A few hours ago, YG Entertainment announced that Bang Yedam and Mashiho have left the boy group Treasure! The two have been on a break since May; Mashiho for health reasons and Yedam to study music more intensively. According to YG, these are also the reasons why the two are now leaving Treasure. Mashiho needs more time for his treatment and Yedam wants to concentrate fully on his studies in order to keep developing as a producer.
In February of this year, Treasure still released the album “The Second Step: Chapter One” with all twelve members, followed by a Japanese version of the album at the end of March. That was already the last activity with Yedam and Mashiho.
While the two were on a break, the other ten members presented their latest album “The Second Step: Chapter Two” in October, and shortly before that a magazine for their second anniversary. Of course, fans were hoping that Treasure would return with twelve members soon. Now, however, we will have to get used to the fact that the boy group officially consists of only ten members: Hyunsuk, Jihoon, Yoshi, Junkyu, Jaehyuk, Asahi, Doyoung, Haruto, Jeongwoo and Junghwan.
Treasure is far from the only group that has lost members this year!
It is not unusual for idols to leave their group every now and then, but this year K-Pop fans have perhaps had to digest this often shocking news a bit more often than usual. It already began in February, when Denise left the girl group Secret Number, and continued in April, when Naeun left A-Pink and Chihoon parted ways with the boy group TO1.
Since then, hardly a month has passed without one or more groups having to say goodbye to members:
May
- Oh My Girl: Jiho
- LE SSERAFIM: Garam
- Kingdom: Chiwo
- In return, Kingdom got a new member: Hwon
June
- TO1: Minsu, Jerome & Woonggi
- New members: Renta, Daigo & Yeojeong
July
- Weeekly: Jiyoon
- fromis_9: Gyuri
October
- Victon: Heochan
- Lightsum: Huiyeon & Jian
Which piece of news has shocked you the most so far? We wish all groups the best and also hope to see the members who have left on stage again one day!
