Spending tons of money to invest in the making of idols just to mysteriously end up throwing
them out of the window one day, can you believe this kind of thing happens super-duper frequently
in the K-Pop industry?
What’s even weirder about this is, the members kicked out, or temporarily hidden away, are
all extremely talented.
In this video, we have collected 5 cases of idols being crossed out of their group inexplicably.
TREASURE’s Bang Yedam & Mashiho
Most recently, YG Entertainment has announced out of the blue that Bang Yedam and Mashiho
would take temporary hiatus from all activities with TREASURE and the day they would come
back wasn’t determined.
Detailedly, YG informed that Yedam would take a break to concentrate on studying music,
improving his production skills and Mashiho would spend more time in Japan with his family
due to wellness problems.
Because TREASURE has always been on an extended break between each comeback and just like
BLACKPINK, the number of their comebacks can be counted on the fingers of one hand, fans
immediately sensed the fishy things behind the vague statement of YG.
Plus, as this news was even announced right when TREASURE was about to make their summer
comeback and when the second anniversary since the successful debut was around that corner,
fans were rather upset to see the way YG nonchalantly talked about the two’s disappearance.
But very quickly, the upset turned into resentment because as fans dug more into the incident,
they found out that YG were probably hiding something fishy and there was a high chance
of the two members being forced to take a hiatus rather than willingly doing so.
Particularly, they were accusing YG of cutting Yedam and Mashiho’s presence out of TREASURE
as in the recent photo posted during the group’s joining in Summer Camp, a content produced
in 2021, traces showing that Yedam and Mashiho were photoshopped out of the frame were found
out.
It seemed like they didn’t even bother to do it properly as the colors of the edited
areas had nothing much to do with the surrounding parts of the real photo.
Zooming in, they also looked extremely crafty and when netizens moved their eyes a little
bit, they even found out the “ghost” sneaker sole that no one knew to whom it belonged.
With these suspicious signs, fans and netizens believe that YG has been planning to kick
Yedam and Mashiho out of Treasure for a long time and now they have done it.
NCT’s Shorato & Sungchan
When Shorato and Sungchan were first announced to be the upcoming members of the NCT system,
lots of fans were triggered as they believed the old members weren’t properly promoted
but SM Entertainment has already added the new ones.
However, the reactions quickly shifted as both members managed to prove they not only
looked good but also had impressive talents from dancing, singing, rapping to even modeling.
Basically, SM Entertainment once died hard to debut Shotaro and Sungchan regardless of
fans’ reactions but can you guess what?
They did all of that just to refrain the two from most activities as if they were never
part of NCT.
For Shotaro, throughout the three years “active”, fans could only see him on the screen for
around three-ish weeks in 2020, including both music shows and year-end events, and
even worse, the company made him disappear for almost the whole 2021 as he only went
on a one-week promotion with NCT at the end of the year.
Specifically, Shotaro made a debut with Make A Wish and was promoted for 2 weeks sharp.
Despite quickly garnering massive attention and becoming the fastest member to reach million
views for the individual fancam, he has only been active on Youtube and Instagram since
then.
FYI, before NCT, Shotaro has always had an established career with fame as a professional
back-up dancer for famous Japanese singers.
That’s why when SM scouted him, it only took him roughly three months to train and
debut.
However, as you can see, all of these talents mean nothing as the company always acts like
he isn’t part of NCT and actually to the general public, most will probably not know
who Shotaro is in NCT.
For Sungchan, SM concealed him from the limelight even tighter as despite having the visual
that once took over the Internet for looking like a clone of NCT’s Taeyeong, the model-ratio
figure and the unique color in rapping, Sungchan was still made to disappear from most NCT’s
activities.
After debuting with NCT through 90s’ Love, he literally disappeared into thin air.
After that, SM let Sungchan do the MC for Inkigayo from March 2020 to March 2021, after
which he was hidden away again.
Then fans could only see him once in a while in ALLURE Magazine March edition, with a few
advertisements for M Clean and Dr.G.
On the Internet, some even asked questions like “Is Sungchan still in NCT?”
because it’s literally ages since they last saw him with the other members.
In short, after three years “active,” Sungchan got 2 weeks of promotion as an idol
and Shotaro got 3.
Most of the time, their tracks weren’t seen anywhere on the Internet and worse, their
solo content on NCT’s Youtube channels were fewer than 10.
Formerly Cherry Bullet’s Mirae, Kokoro, and LinLin
Debuting in 2018 under FNC Entertainment, Cherry Bullet managed to garner a fair amount
of attention as this is the home to many big names: FTISLAND, CNBLUE, and AOA.
