Blackpink's Lisa Breaks Record With Solo Album Pre-Orders, And 5 More K-Pop Updates You Need To Read
1.Blackpink's Lisa shared the first visual teasers ahead of her solo debut!
2.Key and Taeyeon teamed up to release their poignant collaboration "Hate That..." this week!
3.Enhypen cancelled their performance at KCON:TACT after five members of the group tested positive for COVID-19.
On Sept. 2, Belift Lab announced on the fan community platform Weverse that five members of Enhypen — Jake, Jay, Jungwon, Sunghoon, and Heeseung — had all tested positive for COVID-19 after coming in contact with a confirmed case.
The group entered a "pre-emptive self-quarantine" on Aug. 26 and began showing symptoms a few days later. "During his self-quarantine, Jake began exhibiting symptoms including coughing and fever on Sunday, August 29, and after reporting his symptoms to the local government health center underwent PCR testing. He was found positive for COVID-19 on the morning of Monday, August 30," the statement read. "Subsequently, members Jungwon, Heeseung, Jay, and Sunghoon began showing similar symptoms on Monday, and PCR testing was carried out which confirmed their positive diagnosis for COVID-19."
Belift added that the members are "currently showing light symptoms" and that "necessary measures are being carried out, including assignment and relocation to treatment facilities." As a result, Belift shared on Twitter that they had cancelled Enhypen's performance at KCON:TACT HI 5 on Sept. 19 "in consideration of the COVID-19-related quarantine schedule and artist condition."
"We apologize for causing concern to all fans by being unable to prevent the occurrence of this series of infections despite our effort to ensure that precautions were in place on site," Belift wrote in their announcement. "Our company will provide full support for the rapid recovery of the members, placing the health and safety of our artists as our highest priority."
The members of Enhyphen, who are in the process of preparing for a comeback later this month, took to Weverse to comfort fans shortly after the news was published. "Engene~ We’re fine, so please don’t worry too much," member Sunoo wrote. Rapper Jay added: "We’re all doing just fine."
"ENGENE, we’re okay so please don’t be worried," leader Jungwon shared. "You’ve worked hard this week too." You can read BELIFT Lab's entire statement here. We wish all of the members of Enhypen a full and speedy recovery!
4.BTS announced a second season of In the Soop will be released next month!
#In_the_SOOP BTS ver. Season 2COMING SOON IN OCTOBER#BTS #????? #??? #???BTS???2
5.Seventeen will promote as 11 members for the rest of the year while Jun & The8 complete activities in China.
On Sept. 1, Pledis Entertainment took to Twitter to update fans on the group's activities for the rest of the year. The statement — written in Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and English — revealed that members Jun and The8 will "focus on their activities in China from September to December" of this year.
"[Jun and The8] will resume their work in China that had been postponed by COVID-19, and spend time with their families after having been forced to stay apart from them for a considerable amount of time due to the pandemic," they wrote.
Due to difficult travel regulations and restrictions because of the ongoing pandemic, Pledis shared that the members of Seventeen "discussed the situation" with one another and came to the conclusion that "Jun and The8 will continue their activities in China" instead of trying to return to South Korea in between activities. As a result, Seventeen "will engage in their promotions in Korea with 11 members" until at least December.
They added: "We ask for your generous understanding, and please stay tuned for the diverse activities of Seventeen both in Korea and abroad during the second half of this year."
You can read the entire statement here.
6.And Mamamoo, Monsta X, Ciipher, and more announced that new music is on the way!
[#???]I SAY MAMAMOO : THE BEST2021.09.15 6PM RELEASE?#I_SAY_MAMAMOO #THE_BEST #MAMAMOO
That's it for this week! Have a fantastic weekend, and be sure to comment below what K-pop comeback you're looking forward to next!
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