their focus this quarter will be on preparing for their comeback. the rest of april into may will be spent on perfecting their performance for “left & right” as well as the other song they’ll perform for early promotions, “my my”. with their new status as second-contract seniors, this comeback will defend their title as performance masters.

in early may, they will film the music video for pre-release track “my my” and the music video for “left & right” will follow in late may.

when their comeback releases in mid-june, it find success in both south korea and japan, where cloud’s profile is ever-rising. as a thank you to fans for the comeback’s success, the members will film a special part switch video of the left & right choreography.

CANDY

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candy’s comeback mid-april is a moment of truth of sorts as they mature their image. it’s not totally out of the wheelhouse of what they’ve been doing lately, but with bc entertainment’s official announcement that their image is going through an evolution, the reaction of the fans and the public is important. ultimately, the comeback is received quite well, even if it doesn’t become the viral hit of some of their past songs.

following promotions, candy embarks on the very first dates of their first ever world tour candylights. the dates candy will be performing this quarter are as follows:

may 27-28: seoul, south korea june 17: bangkok, thailand

when they aren’t promoting or touring, candy will be preparing to release new music in japan. they’ll release two japanese singles in june: “happy happy” and “breakthrough”, which respectively signify their bright, ‘color pop’ sound they’re known for and their maturing ‘ear candy’ image.

on june 8, candy will hold a fan sign for pocari sweat in seoul.

POLARIS

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april and most of may are spent in preparation for their late may comeback, including performance practice and photo shoots for promotional materials. they’ll film the music video in early may. though dimensions plans to promote “butter” internationally, polaris’s status has allowed them to mostly remain in seoul for the duration of butter promotions. instead, the members will be hard at work in the lead up to release and during promotions to film several different performances on sets in seoul to send out to american and japanese music shows, including the late show, the tonight show, good morning america, the music day, and sirius xm hits 1 (+ “dynamite”). korean promotions proceed on music shows as usual.

in april, polaris will film several more commercials for fila (runner’s instinct: neuron, this is our summer, find your basics, dynamite collection) and for hyundai.

their japanese best compilation album releases in june, for which they’ll film on-set performances for music blood and cdtv live! live!, once again from seoul instead of flying out.

in june, while they are still promoting “butter”, polaris will begin to record songs for their upcoming mini-album, which will be their return to releasing music in korean, although the spirit of their title track reflects the more upbeat feeling they’ve been going with for their english language releases.

on june 12, their tenth anniversary, polaris will hold a special free three-hour livestream for fans across the world. during the livestream, the members will answer fan questions (curated by staff), play trivia games about their career, and perform a few of their songs, including “butter”, “dynamite”, “i need u”, and “no more dream”.

QUANTUMPHASE

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to promote the release of their japanese album, quantumphase will fly out to tokyo early in april to film performances on music programs fuji tv love music and tv asahi break out. while they are in japan, they will hold a couple of hi-touch events in the area, though promotions won’t be very extensive.

upon their return from japan, quantumphase will receive the news of an unexpected schedule: a special album with variety personality and singer jung gunwoo, whose song they covered on immortal songs last year and who has recently been picked up by a dimensions entertainment sub-label. they’ll join with jung gunwoo to record a new song “be my lover” for a single album called season songs (which will also feature ateez’s renditions of jung gunwoo’s song “black cat nero” and “white love”) and will film a web mini-series documenting the process. they’ll begin filming the show and record the songs in late may through june.

quantumphase will also prepare for another appearance on immortal songs 2 after their successful appearance last year. they’ve been invited on for the show’s special honoring bae and will perform his song “it’s raining”. the episode will be filmed in mid-may and aired on may 20. impressively, quantumphase once again takes home the win and earns more attention for their performance skills among non-fans.

in june, quantumphase will film and release a cover video of “leave the door open”, again earning attention beyond just their main fanbase.

ARCADIA

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arcadia’s coachella coachella performance is announced about a week before they perform on april 22, though fans begin to get suspicious even beforehand. they debut their track “life’s too short” and are given time to attend other performances when they’re there during the second week of the festival. they will fly from seoul to new york initially, where they will do an interview and photo shoot for time magazine for being chosen as ‘next generation leaders’. from there, they’ll fly out to california for coachella.

upon their return from coachella, it’s immediately time to jump into the busy-ness of comeback preparations. in april, they’ll be working on recording the new songs off of their upcoming mini-album (“girls”, “illusion”, “lingo”, and “icu”), in addition to filming the music video for “life’s too short (english ver.)”, which will be released ahead of the mini-album in june. around this time, they’ll also record “young, dumb, stupid”, which will be the track for their base fm202.3 release.

throughout early may, the members will film the second episode of their special lore series. as acting is not a major focus of dimensions entertainment’s training for trainees, the members will be given access to specially-hired acting and voice acting teachers to practice with beforehand, as well as for on-set consultation.

throughout may and june, the members will continue to prepare for their comeback with performance practice, photo shoots, and meetings. in late june, on june 25 and 26, arcadia will hold a special showcase in los angeles.

