All groups under Rain have disbanded! Netizens criticize: He's an incapable producer!

The renowned singer and actor Rain, not only made a name for himself in the music and drama industries, but also became a producer many years ago, producing many famous idol groups. However, in the end, they all unfortunately fizzled out.

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Recently, Korean media have reported on idol groups produced by Rain, noting that the groups MBLAQ and Ciipher, both promoted by him, ultimately ended in failure.

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The group MBLAQ was originally trained for about two years by Rain and launched as a five-man group. The full name is "Music Boys Live in Absolute Quality", and the original members are Seungho, Thunder, Joon, Mir and G.O.

In fact, when MBLAQ first debuted, they had many classic songs that were popular with the public. However, after several changes in the lineup, their popularity declined significantly. After the release of their 8th mini-album "MIRROR" in June 2015, the group did not conduct any group activities. Although they did not officially announce a disbandment, it appeared as though the group had effectively disbanded.

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Next is Ciipher, a new group trained by Rain's own company RAINCOMPANY. However, the original seven-member group Ciipher did not see any improvement after two years of debut. The official even announced a few days ago that members Choi Sa-gwon, Lan Tai-kwon, Gil Do-hwan and Park Seong-won have left the group, and now only Hyeon-bin, Hwi, and KEITA are left.

In fact, when Rain initially supported Ciipher, he not only invited his wife Kim Tae-hee to participate in the filming of the group's debut music video, but even brought the newbies onto several variety shows. It could be said that he was quite dedicated. However, he was also criticized by many netizens, who felt that instead of promoting the newcomers, it seemed more like he was engaging in his own activities, thus attracting more attention to himself, which caused some backlash.

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In addition, KEITA, a member of Ciipher, participated in the audition program BoysPlanet. Although he was not able to debut successfully, he has decided to join EVNNE, a seven-man derivative group managed by JellyFish, and is expected to debut in the second half of the year. EVNNE has also set up an official social community and is currently in a residential training mode, preparing for their debut.

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Regarding the situation where Rain's newcomers eventually came to nothing, many netizens commented, "MBLAQ was actually successful, but it's such a shame", "No planning ability, and no sense of responsibility", "Frankly speaking, Rain really doesn't have much production ability", "The works produced by him are not good either", "So far, he doesn't seem to want to deal with the members, it's really bad to just let them go", "Please, Rain, just do well on your own, don't try to be a producer anymore".