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Will TWICE disband after Nayeon’s solo debut? Rumors suggest singer will drop mini-album soon

Fans discuss the audacious rumor that JYP Entertainment’s girl group TWICE would disband once Nayeon drops a mini-album

If this is an April Fool’s prank, it will be the best one to come from TWICE in their career of eight years. On April 1, TWICE fans woke up to a viral Weibo search term that suggested that Nayeon, the oldest member of the JYP Entertainment girl group, was soon making her solo debut. It was also reported that once Nayeon would complete her solo debut activities, the nine-member girl group TWICE would eventually disband, making fans shriek in terror.

TWICE, which is currently doing very well in the industry, revealed on March 31, that they would become one of the first K-pop girl groups to perform in North America with an encore concert that will be an extension of their fourth world tour ‘III’. As fans were trying to savor the good news, a rumor circulating claims around claims that Nayeon has already registered a solo album and will soon be making her solo debut. Being the oldest member of TWICE, some fans are happy about the news, while others argue that Jihyo being the leader of the group deserves a solo first. Some other claims also hinted that as soon as Nayeon drops her solo album, the girl group may have to disband which is not sitting well with many fans of the 2015 girl group.

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While it could be totally a foul-play, fans of TWICE started discussing an item that was registered on the website GTIN (Global Trade Item Number) which many K-pop labels use to register products including merch, albums, and more. The item in question is titled 'NA / 1st Mini Album' and is registered by JYP Entertainment, while more details reveal Dreamus Company. This was enough reason for ONCEs (fans of TWICE) to speculate about Nayeon's solo debut while the label is yet to respond to the claims.

A similar rumor was circulating about SHINee’s Onew who is set to drop his second mini-album this month and a product registered by SM Entertainment on the same website was titled 'ON / 2nd Mini Album' with ON being Onew’s initials. While the rumors are too recent and are not backed with enough proof, fans claim that Nayeon is the only artist under JYP Entertainment to have the letters N and A as the first two letters of her name. One fan joked, “Nayeon at the dorm wondering what she'll have for dinner without knowing she's going to have a solo debut.” One fan said, “If this is true I hope y'all fully support her without bringing others up.”

Another fan added, “Me finding all the tweets about Nayeon's solo debut rumors.” One more fan said, “If that rumor is true, I'm gonna support Nayeon with all my best.” One fan said, “It's not a "joke" It's a rumor from 2 days ago, and it already reached 120M views on WEIBO.”

‘Will TWICE disband?’

Another rumor that surfaced at the same time as Nayeon’s solo debut suggests that TWICE would disband soon. While fans initially did not believe the disbandment claim, the fact that Nayeon’s solo debut rumor is appearing to be true has fans wondering if the disbandment rumor would end up being true after all. One worried fan asked, “If the rumours are true does that mean Twice will disband and the Nayeon will go Solo couse i don’t understand.”

One more fan claimed, “Reportedly Nayeon will be getting a solo debut there are also some rumors of a double disband. Twice if you can, don't disband first.” Another fan said, “Rumors saying twice will disband doesn't help either I'm so SADGE I MISSED IT,” and they continues, “I think their latest comeback numbers weren't the best and with jyp releasing more GGs idk what's gonna be in store for them but yeah i don't see them disbanding anytime soon. its more like man when else would I get a chance to see em as OT9.”