SELENE

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“gogobebe” promotions wrap mid-month, accompanied by the seoul dates of their 4seasons f/w concerts on april 14, 15, and 16. as they prepared for last quarter, each member gets a fifteen to twenty-five minute solo performance segment. (admin note: reminder that each member must perform their solo song from the 4 seasons, 4 colors series during this segment, but outside of that, muns may choose whether they want to reflect the real life segment or choose different songs.)

selene will take their concert outside of seoul in the following months: taipei on june 10-11 and daegu on june 22-23, with the final dates of the concert to be held next quarter.

amidst various concert-related rehearsals and activities, the members will also be preparing for the release of a japanese album in august. the album includes japanese versions of several of their older songs, as well as three brand new songs (”b.l.e.s.s.e.d.”, “official”, “break my heart”). these songs will all need to be finished being recorded by the end of the quarter.

as the june artists for base fm202.3, selene will also be recording and filming for their project release “last dance” through april and may. the music video will be shot in early june.

on may 14, gold star media is holding a special walking 4k event for charity at world cup park in seoul. all groups on the gold star media roster will be performing at a special after-concert on the grounds of the event. selene will perform “gogobebe” and “egoist”.

PLATINUM

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from april 2 to 4, a ‘concept showroom’ will be held to promote their upcoming comeback. the members of platinum will visit the day before it opens, april 1, to see the showroom and take pictures of them visiting for social media to spread the word. platinum makes their comeback in early april and both singles are received well. though “fool” does well on the charts, “really really” becomes the standout hit of the dual release as the weather begins to warm up and the hold of ballads over the winter charts thaws.

on may 14, gold star media is holding a special walking 4k event for charity at world cup park in seoul. all groups on the gold star media roster will be performing at a special after-concert on the grounds of the event. platinum will perform “really really” and “fool”. on may 25, platinum will perform at dongguk university’s festival. due to the success of their latest comeback, they’re met with even more explosive cheers than usual.

on may 31, the japanese version of their single album releases, and they leave for japan shortly after to promote it by way of a continuation of their live space tour. their japanese dates will be as follows:

june 5: osaka june 8: okazaki june 9: fukuoka june 15: tokyo

while in japan, the members will shoot for a japanese magazine cover, which will be released for the august issue. once they’re back from japan, it will be time to enter studio recording for their next comeback, aiming for a release around august. it will once again be a dual title track single album (“love me love me” and “island”).

EQUINOX

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“feel my rhythm” promotions are generally received quite well and help in the transition from equinox as a trending girl group to respected seniors.

equinox’s japanese album releases at the start of april, but gold star media has opted out of any promotions in japan for its release, instead having the members film a few short greeting videos for their japanese fans and calling it a day. their team seems to think they need to be in seoul to focus on preparing for their may concert instead. 

the equinox festival: prologue will be held in seoul on may 20 and 21 as their first concert in over two years. their team decided against any plans for a tour this year due to equinox’s participation in the crowned world tour, but the members are informed of arrangements for a tour next year being made.

following the conclusion of their concert, the rest of the quarter will be left for members to pursue individual schedules or focus on their personal lives. they’re slated for another comeback this year, but not until the fourth quarter. members may be asked to come in to record a few potential tracks for their comeback in june as the track list is narrowed down, but this will be only a few days out of the month.

on may 14, gold star media is holding a special walking 4k event for charity at world cup park in seoul. all groups on the gold star media roster will be performing at a special after-concert on the grounds of the event. equinox will perform “queendom” and “feel my rhythm”.

CATALYST

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the end of promotions for their latest comeback and april aren’t a sign of a break for the members, who seem to be working nonstop at the behest of their company lately. before promotions have even fully ended, they are recording for their next comeback, this time with a full album. preparations take place all across the quarter when they can fit recording and rehearsal in, but it’s no doubt an incredibly short timeline to prepare on top of everything else they have going on and the members can expect little sleep and free time.

their japanese piece releases at the end of april and, as such, they’re off to japan for overseas promotions for its release. promotions mainly consist of a few hi-touches and short videos filmed for their japanese fanclub, in addition to a brief japanese tour with the following dates:

april 26: fukuoka, japan april 28: aichi, japan may 6-7: osaka, japan may 18-19: tokyo, japan

on may 17, their fifth anniversary, the members will hold a special livestream for fans from an arranged set in tokyo. during the event, they’ll answer fan questions and discuss memorable moments from their careers so far. at the end of the livestream, they will announce their june comeback.

once their japanese tour comes to an end, they’re on to beginning their world tour the connect a week later in seoul. the second quarter dates of their world tour are as follows:

may 27-28: seoul june 4: london june 7: amsterdam june 11: madrid

days after flying back into seoul, they release their album and begin promotions for “god’s menu”. it’s a this point, gold star media faces fan backlash for their overworking of the group, leading to protest trucks outside of the company and trending twitter hashtags. in response, gold star media puts some of the behind the scenes video content on hold, but catalyst’s schedules continue to be packed as god’s menu begins to earn particular attention from fans abroad.

on may 14, gold star media is holding a special walking 4k event for charity at world cup park in seoul. all groups on the gold star media roster will be performing at a special after-concert on the grounds of the event. catalyst will perform “jealousy” and “dramarama”.

