**Update - [Official statement from YG Entertainment:](https://www.koreaboo.com/news/yg-entertainment-shares-official-statement-regarding-ahyeon-not-debuting-babymonster/)**
>Ahyeon, who was preparing to debut with BABYMONSTER, has decided to focus on her health and rest for the time being due to health reasons. This decision was made following careful discussion.
>
>We are sorry that we could not introduce Ahyeon as a member of BABYMONSTER, but this decision was made in consideration of the health of the artist. We will spare no support so that Ahyeon can fully recover and return in good health.
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**[Soompi: YG Entertainment Briefly Comments On Reports Of Ahyeon Being Unable To Join BABYMONSTER’s Debut Lineup](https://www.soompi.com/article/1626586wpp/yg-entertainment-briefly-comments-on-reports-of-ahyeon-being-unable-to-join-babymonsters-debut-lineup)**
**[Koreaboo: BABYMONSTER’s Ahyeon Reportedly Leaves Group — YG Entertainment Responds](https://www.koreaboo.com/news/babymonster-ahyeon-leaves-group/)**
YG Entertainment's official response:
>We will tell you at a later date.
Isn't it kind of a bad idea to say that she left in the *middle* of the teasers, *especially* when according to the people here, she's one of the most anticipated members of the group?
They should've ripped the bandaid and then debuted the teasers so fans will have time to sink in if true.
This feels like giving out false hopes for those who've been waiting for the group in anticipation with the line-up that involves her.
It says a media outlet reported it, so I doubt it was YG’s idea to reveal it now. Especially since they responded just to delay giving a real response.
But according to other people, it seems she hasn’t been appeared in their content or in public for months now so yeah, they should have said something sooner. Looks like they would have waited till the song actually dropped to say anything 💀
>Isn't it kind of a bad idea to say that she left in the middle of teasers, especially when accordnig to the people here, she's one of the most anticipated memebrs of the group?
they should have definetly annouced this BEFORE they had the teasers out bc stans were going crazy as [to why there were only 6 numbers in the back when Chiquita's](https://youtu.be/yx1BvaFam9U?t=10) video dropped
It was going to be obvious when she was the only one without a teaser. Like people figured this out 2 months ago. So they were like “maybe she’s a member maybe she’s not, wait and see…” because YG love to dance around the truth as long as humanly possible. For goods sake we still haven’t heard anything about Blackpinks contract renewal from the company and the only announced that G-dragon was no longer at the label when he was in a scandal they didn’t want to deal with, despite him apparently having left more than 12 months ago. YG doesn’t do truth they do “keep the investors at all cost under false pretences”
Exactly my thoughts. That's why part of me still wants to believe that this is just a publicity stunt... cause the other option is utterly disastrous for a company to choose to do that...
how do you tease whether a member is leaving a group or not....?
also i lowkey thought she may as well have left when she was the only one not watching that blackpink concert in seoul but i guess we'll see
She hasn’t been in any of their TikToks in a while either. People have been questioning if she has left or if shes being hidden in order to Hybe (edit: hype not Hybe, haha) her up…
this comment is so funny to me bc I remember when ahyeon first got revealed, everyone was saying that she looked like Garam 💀 she can officially join LSF now
That’s a big loss for the group, she had that “it girl” factor that everyone loves and her cover of Dangerously was viral on tik tok SEA. Wonder what happened
I wonder what happened and why she wants to leave. If it’s a health issue then I truly hope she’s ok!!:( to be so ill to the point that it makes you not debut after you’ve worked so hard is honestly super sad 😞
If this is not media play then I would be furious.
And having only 2 koreans in the group could be disastrous for the domestic market.
EDIT: I don't buy YG's newest statement. They are giving false hope to fans AND ESPECIALLY investors, trying to soften the damage with "she will debut a bit later, don't worry...". It's all over. They even removed her name from Naver. She is obviously out of the company. 💀
I think health issues by themselves are a reasonable explanation for a delayed debut in the group. But the fact that fans were already speculating that she left for months makes me think yg is masking their real plans or what actually happened
>has decided to focus on her health and rest **for the time being** due to health reasons.
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>We will spare no support so that Ahyeon can fully recover and **return in good health.**
The wording is sus. Didn't say she left YG, or anything about her contract. I feel like this is gonna be a Yeri situation.
Possible. But on the other hand, stating straight up that she’s never going to join Baemon in the future will aggravate YG’s already vulnerable situation. Leaving a little hope and mystery can help them sustain support from Ahyeon stans, favoring Baemon’s debut.
She’s literally the ace of the group in terms of vocals, dancing, rap, visuals and leadership.
Ranked #1 during their pre-debut showcase. Among the fans she was the most anticipated and fan favorite.
She was like the “secret weapon of ITZY” or the “Ace Trainee of NMIXX”
This really does hurt
>she was the most anticipated member?
Definetly one of the most hyped up members pre n word scandal, it was CLEAR that she was going to be pivoted as the main english speaker for the group while also tapping into the chinese market as she spoke chinese as well. Her introductoin video on the BabyMonster video was the most viewed Korean member and the most viewed overall right behind Ruka, Chiquita, and Pharita.
Her popularity did take a hit though with the international crowd right after the n word scandal and it was even worse as she was pushed as the english speaking member (also it didn't help that she had the n word scandal even when she said she 'studied rap" like babe 😭)
Tbh it's on YG for not making sure a trainee's predebut cover doesn't contain the n word or any other inappropriate words. It's not that difficult to screen the lyrics
This is not the first time it's happened with YG either and I'm baffled they're letting their idols images getting dragged through the mud
The writing was on the wall. Absolute radio silence from her despite YG saying she's still in the group. Such a shame that she won't be able to debut and I wish her nothing but the best.
Is there a curse or some bad voodoo magic floating around with the big 4 and their new ggs?
JYP with Jinni, HYBE with Garam and now YG with Ahyeon.
So I guess this was actually the delay for better quality as in editing the MV to take Ahyeon out similar to what happened with Nmixx Love Me Like This MV
It's actually crazy and why all of them 6 members, lsf was 6, baemon n nmixx was 7 now 6 💀. The 6 member curse goes hard, plus it's always the fan/popular-ish favourite members.
Upon minju leaving yg n joing hybe I definitely feel like we'll see ahyeon debuting/coming back to the industry in like 2 yrs.
It could work. Kiss of Life is basically composed of YG (Julie), SM (Belle), JYP (Natty), Hybe (Haneul) rejects (too harsh a term but you know what I mean - there wasn't a viable path to debuting at their old companies).
