“Starship Entertainment recently renewed the contracts with the eight WJSN members Exy, Seola, Bona, Soobin, Eunseo, Yeoreum, Dayoung and Yeonjung.”
With this statement, Starship Entertainment caused both dismay and joy today, just a few days after WJSN's 7th anniversary. The girl group actually consists of 13 members. The statement means that five members have unfortunately left the group. However, some fans feared that WJSN would disband completely, so it is a reason to be happy that they will continue as eight.
The girl group, which is also known as “Cosmic Girls”, debuted on February 25, 2016 with the mini album “Would You Like?” and 12 members. In July, Yeonjung from I.O.I joined as well. Since then, the group has officially consisted of 13 members.
In the statement, Starship also explains that the contracts of the Chinese members Xuan Yi, Cheng Xiao and Mei Qi have expired automatically.
This is no big surprise for fans, because the three have not taken part in WJSN's activities since 2018 and are instead working in China as singers and actresses. In fact, the three were only involved in the first five albums, most recently “Dream Your Dream” (February 2018).
Since then, the remaining 10 members have released seven more group albums and four subunit albums.
The news that Luda and Dawon have also parted ways with the group is somewhat more shocking:
“We have had sincere and in-depth conversations with the members Luda and Dawon for a long time, but unfortunately our exclusive contracts [with Luda and Dawon] will expire. We thank Luda and Dawon for the great dedication and commitment they have shown so far. We respect the decisions of Luda and Dawon and will cheer on and support their new activities and paths.” - Starship Ent.
So WJSN now officially consists of only eight members.
Just last year, the girl group attracted attention when they won the music competition Queendom 2 and beat other successful stars such as Kep1er, Loona or Hyolyn. WJSN took part as nine, without Dawon. But a few days after the finale, the Single Album Sequence (July 5) was released with 10 members, including Dawon.
The success was a small breakthrough for WJSN, because at the start of Queendom 2 the group said of themselves that they have only a few hits and are not particularly successful.
We are relieved that WJSN will stay with us and wish the other five members all the best for their future. Especially Luda and Dawon, who now truly face a fresh start.
So WJSN is now one of the groups that have survived the 7-year curse! Which curse? Find out more about it here!
Sources: WJSN Twitter, Naver
