{"id":161817,"date":"2026-03-15T10:08:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=161817"},"modified":"2026-03-15T10:08:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:08:46","slug":"belift-lab-insists-enhypens-heeseung-will-not-return-to-the-boy-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/belift-lab-insists-enhypens-heeseung-will-not-return-to-the-boy-band\/","title":{"rendered":"Belift Lab insists ENHYPEN\u2019s Heeseung will not return to the boy band"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ENHYPEN<\/strong>\u2019s <strong>Heeseung<\/strong> has been the talk of the town for a while after Belift Lab released a short but heartbreaking statement over the departure of the idol. However, fans believe it was completely unfair, and the growing protest has become a significant force in the Kpop scene that cannot be ignored.<\/p>\n<p>On March 15,<strong> Belift Lab released a statement to The Korea Herald, reaffirming that the decision over Heeseung remains final<\/strong>. The company stated the idol has a clear artistic direction he wants to pursue, and they will respect his wishes, as he begins focusing on solo activities.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-161820\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ENHYPENs-Heeseung-wants-to-pursue-solo-activities.jpg\" alt=\"Heeseung will not longer be part of ENHYPEN\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ENHYPENs-Heeseung-wants-to-pursue-solo-activities.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ENHYPENs-Heeseung-wants-to-pursue-solo-activities-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ENHYPENs-Heeseung-wants-to-pursue-solo-activities-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ENHYPENs-Heeseung-wants-to-pursue-solo-activities-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ENHYPENs-Heeseung-wants-to-pursue-solo-activities-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ENHYPENs-Heeseung-wants-to-pursue-solo-activities-860x484.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201cHeeseung will not be returning to ENHYPEN. He has a clear artistic direction he wants to pursue, and we decided to <strong>respect that<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>The agency also stated that ENHYPEN\u2019s schedule will remain<strong> extremely demanding throughout the year<\/strong>, which means any solo project couldn\u2019t be carried out. According to Belift Lab, there wasn\u2019t any other option for the idol to pursue what he really wanted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ENHYPEN\u2019s Heeseung has been the talk of the town for a while after Belift Lab released a short but heartbreaking statement over the departure of the idol. However, fans believe it was completely unfair, and the growing protest has become a significant force in the Kpop scene that cannot be ignored. On March 15, Belift [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":161818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2264,16],"tags":[1071],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-161817","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-entertainment","9":"category-kpop","10":"tag-enhypen"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161817","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\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161817"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161821,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161817\/revisions\/161821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161817"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=161817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}