Breaking WhyG News Part 2: Nam Taehyun is Officially Leaving WINNER and YG

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

YG Entertainment has revealed that Nam Taehyun will be leaving the group. The group will continue on without him.

In breaking news, it has been revealed that Nam Taehyun is permanently leaving WINNER. This comes as a shocking surprise to the entire K-Pop industry.

Below is the fully translated message by YG Entertainment:

WINNER who had many things planned for them this year had put all their activities on hold unfortunately due to Taehyun’s mental health issues.

YG and the other members have put Taehyun’s mental health as the main priority and decided to wait for his recovery. However, due to the fact that the mental issue was one that has been present ever sine his childhood, it is impossible to predict when he will recover and when he will be able to return to activities.

After much discussions with Taehyun, we have decided that it is not possible for him to continue activities as a part of WINNER and as of November 18th the exclusive contract between YG and Nam Tae Hyun has been terminated.

This is mainly due to the fact that Taehyun felt responsible for the fact that the team was put on halt because of him and that WINNER, who is only two years into their debut, can no longer wait to continue their activities.

Although Taehyun will no longer be with WINNER we hope that they will continue to support each other in their musical careers.

YG plans to continue promoting WINNER as a 4 member group with no addition of new members. Please show WINNER and Taehyun much support and love as they stand on the start line again.

Source: yg-life via koreaboo

I'M PRETTY SURE EVERYONE WAS JUST JOKING ABOUT CLEANING OUT THE DUNGEON YG!!!! :((

Comments

[mc1a.livejournal.com]

You know what? How about all bad news come out this year and we start fresh next year? 2016 has been a shitfest

[saemcrh.livejournal.com]

Fuck YG and the clique he claims.

I just genuinely hope this was mostly Taehyun's decision, and that he wasn't forced out.

[apori.livejournal.com]

Seriously. Way to blame "Taehyun's mental issues" for everything while kicking him to the curb.

I HOPE it was his decision to leave, but even if it were I can't imagine this is the statement he wanted to leave on.

Who asked for this?

[citzera.livejournal.com]

I'M SO MAD I CANNOT!!
IT IS POSSIBLE TO PROMOTE AN ALBUM WHILE NAM TAEHYUN IS RECOVERING!

I really really really hope that this was Taehyun's decision.. but I'm very sceptic.
I can't believe they kept this quiet for 1 week..

Re: Who asked for this?

[citzera.livejournal.com]

Also, I'm not sure about the Korean version, but the Japanese really implies that it's Taehyun's fault they're not having activities.

The Japanese version says: 自分のせいでチーム活動に支障をきたすナム・テヒョンのプレッシャーと... ".
While the above translation is " This is mainly due to the fact that Taehyun felt responsible for the fact that the team was put on halt because of him and..",
it could also be translated into " The pressure on Taehyun for being the cause of WINNER's lack of activities and.." since the (japanese) text makes no reference to any feelings, it only states it as a fact..

I'd love to know what nuance the original Korean text has..

[burqaswag.livejournal.com]

The groups Instagram account hadn't posted about him in months I knew something was wrong.

Good luck to Taehyun I'm gonna support him no matter what. And good luck to Winner, all your best songs came from Taehyun.

[digitalqueen.livejournal.com]

that's such a shitty statement

[saemcrh.livejournal.com]

It truly is, I got so mad reading it.

Like what kind of BS, "he's mentally ill it's all his fault" reasoning is this. There's no decency or care at all in this statement, it's written as if he's trash that they're throwing away.

Maybe I'm just sensitive but the way it's worded is so gross.

[babybluedream.livejournal.com]

:( He went through a whole survival show all for naught

[kwonsoonyoung.livejournal.com]

is that forreal though? the lack of winner's group activites all this time because of his mental health issues? didn't the guy post something about wanting to sing on his insta?

i dont pay attention to them so idk much but i hope he wasn't forced to leave the group.

and also, i hope he recovers soon.

[symmetra.livejournal.com]

WHAT THE FUCK

[hozrien.livejournal.com]

);

It sucks that this is happening, but I hope things go well for him in the future and I wish him the best of luck.

[carra-mia.livejournal.com]

The basically had an "autoplay" group with Winner and still managed to fuck it up, managment at its finest.

[suggestivepeach.livejournal.com]

ikr? that's what upsets me the most. the fact that they had everything lined up for them and they were poised for utmost success and they still got fucked over.

[brightestshinee.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna fly to S.Korea and smack Yang Hyunsuk if this decision is mostly THEIR decision instead of Taehyun.

I've been where he is right now and sometimes I'm still struggling with it so I hope he gets the treatment he needs and now that he's free from YGdi, I hope he's able to sing to his heart's content.

Wish him and the rest of the members all the best!

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

i can't believe i got into kpop the year everything decides to fall apart....

[saemcrh.livejournal.com]

I gave my friend a list of groups to listen to (bc she wanted to get into it) and 2NE1, Winner and 4minute were on it.

I'm Light and that list is my Death Note, clearly.

[anconeous.livejournal.com]

Fucking ridiculous how YG managed to fuck up Winner so badly.

[smilla-sini.livejournal.com]

they really try to make it look like he's at fault yikes

[confuqued.livejournal.com]

This statement is so inconsiderate.

[kary1591.livejournal.com]

WTF

[la-geni.livejournal.com]

I remember someone on here called this when Taehyun initially took a break. i thought it was just a melodramatic bj stan that liked hating on Winner. Guess they were right.

I KNEW THIS WAS COMING

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

After all of yg shitty media play I KNEW THIS WAS COMING
I see through you YG
I don't even like the guy but I SEE THROUGH YOUR BULLSHIT

[ariellm13.livejournal.com]

TBH, I feel like there isn't much room for discussion on this because I don't know what issues Taehyun has, how they affected him or others, and what his opinions are. I hope he gets to speak his piece on the matter.

[hurtmybones.livejournal.com]

yeah I'm sure y'all care so much about his mental health, what with this statement putting 100% of the blame on him. this is a tragic statement but I'm sure there are company stans that are dellusional enough to buy it so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[babyjenkski.livejournal.com]

This gives a new meaning to their...

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :((

[bloodtaki2.livejournal.com]

Blaming their lack of activity on Taehyun's health issues is disgusting.

[mylovebelt.livejournal.com]

I hope Taehyun recovers from what he's going through and he finds peace and gets all the help he needs. Health should always come first.

And I hate this statement. it's basically blaming it all on him. Winner better be everywhere next year then, what the hell YG?

[pineepie.livejournal.com]

WTF part 2

[torontok.livejournal.com]

Pretty sure that's not what we meant by wanting EXIT

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

omfg i'm laughing through my tears :((