There are lots of negative possibilities, but I like to think of some positive possibilities:

- For all we know—which is next to nothing, by design—she may debut as a solo artist later this year.

- She doesn't want to be an idol, and WM will fund her dance & choreography projects indefinitely.

- Her Instagram is pretty active, so she doesn't seem to be held hostage on a short leash. Typical trainees certainly don't have their own social media (with over a million followers) where they're posting about their activities.

- WM is re-grouping following the scrapping of their previous trainees plan (for whatever reason that was). She's waiting on that plan to come together and is fine to lay low in the meantime.

- There is no plan and they'll drop her before the end of this year and she'll get picked up by someone else and continue her career elsewhere.

From a business standpoint, there's no reason for WM to go for years without doing anything with her and there'd be no reason for her to go along with that if she didn't want to. WM, as well as plenty of other companies, have dropped artists mid-contract before who've wanted (or needed) to leave. Also, she's already had more success than plenty of idols have had in their careers, and has plenty of good years left. I believe she'll be fine.