FEMME FATALE

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after another highly successful comeback last year, it’s time to prepare for their next. plans are for it to release late summer, so the beginning of the second quarter will be spent with the members in the studio recording for the short list of songs for their next album before the ones dubbed best get chosen for the final track list. one track that is already confirmed is “ready for love”, a track the members actually recorded early last year but will be asked to re-record some parts for now that it’s internally confirmed to be a pre-released single off of their next album through a partnership with pubg mobile.

the main album singles, “pink venom” and “shut down” have already been decided. “pink venom” will be released first, so, in june, further progress will be made to prepare for its release around august. the members will prepare choreography and attend the final wardrobe fittings.

in late april, the members will be visited by staffing from american magazine rolling stone for an interview on topics such as what their lives are like behind the scenes, what trainee days were like, their bond with one another, and their creative process. they’ll do a cover shoot for the magazine around this time as well. the issue releasing in june will mark the start of teasing their next comeback.

on may 14, gold star media is holding a special walking 4k event for charity at world cup park in seoul. all groups on the gold star media roster will be performing at a special after-concert on the grounds of the event. femme fatale will perform “how you like that” and “lovesick girls”.

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[fmdjaein]

summary: what jaein hates more than anything is getting criticized for something that was never her fault in the first place date: october 9th word count: 411 words ooc note: n/a

they manage to make it out of the event without getting tomatoes thrown onto their face, but jaein could very well hear what some of the reporters were saying about them. she’s certain that they were deliberately loud with their comments. they wanted to make sure the group heard all the nasty things they had to say. 

now they’re seated back in their van and on their way back to their dorm. she tries not to, but she can’t help but go online to see what exactly is being said about them and whether gold star has issued a statement or not. usually she’s not too concerned about what gold star has to say, but none of this was any of the girl’s faults. there was a clear reason they were late where all the blame was on the company, not them. 

what jaein hated more than anything else was being criticized for something that was never her fault in the first place. she steals a glance in the rearview mirror in which she meets eyes with her manager. there’s a plead in them that read don’t go online but she doesn’t listen. if people are saying stuff about the girls, she’d find out eventually anyway. might as well take the fall herself rather than hearing it from someone else.

as expected, people aren’t very nice with what they have to say.

there’s all sorts of things: people calling them gold star’s princesses, a headline that claims they’ve caught the celebrity disease because of their success, and just some straight up nasty ones that put down the girls. 

none of it is surprising, and it wouldn’t be the first time jaein’s read negative things about her online. with the fame came a lot of people who wanted to see their downfall as well. however, she doesn’t think anything’s been as bad as this is playing out to be. she’s never once been late on purpose for anything, and she doesn’t want to be held responsible for something that wasn’t even on her.

“the company doesn’t want you addressing what just happened.” their manager breaks the silence, and all jaein can do is scoff. she wants to ask if that means gold star will talk up about it, but from the look on his face, she assumes that means no. 

she lets out another groan before throwing her phone onto the seat besides her. just what a great start to the month.

[famedroleplay]

an overview of group schedules for the third quarter of 2022 can be found below the cut.

titan

in the third quarter, the members start prepping for their october comeback after a more relaxed second quarter of the year.

this time, the comeback concept plays on their heartthrob images as they play the role of “stealers” who take hearts instead of material things. they’ll record the mini-album in july and august and august and september will be focused on the rest of comeback preparations, included performance rehearsal, fittings, and music video shooting.

they’ll also be rehearsing for a one-off concert in october that will be a part of the stealer’s promotions. they’ll only hold one date in seoul with admission by fanclub lottery (fanclub membership will be re-opened following crowned), so it isn’t on the scale of the tour they wrapped earlier this year.

titan will film a two-episode game show called “gathering of kings” [reference 1, reference 2] in july, which will be released in august. the members will split up into two teams of three, a black team and a white team, and play games against each other. the show is a play on their nickname of ‘the kings of kpop’ and serves to accompany crowned as well as engage fans before their next comeback. [note: muns may choose what team their muse is on and who plays what games in the reference against each other. white team wins at the end, as in the reference. since titan has an even number of members, everyone is on a team.]

