you venture deep, and search far, yet only one thing in this world seems to be calling to you. yourself. your soul. your identity. who you are. who you want to be. not anyone else's template or used shoes. you want to create a name for yourself. not as her lookalike. not as his lookalike. as you. spop. it's been so kpop followed for the entirety of it, and that's not anything bad. the very creation of spop was a replica of the kpop industry, with kpop equivalents in the community. rather than being "i-dle's spop version!" or "nmixx's spop version!" i want pledis artists to build a name for themselves on scratch. not as the next jennie, not as the next taeyeon. yes, scratch singers are already well known even without the kpop blueprint. i want spop to be inclusive. just groups where people can sing, not groups modeled after and stuck in the confines of a pre-existing group. i want everyone to be able to share the very idea of spop, without being interested in kpop. going forward, all pledis artists will be going NO LOOKALIKE. this includes: ━━ BLNK (formerly i-dle lookalike) ━━ ANNE (formerly nmixx lookalike) ━━ LWK (formerly kiiikiii lookalike) ━━ EUNOIA (always no lookalike) ━━ DEARLACE (always no lookalike) ━━ TWILIGHTBLVD (always no lookalike) ━━ AELITE (formerly aespa lookalike) ━━ SCENE (formerly cortis lookalike) ━━ XXY (formerly ive lookalike) the very reason for this decision was to expand our artistry beyond the confines of an already existing template, and to embrace our true selves. so let's bathe in the river, and start again, as the new world ushers you into its ardent embrace. with love and sincere regards, the PLEDIS team ⟢ © pledis entertainment 2026
