Okay-pop rookie lady group bugAboo have written letters to followers addressing their disbandment, which A Workforce Leisure introduced yesterday.
Yesterday (December 8), the South Korean music label took to the band’s fan café web page to announce that group actions for bugAboo have been halted and all members’ unique contracts with the company terminated.
“bugAboo, who’ve labored arduous since debut till now whereas receiving love from followers, will probably be halting group actions from right this moment,” the assertion learn, as translated by Soompi. “The company and the members determined to halt group actions and terminate all of the members’ contracts after prolonged consideration and dialogue.” Nevertheless, A Workforce Leisure didn’t share the circumstances or causes behind the choice in its assertion.
The members – Choyeon, Eunchae, Yoona, Rainie, Cyan and Zin – have since created or reactivated their private Instagram accounts, the place every of them wrote a heartfelt message to their followers following the information.
“Expensive Rainboo [bugAboo’s fan base] and everybody who helps me, Choyeon right here!
My coronary heart aches since you will need to have been shocked by the sudden information,” wrote the group’s former chief in Korean and English. “It’s even sadder that the information we advised you relating to the lengthy hiatus was actually the information of disbandment.”
Choyeon went on to thank bugAboo followers for his or her help, including that “due to all of you, I discovered methods to love myself and gained the energy to beat troublesome moments.”
Taiwanese member Rainie, who had been a vocalist of the group shared comparable sentiments, and went on to deal with her former bandmates. “From our time as trainees to our debut, we’ve now recognized one another for years. Throughout this time, we’ve cried, laughed and been drained [together]. Thanks on your arduous work, my members, and thanks for all the assistance you have got given me,” she wrote in Korean and Mandarin.
“Irrespective of the place we’re, we’ll all the time be six. Please don’t overlook the reminiscences shared between the six of us. Eunchae, Yoona, Chaeeun (often called Cyan), Choyeon and Hyunbin (Zin), I really like you my members,” wrote Rainie.
bugAboo first made their official debut just a bit over a 12 months in the past with an eponymous single album. The file included a title observe of the identical title alongside a B-side music titled ‘All Evening Play’. Each tracks have been each co-composed and -produced by Okay-pop producer Ryan Jhun, who can also be the CEO of A Workforce Leisure.
In an interview performed days earlier than their debut, bugAboo advised NME about how they hoped to encourage others. “We wish to change into a great affect to numerous folks,” stated Cyan. “I would like folks world wide to understand they’ll change into no matter they need no matter the place they’re from and what language they converse,” added Yoona. “I wish to give them the braveness to pursue their goals and know that something is feasible if you happen to work arduous.”
The band later made their first-ever comeback in June this 12 months with a follow-up single album ‘Pop’, headlined by a title observe of the identical title. That three-track file additionally included B-side ‘Straightforward Transfer’ in addition to an instrumental model of ‘Pop’.
bugAboo have been the first-ever lady group launched by Jhun, who has spent the previous many years creating hits for a number of prime Okay-pop teams akin to TWICE, SHINee and Pink Velvet. The lady group have been initially set to debut in 2020 however ended up delaying their debut because of the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic.