2014 is not over yet: Kwangyeon, Hanbyul and Kyumin to leave LEDApple

[dbsk-2pm.livejournal.com]

A detailed and important message about LEDApple 2014 the Last Live Tour ”Thank You, LEDAs”, to LEDAs who have always supported LEDApple.

"Good day all LEDAs,

LEDApple had their 4th anniversary the 7th of October.
Thank you a lot for always staying by their side, becoming their strength, and supporting them until now.
Finally, LEDApple has their last live tour “Thank You LEDA” in December 2014. Hanbyul, Kyumin and Kwangyeon will stop their activities with the LEDApple band and it turns out that Youngjun and Hyoseok, together with 3 new members, will continue band activities as a new LEDApple from 2015.

This doesn´t mean Hanbyul, Kyumin and Kwangyeon will stop being in LEDApple, as a part of the LEDApple team, they´re planning to take part of a new project to fulfill their dreams.
In the LEDApple team, Hanbyul will pursue a solo carrier to improve as a singer, Kyumin will start a new unit, so he can sing the hip hop he loves the best.

In Kwangyeon´s case there´s a possibility of worsened low back pain that would make it difficult for him to continue on stage activities from now on, and the doctors said he needed long time rest and treatment.

Officers also thought hard about this, with numerous overlapping meetings, now the band LEDApple has celebrated activities for 4 years, they decided to try to spread LEDApple´s activities individually. Even individually, to be able to be the most happy, the company wants to respect the things they want to do.

Although the activities as the five member band LEDApple will stop, 3 new members will join the LEDApple team, together with Youngjun and Hyoseok, we promise to show you the good looking band that will continue to exist in 2015.
And the pursuit of music, or to rest from the band because of health reasons, let´s continue to support the new members and activities without change.
For the sudden announcement, we apologize to the fans from the bottom of our hearts!!
Before the activities of the new LEDApple, the current 5 members will perform all the 9 performances in 2014 December, and we promise to show you their best appearance until this day!
Starting from 2015, please have high expectations for the new LEDApple´s activities.
In addition, due to this regime change, I will inform you that the release of the album that was scheduled to the end of this year has been postponed. Sorry to those who has been looking forward to the album. As soon as a new decision of a release is made I´ll inform you about it, until then, thank you."


Source: Official LEDApple Japan, translation by applepieledapple

Crying a river right now. ;_; 2014 is ruining all my faves. I hope Kwangyeon will get better and Hanbyul slays with his vocals in a joint-album with Bruno Mars. Also, I hope everything is ok (except my faves) with the post.

Comments

[kittyboo17.livejournal.com]

sad ;_; Hanbyul ;_;

can we forward to 2015 please, this is getting really scary

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

Now about that 2014 curse tag... I think we need it

This does seem like a "happy" parting so to speak and I wish them all the best

[undeniablysarah.livejournal.com]

WOW

I never expected this one

[rmarques.livejournal.com]

Jesus Christ, what's next?

[soft-taozi.livejournal.com]

I honestly wouldn't blame them if they wanted to leave I remember that documentary and Hanbyul said he hadn't made any money at all.
But at least this doses not seem messy.

I'm always sckeptical about 'solo' activities because they hadly ever end up happening.

[donttakethebait.livejournal.com]

hanbyul going solo is eveything I ever wanted omg
I do feel bad for the groups fans tho.

[froggster.livejournal.com]

agreed on both points.
bring on that worldwide summer jam Hanbyul

[atopworld.livejournal.com]

This sucks....completely unexpected. Does this mean Hanbyul could possibly go back to being a host on ASC? The awkward was still awkward, but at least Eric had someone to play off.

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...2014 is not playing around

LED APPLE team where everyone keeps their ties to the brand while branching out is an interesting idea

We'll see how effective the agency is at executing it

[koibira.livejournal.com]

:((( i hope everything works out for all of them.

i'm excited for the hanbyul solo tho...

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

That icon is everything rainbows and joy

[koibira.livejournal.com]

they cause me headaches tbh such a perf pair 🙏

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

With the amount of debuted groups it's only a matter of time before they all start falling, esp as the market is nhf idols that much anymore.

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

We've been predicting that the idol bubble was gonna burst for atleast a year. There's not enough money in the industry to be supporting all these idol debuts. Esp now that even 2012 have barely made any traction in the industry, there's no hope for the others. Atleast LEDapple announced it. There's a ton of groups in hiatus that will never return.

[weerainbow.livejournal.com]

Wow when will I stop being surprised by this kind of news...after all it's still 2014!

[rennehollic.livejournal.com]

NOOOOO! I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THIS REALITY

[blue-rin.livejournal.com]

Never bothered with LEDApple. Perhaps a good thing too but I do know that I occasionally go back and listen to that beautiful cover of Talking to the Moon that Hanbyul did. His voice is gorgeous.

[dickslikejesus.livejournal.com]

Sucks for LEDApple fans, but something about Hanbyul bugs the crap out of me so I've never gotten into LEDApple.

[lainmyownworld.livejournal.com]

omg why hes so flawless

actually i dont really follow him that closely just his voice and on asc

[dickslikejesus.livejournal.com]

he annoyed the living crap out of me on ASC I dunno he just feels really really obnoxious like he has no chill haha.

[dickslikejesus.livejournal.com]

I have nothing against him as an artist, I've heard him sing and he's very talented, I just can't stand him as I've seen him as a person or maybe I should say the character he portrays on the show.

Totally a talented guy, just not my cup of tea~

[dc222.livejournal.com]

Hanbyul can be very very funny, but I definitely see how he can easily annoy. I got annoyed by him on ASC plenty of times.

[dickslikejesus.livejournal.com]

I've absolutely never found him funny on ASC and I typically like slightly annoying people. He just constantly comes off as obnoxious and I'm embarrassed by him when I've seen him on that show. I haven't watched him in ANYTHING else, so maybe he's funny other places, but I don't like him from what I've seen of him on ASC.

[dc222.livejournal.com]

Oh, definitely, on ASC, that's the worst he can be. He had a little vlog on their official channel the other year and he was much more accessible there.

[dickslikejesus.livejournal.com]

I'm sure he plays up to a character on ASC, but it's enough to have completely turned me off of him honestly. I don't think he's a bad person or not talented, I just don't care for him personally~

[chunsakuma.livejournal.com]

noooooooooooooooooooooo D:

hanbyul going solo is to be expected and he has the voice for it but kyumin doing hip hop?!?!? what the..... he should stick with the style of his flawfree nell-esque solo song "i first love you"/"you're my first love" tbh (which i think he wrote himself)

[dc222.livejournal.com]

Very sad. But I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise to LEDAs .
This has to be my fave LEDapple line-up though:


They released their (imo) best songs during this "era"
Someone Met By Chance/CODA - Sadness/Time is Up - Whole Run To You Album.

Especially these two:
Keonu's solo before he left the group:


And "Yeah"

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

+1 this entire comment

Sadness is still my jam

[chunsakuma.livejournal.com]

"someone met by chance" is one of my favourite k-pop songs and MVs and the "run to you" mini is so solid

[amandaa23.livejournal.com]

+1 ;___; loved the songs they came out with back during these days

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

This isn't really surprising as LEDApple has had a lot of member rotations esp when they remain stagnant and stuff, it's a shame since Hanbyul was carrying them and all but hey :/

[lainmyownworld.livejournal.com]

i was so upset last night ;_;
still am

[lovealwaysliana.livejournal.com]

Bring Hanbyul back to ASC!

[ohcrepe.livejournal.com]

Pity he left before ASC really kicked off. It might have helped the band in the long run. Well, it's too late for what ifs and shoulda coulda woulda.

[jjang-intae.livejournal.com]

:( Why am I not surprised? I was hoping they'd make a comeback some time this year but I guess that's not happening :(

[riori-addict.livejournal.com]

auw my fave three are leaving.. good luck to them and do hope we'll see them again!

[floydsastar.livejournal.com]

excited for hanbyul though. i love his voice so much

[cairistiona.livejournal.com]

I'm still really sad about this.

[cooliosa.livejournal.com]

why did i see this coming?

[sub-divided.livejournal.com]

;_____;

But they must not be too unhappy with management if they're staying on in the same company, so at least there's that.

I'm glad Kyumin is also getting a project, he was my favorite in LEDApple! Whatever new lineup they come up with probably won't be as interesting to me as the dual-frontman thing was.

[dokyungsoo.livejournal.com]

tbh i only ever listen to hanbyul's youtube covers so idk much about ledapple as a group

but they seemed really close regardless, i'm excited for his solo debut and wish the rest the best

[hyde-my-dreams.livejournal.com]

This makes me really happy, actually, because their company is RESPECTING THEIR WISHES, and rather than just kicking them out or forcing them to stay and deal with it, they are helping them pursue their dreams without shaming them for wanting to have better careers.

[10135.livejournal.com]

That sucks. I didn't listen to them much, but the covers were good.

[cleopatra25.livejournal.com]

This is why I can never get into LedApple. They literally have members leaving every year. Now that my fave Aussie Jason is gone, I'm giving up.

I do side-eye this company a lot. I reckon they starve them or hit them or something because they always look so unnaturally malnourished.

2014 please don't touch SHINee. I'm begging you.

[vikihpnerd.livejournal.com]

so sad, Kwangyeon is my bias from the original line-up when the band was first formed and I really love Hanbyul as their vocalist...