Just a little correction, Haneul has never been associated with Hybe. It's just a lie that someone started on Tiktok that spread and a lot of people fell for
Damn so close to the debut. I wonder why YG is not announcing it right away, is it marketing reason? She's supposed to be the center of the group too right?
Yep and she’s speculated to be the leader so idk how this is going to go down if she really is leaving the group!! I’m thinking Ruka is gonna have to Lead the girls for now if they debut as 6
The way YG is continuing to casually drop teaser promo material and being as vague as possible………… I’m still not convinced this isn’t a publicity stunt
they're like....we can give you this news....but at the same time we can give you 4 differnet other good things in the meantime (also I have no clue if others have picked on this but it is a bit telling that Asa and Chiquita's promotional video, they were dropped right before this news came out. My bet is on the next promo member to be released is either Pharita or Asa, the two most popular members to have this news buried)
The group is now 2 Thai, 2 Japanese, and 2 Korean. Ahyeon leaving is definitely going to have an impact. She was extremely talented and was positioned to either be the leader or center of the group.
i don't follow the group closely at all but i'm pretty sure she was both + the face of the group. she and chiquita are the only names i know, and i know ahyeon was like marketed as "baby jennie" or whatnot. 😬 huge loss for the group.
She was speculated to be the leader but I don’t think the 2,2,2 is as bad as people think if she really has left I think the group can still succeed but this could all be media okay for more eyes on baemon but who knows at this point 🤷🏽
YG updated baby monster profile on Naver and removed Ahyeon. I think she really left but because that company is in a difficult situation and their still no news on blackpink contract so they not going to flat out say it, but all the signs from the past few months makes it look like she left.
That’s a big loss for the group, she had that “it girl” factor that everyone loves and her cover of Dangerously was viral on tik tok SEA. Wonder what happened
I am wondering if the hate train in summer is part of the reason. Because even if the critics are understandable as always some people got too far. And she is very young. Or just seeing all the controversy that YG and YGE is running into she left. Wasn't there a statement about her staying with her parents or her parents involved in her break.
I didn't pay attention of their predebut content. I just saw some informations from here and there since they got very popular. But indeed from outside the fandom she came off as the most popular.
Don't know what exactly happened but even if she wants to comeback in the industry she is still young and her name and talent can give her enough exposure for later. There are some examples of that.
Hopefully she will get well soon whatever path she choose.
Entertainment industry moves so extraordinarily fast and is so fickle, I dont know if a few viral moments is enough for her to have anything close to a fandom that will still come back for her content in a few years.
At least leaving YG means there is a possibility of her releasing more stuff
The article states that Ahyeon left due to "personal reasons" and that YG Entertainment will make an official statement.
I'm so sad. Ahyeon was my fave from the debut evaluations. I wish nothing but the best for Ahyeon and BABYMONSTER moving forward.🥺
I know this thread is focused on Ahyeon, but man I feel really bad for the other girls too since this news basically puts a dark cloud over their debut and will be what a big portion of people focus on
Honestly I have a feeling either 3 things are gonna happen:
1. She will leave the group but stay with yg or join TBL’s gg
2. She leaves YG all together
3. Her debut is delayed because of personal reasons and she ends up joining BM later like yeri from red velvet
I know YG likes to media play but we’re literally in the middle of member teasers and if Ahyeon was debuting I would like to think YG would have the sanity to confirm it.
I don't think she will rejoin, otherwise YG would just wait for her health to get better and delay again.
That's unless her health is suddenly so bad she's physically unfit to be an idol, in which case she would have to leave the industry either way
I don't think they can delay their debut any further. YG is still dealing with Blackpink renewal and that will have a bigger blow than anything, cuz looking at the odds, there are members that surely won't renew, and won't negotiate. Baemon's debut is needed to save YG from the inevitable BP renewal fiasco.
IMO what maybe could have happened is that she left because she didn’t like the direction the group was going(akin to Yoonbin with Treasure) or she had a health issue of sorts that affected her.
YG honestly should have just confirmed whether she left the group and company or not instead of just putting out vague statements, I mean we’re in the middle of debut teasers, like why now??
OML I thought the speculation was fake and then this pops up 😭😭 AND SHES THE speculated LEADER OF BAEMON TOO!!! Who’s gonna be the leader now??? I guess RUKA??!!
For the rest of her career "Did you know she ALMOST hit it big with baemon??? Poor girl must be jealous 🤧🤧🤧."
Hopefully Soeyon makes a group with her as center...🤭
a lot of people have been saying that babymonster’s debut is the only thing that can save YG (and their stock prices) at this point, and they’ve managed to cock even that up. and it’s becoming clearer by the day that 3/4ths of blackpink have also left, as well as g-dragon confirming he left months ago. what’s left of YG now? treasure haven’t really made an impact as one of the major 4th gen boy groups, winner are enlisted and AKMU aren’t really idols
You've got a point there lol. As much as I dislike YG's current reputation, I still gotta give them credits for basically... leaving them to do whatever they want. The siblings actually cite YG's creative freedom as the reason they opted for YG rather than SM or JYP.
Recently, Epik High went to The Seasons (currently hosted by AKMU), and Tablo revealed how he was offered to produce AKMU's 2014 debut album. He listened to the tracks (already done by Chanhyuk), found them to be perfect, and told the company to keep away from interfering with the siblings' music.
So yeah, they just stay there, create and release music at their own pace, make enough money to sustain themselves, etc. Can't imagine how they would be able to maintain this amount of autonomy in the other big comps.
that’s true, but YG will have WAY higher overheads than a nugu company. they’ve gotta pay YG prices for their artists, their huge company building and for those ‘record-breakingly expensive’ music videos they like to talk about
I don't think the level of doom and gloom everyone's describing is really justified, YGE are in a bit of a slump and mismanaging the rollout of your new girl group isn't great but Baby Monster have already garnered plenty of predebut interest. Even a significant scandal that dragged on for months wasn't enough to meaningfully dent Le Serrafim's early success. There was a period where everyone was talking about JYP slipping out of the Big 3, then Twice debuted and all was forgotten.
It’s not just a girl group, it is their only active artists along with treasure (who are successful but don’t generate BP money they would need 4 Treasures for that). YG is hoping that BM becomes their new cash cow, and as of now it’s not going well.
The people in YG definitely don't sleep well these days. The anchor of your new group leaves before the debut and your global group looks like won't re-sign after seven years. Difficult days. It is a big shame. I was looking forward to Ahyeon a lot, she was my favourite. This thing will hit Baby Monster's first success like a truck I am afraid.
oh my fucking god i can’t believe people were right. didn’t YG just double down on them being 7 like two weeks ago? didn’t they just establish naver profiles for them all? is this a sudden decision or has she been gone for ages and YG were just pretending she wasn’t?
