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ASTRO in Turmoil: Drastic Changes and Fan Backlash

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The boy band ASTRO last year had MJ enlisting in the military, ROCKY left the group without renewing his contract, and Moon Bin passed away. Now their activities are unclear. (Picture/reproduced from X)

The boy group ASTRO is in its 7th year, but it has undergone drastic changes. Last year, MJ enlisted in the army, so the group began to act as an individual and a small group. However, first, ROCKY left the group after its exclusive contract with the agency Fantagio expired and was not renewed. Then in April At that time, Wenbin passed away at home in April this year, which was a blow to the group. Yesterday (1st) ASTRO official community suddenly issued an announcement announcing the recruitment of Cha Eun Woo’s personal official fan club. This move directly caused dissatisfaction with AROHA (fan name).

Cha Eunwoo suddenly announced his personal fan recruitment, causing group fan AROHA to angrily criticize, “After being released for 1 and a half years, I am still being excluded.” (Picture/reproduced from IG)

Since ASTRO released its regular third album in May last year, the group’s activities have been stagnant due to factors such as MJ’s enlistment and member changes. Unexpectedly, the company yesterday issued an announcement for Cha Eun-woo’s personal fan recruitment without warning. Yinyou’s personal fan recruitment is expected to be from the 5th to the 19th of this month, and the membership period is from the 5th of this month to December 19th next year. Due to the uncertainty of the group’s activities and the huge pain they just suffered in the first half of the year, the news of this individual fan recruitment triggered a backlash. Many AROHA asked Fantagio to give an official position and explain the future activities of the ASTRO fan club.

Cha Eun-woo’s recruitment of personal fans also triggered heated discussions on Korean networks. (Picture/reproduced from X)

The news of Cha Eun Woo recruiting individual fans was exposed. In addition to AROHA’s anger, netizens discussed heatedly on the forum, saying: “It’s very hurtful to the fans of the group”, “I don’t understand the reason why I have to open an individual fan”, “The company What on earth are you thinking? Hurt the members, hurt the group, and hurt the fans.” “It’s really too much, where is AROHA?” Although some netizens took a neutral position and said: “It seems right to look at it this way. After all, we have held many personal meetings, and it is quite strange that we always use the group’s fan name.” However, they were also refuted, citing many groups. For example, member SOLO, members of groups such as Girls’ Generation, BTS, and SEVENTEEN, are all called by their group fan names even if they debut as individuals.

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