Chuu, a member of the group Loona. Screenshot of Blockberry Creative homepage
Group LOONA member and broadcaster Chu (real name Kim Ji-woo), who had conflicts with her agency over the settlement of profits, leaves the group.
On the 25th, the agency, Blockberry Creative, announced through Loona’s official fancafe, “We have decided to expel Chu, our artist, from member of the month as of November 25, 2022.”
Loona is a 12-member girl group that debuted in 2018. A total of 6 albums have been released, including mini albums 1-4 and a special mini. Among them, Chuu is a member of Channel A. <강철부대>MBC <호적메이트>He has been known for his active broadcasting activities, such as serving as an MC on the show. However, it became known last year that she was in a legal dispute with her agency because Chew did not receive any settlement of her profits despite her vigorous TV appearances. Since then, Chuu has continued her individual activities, excluding her group activities such as her world tour.
The agency said, “There were various stories related to Loona Chu this year, but the company and the Loona members spent time without revealing their position to prevent any problems from arising out of concern for the team’s development and fans’ concerns.” “This was an expression of the Loona members’ love for the team and only their consideration for the fans, so rather than saying whether it was true or not, it was an expression of their heart to do their best to show only good sides of themselves through stages and content,” he explained.
The agency insisted that the background of Chuu’s decision to leave was not a conflict related to profit settlement, but Chuu’s ‘abuse of power’ towards the employees. The agency said, “Recently, there have been reports of abuse of power, such as Chuu’s abusive language towards our staff, and the fact that we investigated has been clarified, and the representative is apologizing and comforting the staff.” decided,” he said.
With Chuu missing, Loona promotes as an 11-member group. The agency said, “We sincerely apologize to the fans who have loved and supported LOONA until now and sincerely ask for forgiveness for not being able to keep the 12 members together until the end.” We and LOONA will go back to the beginning and do our best.”