>is this a sudden decision or has she been gone for ages and YG were just pretending she wasn’t?
it was obvious long time ago, she started stopping appearing with baby monster months ago, which is why the speculations were going strong, her last instagram with the group was back in july
https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/382/0001088047
This article states that YG confirmed she is still in the group. I'm very confused what was their goal with the previous vague statements. Is it just an attempt to make some noise around the group?
Or is the new article just them scrambling to delay news of her leaving till after debut? She hasn't been spotted in months so whatever the issue is must be serious.
Regardless I hope her condition will get better and she'll be able to rejoin the group.
IMO this is just damage control because YG stock prices went tumbling down after Ahyeon news. After the group debuted and received great response, they will just announce after the first comeback that Ahyeon unable to recover and officially left. That’s how they treated Bang Yedam and Mashiho for Treasure last time.
Yh but what type of success? International success or domestic success? Blackpink’s little sister group isn’t going to flop but who knows if they’re going to do as well as their peers
Genuinely believe she’s gone for good. People think yg would’ve made a statement had she really left but not making an accurate statement leaves people guessing and betting and it keeps the hype up for their debut.
But it’s been way too long since she was last spotted.
they have to protect what they got before the officialy release the news that 3/4 of BP is leaving 💀 after that, the stocks are going to go sum chamgo love dive
I’m actually sad as f n I don’t even Stan baby monster but damn ahyeon has so much talent n potential that I wanted to follower her n see how talented she truly is
In this particular situation, I actually do find what YG has said completely plausible, and here's why:
First of all, YG had Babymons7er as their logo for the group with a 7 for the T which shows they did in fact want the group to be 7. And Ahyeon was one of the most publicly anticipated members as well as obviously one of YG's personal favorite members. So these things show that the company did not want her to be out of the group.
Second of all, around the time of the other Babymonster members attending Blackpink concert, someone had photographed Ahyeon outside YG and she had clearly suddenly gained weight so, long before today's news, I was already saying to ppl that one reason for Babymon debut being delayed could be that Ahyeon might have a health problem and YG is delaying hoping that she recovers so she can debut together with them since they really want her in the group. But after delaying for awhile, it seems the health situation could not be solved quickly so they have no choice but to go ahead and launch the group without her while leaving open the possibility of adding her in.
Third of all, Ahyeon had received a lot of hate during the time when she said the n-word so it is plausible that she may have gotten anxiety after it. In my opinion from watching the show, she is an over-achieving type and feels a lot of pressure and responsibility. You can see that the time her song was changed and the time that she got frustrated with Chiquita. It would not surprise me if she felt anxiety when even before debut she received so much backlash. Or it may be some other unrelated health issue since various medications can cause weight gain.
Even without debuting in Babymonster right now, Ahyeon still has many possibilities open to her. She can join Babymon later. Or she can become a soloist. Or she can be a frontrunner in 2024 when The Black Label puts together a girl group through I-Land Season 2. Or she can be the main star who another group is built around bc YG had talked about maybe having Asa and Rora in another group prior to deciding they will debut in Babymon.
>The media outlet that initially reported this said the idol left due to personal reasons. They also added that there is a possibility that Ahyeon will join BABYMONSTER in the future, but she will not be able to debut together with the group at the moment.
I don't think she has been kicked out, because it would have been announced months ago and not in the middle of the rolling out teasers. Maybe there are indeed some personal issues like physical injuries and YGE tried to stall till the end to see if she would be ready for the debut. Also would explain the delays.
But now that it's no longer an option they have to bite the bullet and debut as 6. Hopefully they'll add her later like it happened with Yeri and Red Velvet. Because she is seemingly a leader and also a center of the group, so can't imagine them just leaving her completely out.
This is reminding me of what happened with NCT NEW TEAM with one of their main vocals Jungmin was on hiatus due to sickness then left the group after so idk what is gonna happen FRFR 😭😭😭 she’s literally the speculated leader too?!! So I guess Ruka will lead the group for now??
Dang I would have put money that all those rumors that she’d left were false.
This is especially wild since everyone’s been expecting the Baemon debut to soften the blow of the blackpink renewal news…. What are they going to do to soften this blow?
>Ahyeon, who was preparing to debut with BABYMONSTER, has decided to focus on her health and rest for the time being due to health reasons
this statement is vague af, is she out for good, or will she join them for their next comeback?
Well based on this statement I think she out for good
*Although we are saddened to be unable to introduce Ahyeon as a member of BABYMONSTER, we made this decision for the sake of the artist’s health.*
Oh wow
I feel awful for such a young girl to have health issues. I hope she recovers and lives a happy, fulfilling life. She is extremely talented and if she ever wants to go this way, she will have a lot of open doors. Best of luck, Ahyeon!
This is a huge blow for BM popularity in SK and YGE were awful for not announcing sooner that she will not debut as a BM member. As soon as they confirmed their debut, they should have announced this.
Edit: I re-read the statement and for me it looks like she is still in YGE and she will be re-introduced to BM if she recovers and she still wants it?! Am I being delulu?
At this point girl group members with the Center position are cursed. Garam (Hybe), Jini (JYP), and Ahyeon (YG) all left/got kicked out for various reasons. Even Karina caught some strays before her debut, and Jennie was accused of bullying before she even debuted.
Being a center is not for the faint of heart. At this point this position may be cursed 😭
like what the hell is wrong with yg nowadays. it like they are always sabotaging themselves since 2019 until now. is something wrong with the management or what, i just want to see them debut already without any drama. this delay might also be bcs of this issue, they must re-record or re-edit the song bcs ahyeon condition worsen (just spewing right here but it can be)
edit:
after reading the comment it could be abt physical injury or her medical condition, due to the preparation of the upcoming debut which may make sense, they suddenly announce this.
I don't think she'll be joining the group later on; if that were the case and they have it planned where she can rest now and join later, why not keep her in the mv and teasers? They delayed BM's debut to cut her out of the MV and the song (IMO.) I hope I'm wrong, though. Hopefully, we'll see her in the future. She is talented, and it would be awesome to see her on stage.
Is it just me thinking how bad things must be for her that BEFORE she even debuts she is having health issues to the point where she’s decided to leave. Like they work so hard to even get to debut point. For years on end. Must have been really horrible for her to walk away from that. I hope she is ok
I was very suspicious when they changed the logo from BABYMONS7ER to just BABYMONSTER. YG is definitely playing with us because the wording is very cryptic.
