As we know, Big Hit Entertainment have specified audition requirements, that the agency is only looking for male trainees.
Although never confirmed, the policy of producer Bang Shi Hyuk may have stemmed from the complete and utter failure of GLAM, Big Hit Entertainment’s first girl group ever.
In 2012, producer Bang Shi Hyuk, in partnership with Source Music, decided to create a girl group named GLAM that debuted as collaborative work.
The initial debuting group consisted of five members, with debut title track “Party(XXO)” with SeeU, a “Vocaloid” whose voice belongs to one of the group members, Dahee. But, post promotion, member TRINITY abruptly left the group in 2012. TRINITY is said to have harassed Super Junior‘s Leeteuk, before debuting.
In 2013, GLAM returned “I Like That” produced by Bang Shi Hyuk, Pdogg, and BTS‘s RM, but without much success.
By February of 2014, GLAM released “Special Gift [Give it 2 U]”, a track that became the group’s last.
While the group was not excelling, the members were working hard to stay together. This effort shattered when member Dahee was found to be involved in one of the nation’s biggest scandals of the year with the married actor Lee Byung Hun.
In September of 2014, Dahee was arrested for threatening Lee Byung Hun, requested the actor to pay 4.5 million US dollars in exchange for a video recorded at a private gathering.
This video was said to show Lee Byung Hun making lewd comments and being inappropriate. But when Lee Byung Hun reported Dahee to the police, she looked up flight tickets to escape the investigation. The authority issued a warrant, officially arresting Dahee on September 3rd, 2014.
At this point, Big Hit Entertainment confirmed the group has nullified the contract and officially disbanded. And it makes there is no reason for Big Hit Entertainment to risk producing a girl group again.
But, Big Hit Entertainment is looking to once again open its doors to female trainees and hopes of debuting them in 2021.
