{"id":10905,"date":"2021-08-14T09:04:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T16:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=10905"},"modified":"2023-01-16T00:34:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T08:34:25","slug":"cube-entertainment-gi-dles-soojin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/cube-entertainment-gi-dles-soojin\/","title":{"rendered":"CUBE Entertainment announces (G)I-DLE&#8217;s Soojin to departure the group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The now former K-pop group member <strong>Seo Soo Jin<\/strong> had been accused of bullying by former classmates, including actress Seo Shin Ae, nothing confirm it yet, only accusations. Soojin has left <strong>(G)I-DLE<\/strong>. After half year of bullying accusations against the idol, CUBE Entertainment announced the official departure from the girlband on August 14.<\/p>\n<p>The K-pop group, which months prior to the bullying case gained popularity for their comebacks and the participation in <strong>QUEENDOM<\/strong>, will continue in the field as a quintet from the aforementioned date, the company said. This is the full announcement of (G)I-DLE&#8217;s <strong>Soojin<\/strong> departure.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F_m2j9lvTig\" title=\"[Artist Of The Month] &#039;Got It&#039; covered by (G)I-DLE SOOJIN(\uc218\uc9c4) | December 2020 (4K)\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F_m2j9lvTig?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em><strong>We are CUBE Entertainment. First, the agency apologizes for causing concern through the controversy regarding our artist Soojin.<\/p>\n<p> Today we announced the decision that Soojin will leave the group.<\/p>\n<p> (G)I-DLE will be promoting from now on as a five-member group. We will continue to strive and provide unconditional support so that (G)I-DLE can show their growth in music and performances<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p> <strong><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The famous 23-year-old Korean was accused in mid-February 2021 by the sister of a former high school classmate of having exerted bullying with a group of her friends.<\/p>\n<p> At that time, <strong>CUBE Entertainment<\/strong> and <strong>Soojin<\/strong> denied all kinds of accusations, but the dancer&#8217;s hiatus was announced at the beginning of March while the company was delving into the case.<\/p>\n<p>As more complaints came to light, including one that involved as a victim to actress <strong>Seo Shin Ae<\/strong>. Later, the idol spoke again, detaching herself from the accusations, and her agency announced that they would take legal action for defamation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z3szNvgQxHo\" title=\"(\uc5ec\uc790)\uc544\uc774\ub4e4((G)I-DLE) - &#039;\ud654(\u706b\u82b1)(HWAA)&#039; Official Music Video\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z3szNvgQxHo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However, the situation became even more complicated in late March when the actress involved, who was a former classmate, gave first-hand testimony about the violence. The<strong> K-drama<\/strong> singer <strong>Justice team: Fly high 2<\/strong> revealed that she had been the victim of harassment by the idol and her classmates for two years during her school days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The now former K-pop group member Seo Soo Jin had been accused of bullying by former classmates, including actress Seo Shin Ae, nothing confirm it yet, only accusations. Soojin has left (G)I-DLE. After half year of bullying accusations against the idol, CUBE Entertainment announced the official departure from the girlband on August 14. 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