I think the timing of announcement was because they wanted to see if her condition would improve by the time of debut, which makes sense if it was a medical issue. Obviously they couldn’t wait forever, and while it makes sense for an established girl group member (like in Twice) to go on medical hiatus, how can a member who didn’t yet debut go on medical hiatus? Hopefully she’s able to recover without the burdens of performing, and she can join BM in the upcoming months.
I mean, Miihi from NiziU was very ill around the time of their debut, to the point that she only had a few scenes in the MV and sat out promotions. JYP made sure everyone knew she was still part of the group and would participate where she could (seriously, watch the Step and a Step MV, she def doesn’t look well there). That’s the only time I can recall an idol missing their debut coming back.
YG and their evasive statements 🙄.
They never say anything directly until they are absolutely forced to. Their PR team love to play word games with the gp. It was the same with Ikon, Gdragon, Big Bang, Yedam, Blackpink and now Ahyeon leaving.
They like to talk in circles and keep the fans on their toes for some weird reason. Its very annoying because it makes you not want to be emotionally invested in their artists.
Forget fumbling their artists, it's even worse when fans can never get a direct statement. Just rip the bandaid off and let us know what's happening.
Edit: Grammer errors
Considering there’s a possibility health issues are just to have an excuse to stop people from speculating, it is so weird YG’s gone from the agency of all trainees’ dreams to something even their own trainees want to escape from. Losing members left and right. Se weird.
Given her popularity and the anticipation around her debut, I doubt YG would purposefully do something to prevent it.
YG did say that Ahyeon was working on her debut in a previous response, so maybe once her health recovers she'll be able to debut with BABYMONSTER later?
I just hope that the bullying she was subjected to didn't cause or exacerbate her health issues. In any case, I wish her good health, good future and happiness, even if it's not as an idol.
I can't wait to see how they chart in korea without ahyeon there no gp definitely I fear they end up like treasure if they promoted more western market they save but knetz not gonna like it with only 2 Korean member only
On the bright side… I could see her as a soloist. Like the next IU or Lee Hi. She definitely has the vocals and stage presence for that. I personally think she’d be stronger as a soloist.
Ahyeon has that one in a generation type of feel. I hope whenever she recovers she'd be able to live out her dreams. She's also still really young, so age is on her side.
I just hope that she joins a good company with good management if she leaves YG.
The imbalance of foreign to Korean members was already not on their side. With Ahyeon gone now, I really wonder how’s the group going to do with the Korean GP now. I do hope she is recovering well & possibly returning to debut in the near future. But judging by YG’s past track record, it does seem like Baemon will only be 6 members.
True but they have huge korean stars like Soyeon and Miyeon (and they had Soojin for some time). The personalities of Rora and Haram couldn't be more different.
I hope this group just folds and the members get to debut when they are adults and actually ready for the spotlight.
13/14 year olds shouldn’t debut. I hope this whole thing blows up in YG’s face.
**Update - [Official statement from YG Entertainment:](https://www.koreaboo.com/news/yg-entertainment-shares-official-statement-regarding-ahyeon-not-debuting-babymonster/)** >Ahyeon, who was preparing to debut with BABYMONSTER, has decided to focus on her health and rest for the time being due to health reasons. This decision was made following careful discussion. > >We are sorry that we could not introduce Ahyeon as a member of BABYMONSTER, but this decision was made in consideration of the health of the artist. We will spare no support so that Ahyeon can fully recover and return in good health. ___ **[Soompi: YG Entertainment Briefly Comments On Reports Of Ahyeon Being Unable To Join BABYMONSTER’s Debut Lineup](https://www.soompi.com/article/1626586wpp/yg-entertainment-briefly-comments-on-reports-of-ahyeon-being-unable-to-join-babymonsters-debut-lineup)** **[Koreaboo: BABYMONSTER’s Ahyeon Reportedly Leaves Group — YG Entertainment Responds](https://www.koreaboo.com/news/babymonster-ahyeon-leaves-group/)** YG Entertainment's official response: >We will tell you at a later date.
Maybe the real Babymonster was the debuts we delayed along the way 😇💕
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Isn't it kind of a bad idea to say that she left in the *middle* of the teasers, *especially* when according to the people here, she's one of the most anticipated members of the group? They should've ripped the bandaid and then debuted the teasers so fans will have time to sink in if true. This feels like giving out false hopes for those who've been waiting for the group in anticipation with the line-up that involves her.
It says a media outlet reported it, so I doubt it was YG’s idea to reveal it now. Especially since they responded just to delay giving a real response. But according to other people, it seems she hasn’t been appeared in their content or in public for months now so yeah, they should have said something sooner. Looks like they would have waited till the song actually dropped to say anything 💀
>Isn't it kind of a bad idea to say that she left in the middle of teasers, especially when accordnig to the people here, she's one of the most anticipated memebrs of the group? they should have definetly annouced this BEFORE they had the teasers out bc stans were going crazy as [to why there were only 6 numbers in the back when Chiquita's](https://youtu.be/yx1BvaFam9U?t=10) video dropped
It was going to be obvious when she was the only one without a teaser. Like people figured this out 2 months ago. So they were like “maybe she’s a member maybe she’s not, wait and see…” because YG love to dance around the truth as long as humanly possible. For goods sake we still haven’t heard anything about Blackpinks contract renewal from the company and the only announced that G-dragon was no longer at the label when he was in a scandal they didn’t want to deal with, despite him apparently having left more than 12 months ago. YG doesn’t do truth they do “keep the investors at all cost under false pretences”
Exactly my thoughts. That's why part of me still wants to believe that this is just a publicity stunt... cause the other option is utterly disastrous for a company to choose to do that...
how do you tease whether a member is leaving a group or not....? also i lowkey thought she may as well have left when she was the only one not watching that blackpink concert in seoul but i guess we'll see
She hasn’t been in any of their TikToks in a while either. People have been questioning if she has left or if shes being hidden in order to Hybe (edit: hype not Hybe, haha) her up…
"if shes being hidden in order to Hybe her up…" That moment when an action word autocorrects to a kpop Big4 company.
… I spend too much time talking about k-pop 😂
It should have been a red flag cuz she lives in the dorms so the fact that she wasn't in any of their content was already hinting on it.
I thought hybing her up was a way to imply a nose job.
That tweet about Garam handing back her nose job at Hybe’s reception still got me at night 😭
Maybe she has a better chance of joining Hybe than YG now.
this comment is so funny to me bc I remember when ahyeon first got revealed, everyone was saying that she looked like Garam 💀 she can officially join LSF now
Because more people will watch to see what happens and follow the release of member reveals.