while their team knows crowned isn’t going to make or break titan, they’re focused on making sure titan still has a good showing to defend their kings of k-pop nickname. it’s also a good publicity opportunity and titan will shoot cover pictorials for both star1′s and the star’s august issues in early july, where crowned will be a main interview topic they discuss with the magazines. in late august, after crowned has finished airing, they’ll shoot an inside pictorial for vogue korea’s october issue. 

lily

in the lead-up to their tenth anniversary, lily will shoot the cover for w korea’s august issue in early july. each member will be individually interviewed for the magazine and they’ll be questioned on topics surrounding their decade in lily, their time (so far) on crowned, and their individual activities over the years.

their comeback in august is mostly received well with the celebratory spirit of fans and appreciation from media and critics for trying something new in spite of their enduring status. most music shows require them to handsync their instruments, which does earn some criticism.

on their actual anniversary (august 3), the members will hold a surprise fan meeting for fans only announced the day before. they’ll perform a few of their hits there, but most of the focus will be on talking to each other and answering fans’ submitted questions.

after their comeback promotions wrap and crowned is over, september will mostly be a break as a reward for ten years of hard work (or as a mediaplay tactic for how well bc takes care of their idols). they may have individual schedules to attend to during this time and a few mandatory appearances here and there (tba), but they’ll have most of the month free to do as they each please.

cloud

cloud continues their world tour through july and august (locations and dates here) while filming for crowned.

in addition to their tour and crowned activities, the members will prepare for another comeback slated for release once both of those are over in september. the album will be recorded in july. most of the recording will be the group songs since they already recorded rough versions of the solo songs on the album previously, but they may have to come in to re-record some parts of their solo songs as well. august will be when they focus on performance rehearsals and comeback visuals, such as the photo jacket and the music video for the single.

their promotional activities as adidas ambassadors will continue into their next comeback with another adidas performance video.

the turn around on their japanese promotions will be fast as bc pushes harder in the market now that cloud is more solidified within korea. in august and september, cloud will record their next japanese mini-album to prepare for its release next quarter, which will be accompanied by another japan tour already. members should continually be attending japanese language lessons to remain prepared for this increased push.

candy

each member should have their solo cover video of a song by someone they consider a role model filmed by the end of july (examples here, here, and here).

candy remain a very popular name in the advertisement realm and are also newly-appointed ambassadors of eyewear brand glassme, which they’ll shoot an advertisement pictorial for in early july. samantha thavasa handbags has chosen to partner with them as well for their fall/winter camapign to reach a teen and young adult demographic. their photo shoot for that brand deal will take place in late july.

like several of their fellow competitors on crowned, candy will be making a comeback with a new mini-album in september after the show has finished airing in hopes of taking advantage of any new attention they earn. the album will be recorded in july and august will be the month of performance rehearsals, fittings, album visuals, and music video filming.

when the comeback releases in september, it once again doesn’t hit the hit-song level of popularity expected of every candy release. bc continues to test out responses to different concepts by scheduling candy for a special dance performance video with youtube channel 1thek, where they’ll take on much more badass and dark concepts than fans are used to. it will be released near the end of their promotion period for stereotype, but filmed in early september before the comeback’s release.

calypso

calypso’s newfound demand continues as they add the title of ambassadors of barrel, kobaco, and tea:treat to their resumes with shoot in july. goodal is added on in august. dimensions is making sure to capitalize on the demand for them by signing them on for as many brand deals as they can suitably negotiate.

july 9 is their twelfth anniversary and the members throw a mini-fanmeeting outside of show! music core that day to meet with fans.

calypso’s june comeback was warmly received, even if it wasn’t a repeat of the mass viral success of rollin’. after “chi mat ba ram” promotions end, they film an appearance for the final episode of sketchbook, where they perform both “rollin’” and “we ride” to an eager crowd.

thanks to calypso’s recent success, dimensions is giving them their first repackage in eight years with a re-release of their latest album. the repackage consists mainly of new arrangements using already-recorded vocals, but it does include one new track, “after we ride”, to be recorded in july and the music video filmed in early august. dimensions doesn’t put the same promotional effort into the repackage’s release in late august and it doesn’t see the success dimensions wanted, calling into question both calypso’s longevity beyond a viral fad and dimensions’ ability to extend the public’s attention on them. this sends their team back to the drawing board to sketch out how to make the most of their immediate future.

polaris

polaris is set to continue their map of the soul tour. they’ll finish out all of their currently announced tour dates by the end of august, but an encore will be announced later in the quarter that will have them rounding out the real end of the tour next quarter.

mid-july, their japanese album will be released a few weeks ahead of when they begin touring in japan. they’ll promote with performances on a few japanese shows, but they won’t go overseas and will instead film the performances (one, two, three, four, five) in studios in seoul while they are in town for crowned filming (between july 7 and july 13). they will also film cfs in units for samsung galaxy during this period (one, two, three).

to connect with fans, each member will be expected to do at least one vlive or instagram live this quarter before the release of their comeback on august 26. they may decide the date with management around their schedule, but the date must be planned in advance so management is available to provide a phone for streaming and to supervise the vlive.

when they make their comeback with “dynamite” in august, it becomes a major hit both in korea and abroad. they bag number one both in korea and on the billboard hot 100. in september, they film late night show performances for the tonight show [2] [3] [4] [5] and america’s got talent, as well as an npr tiny desk performance. they will also perform “dynamite” at the billboard music awards in las vegas on september 29.

quantum

quantum makes their comeback in july with the start of a new album series. the comeback is positively received by fans, though it is far from their biggest hit with the public. dimensions is most intent on fandom growth for the moment, though this does result in sacrificing some of their public appeal as they participate in crowned.

crowned is seen as a particularly ripe opportunity by quantum’s team since the group is so known for their performances. they earn recognition as one of the groups with the most consistently extravagant stages, growing their fandom regardless of the final results they face.

in early september, they film an appearance on immortal songs that gains them some new attention. they become one of a small group of idols to win the show. dimensions intends to show quantum’s true colors to potential new fans by filming a special performance video of their immortal songs cover, featuring a cameo by the original singer, to be released around halloween in the next quarter.

andromeda

dimensions see crowned as a big opportunity for andromeda to prove themselves. they may not have the fandom power of most of the other groups competing, but their team’s aim is for their name to be more recognizable by the end. since there are no rules explicitly against it, their team has decided to have them film a music video for their round two cover a few days before their performance, which will be released on august 8. it earns more attention than even their team had anticipated when other groups’ fans get upset about it and the cover earns andromeda their top charting release by a wide margin, as well as crowned’s top-charting release so far.

on august 6, andromeda’s kt collaboration with catalyst will be released (more details in second quarter schedules). andromeda will participate in a facebook live with catalyst on august 23 that will be broadcast from a rented-out studio space and headed by a host. the aim is for additional promotion for kt’s y-teen phone plan for teens. they’ll answer a number of questions asked by the host and fans about the collaboration and play a number of games aimed at promoting kt. they will also give their first live performance of “do better”, as well as be challenged to a 2x speed version performance. (note: this is a general reference, though muns don’t have to use the exact same questions or games/missions if they write about it).

on august 14, their third anniversary, the members will hold a forty-five minute livestream for fans. staff will prepare decorations and food for ‘happy andromeday’. they’ll talk with one another and answer questions pre-approved by staff. at the end, they’ll share that they’ll be making a comeback soon.

andromeda will record their new mini-album in july and prepare their performance in august. the music video for their comeback will be filmed in early september ahead of their september 21 comeback date. the comeback is a continuation of their comeback earlier in the year, but dimensions hopes a comeback not long after crowned will show the growth of their fandom through the show as well. before their comeback, they’ll do a photo shoot for star1. the will be interviewed about crowned and their comeback mini-album to accompany the shoot in the magazine.

selene

selene’s anniversary passes while they’re promoting, so they’ll hold a mini fan-meeting outside of music bank on july 1 to meet with fans who came to watch their pre-recording. 

once promotional activities for their comeback end, the members are told simply that their team is working on a big project as the next step in their careers, so they won’t be making another comeback until late first quarter next year. the second half of this year will be a good time to work on individual schedules, they’re told.

that doesn’t mean their group schedule is completely void for the rest of the year, though. other than ongoing schedules for crowned, on august 20 and 21, they’ll hold the busan dates of their curtain call concert (the seoul dates of which were already held earlier this year).

selene will also be in the studio to record two tracks [one and two] for a japanese single album release in the fourth quarter. visuals for the single album will be shot in early september as a group as well.

platinum

platinum’s tour ends with japan dates in july (more information on dates and locations here). once they return, their group schedules will be mostly limited to crowned for the rest of july and august. in august, they will work it into their schedule to do the photo shoots for their 2023 seasons greetings as a group.

once crowned ends in late august, platinum will head into the studio in september to record their next comeback. they’ll be recording their first full-length album in three years this time around. 

platinum are also in high demand for summer and fall festivals. on september 14, they’ll perform at jangan university’s festival. on september 17, they’ll perform at youth day festival in seoul. on september 22, they’ll perform at the yeoju international university musical festival.

equinox

equinox will do a series of performances to promote their new japanese release in early july. the stages will be filmed and ultimately included in the video released for the main track on the album. performances will be done in osaka on july 13, nagoya on july 15, and tokyo on july 17.

while in japan, they’ll also shoot for the winter lookbook of japanese clothing brand fuga.

before they leave for the japanese performances, they’ll film a series of promotional videos for their upcoming comeback and shoot the visuals for the album jacket itself. late in july, they’ll shoot the music video for their comeback title track “queendom”. further preparations for comeback include a photo shoot for bnt international’s september issue.

