(MHNSPORTS Heewon Kim reporter) AHYEON’s withdrawal from YG’s new girl group BABYMONSTER has been made official.
YG Entertainment stated on the 15th, “BABY MONSTER consists of six members: Ruka, Pharita, Asa, Haram, Rora, Chiquita. The music video and official soundtrack for the debut song will be released simultaneously on the 27th.”
Regarding the rumor of AHYEON’s withdrawal that day, he added, “AHYEON, who has been preparing together with the other members, decided to focus on rest for the time being after careful discussion for health reasons.”
YG Entertainment also said, “I am very sorry that I could not introduce AHYEON as a member of BABYMONSTER, but this decision was made for the health of the artist,” adding, “We will spare no effort to support AHYEON so that she can fully recover and return in good shape.”
In addition, no specific statement was made regarding AHYEON’s exclusive contract or the amount of AHYEON’s appearance in the music and music videos that were recorded and filmed before the debut.
Recently, BABYMONSTER confirmed their debut, which will be done on the 27th and has officially released visual photos of Thai member, Chiquita and Asa, member from Japan.
Meanwhile, BABYMONSTER is a multinational girl group to be debuted by YG, consisting of Korean (Haram, Rora), Thai (Pharita, Chiquita) and Japanese (Ruka, Asa) members.
In particular, the number of subscribers to the official BABYMONSTER YouTube channel was 3.17 million even before their debut, and the cumulative number of views exceeded 450 million. Also, The US Billboard selected them as ‘K-Pop Star to Watch’.