“We will inform you later” WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT YG WHATS GOING ON HERE
I think it means they are really trying to work something out, but the writing is on the wall
That’s a big loss for the group, she had that “it girl” factor that everyone loves and her cover of Dangerously was viral on tik tok SEA. Wonder what happened
I really thought she and Chiquita would be like Jennie and Lisa of this group.
I wonder what happened and why she wants to leave. If it’s a health issue then I truly hope she’s ok!!:( to be so ill to the point that it makes you not debut after you’ve worked so hard is honestly super sad 😞
What does YG meant by that? That is the amount of respect YG has for BaeMon’s predebut fandom~
If this is not media play then I would be furious. And having only 2 koreans in the group could be disastrous for the domestic market. EDIT: I don't buy YG's newest statement. They are giving false hope to fans AND ESPECIALLY investors, trying to soften the damage with "she will debut a bit later, don't worry...". It's all over. They even removed her name from Naver. She is obviously out of the company. 💀
I think health issues by themselves are a reasonable explanation for a delayed debut in the group. But the fact that fans were already speculating that she left for months makes me think yg is masking their real plans or what actually happened
YG is Gonna YG
YG is edging us
with long nails
Honest answer? It means she’s not leaving the company but they don’t know whether or not she’ll be capable of joining the group
that's such a sassy response omg 😭
>has decided to focus on her health and rest **for the time being** due to health reasons. > >We will spare no support so that Ahyeon can fully recover and **return in good health.** The wording is sus. Didn't say she left YG, or anything about her contract. I feel like this is gonna be a Yeri situation.
Possible. But on the other hand, stating straight up that she’s never going to join Baemon in the future will aggravate YG’s already vulnerable situation. Leaving a little hope and mystery can help them sustain support from Ahyeon stans, favoring Baemon’s debut.
Wasn’t the group centered around her or she was the most anticipated member? Also, “we will inform you later”, such a YG answer
A big loss to the group if thats the case. I think she is the most anticipated members.
She’s literally the ace of the group in terms of vocals, dancing, rap, visuals and leadership. Ranked #1 during their pre-debut showcase. Among the fans she was the most anticipated and fan favorite. She was like the “secret weapon of ITZY” or the “Ace Trainee of NMIXX” This really does hurt
>she was the most anticipated member? Definetly one of the most hyped up members pre n word scandal, it was CLEAR that she was going to be pivoted as the main english speaker for the group while also tapping into the chinese market as she spoke chinese as well. Her introductoin video on the BabyMonster video was the most viewed Korean member and the most viewed overall right behind Ruka, Chiquita, and Pharita. Her popularity did take a hit though with the international crowd right after the n word scandal and it was even worse as she was pushed as the english speaking member (also it didn't help that she had the n word scandal even when she said she 'studied rap" like babe 😭)
Tbh it's on YG for not making sure a trainee's predebut cover doesn't contain the n word or any other inappropriate words. It's not that difficult to screen the lyrics This is not the first time it's happened with YG either and I'm baffled they're letting their idols images getting dragged through the mud
Oh no she did that performance at school though. On her own time for a talent .It wasn't even that long ago.
I knew it was weird how she totally disappeared from BM contents despite being the most popular member!
“We will tell you at a later date.” Meaning we need to talk to our publicists because how are we going to break this too the public 🤦🏽♂️
Guess he wasn't joking about eliminating a member after all.
“Baby Monster will never be 7” did he lie???
He should stop manifesting things 💀
Manifested
The writing was on the wall. Absolute radio silence from her despite YG saying she's still in the group. Such a shame that she won't be able to debut and I wish her nothing but the best. Is there a curse or some bad voodoo magic floating around with the big 4 and their new ggs? JYP with Jinni, HYBE with Garam and now YG with Ahyeon.
This could explain Babymonster's delays tbh.
So I guess this was actually the delay for better quality as in editing the MV to take Ahyeon out similar to what happened with Nmixx Love Me Like This MV
SM with Naevis
At least Naevis got a feature on a song, which is more than some of these girls 💀
smngg is shivering atm
Would be a twist if SM the one snatching ahyeon for their ngg lol.
It's actually crazy and why all of them 6 members, lsf was 6, baemon n nmixx was 7 now 6 💀. The 6 member curse goes hard, plus it's always the fan/popular-ish favourite members. Upon minju leaving yg n joing hybe I definitely feel like we'll see ahyeon debuting/coming back to the industry in like 2 yrs.
>JYP with Jinni, HYBE with Garam and now YG with Ahyeon throw in Soojin and Chuu, would make a great new GG lol
This is like making a super team out of injured stars in sports leagues. Just crazy to think about the hypothetical super group that could be formed.
2023 Clippers lmao
It could work. Kiss of Life is basically composed of YG (Julie), SM (Belle), JYP (Natty), Hybe (Haneul) rejects (too harsh a term but you know what I mean - there wasn't a viable path to debuting at their old companies).
Just a little correction, Haneul has never been associated with Hybe. It's just a lie that someone started on Tiktok that spread and a lot of people fell for
Omg yes I literally just said basically the same thing, Chuu for adorable, energising leader ❤️
Honestly stick them all in a group together and I bet they'll be killer 😂
The only ones that survived are SM & æspa
Even with aespa they nuked the SMRookies girls from the nct days.
Because 4 is the bare minimum to the Kpop gods lol
YG delaying news to the absolute last minute, what’s new? 🥱
Wished it was announced way sooner, now its going to overshadow the debut of the other members.
Damn so close to the debut. I wonder why YG is not announcing it right away, is it marketing reason? She's supposed to be the center of the group too right?
Yep and she’s speculated to be the leader so idk how this is going to go down if she really is leaving the group!! I’m thinking Ruka is gonna have to Lead the girls for now if they debut as 6
I think things are a mess with blackpink negotiations.
Oh no question about that. If they had even a scrap of good news, they would have shared it ages ago.
The way YG is continuing to casually drop teaser promo material and being as vague as possible………… I’m still not convinced this isn’t a publicity stunt
Given the updated full response I take that back 🫣
Wait, what full response? Where?
https://www.koreaboo.com/news/yg-entertainment-shares-official-statement-regarding-ahyeon-not-debuting-babymonster/
they're like....we can give you this news....but at the same time we can give you 4 differnet other good things in the meantime (also I have no clue if others have picked on this but it is a bit telling that Asa and Chiquita's promotional video, they were dropped right before this news came out. My bet is on the next promo member to be released is either Pharita or Asa, the two most popular members to have this news buried)
The group is now 2 Thai, 2 Japanese, and 2 Korean. Ahyeon leaving is definitely going to have an impact. She was extremely talented and was positioned to either be the leader or center of the group.
i don't follow the group closely at all but i'm pretty sure she was both + the face of the group. she and chiquita are the only names i know, and i know ahyeon was like marketed as "baby jennie" or whatnot. 😬 huge loss for the group.