they make their comeback on august 15 and on the same day they’ll hold a fanmeeting that serves to both introduce the comeback and celebrate their anniversary from earlier in the month.

catalyst

in early july, catalyst will record in the studio and film the music video for a special release, “newton”, sponsored by lipton tea.

they also continue their world tour throughout the quarter with the following dates: july 16 - hong kong july 20 - chicago, usa july 22 - new york city, usa august 14 - atlanta, usa august 17 - dallas, usa august 19 - san francisco, usa september 4 - los angeles, usa september 5 - los angeles, usa september 9 - bangkok, thailand september 13 - paris, france september 15 - berlin, germany september 25 - taipei, taiwan september 27 - buenos aires, argentina september 29 - santiago, chile

on august 3, their new japanese single album releases.

on august 6, catalyst’s kt collaboration with andromeda will be released (more details in second quarter schedules). catalyst will participate in a facebook live with andromeda on august 23 that will be broadcast from a rented-out studio space and headed by a host. the aim is for additional promotion for kt’s y-teen phone plan for teens. they’ll answer a number of questions asked by the host and fans about the collaboration and play a number of games aimed at promoting kt. they will also give their first live performance of “do better”, as well as be challenged to a 2x speed version performance. (note: this is a general reference, though muns don’t have to use the exact same questions or games/missions if they write about it).

in september, after crowned has finished filming, catalyst will record for their next comeback mini-album, which will be released before the end of the year.

ultraviolet

in july, ultraviolet holds three more concert dates as follows and then get a gap in their touring schedule until december: july 15 - bangkok, thailand july 16 - bangkok, thailand july 17 - bangkok, thailand

they’ll begin performance rehearsals for their next comeback before they leave, as well as shooting album visuals. when they get back from their bangkok concerts, they will film the music video for the title track.

on august 20, ultraviolet will perform at summer sonic tokyo, where they’ll perform several of their songs they’ve released (or will release on their japanese version of kill this love, recorded in august and set to be released in the fourth quarter) in japanese.

on september 17, the members will hold a fan sign meet and greet event in incheon at paradise city resort, which they are ambassadors for. the following day, they’ll hold a private fanmeeting for their fans in seoul. they’ll only perform a few of their songs, as most of the event will be the typical fanmeeting fare of games and questions, but each member will be given the chance to do either a solo cover stage or a duet cover stage with another member of their choosing for fans.

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[famedroleplay]

an overview of group and company schedules for the first quarter of 2022 can be found below the cut.

as all companies are looking to get some positive press in the wake of the today seoul pr disaster, all muses are granted one free positive or neutral article this quarter. this can be a claim article or a mediaplay article. to redeem the free article, please submit the claim as normal to the points shop with ‘Q1 Free Article’ in the total points cost section.

the base culture complex is finally set to open this year after several delays have gotten in the way of planned opening dates. this quarter, idols under all three companies will come together to film some promotional material to be released onto base’s youtube channel. idols will pair up and compete against each other in a trivia game about idols under all three companies. (admin note: any interactions written about this can come up with questions of their own, but questions would be in a similar style to sm’s pink blood quiz show, except muses are directly competing against each other.)

today seoul’s drops had an impact on the talk around all of the companies’ idols, but bc entertainment is the one most determined to act like nothing happened. anyone who talks to the right people might hear gossip that what today seoul said about bc entertainment had some truth to it, but the company image as an untouchable pantheon of idols holds strong thanks to bc’s media influence and it’s clear things are supposed to continue as normal without any questions asked. the 25th anniversary documentary that was filmed last year will have a special premiere event for all of the idols under bc at a movie theater on january 24.

titan finishes the main portion of their tour in january with dates in japan. they’ll be in osaka for concerts january 7 and 8 and yokohama on january 11 and 12. they’ll hold an encore concert in seoul next quarter for now, but once they finish in japan, they’ll have a break from their tour for three months. leading up to their comeback, in january, the main dancer, main rapper, and lead vocal will film a dance video with 1million dance studio, and the full group will participate in a photo shoot for dazed korea’s february issue. comeback preparations involve final visual preparations for the album, including photo shoots, performance rehearsals, salon visits, and music video filming. their promotion period will include six fan signs during the first two weeks around seoul, including one on valentine’s day evening and a few promotional video filming schedules. the comeback is received well by fans and standardly by non-fans. after they finish comeback promotions, march will grant the members some time off before they get into rehearsals at the end of the month for their encore concert.

lily enters the year of their tenth anniversary. they begin the year with the internal news of a comeback with a mini-album and begin preparing, but in mid-march, they’re told it’s been stripped back to only the single and a release of its japanese version following shortly after due to “schedule readjustments”. as of the beginning of 2021, they’re now also ambassadors for casio’s baby-g collection of watches, for which they have a campaign shoot in january. as ambassadors, they’ll be performers at casio’s baby-g party event on march 17, where they’ll give performances of “mr.mr”, “i’m so sick”, and “wait a minute” (off of their mr.mr. album). 

