F&F Entertainment sure is pouring everything they have to make #UNIS a huge success in just 2.5 years (2 years and 6 months).
They extended UNIS fan meeting and signing event in the #Philippines for another day. Originally only two days, today being the last.
Their Philippine partner, CDM Entertainment, created a very expensive way for fans to get sign access, talk face-to-face access, and high-five access, and it's all sold-out!
CDM Entertainment also did a “highest spender” battle, and a lot of fans bought a lot to maintain their position.
As far as I can remember, this is unheard of in the Philippines. “Highest spender” style came from the J-pop culture, and it rarely works in the Philippines. But this time, fans did spend thousands upon thousands of Pesos (₱) to maintain their spot (it was moving a lot). And this is per day of event!
After reviewing the performances of #UNIS, I can truly say that they have a huge potential to be the spiritual successor of #SNSD / #GirlsGeneration. That happening lies on F&F Entertainment's people. The UNIS members are all ready to take that mantle.
They also can become the spiritual successor of the original #MorningMusume.
F&F Entertainment recently announced that #UNIS will debut this coming March 27th.
It will be F&F Entertainment's first #Kpop#idol group and first girl group. F&F Entertainment is a subsidiary of the clothing brand, F&F.
The UNIS line-up is half-foreign, half-Korean: 2x Japanese; 3x Koreans; 1x half-Filipino/Korean; 2x Filipinos. They were from the #UniverseTicket talent search / survival show which concluded back in January.
This will also be the first time, as far as I know, that we will see a medium-to-dark brown member in the K-pop industry, which the judges, like #KimSeJeong, super liked.
The members have a 2½ years contract with the possibility of extending it. Currently, they are more popular abroad (outside #SouthKorea). Thus, it remains to be seen how they will fare in #Korea's K-pop idol scene; as that market is the primary basis for K-pop success (not foreign countries).
F&F Entertainment is also planning debut tours(?) in the #Philippines and #Japan, where 4 of their members (2x respectively) hails from.
I think their success abroad is already a given, thus, F&F Entertainment may want to plan on targeting foreign markets as Plan B if they happen to not get highly ranked in the South Korean market. For one, their planned date is in-between the debut of new groups (March) and the comebacks of powerhouses (April).