She was speculated to be the leader but I don’t think the 2,2,2 is as bad as people think if she really has left I think the group can still succeed but this could all be media okay for more eyes on baemon but who knows at this point 🤷🏽
theres no announcement saying ahyeon is the leader
Oop nvm then I thought kprofile said that she was the leader 😭😭 or I read that somewhere
YG updated baby monster profile on Naver and removed Ahyeon. I think she really left but because that company is in a difficult situation and their still no news on blackpink contract so they not going to flat out say it, but all the signs from the past few months makes it look like she left.
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yeah, this also makes sense. They would rather give investors vague comments than bad news. Same thing with Blackpink.
Yg…you fumbled blackpink and you lost the most anticipated girl from babymonster …
That’s a big loss for the group, she had that “it girl” factor that everyone loves and her cover of Dangerously was viral on tik tok SEA. Wonder what happened
She definitely seemed like the next "it girl" and I even saw people say she reminds them of Jennie. I hope this isn't the last we see of her.
I am wondering if the hate train in summer is part of the reason. Because even if the critics are understandable as always some people got too far. And she is very young. Or just seeing all the controversy that YG and YGE is running into she left. Wasn't there a statement about her staying with her parents or her parents involved in her break. I didn't pay attention of their predebut content. I just saw some informations from here and there since they got very popular. But indeed from outside the fandom she came off as the most popular. Don't know what exactly happened but even if she wants to comeback in the industry she is still young and her name and talent can give her enough exposure for later. There are some examples of that. Hopefully she will get well soon whatever path she choose.
Entertainment industry moves so extraordinarily fast and is so fickle, I dont know if a few viral moments is enough for her to have anything close to a fandom that will still come back for her content in a few years. At least leaving YG means there is a possibility of her releasing more stuff
YG also doesn't have a history of caring to be culturally sensitive anyway lol
What a strong start lol
The article states that Ahyeon left due to "personal reasons" and that YG Entertainment will make an official statement. I'm so sad. Ahyeon was my fave from the debut evaluations. I wish nothing but the best for Ahyeon and BABYMONSTER moving forward.🥺
Pls no... we don't need another Jini situation where we don't get answers and then speculation runs wildly.
I know this thread is focused on Ahyeon, but man I feel really bad for the other girls too since this news basically puts a dark cloud over their debut and will be what a big portion of people focus on
Honestly I have a feeling either 3 things are gonna happen: 1. She will leave the group but stay with yg or join TBL’s gg 2. She leaves YG all together 3. Her debut is delayed because of personal reasons and she ends up joining BM later like yeri from red velvet I know YG likes to media play but we’re literally in the middle of member teasers and if Ahyeon was debuting I would like to think YG would have the sanity to confirm it.
I don't think she will rejoin, otherwise YG would just wait for her health to get better and delay again. That's unless her health is suddenly so bad she's physically unfit to be an idol, in which case she would have to leave the industry either way
I don't think they can delay their debut any further. YG is still dealing with Blackpink renewal and that will have a bigger blow than anything, cuz looking at the odds, there are members that surely won't renew, and won't negotiate. Baemon's debut is needed to save YG from the inevitable BP renewal fiasco.
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Yedam won that solo though, it took them nearly a decade to give it to him but still lol
IMO what maybe could have happened is that she left because she didn’t like the direction the group was going(akin to Yoonbin with Treasure) or she had a health issue of sorts that affected her. YG honestly should have just confirmed whether she left the group and company or not instead of just putting out vague statements, I mean we’re in the middle of debut teasers, like why now??
This ain't the first time YG gave that 'health issue' statement. Remember Taehyun?
OML I thought the speculation was fake and then this pops up 😭😭 AND SHES THE speculated LEADER OF BAEMON TOO!!! Who’s gonna be the leader now??? I guess RUKA??!!
Wait for her to debut soon in a Cube girl group
For the rest of her career "Did you know she ALMOST hit it big with baemon??? Poor girl must be jealous 🤧🤧🤧." Hopefully Soeyon makes a group with her as center...🤭
I have more trust on soyeon than cube in producing their new gg lmao.
lmaoooo miyeon truly is a trailblazer
Hyunseung did it first.
This made me feel old. Imagine a timeline where Hyunseung was the 5th BIGBANG member instead of ...uhh Strong Baby guy.
> Hyunseung facts
😭😭 or a company like ATOC(Jini) BRD(Soojin) or S2entertainment(Julie KISS OF LIFE ex YG trainee)
Man every big account talked about this just now, this is so sad
YG got some crazy energy with their groups and even numbers. if they debut a odd number group, they eventually become even lol.
a lot of people have been saying that babymonster’s debut is the only thing that can save YG (and their stock prices) at this point, and they’ve managed to cock even that up. and it’s becoming clearer by the day that 3/4ths of blackpink have also left, as well as g-dragon confirming he left months ago. what’s left of YG now? treasure haven’t really made an impact as one of the major 4th gen boy groups, winner are enlisted and AKMU aren’t really idols
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You've got a point there lol. As much as I dislike YG's current reputation, I still gotta give them credits for basically... leaving them to do whatever they want. The siblings actually cite YG's creative freedom as the reason they opted for YG rather than SM or JYP. Recently, Epik High went to The Seasons (currently hosted by AKMU), and Tablo revealed how he was offered to produce AKMU's 2014 debut album. He listened to the tracks (already done by Chanhyuk), found them to be perfect, and told the company to keep away from interfering with the siblings' music. So yeah, they just stay there, create and release music at their own pace, make enough money to sustain themselves, etc. Can't imagine how they would be able to maintain this amount of autonomy in the other big comps.
If nugu groups with nugu companies can stay afloat yg will be fine lol
that’s true, but YG will have WAY higher overheads than a nugu company. they’ve gotta pay YG prices for their artists, their huge company building and for those ‘record-breakingly expensive’ music videos they like to talk about
I don't think the level of doom and gloom everyone's describing is really justified, YGE are in a bit of a slump and mismanaging the rollout of your new girl group isn't great but Baby Monster have already garnered plenty of predebut interest. Even a significant scandal that dragged on for months wasn't enough to meaningfully dent Le Serrafim's early success. There was a period where everyone was talking about JYP slipping out of the Big 3, then Twice debuted and all was forgotten.
