{"id":143497,"date":"2025-06-10T11:07:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T18:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=143497"},"modified":"2025-06-10T11:07:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T18:07:25","slug":"former-riize-member-goes-solo-seunghan-steps-back-into-the-spotlight-this-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/former-riize-member-goes-solo-seunghan-steps-back-into-the-spotlight-this-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Former RIIZE member goes solo: Seunghan steps back into the spotlight this July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a massive controversy, former <strong>RIIZE<\/strong> member <strong>Seunghan<\/strong> is coming back.<strong> SM Entertainment<\/strong> confirmed on June 9 that the idol will debut as a solo artist in July 2025. It\u2019s his first major career update since leaving the group, and many fans are curious to see what the next chapter of his idol career will look like.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/picseunghan\/status\/1932021359779189220\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cthank you for patiently waiting for such a long time\u201d IT IS WORTH IT \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OcrRCXx1Bn\">https:\/\/t.co\/OcrRCXx1Bn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; xnghan pics (@xnghanpics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xnghanpics\/status\/1932021359779189220?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Seunghan originally debuted with RIIZE in September 2023, but by November, controversy had arisen. Pre-debut content showing him in private moments, like lying in bed with a woman and smoking indoors, surfaced online.<strong> Though the photos weren\u2019t illegal, they sparked intense backlash from South Korean fans<\/strong>. Initially, despite international RIIZE supporters showing their support, he halted activities and quietly disappeared from the public eye.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kchartsmaster\/status\/1931894096341377115\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Seunghan will make his solo debut in July. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OYwCXWbDYa\">pic.twitter.com\/OYwCXWbDYa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kpop Charts (@kchartsmaster) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kchartsmaster\/status\/1931894096341377115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>His return to RIIZE was briefly announced in October 2024, only to be reversed two days later due to protests from South Korean fans. Seunghan then released a heartfelt apology, officially cutting ties with the group, but he didn\u2019t leave SM. Behind the scenes, he kept training and preparing, and now, nearly a year later, his solo era is on the way. There\u2019s no word yet on his musical concept, but fans who stuck with him are ready to hear his voice again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a massive controversy, former RIIZE member Seunghan is coming back. SM Entertainment confirmed on June 9 that the idol will debut as a solo artist in July 2025. It\u2019s his first major career update since leaving the group, and many fans are curious to see what the next chapter of his idol career will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":143498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[2441],"class_list":{"0":"post-143497","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"tag-riize"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}