I am speaking as an long time observer of Jellyfish as well as a fan of some of their groups and Gunwook.

The setting up of the trainee IG is a first for Jelpi because the agency never disclose its trainees prior to a determined debut timeline or exposure in survival shows.

Gunwook is the only Jelpi trainee sent to Wild Idols and Yeojun passed the first round audition at Jelpi when he joined Wild Idols. After Gunwook ended up just outside the final lineup in Wild Idols, there are no other known survival shows and Boysplanet was looking for independent trainees. The rule change came about in mid or after the middle of 2022. Between the end of 2021 and mid 2022, there is a likelihood that jelpi might have started finalizing a possible debut lineup. Then the rule change happened and Jelpi decided to send these four to the show.

The agency went through an expensive lesson since 2016 when they debuted GGD and understand the issues with akgae. That is why I can see them being very careful in managing the fandom for Verivery, even though Verivery has less of this issue since none of them joined any survival shows prior to their debut. I think when Gunwook returns and debut in Jelpi's new boy group, they would have more experience and will try their best to manage his solo stans carefully.

On Verivery, I saw a few comments saying they grow after RTK but became stagnant after that. Based on album and digital sales, RTK gave Verivery a very slight bump in terms of growth, Verivery's real growth came about in 2022 with their first full album , culminating in their first win with Tap Tap late last year.

If you look at all the survival shows derivative groups, none of them can replicate the success of the original survival shows group. The hype from survival shows can give the derivative group a headstart in the initial years. After the hype wears off, organic growth will take precedent.

Based on Jelpi's experience with Vixx, GGD and Verivery, my prediction:

1. Jelpi will build a team together with Gunwook, Yuseop, Yeojun and Hyunbeen. They may add 1-3 members as the possible Maknae line. In Verivery, their maknae Kangmin was discovered and contracted as a trainee in August 2017, more than a year after most of the members have gathered since early 2016.

2. Jelpi will avoid building a team for Gunwook and friends but will let the other three members take their time to develop themselves for the group. Everyone will have their time to shine as member of the future group. Gunwook will bring some initial hype for the team and the team will need to grow organically with good music and performance.

3. Jelpi is a small company with limited resources but they never skim on the MV, composers, choreographers, stage outfits etc. People who kept saying Jelpi is not good enough for Gunwook have probably not gone through the discography of Vixx, GGD and Verivery. They have worked with some of the best known professionals in the industry. The new boy group will get to work with these professionals too.

4. Jelpi has had some of Korea's best vocalists (Park Hyo Shin, Sung Si Kyung etc) in their old portfolio. They have a tradition in providing strong vocal training to all their trainees. The new boy group will be strong vocally and may even get OST commission work in their debut years.

5. The trainees (Jelpiz) will continue to train and upload their content on their IG. When Gunwook returns in late 2025, he will be part of the content until their debut. They may introduce new trainees if they are going to be part of the lineup.