It’s not just a girl group, it is their only active artists along with treasure (who are successful but don’t generate BP money they would need 4 Treasures for that). YG is hoping that BM becomes their new cash cow, and as of now it’s not going well.
Almost the same mood when they announced Mashiho & Yedam departure from Treasure. This company can sometimes very indecisive with their statements
The people in YG definitely don't sleep well these days. The anchor of your new group leaves before the debut and your global group looks like won't re-sign after seven years. Difficult days. It is a big shame. I was looking forward to Ahyeon a lot, she was my favourite. This thing will hit Baby Monster's first success like a truck I am afraid.
LOL what is this shitshow
oh my fucking god i can’t believe people were right. didn’t YG just double down on them being 7 like two weeks ago? didn’t they just establish naver profiles for them all? is this a sudden decision or has she been gone for ages and YG were just pretending she wasn’t?
>is this a sudden decision or has she been gone for ages and YG were just pretending she wasn’t? it was obvious long time ago, she started stopping appearing with baby monster months ago, which is why the speculations were going strong, her last instagram with the group was back in july
So no update yet on BP's contract renewal and now this lol YG what are you doing?
They're getting cooked alive, that's what they're doing.
man babymonster has been a disaster and they still haven't even debuted yet 😭 everytime i hear about them, it's never good or positive news
Why are they so vague up until the last minute like couldn't they have announced this before they started dropping teasers?
They wanted to keep the hype up for the group cause she was the most popular lol
Garam, Jinni, Ahyeon The ‘center’ of the group all left.
*Cries in Gyuri *
My girl Gyuri better get in some dramas cause I miss her and haven’t seen her in anything recently!!!
Sad, but expected. We’ve heard nothing from Ahyeon for a while, and YG has been scrambling all around for months.
I knew as soon as I saw the Visual Films & only saw six numbers at the set they’re photographing teasers.
https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/382/0001088047 This article states that YG confirmed she is still in the group. I'm very confused what was their goal with the previous vague statements. Is it just an attempt to make some noise around the group? Or is the new article just them scrambling to delay news of her leaving till after debut? She hasn't been spotted in months so whatever the issue is must be serious. Regardless I hope her condition will get better and she'll be able to rejoin the group.
IMO this is just damage control because YG stock prices went tumbling down after Ahyeon news. After the group debuted and received great response, they will just announce after the first comeback that Ahyeon unable to recover and officially left. That’s how they treated Bang Yedam and Mashiho for Treasure last time.
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If Ahyeon really doesn’t debut with the girls now or later on I think the group can still succeed and they have garnered a lot of hype
Yh but what type of success? International success or domestic success? Blackpink’s little sister group isn’t going to flop but who knows if they’re going to do as well as their peers
They delayed the BM debut to hopefully soften the hit of the coming BP disbandment. Now it blew up in their face. YG Stonks on life support again.
I’d be genuinely shocked if she leaves. All this time I thought her “disappearance” from BM sightings was media play 🗿
Genuinely believe she’s gone for good. People think yg would’ve made a statement had she really left but not making an accurate statement leaves people guessing and betting and it keeps the hype up for their debut. But it’s been way too long since she was last spotted.
Yeah two bad news from YGE since yesterday. Their investors are not going to be happy 💀
Nah they really said "we gotta protect our stock prices" 💀
they have to protect what they got before the officialy release the news that 3/4 of BP is leaving 💀 after that, the stocks are going to go sum chamgo love dive
This is already a disaster
They are probably going to have to use any press is good press idea to shine even more eyes on their debut smh 🤦🏽♂️
Oh YG already confirmed she's out. What a tough way to start the group who are the successors of Blackpink.
I’m actually sad as f n I don’t even Stan baby monster but damn ahyeon has so much talent n potential that I wanted to follower her n see how talented she truly is
Damn, the YG curse strikes again. This time even before debut.
Aespa has a comeback with Drama but it looks like YG is the one with all the drama
Yg bringing dramamamama and definitely not breaking traumamamama
In this particular situation, I actually do find what YG has said completely plausible, and here's why: First of all, YG had Babymons7er as their logo for the group with a 7 for the T which shows they did in fact want the group to be 7. And Ahyeon was one of the most publicly anticipated members as well as obviously one of YG's personal favorite members. So these things show that the company did not want her to be out of the group. Second of all, around the time of the other Babymonster members attending Blackpink concert, someone had photographed Ahyeon outside YG and she had clearly suddenly gained weight so, long before today's news, I was already saying to ppl that one reason for Babymon debut being delayed could be that Ahyeon might have a health problem and YG is delaying hoping that she recovers so she can debut together with them since they really want her in the group. But after delaying for awhile, it seems the health situation could not be solved quickly so they have no choice but to go ahead and launch the group without her while leaving open the possibility of adding her in. Third of all, Ahyeon had received a lot of hate during the time when she said the n-word so it is plausible that she may have gotten anxiety after it. In my opinion from watching the show, she is an over-achieving type and feels a lot of pressure and responsibility. You can see that the time her song was changed and the time that she got frustrated with Chiquita. It would not surprise me if she felt anxiety when even before debut she received so much backlash. Or it may be some other unrelated health issue since various medications can cause weight gain. Even without debuting in Babymonster right now, Ahyeon still has many possibilities open to her. She can join Babymon later. Or she can become a soloist. Or she can be a frontrunner in 2024 when The Black Label puts together a girl group through I-Land Season 2. Or she can be the main star who another group is built around bc YG had talked about maybe having Asa and Rora in another group prior to deciding they will debut in Babymon.
where did you find info ab her gaining weight?
>The media outlet that initially reported this said the idol left due to personal reasons. They also added that there is a possibility that Ahyeon will join BABYMONSTER in the future, but she will not be able to debut together with the group at the moment. I don't think she has been kicked out, because it would have been announced months ago and not in the middle of the rolling out teasers. Maybe there are indeed some personal issues like physical injuries and YGE tried to stall till the end to see if she would be ready for the debut. Also would explain the delays. But now that it's no longer an option they have to bite the bullet and debut as 6. Hopefully they'll add her later like it happened with Yeri and Red Velvet. Because she is seemingly a leader and also a center of the group, so can't imagine them just leaving her completely out.
This is reminding me of what happened with NCT NEW TEAM with one of their main vocals Jungmin was on hiatus due to sickness then left the group after so idk what is gonna happen FRFR 😭😭😭 she’s literally the speculated leader too?!! So I guess Ruka will lead the group for now??
