YG's spectacular revival thanks to BABYMONSTER, TREASURE, revealin.g a plot to "eradicat.e" BLACKPINK?

After the previous steep decline, YG Entertainment has turned around thanks to earning a "huge" amount of mone.y i.n just the first 3 months of the year. Is this due to a smart investment strategy or "having something new to replace the old"?

Recently, YG Entertainment - one of the "giants" of the Korean entertainment industry announced impressive financial results for the first quarter of 2025, recording an operating profit of 95 billion KRW. This is a spectacular turn of events when the company reported a loss of 70 billion in the same period last year. According to data from Yonhap Infomax, this figure not only reversed the negative results but also far exceeded the market forecast, which only expected a slight loss of about 40 million KRW.

Specifically, YG's total revenue in the first 3 months of the year reached 120.2 billion KRW, up 14.7% over the same period. In particular, the "big guy's" net profit skyrocketed to 102 billion KRW - equivalent to a huge increase of 2,324.5%, showing that financial "leverage" is clearly showing its effectiveness.

YG said that this financial breakthrough is the result of a strong investment strategy in TREASURE and rookie BABYMONSTER. The debut studio album of " BLACKPINK's little sister" released last year quickly became a ho.t topic in the market, while the comeback of the group's seniors in March this year attracted impressive album sales and great attention from international fans.

The "big guy"'s priority in developing new generation groups shows that it is gradually shifting its focus away from relying on veteran artists like BLACKPINK - who are currently on hiatus to focus on individual projects. However, this makes "Black Pink" fans unhappy.

The reason is because the 4 girls have been working at full capacity, bringing in a huge amount of mone.y for the company for 8 years. Not to mention, they only temporarily separated to develop their strengths, do what they want and are about to return to the group lineup. Therefore, YG's way of doing things was criticized by BLINKs as unintentional, empty-handed, ready to throw away the global gir.l group when the rookies helped them make a profit.

However, there are also opinions that YG's actions are understandable because business people always think about the next steps. Financial stability is the deciding factor for a company's survival. They cannot put all 10 eggs in one basket, but instead divide them equally, losing one will still have another to make up for it.

Experts also commented that YG is increasingly operating according to a comprehensive entertainment model, not only stopping at music products but also expanding into commercial, digital and global content areas - a trend considered inevitable in the "idol 5.0" era.

Entering the second half of the year, the "big guy" hopes to continue to maintain its growth momentum as it prepares to launch BLACKPINK's reunion tour. Along with that are new albums and activities from TREASURE and BABYMONSTER, promising to stir up the Asian and international music markets.

In another development, the Korean Business Research Institute has just announced the May 2025 brand reputation rankings for Kpop gir.l groups. BLACKPINK regained its position when it rose to the top after 60 days of being surpassed by IVE.

April and early May were the months when the group dominated the airwaves as the members had many outstanding activities. Among them were Jennie and Lisa's explosive solo performances at the Coachella music festival. Recently, the two female idols also held hands with Rosé to attend the prestigious Met Gala 2025 fashion event. The "Australian rose" herself also attracted attention when she released the MV for the Hollywood soundtrack "F1".

2nd place obviously belongs to Gen 4 group - IVE because BLACKPINK pushed them down. Meanwhile, TWICE rose to 3rd place after seeing a brand reputation index increase of 41.47%. Red Velvet followed closely in 4th place, increasing 55.58% compared to last month.

Aespa made it into the Top 5. The remaining positions in the Top 10 include: LE SSERAFIM, Apink, (G)I-DLE, Oh My Gir.l, KiiiKiii. Ranks 11 to 30 are respectively: WJSN, izna, Hearts2Hearts, fromis_9, BABYMONSTER, ILLIT, Fifty Fifty, H1-KEY, ITZY, tripleS, Gir.l's Day, cignature, ifeye, MAMAMOO, MEOVV, NMIXX, KISS OF LIFE, KATSEYE, UNIS and STAYC.

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