Heeseung is leaving Enhypen to go solo. K-pop group will continue with six members

Heeseung is leaving Enhypen to embark connected his solo career.

Belift Lab announced Tuesday connected societal media that the 24-year-old performer is “parting ways” with the K-pop group, which volition “continue authoritative activities henceforth arsenic a radical of six members”: Jay, Jake, Sunghoon, Sunoo, Jungwon and Ni-Ki.

“Through in-depth discussions with each of the members astir the aboriginal they envision and the absorption of the team, it became wide that HEESEUNG has his ain chiseled philharmonic imaginativeness and we person decided to respect it,” the band’s statement wrote successful its X post.

“It’s hard to relay the full process done a abbreviated notice, but this determination comes aft extended deliberation,” the connection continued. “We recognize that this quality is simply a batch to process and whitethorn beryllium received with mixed reactions. Nevertheless, we anticipation you recognize that this determination was made for the aboriginal of ENHYPEN and HEESEUNG.”

Befit Lab said Heeseung volition stay with the statement and is moving connected a solo album.

After the announcement, Heeseung, who has been a subordinate of Enhypen since its enactment done the 2020 Korean contention bid “I-Land,” shared a connection with the band’s instrumentality assemblage connected Weverse.

“The six years I’ve spent person been filled with moments truthful overwhelming and precious that it’s hard to afloat enactment them into words,” helium wrote successful the post, according to a translation posted connected Soompi. “Those times volition stay arsenic immoderate of the brightest moments of my life. I volition ne'er hide [them], and I privation to proceed being idiosyncratic who supports ENHYPEN much than anyone else.”

In summation to thanking his erstwhile bandmates and their fans, referred to collectively arsenic Engenes, helium explained that his departure came due to the fact that of his tendency to make and stock his creation without pushing his ain imaginativeness onto the full team. Heeseung added that helium is “working hard” connected his caller task and hopes to beryllium backmost to stock “a amended mentation of myself” with fans arsenic soon arsenic possible.

The remaining members of Enhypen expressed appreciation to their fans connected societal media and showed enactment for Heeseung.

“[W]e respect and enactment Heeseung’s prime and caller start,” the set wrote connected X, according to the translation provided connected the site. “We astatine ENHYPEN volition proceed to turn adjacent much successful the aboriginal ... we volition go stronger and beryllium grateful for each moment.”