as the year begins, cloud will attend the golden disc awards, the gaon chart awards (adnin note: no “pick me”), and the seoul music awards all in january. after the success of “energetic” and “beautiful” in the second half of last year, bc would like cloud to make another comeback quickly. in addition to being chosen as new ambassadors for ao+ contact lenses and filming individual eye contact videos for the brand, their leader and main vocals have also been chosen to record an ost for the second season of the drama hospital playlist, “is it still beautiful”, for release on march 18. their next mini-album will be recorded, prepared, and released all in this quarter, so the cloud members will be very busy throughout the quarter with studio sessions, photoshoots, rehearsals, video filming, and visits to the salon. the comeback concept continues a slow maturing of their boy next door concept from bright and boyish to more smooth and charismatic without going all the way to the dark and mysterious sexiness titan is known for. their boyfriend appeal is present as ever with the boyfriend version dance practice they’ll film for release. in their role as adidas ambassadors, they will also film a performance video of “look” in collaboration with adidas. their looks for the performance video will align with their looks for a photo shoot they’ll do for the brand in february for a special cloud x adidas popup shop in seoul in march.

candy continues awards seasons with performances at the golden disc awards and the gaon chart music awards. on the january 14 episode of music bank, the group will make a special appearance to do a cover stage of their senior lily’s song “way to go”. candy has also been chosen to sing their first ever korean drama ost, “i love you more than anyone” for season two of the popular drama hospital playlist. the ost will be recorded in early january and released on february 11. they’ll also begin to prepare for their next comeback with a short mini-album. studio recordings will take place in january and early february, performance rehearsals, fittings, and photoshoots, beginning in february until the comeback’s release, and the music video will be filmed in march. their second japanese compilation album #candy2 drops on march 9. their #dreamday dome tour will follow with dates in osaka on march 16 and 17, tokyo on march 25 and 26.

three of dimensions entertainment’s groups are schedule to comeback this quarter (and calypso winds up promoting as well), so the company will be filming and releasing a series of short youtube clips called dms diaries, which will highlight family-like interactions between members of different groups in situations where they might cross paths, like at the company building practicing for a comeback or backstage at music shows. as usual, interactions between members of boy groups and girl groups are expected to be kept sibling-like, but the plan is to earn more cross-group fans within the company, something dimensions is known for lacking compared to bc and gold star. 

calypso is set to hold their first ever group concert on february 18. they’ll perform many of their title tracks across the years as well as a few b-sides from primadonna album era onwards. they’ll also hold a fanmeeting in shanghai on february 26. both are rather big steps in their career that require frequent rehearsals, fittings, and photoshoots for promotional material, but the members are informed in early january that dimensions has no plans for them this year past the concerts. they have two and a half more years on their contracts, but they’re told dimensions needs to redirect calypso’s budget to the company’s other groups to please investors and would like to “try to focus on supporting the members’ solo activities for this year instead”. only a few days after their concert though, a video compilation of their song “rollin’” is uploaded and begins to go viral on youtube and the song begins to rise up music charts. it’s such a big deal that dimensions scrambles and somehow finds the resources to send them back to music shows for a month from march 10 to april 10, with additional promotions by way of online videos. in late march, they’re even invited on running man to film an episode for airing on april 3.

polaris has two comebacks to keep them busy with music show promotions for almost two months straight this quarter. after finishing their new year’s eve performance in new york, they’ll pre-film two performances for a late night show. after that, they’ll travel to california for almost a week to shoot music videos for both “black swan” and two for “on”. to pre-record another late night show performance. they’ll fly back to seoul to perform at their final awards show of the season, the golden disc awards. during this quarter, polaris will also be preparing with rehearsals and promotional photoshoots and vcr shootings for their upcoming world tour that they’ll be on for the better part of the year. polaris has been chosen as the new ambassadors for several brands behind the scenes, but because their schedules are so busy with album preparation, music show promotions, and tour rehearsals, ambassador activities won’t begin for these deals until the next quarter, something they’re able to get away with due to the current high demand for them as ambassadors.

quantum’s wraps up their chained up era with performances at the golden disc awards, the gaon chart music awards, and the seoul music awards. their japanese album, depend on me, releases on january 26 and they’ll hold three hi touch events in japan on january 28, 29, and 31 in osaka, japan, and nagoya respectively, as promotions for it. as their latest comeback era wraps up, their next comeback is already upon them. dimensions wants to keep their name out there to draw in new fans after the positive reception to “chained up”. this comeback is a single album and is a bit rushed in preparation. single album recording, performance rehearsals, photo shoots, and music video filming will all take place over the course of two months from early january to early march. there will only be two fansigns for the era in the first week as well as a gap crush promotional video to showcase the versatility they’re so known for.

