{"id":146129,"date":"2025-08-01T10:09:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=146129"},"modified":"2025-08-01T10:09:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:09:23","slug":"seunghan-sends-love-to-riize-after-his-controversial-removal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/seunghan-sends-love-to-riize-after-his-controversial-removal\/","title":{"rendered":"Seunghan sends love to RIIZE after his controversial removal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Seunghan<\/strong> is finally speaking up about <strong>RIIZE<\/strong> after his controversial exit. The former member left the group in late 2024 after facing heavy backlash over leaked photos of him smoking and kissing his ex-girlfriend. Originally debuting with RIIZE under SM Entertainment, Seunghan took a hiatus in November 2023 due to the toxic response to his private leaks. He briefly attempted a return to the group in October 2024, but he was removed from RIIZE soon after.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AboutMusicYT\/status\/1950889528270426596\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Xnghan (Seunghan) when asked about RIIZE and his solo career in a recent interview:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I know that Riize is doing so well, and I&#39;m rooting for them as a fellow artist. I hope they stay healthy and well. [Since] I&#39;m also preparing my new launch as a soloist, I hope people stay\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Szrsx2gMpW\">pic.twitter.com\/Szrsx2gMpW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; About Music (@AboutMusicYT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AboutMusicYT\/status\/1950889528270426596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 31, 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>Now, rebranding himself as part of a dance crew (named <strong>XngHan &amp; Xoul<\/strong>), the idol is opening up about his former team for the first time. In a recent chat with The Hollywood Reporter about his new track\u201d Waste No Time,\u201d Seunghan shared his well-wishes for RIIZE: \u201cI know that RIIZE is doing so well, [and] I\u2019m rooting for them as a fellow artist.\u201d Then, he added that he hopes his ex-bandmates stay \u201chealthy and well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Back when his departure was announced, Seunghan left a message wishing success for RIIZE. Now, he\u2019s stepping back into the spotlight as a soloist, alongside his dance crew. Fans who stuck around are supporting the new song, which is now being promoted on music shows. Watch XngHan &amp; Xoul perform \u201cWaste No Time\u201d for the very first time here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y78hgzB9up0\" title=\"Waste No Time - XngHan&amp;Xoul (\uc2b9\ud55c\uc564\uc18c\uc6b8)\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y78hgzB9up0?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seunghan is finally speaking up about RIIZE after his controversial exit. The former member left the group in late 2024 after facing heavy backlash over leaked photos of him smoking and kissing his ex-girlfriend. Originally debuting with RIIZE under SM Entertainment, Seunghan took a hiatus in November 2023 due to the toxic response to his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":146130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[2441],"class_list":{"0":"post-146129","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\/146129","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=146129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}