{"id":141710,"date":"2025-05-02T14:25:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T21:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=141710"},"modified":"2025-05-02T14:25:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T21:25:43","slug":"goodbye-g-i-dle-drops-a-letter-from-their-name-and-here-are-the-possible-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/goodbye-g-i-dle-drops-a-letter-from-their-name-and-here-are-the-possible-reasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye \u201cG?\u201d i-dle drops a letter from their name, and here are the possible reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>(G)I-DLE<\/strong> just flipped the script on May 1 by lowkey rebranding as <strong>i-dle<\/strong>. Yep, they dropped the \u201cG\u201d from their name\u2014socials updated, promo stuff changed, and some are feeling a bit confused. The makeover comes right before their 7th anniversary, marking the start of a new era. But what does it all mean?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/official_i_dle\/status\/1917957233088073883\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">i-dle (\uc544\uc774\ub4e4) &#39;\ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2b (\ud835\udc06)&#39;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A4laIIwCBu\">https:\/\/t.co\/A4laIIwCBu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Special Mini Album : 2025.05.02. 6PM (KST)<br \/>8th Mini Album : 2025.05.19. 6PM (KST)<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%EC%95%84%EC%9D%B4%EB%93%A4?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#\uc544\uc774\ub4e4<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/idle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#idle<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%EC%95%88%EB%85%95%ED%95%98%EC%84%B8%EC%9A%94_%EC%95%84%EC%9D%B4%EB%93%A4%EC%9E%85%EB%8B%88%EB%8B%A4?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#\uc548\ub155\ud558\uc138\uc694_\uc544\uc774\ub4e4\uc785\ub2c8\ub2e4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bJCogONt5r\">pic.twitter.com\/bJCogONt5r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; i-dle (\uc544\uc774\ub4e4) (@official_i_dle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/official_i_dle\/status\/1917957233088073883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s name has always been more than just letters. The \u201cG\u201d stood for \u201cgirl,\u201d but was always silent, symbolizing how the members couldn\u2019t be boxed into one label. Since <strong>Soojin<\/strong>\u2019s departure in 2021, the five-member group has been doing their thing, and now fans think the change is both a fresh start and maybe a tribute.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/official_i_dle\/status\/1918231631464436083\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ko\" dir=\"ltr\">[\ud83c\udfa7] i-dle (\uc544\uc774\ub4e4) Special Mini Album [We are i-dle]\uc774 \ubc1c\ub9e4\ub418\uc5c8\uc2b5\ub2c8\ub2e4.<\/p>\n<p>KR \ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vL1qHYMow4\">https:\/\/t.co\/vL1qHYMow4<\/a> <br \/>GL \ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kL82wfPjIW\">https:\/\/t.co\/kL82wfPjIW<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%EC%95%84%EC%9D%B4%EB%93%A4?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#\uc544\uc774\ub4e4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/idle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#idle<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/We_are_idle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#We_are_idle<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bIZI80l4OH\">pic.twitter.com\/bIZI80l4OH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; i-dle (\uc544\uc774\ub4e4) (@official_i_dle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/official_i_dle\/status\/1918231631464436083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>They recently dropped a special mini-album titled \u201c<strong>We are i-dle<\/strong>,\u201d which contains re-recordings of their previous hits without member Soojin. This could possibly hint at the group closing out the chapter of her exit from the group after a bullying scandal.\u00a0Right on cue, i-dle announced their comeback \u201c<strong>For (G)<\/strong>,\u201d\u00a0 a brand-new mini-album dropping May 19. The title has fans playing detective: \u201cForget\u201d? \u201cFor Girl\u201d? \u201cFor Growth\u201d? No one knows for sure, but one thing\u2019s clear\u2014I-DLE isn\u2019t just changing a name, they\u2019re evolving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(G)I-DLE just flipped the script on May 1 by lowkey rebranding as i-dle. Yep, they dropped the \u201cG\u201d from their name\u2014socials updated, promo stuff changed, and some are feeling a bit confused. The makeover comes right before their 7th anniversary, marking the start of a new era. But what does it all mean? The group\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":141711,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-141710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141710"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=141710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}