andromeda remains quiet in the public eye through the beginning of the quarter, but that’s because they’re working on both their comeback and their first ever fanmeeting behind the scenes. while dimensions’ goal has been to appeal to a niche fandom since andromeda’s inception, this year, the plan is to get them more exposure to the general public, as well as more typical idol fans. january and february will comprise of final album recording sessions, fittings, photoshoots, and performance rehearsals. the comeback music video will be filmed in mid-february, and andromeda will also film a sero live for promotions. the comeback is the start of a new lore element that will split the members into three lore units: Φορεύς (the collector) consisting of lead vocal/lead dancer & main vocal 1, Αγύρτης (the imposter) consisting of the leader & main vocal 2, and Ενύπνιον (the dreamer) consisting of the main dancer and maknae. their fanmeeting, galaxy party - welcome to andromeda, taking place on march 26 and 27 in seoul, will include games and skits, as well as performances of “secret”, “closer”, “windy day”, and “red sun (021)”. each member will get a solo segment during the fanmeeting, where they have up to four minutes for a segment of their choice. this can be a cover performance, a solo song (if they’ve released one before then), a skit, or some other skill showcase like random dance or a magic trick.

following the drama around today seoul at the end of last year, gold star media is more determined than ever to keep the images of their idols pristine. while they do damage control for the company itself (and prove no further information on the alleged embezzlement to the idols under them), their idols are encouraged by their management to get as much good will from the public as possible in whatever way they can, whether that be by showing company friendship, making donations, volunteering, or showing off good personalities on television.

after a hectic second half of 2021, the beginning of 2022 is more relaxed for selene. gold star doesn’t plan a comeback for them until the summer, so they have some time to focus on their solo activities until then. that doesn’t mean they’re on hiatus, though, because they’ll be holding a concert in march that they’ll spend the first quarter preparing for. it will be a three day concert on march 4, 5, and 6 in seoul titled curtain call. gold star is also fielding member involvement for their next comeback while the track list is still being finalized.

platinum’s comeback comes at the end of january, but the whole month prior to it is used to build up hype. the concept for the comeback is different from what platinum has done before, a little bit “edgier”, and leans into the more artistic image gold star hopes will help them keep longevity now that they’re past their tenth anniversary. the build-up is in the company’s hands, though, not anything resulting from promotions by the members. instead, the actual group promotions have been kept to music show appearances and a guesting on yoo heeyeol’s sketchbook (to air february 18), and a single radio show appearance on noon song of hope on february 17. after they finish promotions on march 1, they’ll be in rehearsals for their exit tour, which they’ll begin in seoul in april. in addition to a number of their recent and hit singles and b-sides, each member will get a solo stage, where they can perform either the cover of their choice or one of their original solo songs (if they have one released by april 15).

equinox are given the first two weeks of january as a vacation period. when they return, they begin work on their next comeback. after last year’s comebacks both showing their brighter side, “between us” is a return to a more sultry sound, or their “night” side. the single album itself will be a relatively short recording process thanks to only having two songs, but most of february and march will be scheduled for learning the choreography, rehearsing, attending fittings, and completing the album photoshoot. they’ve also been cast to appear on the february 19 episode of immortal songs, to be filmed a week in advance. during this period between comebacks, to keep fans engaged, each member will be asked to keep a vlog to be uploaded on youtube. the theme or topic will be up to the member, but each member will be expected to produce enough content for a vlog upload per month in january through april.

catalyst finishes the early stages of comeback work in early january, and then move into finishing up album recordings by the end of the month. february and early march finish off comeback preparations completely as the members learn the choreography and tackle preparations for the other visual aspects of the comeback (photoshoots and music video filming). they make their comeback on march 22 and their releases are still touch and go with the public and its showing on the digital charts isn’t particularly impressive, but the release does do a good job of bringing in more fans ahead of the tour catalyst will be embarking on later in the year.

this quarter is a busy one for ultraviolet. they’ve been picked as the new faces of shiseido (japan), paradise city, and woori bank and will film commercials for all three brands in january, february, and march respectively. the whole quarter, they’ll also be touring. in january, they have stops in bangkok on january 7, 8, and 9, jakarta on january 15 and 16, hong kong on january 22, pasay on february 5, singapore on february 11, kuala lumpur on february 19 and 20, and taipei on february 27. they’ll be filming a reality show during this time that will consist on member self-cams as well as backstage footage of their concerts and travels. on january 29, they’ll be performing as artists for a grammy showcase hosted by their new american label in los angeles, as well as shooting covers for billboard magazine’s march issue. while they’re in the united states, they’ll also fly out to new york to film american promotion in the form of appearances on both  a late night show and a morning show. all the while, they’ll be going through the motions of finishing preparations for their comeback and rehearsing for the performance at coachella they’ll be giving in april.

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