“Boys Planet” Project Group Changes Its Name After Discovering NSFW Meaning But Some Aren’t Impressed With The New One

Boys Planet has been the most watched this year regarding survival programs. Fans watched as just over one hundred contestants were whittled down to the top nine, who debuted as ZEROBASEONE.

ZEROBASEONE | WAKEONE

Throughout the program, viewers got attached to many of the trainees who would be eliminated, resulting in some heartbreak. Some trainees had activities to return to, while many returned to being trainees under their respective companies or had their groups remain inactive.

Fans rejoiced when several of WAKEONE‘s trainees, including Haruto, Anthonny, and Park Minseok left the company, seeing it as a step closer to actually debuting.

Haruto | Mnet Anthonny (left) and Park Minseok (right) | @parkm1nseok/Instagram

On August 1, many netizens were excited to hear that seven competitors would debut under Jellyfish Entertainment as a project group.

While many were excited about the line-up — consisting of Mun Junghyun, Park Jihoo, Park Hanbin, Yoo Seungeon, Lee Jeonghyeon, Ji Yunseo, and Ciipher‘s Keita — others couldn’t help but point out concerns, like the company’s reputation.

zb1 and blit fighting in the WORSER COMPANY BATTLE while tiot goes to lotte world with their ceo im sick https://t.co/y8ccvCECqz

— ali (@rosinurl) August 3, 2023

Another point of concern was the group’s announced name, BLIT. In addition to it being easily changed into something NSFW, an “official unofficial” meaning was already being discussed among netizens.

now who tf said BLIT stands for boy clit IM FUCKING WHEEZING pic.twitter.com/tXf5leoojX

— el ✰ (@kkoocoded) August 3, 2023

blit = boy clit https://t.co/3MjErpS7On

— juju (@V4LDENS) August 3, 2023

However, the company took those concerns to heart and recently announced a name change!

On August 7, it was announced the group underwent a name change from BLIT to EVNNE after a “hidden negative meaning” was discovered.

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“On August 7, the new boy group that was announced by Jellyfish Entertainment to debut in the second half of the year has undergone a sudden name change from ‘BLIT’ to ‘EVNNE’ and is accelerating their preparations for a strong debut.

The previously announced official team name ‘BLIT’ was found to carry a hidden negative meaning, raising concerns that it might lead to misunderstandings in the future. In response to this, the decision was made to change the group’s name.”

— Jellyfish Entertainment

EVNNE is short for EVENing’s Newest Etoiles, with etoiles being French for stars. While this has a decisively better meaning than the previous name’s unofficial ones, some fans are still not impressed.

evenings newest toilets https://t.co/4gTvN3OXVk pic.twitter.com/iYGsTS7ORP

— vivi MINGI FAN (@wooyocat) August 9, 2023

EVNNE (evenings newest etoiles)…. another bad acronym brought to you by the company of VIXX (voice visual value in excelsis) https://t.co/h49FPAQt5f

— sakuya in japan! (@hakyeonni) August 9, 2023

Still weird idkidk https://t.co/FmRcMJZsAh pic.twitter.com/hbfKatsxMC

— anis (@monsoivintage) August 9, 2023

Regardless of the name, we are looking forward to their debut!

[]⁰EVNNE (이븐) 공식 SNS 오픈 안내⁰⁰새롭게 떠오를 7개의 별 ⁰EVNNE의 반짝이는 시작을 함께해 주세요 ⁰⁰ https://t.co/NIdytVJ9Wv⁰ https://t.co/mMzmYb8Ze0⁰⁰#EVNNE #이븐#케이타 #박한빈 #이정현⁰#유승언 #지윤서 #문정현 #박지후 pic.twitter.com/Ili1IC54hc

— EVNNE (@EVNNE_official) August 9, 2023