DPR LIVE Fans Find Fault With Rumored Group Name For “R U Next?”

BELIFT Lab (HYBE) and JTBC‘s ongoing survival show R U Next? is nearing the end.

<R U Next?> Updates One-Pick Voting Survey Results (Overall Ranking)

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• Survey period: August 20, 9:00PM KST — August 24, 6:00PM KST
• This does not, in any way, affect the show results.#RUNext #알유넥스트 @RUNext_official pic.twitter.com/eyzE4vlcqp

— R U NEXT? UPDATES (@runextupdates) August 24, 2023

While the debuting group’s name has not been confirmed, several rumored group names have circulated on social media. HYBE has begun trademarking names believed to be for upcoming survival shows.

rumored “RU Next?” names:

RUbymoon
CTYL
merge boss
NEXTEEN
RUNDREAM

— RU noah? (@irunext) August 23, 2023

what i think the meanings of each rumored group name are:

➫ RUBYMOON
• RUbymoon, “RU by the Moon?”
• ties into the moon lore with EN/&TEAM

➫ RUNDREAM
• “Run for my dream, run for my life” (R.U.N – Suzy)

➫ MERGEBOSS
• “Be The One/Next/Orange”
• merging all “goals”

— RU noah? (@irunext) August 15, 2023

hybe is wasting no time after runext is finished 😭 they’re already trademarking the name of their next survival show with umg for their american gg pic.twitter.com/VBRhhFZz2i

— RU rune? (@rrunext) August 16, 2023

Netizens suspected that R U Next?‘s debut group name would have a question mark based on HYBE’s previous survival shows.

HEAR ME OUT.

I feel like the runext’s group name will likely have the “?” symbol, I’ve noticed that HYBE’s survival shows uses symbols as their final group names.

I-land= ENHYPEN/EN-
&AUDITION= &TEAM
R U Next?= “?” (Question mark)

— RU zal? (@RUjiwooz) August 16, 2023

Yet, the upcoming group’s name appears to be CTYL. (Coming To You Live.). Social media accounts with this name have been created.

NEW RUMOURED GROUP NAME FOR THE #RUNext #알유넥스트 GIRL GROUP!!

— CTYL. (COMING TO YOU LIVE.)

[open thread for more details] pic.twitter.com/LyH3Fe4Hfo

— RU rune? (@rrunext) August 23, 2023

POSSIBLE CTYL. LOGO#RUNext #알유넥스트 pic.twitter.com/yzvwvDFW5q

— RU rune? (@rrunext) August 23, 2023

Additionally, a trademark has been applied. One netizen also pointed out that “CTYL Inc.” is located at BELIFT Lab’s location.

I was about to make a whole thread explaining why it’s the group name 😭 but I feel like this is enough proof “CTYL Inc” is located in the same adress as BElift Lab 서울특별시 강남구… (gangnam-gu seoul) pic.twitter.com/Ehn2w6oWZF

— RU rune? (@rrunext) August 23, 2023

It might not have a question mark in its name, but it does have a period. So, it seems very probable this could be the upcoming girl group’s name.

new rumoured group name for the "R U Next?" girl group!!!

— CTYL. (COMING TO YOU LIVE.)

‼️the name has a symbol just like enhypen (en-) and andteam (&team) pic.twitter.com/X2MWbsl9RC

— enaix (@enaix_2) August 23, 2023

Still, R U Next? viewers are disappointed over the possible group name, especially after previous rumors. Many hoped for RUBYMOON.

guys , enhypen was rumored to be named dragon dee , let's not lose hope this won't be mergeboss nor ctyl come on pic.twitter.com/G8lIzs2SrE

— jane📦★⁵ vote big6! (@chanelfwjen) August 23, 2023

coming to you live (CTYL) sounds more like a show where artists can come and sing songs maybe in front of a live audience etc – similar to Lee mujin’s service show pic.twitter.com/IGTPkn5fNv

— jw (@sjwcore) August 23, 2023

ctyl isn’t actually the group name guys belift is just trying to distract us theyre gonna reveal rubymoon as the real name in the finale TRUST pic.twitter.com/KFDIfMcOae

— ru nadia? (@ruthereyett) August 23, 2023

YALL RUBYMOONS TRENDING AND THIS WILL BE THE FUTURE NAME F CTYL‼️‼️ pic.twitter.com/zrITtkXBkg

— RU voting chanelle? (@runextchanel) August 23, 2023

Netizens also pointed out that CTYL and “Coming To You Live” are already associated with another K-music artist, DPR LIVE.

Coming To You Live is the title of DPR LIVE’s debut album. “CTYL” is the name of his 2018 tour. Additionally, a man’s voice announcing “Coming to you live!” over an intercom is DPR LIVE’s iconic producer tag.

But CTYL is DABIN’s signature

— DPR LIVE archive (@dprlivearchive) August 24, 2023

ummm i hope this is fake bcs… it’s dpr
live’s tagline and ctyl was his world tour name https://t.co/6gc8sXrvXn pic.twitter.com/VKwPHmjljH

— fay is seeing dpr 🦋 (@mito_is_real) August 24, 2023

Many found it problematic that something already so heavily associated with another artist would be taken and used for a new group. Some suggested DPR LIVE should sue.

ctyl = coming to you live??? please DPR LIVE sue Hybe

— JOSHUA HOUR🎧 liv (@BE0MNIC) August 23, 2023

you guys want minju and dpr ian to meet in court??? https://t.co/vKN7JRo5lu

— RU ru is minju's brother (@ruseiyes) August 24, 2023

even if the “coming to you live” isn’t actually dabin’s logo/stage name it’s still his tag?? like every track + his actual titled album he’s essentially trademarked it within the industry so who’s bright idea was it to be like oh yeah this is perfect for a debut group like 🥴

— strawberry shelbs (@sottshelb) August 24, 2023

But others have said that despite DPR LIVE’s usage of this phrase, it does not appear trademarked. “Coming to you live” is a tag, not a name or brand. So, it wouldn’t be trademarked already.

everyone’s asking if coming to you live has been previously trademarked or talking about another artist that’s using it and if it’s legal for hybe to use it too… well coming to you live has not been trademarked on kipris before so hybe can legally use the name pic.twitter.com/rl5EcNLe4V

— RU rune? (@rrunext) August 24, 2023

What do you think about the rumored group names?