4Minute to Disband After 7 Years Together
It's a tough day in the K-pop community as one of its beloved groups announced that it will disband after seven great years together.
4Minute announced that the group will not continue forward and will disband when the group's contract expires on June 15. Member HyunA had renewed her contract with the group's label Cube Entertainment, but the other four members of Gayoon, Jiyoon, Jihyun and Sohyun have not made decisions on how to proceed. A representative for 4Minute explained the situation, saying (via a translation from Soompi):
"As the contract end date approaches, the members have been in discussions for renewal, but while the agency tried to persuade them to continue the group, it ended up accepting the decision by the five members that they will not continue as a group...Due to the different opinion of the members, for all intents and purposes, the group will disband."
Following the initial reports, the phrase "#4MinutePleaseStayTogether" trended worldwide on Twitter.
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