Okay. Letโs say this was Heeseungโs choice after all, that this was a long coming decision like everyone has been saying. Then explain this:
-Usually when a member has to leave, itโs never done abruptly unless thereโs a scandal, or something outside of the management motivating it. Thereโs none.
-they had a comeback less than 2 months ago. Fan signs and Fancalls planned until April, festivals that were announced months ago. They even added a new date for the fan sign in China a few days ago. He attended one a day before the announcement.
-Content production and brand deals continued as normal. They released a collaboration with Listerine very recently. Their En Oโclock (Enhypenโs show) episodes have been filmed in advance and were being released normally.
-Heeseung has been excited and eager to go to Australia with the members and JAKE since debut. He clearly was supposed to go since his flight got canceled today for a show in 3 days. He was part of the promotions for this event literally a week or 2 ago. He also probably rehearsed all of it with ENHYPEN up until now.
If this was long coming, and discussed carefully with the company, why wouldnโt he wait until the festival is over? So he can enjoy a last performance?
-His apparences to fansigns and fan calls have been either canceled or postponed LAST MINUTE. Last minute.
-Heeseung showed no sign of someone who was preparing to leave. He was literally talking about their future plans and spoiling the tour. BELIFT also teased a Japanese album release in March/April.
-ENHYPENโs game, ENHYPEN WORLD, announced the release of OT7 merch literally 4 HOURS before the announcement. They retracted it after. If this was long coming, how come be liftโs management didnโt communicate this important info to each one of their collaborators?
-Even after the announcement, the morning show in ๐ฆ๐บ was still promoting Enhaโs interview as OT7.
So let me get this straight: Heeseung felt such urgency in launching his solo career that he couldnโt wait a week, imposed on everyone including his members and the staff his departure with no prior notice to management and forced their hand to remove him from every upcoming schedule even imminents ones even though he couldโve waited until everything was over?
Thatโs not Lee Heeseung. Absolutely not. Common sense would be to wait until everything is over THEN reach out to the company.
Also, why now and why like this? Is this how they are planning to start his solo career? By throwing him to the wolves so he can be called selfish and whatnot?
Oh but I thought this was a long discussed decision? If it was then why didnโt they prepare accordingly and not involve him in their upcoming work? They had months to prepare on how to handle this and They announce it out of the blue in the middle of schedules and promotions? You want to tell me this was planned? Are we 4 years old?
So unless LHS1 is being released next week or thereโs a very pressing matter that we donโt know of thatโs pushing him out of the group, this makes no sense.
[NOTICE] ENHYPEN's Future Activities
Hello, this is BELIFT LAB.
We would like to express our gratitude toward ENGENE for their unwavering support for ENHYPEN and provide information on ENHYPEN's future activities.
BELIFT LAB has given much thought and consideration into ENHYPEN's future direction and goals. Through in-depth discussions with each of the members about the future they envision and the direction of the team, it became clear that HEESEUNG has his own distinct musical vision and we have decided to respect it.
As such, HEESEUNG will be parting ways with ENHYPEN, and ENHYPEN will continue official activities henceforth as a group of six members.
Itโs difficult to relay the whole process through a short notice, but this decision comes after extensive deliberation. We understand that this news is a lot to process and may be received with mixed reactions. Nevertheless, we hope you understand that this decision was made for the future of ENHYPEN and HEESEUNG.
ENHYPEN remains committed to sharing energetic performances with ENGENE. HEESEUNG will be preparing a solo album as an artist under BELIFT LAB.
We ask for ENGENE's continued love and support for ENHYPEN and HEESEUNG as they start a new chapter of their journey.
Thank you.
[NOTICE] ENHYPEN's Future Activities
Hello, this is BELIFT LAB.
We would like to express our gratitude toward ENGENE for their unwavering support for ENHYPEN and provide information on ENHYPEN's future activities.
BELIFT LAB has given much thought and consideration into ENHYPEN's future direction and goals. Through in-depth discussions with each of the members about the future they envision and the direction of the team, it became clear that HEESEUNG has his own distinct musical vision and we have decided to respect it.
As such, HEESEUNG will be parting ways with ENHYPEN, and ENHYPEN will continue official activities henceforth as a group of six members.
Itโs difficult to relay the whole process through a short notice, but this decision comes after extensive deliberation. We understand that this news is a lot to process and may be received with mixed reactions. Nevertheless, we hope you understand that this decision was made for the future of ENHYPEN and HEESEUNG.
ENHYPEN remains committed to sharing energetic performances with ENGENE. HEESEUNG will be preparing a solo album as an artist under BELIFT LAB.
We ask for ENGENE's continued love and support for ENHYPEN and HEESEUNG as they start a new chapter of their journey.
Thank you.
Last year we were crying that Yichen was the only one who didnโt debut in a group in this picture. Now he is debuting in MODYSSEY but everybody else had to leave their groups.