However, luck wasn't totally on their side because not even a year after their debut,
the group had already undergone a huge change in their line-up.
In December 2019, FNC Entertainment announced that three of Cherry Bullet’s members would
leave the group for good after an extended discussion.
Since that time was a critical period to consolidate the fanbase and lots of fans had gone onboard
because of these three members, a huge uproar was immediately ignited.
Many fans expressed that they were extremely shocked and annoyed at this news because Mirae,
Kokoro and LinLin haven't even been active for a year.
They also asked FNC to clearly explain why the 3 girls’ departure was so early and
sudden.
Yet, responding to the fierce reactions was complete silence from FNC Entertainment and
even until now, it still remains unknown as to why these three members terminated their
exclusive contracts.
Formerly MOMOLAND’s Yeonwoo, Taeha, and Daisy
Also in the same year, MOMOLAND went through the same major changes as it was announced
that Yeonwoo, Taeha and Daisy, three of the top famous members in the group, would be
leaving for good.
However, a bit different from the departures of Cherry Bullet’s members, this story was
more of a drama as MLD Entertainment explained things in one way but Yeonwoo and Taeha put
out a totally contrasting view.
Specifically, in November 2019, MLD Entertainment made a statement that MOMOLAND would be reorganized
as a six-member team and Yeonwoo, Taeha, and Daisy would leave to focus on their new career.
The company even stated that the girls had been putting in lots of thought about their
decisions, discussing with the company multiple times and to support their artists, MLD would
prioritize their wishes and let them go.
Talking of Daisy, MLD initially claimed that she unilaterally terminated their exclusive
contract and along with her mother unreasonably demanded finance fees as reimbursements after
the departure.
The company also said at first, out of the will to end everything on good terms, they
didn’t ask Daisy for the contract-violation fee but as she and her mother became more
and more unreasonable, they had to do what the laws asked them to do.
However, the responses of the three girls to their departure were completely different
and surprisingly, they all hinted that MLD Entertainment kicked them out of the group.
First was Yeonwoo.
In a long letter she posted on the official fancafe, Yeonwoo said that she had never got
the boldness or even the willingness to give up a career she had dedicated all her youth
to switch to something new, implying that going for the actress career has never been
her choice and what MLD said was a big lie.
Daisy later also revealed that MLD actually forced her to take a hiatus from MOMOLAND’s
activities for eight months and demanded a penalty of 1.1 billion won, approximately
$945,000, right at the moment she brought up the leaving decision.
However, MLD Entertainment was also quick to provide counter evidence to all Daisy’s
claims, which also made sense to a certain extent so basically, the reasons why these
3 girls left MOMOLAND still remains a mystery until now.
Formerly DAY6’s Im Junhyeok
As Park Jin Young inisited on debuting a boyband while he was still in charge as the CEO of
JYP Entertainment, DAY6 was created in 2015 and quickly made their names as one of the
most successful bands in South Korea.
However, right at the moment the group was building their reputation and attracting more
people to the fandom, it was revealed that Junhyeok would terminate his exclusive contract
though he wasn’t even in the group for a year.
According to JYP Entertainment, Junhyeok left the group due to “personal reasons” and
even under various speculations, both he and the company remained silent after that.
However, as fans were unsatisfied with the brief explanation, they went on figuring things
out themselves.
According to some, there was a high chance that Junhyeok was kicked out of the group
for dating as JYP Entertainment was said to never allow their rookies to date.
However, some pointed out that the reasons he was kicked out of the group so fast came
down to an even worse reason, flirting and dating with a fan through Instagram.
Probably because this was also a young girl, she posted everything from private messages
to all little dates with Junhyeok on Instagram, which only made her love story an easy-peasy
target for eagle-eyed netizens.
Because during the debut period, rookies should solely focus on promotional activities and
avoid things that can affect their concentration, most fans agreed with JYP's decision to remove
Junhyeok from DAY6 and believed he totally deserved that.
Some claimed that Park Jin Young never fired anyone without a reason, and the fact that
Junhyeok was crossed out of the group means he must have made a big mistake.
On the other hand, many believed that the truth behind Junhyeok's departure is not that
simple because no one would risk their career that they spent tons of time and effort to
achieve for a few dates.
They said it is possible that Junhyeok and JYP could not agree on the percentage profit
share, leading to disagreements and Junhyeok’s leaving.
So, what do you think are the real reasons behind the mysterious disappearance of these
idols?
Is it all because of the percentage profit share or there is way more to it?