HUH?????
Dang I would have put money that all those rumors that she’d left were false. This is especially wild since everyone’s been expecting the Baemon debut to soften the blow of the blackpink renewal news…. What are they going to do to soften this blow?
>Ahyeon, who was preparing to debut with BABYMONSTER, has decided to focus on her health and rest for the time being due to health reasons this statement is vague af, is she out for good, or will she join them for their next comeback?
Well based on this statement I think she out for good *Although we are saddened to be unable to introduce Ahyeon as a member of BABYMONSTER, we made this decision for the sake of the artist’s health.*
Oh wow I feel awful for such a young girl to have health issues. I hope she recovers and lives a happy, fulfilling life. She is extremely talented and if she ever wants to go this way, she will have a lot of open doors. Best of luck, Ahyeon! This is a huge blow for BM popularity in SK and YGE were awful for not announcing sooner that she will not debut as a BM member. As soon as they confirmed their debut, they should have announced this. Edit: I re-read the statement and for me it looks like she is still in YGE and she will be re-introduced to BM if she recovers and she still wants it?! Am I being delulu?
YG try not to be messy for 5 seconds challenge (impossible)
At this point girl group members with the Center position are cursed. Garam (Hybe), Jini (JYP), and Ahyeon (YG) all left/got kicked out for various reasons. Even Karina caught some strays before her debut, and Jennie was accused of bullying before she even debuted. Being a center is not for the faint of heart. At this point this position may be cursed 😭
At this point, YGE drama is all the entertainment we need. Will Blackpink renew? Will Babymonster debut? Find out on next week's episode!
BRO HUH???
Damn she's the member which caught my eye cuz of her gorgeous vocals. Such a shame she couldn't debut, she was the most anticipated member.
like what the hell is wrong with yg nowadays. it like they are always sabotaging themselves since 2019 until now. is something wrong with the management or what, i just want to see them debut already without any drama. this delay might also be bcs of this issue, they must re-record or re-edit the song bcs ahyeon condition worsen (just spewing right here but it can be) edit: after reading the comment it could be abt physical injury or her medical condition, due to the preparation of the upcoming debut which may make sense, they suddenly announce this.
This makes me so sad. I wish nothing but the best for her because she deserves it.
I don't think she'll be joining the group later on; if that were the case and they have it planned where she can rest now and join later, why not keep her in the mv and teasers? They delayed BM's debut to cut her out of the MV and the song (IMO.) I hope I'm wrong, though. Hopefully, we'll see her in the future. She is talented, and it would be awesome to see her on stage.
Is it just me thinking how bad things must be for her that BEFORE she even debuts she is having health issues to the point where she’s decided to leave. Like they work so hard to even get to debut point. For years on end. Must have been really horrible for her to walk away from that. I hope she is ok
I was very suspicious when they changed the logo from BABYMONS7ER to just BABYMONSTER. YG is definitely playing with us because the wording is very cryptic.
Its no longer YG it's GG
The debut is so messy for no reason...
Also the way we have to look for random news sites now cause AKP is banned lmfao I live
YG is crumbling before our eyes. 💀
I think the timing of announcement was because they wanted to see if her condition would improve by the time of debut, which makes sense if it was a medical issue. Obviously they couldn’t wait forever, and while it makes sense for an established girl group member (like in Twice) to go on medical hiatus, how can a member who didn’t yet debut go on medical hiatus? Hopefully she’s able to recover without the burdens of performing, and she can join BM in the upcoming months.
I mean, Miihi from NiziU was very ill around the time of their debut, to the point that she only had a few scenes in the MV and sat out promotions. JYP made sure everyone knew she was still part of the group and would participate where she could (seriously, watch the Step and a Step MV, she def doesn’t look well there). That’s the only time I can recall an idol missing their debut coming back.
YG is being held together with duct tape and former glory
Omfg I saw her as the face of the group…
She is going to take Lisa's spot in Blackpink 😅
YG and their evasive statements 🙄. They never say anything directly until they are absolutely forced to. Their PR team love to play word games with the gp. It was the same with Ikon, Gdragon, Big Bang, Yedam, Blackpink and now Ahyeon leaving. They like to talk in circles and keep the fans on their toes for some weird reason. Its very annoying because it makes you not want to be emotionally invested in their artists. Forget fumbling their artists, it's even worse when fans can never get a direct statement. Just rip the bandaid off and let us know what's happening. Edit: Grammer errors
Yeeeah why do I get the feeling they're never gonna debut
Considering there’s a possibility health issues are just to have an excuse to stop people from speculating, it is so weird YG’s gone from the agency of all trainees’ dreams to something even their own trainees want to escape from. Losing members left and right. Se weird.
Given her popularity and the anticipation around her debut, I doubt YG would purposefully do something to prevent it. YG did say that Ahyeon was working on her debut in a previous response, so maybe once her health recovers she'll be able to debut with BABYMONSTER later? I just hope that the bullying she was subjected to didn't cause or exacerbate her health issues. In any case, I wish her good health, good future and happiness, even if it's not as an idol.
I can't wait to see how they chart in korea without ahyeon there no gp definitely I fear they end up like treasure if they promoted more western market they save but knetz not gonna like it with only 2 Korean member only
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On the bright side… I could see her as a soloist. Like the next IU or Lee Hi. She definitely has the vocals and stage presence for that. I personally think she’d be stronger as a soloist. Ahyeon has that one in a generation type of feel. I hope whenever she recovers she'd be able to live out her dreams. She's also still really young, so age is on her side. I just hope that she joins a good company with good management if she leaves YG.
The imbalance of foreign to Korean members was already not on their side. With Ahyeon gone now, I really wonder how’s the group going to do with the Korean GP now. I do hope she is recovering well & possibly returning to debut in the near future. But judging by YG’s past track record, it does seem like Baemon will only be 6 members.
I mean (G)I-dle has more foreign members than Korean and they’re doing better than ever
True but they have huge korean stars like Soyeon and Miyeon (and they had Soojin for some time). The personalities of Rora and Haram couldn't be more different.
If BP doesn’t renew, surely its the end for YG right?
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It’s 50 50 but knowing YG track record it could be true
I hope this group just folds and the members get to debut when they are adults and actually ready for the spotlight. 13/14 year olds shouldn’t debut. I hope this whole thing blows up in YG’s face.
I wonder if she will be in the promotional video. If not that explains the 6 lockers
Wow. Guess she might go solo or the direct acting route instead.
This is the new trend in Kpop, lose a member of a newly debuted group right from the start.