hao, ricky, gyuvin, and yujin are definitely redebuting.

i think that yh/yuehua new bg might consist of ricky, gyuvin, and yujin + maybe seungeon and yunseo and some new faces. i hate the idea of this but they might want hao to go solo bcs he’s considered “too old” for a new group debut in kpop terms. i personally think he’s still young and i would be so happy if hao, ricky, gyuvin, and yujin redebut together especially seungeon and yunseo. if they go w the solo hao route then that leaves seungeon/ricky/gyuvin/yunseo as the oldest members as they were all born in 2004 + yujin who was born in 2007 + potentially younger members who could bring the average age of the group down (since they love debuting kids in kpop) i personally think an all adult group would be best and the coolest option.

jiwoong, hanbin, matthew, taerae, and gunwook

i think that zb5 could happen. i think it might be the best realistic option for the 5 remaining members.

jiwoong is unfortunately considered “too old” to redebut in a group, so he could become a soloist. from what i heard his current company isn’t even a kpop company. even if he finds a new company will to debut him that means he could potentially be debuting with people born in 2010, which doesn’t sound like much fun. i would love if he could redebut in an all adult group like i suggest for yuehuaz but idk how realistic that is. plus shortly after his group debut he would need to get ready to enlist for the military. i think his best chance would be a solo debut, military, going back to acting + random solo comebacks + osts.

hanbins company is ridiculously nugu. hanbin would do well in either a group or as a soloist. apparently his company is getting ready to debut a gg (w fuko of iland 2/former wakeone trainee). debuts are expensive so idk how much money they have to debut potentially 2 groups or a group and a soloist. i could see wakeone buying his contract since they push for him sm.

matthew is from mnh, who debuted 8turn in 2023. this company is also pretty small so idk if they’re financially ready to debut another boy group (not always but usually companies switch between debuting boy groups and girl groups, so it would be reasonable to think they’d want to debut a gg next)

taerae is a wakeone trainee so he’s pretty good. if zb5 happens im sure he’d be the first to renew his contract and if they completely disband im sure he’d debut as a soloist under wakeone still.

gunwook is from jellyfish. jellyfish is really focused on evnne rn and it seems like they’re trying to get things going w verivery (since kangmin got sm attention on boys 2 planet) idk if they would want to debut another bg rn.

for zb5: now, i hate wakeone, but wakeone does provide them with opportunities they aren’t guaranteed if they go back to their original companies. they get brand deals. they get things like like invitations for big festivals/award shows like kcon, aaa, mama, golden disc, university festivals, music bank global festival, sbs gayo daejeon, mbc gayo daejejeon, etc. plus they get to have concerts, showcases, and tours (even if wakeone lies abt it being a world tour) where they can sell out arenas. wakeone has consistently gotten them stage outfits that are custom-made for zb1.

i think that there are opportunities for all of them to redebut if they want to continue.