Weki Meki’s Choi Yoojung To Take Hiatus Due To Health Issues

[juhli.livejournal.com]

#WekiMeki’s #ChoiYoojung To Take Hiatus Due To Health Issueshttps://t.co/0O3fN3846i pic.twitter.com/D6eaFEryaf

— Soompi (@soompi) October 16, 2019

Hello. This is Fantagio Music.

Weki Meki’s Choi Yoojung will be halting activities for a while due to health reasons.
We apologize for conveying this sudden news to Ki-Ling who have sent her so much love.

For the time being, Choi Yoojung will be sitting out of all scheduled activities and focusing on having sufficient rest and recovering her condition. Weki Meki will be promoting with seven members for now, until Choi Yoojung’s health has recovered.

We will do our best so that Choi Yoojung can recover.
We apologize for concerning Ki-Ling and please continue to support Weki Meki’s Choi Yoojung.
Thank you.

source: soompi 1 2, Weki Meki Daum

Comments

[azoarka.livejournal.com]

She's had joint issues for a while, she needed corticosteroid shots in her joints before :/. The worst thing about musculoskeletal issues like that they'll continue or get even worse as long as she's dancing the intense choreo they have, even if she gets some time off right now.

[juhli.livejournal.com]

She's so young too :(

[frequency.livejournal.com]

i didn't know she had joint problems. :( being young and having joint problems isn't fun at all. :T

[kastih.livejournal.com]

yeah...i remember on some show she said that, when she was a trainee, that all of the staff at the hospital across the street knew her because she was always sick/hurt [because of her joints]

[daydreamsofblue.livejournal.com]

I just read an article about how corticosteroid shots may actually worsen joint damage, at least in the knees and hips. Ugh, that's terrible.

[myungung.livejournal.com]

I feel like it's the idols training (lack of sleep, long hours spent) and also their diet that causes it. if I'm not wrong, Jenny from DIA had issues with her knee (?) since trainee days also

[azoarka.livejournal.com]

Probably both. The whole diathesis-stress model (I know that model is from psychology but it applies to physical ailments too imo). Genetic predisposition + more intense environmental stress = physical breakdown. And the environmental stress of an idol's lifestyle is extreme.

[topazera.livejournal.com]

Yeah, unfortunately when you put extreme pressure on the body, it's going to reveal weak points in your genetics that you may have never even noticed if you went through an average amount of strain your whole life. It's tough for idols because they're compounding things with the deprivations in diet and sleep, that's going to make anything a lot tougher on your body. Just because some idols can cope with it doesn't mean that it won't have serious physical consequences for others. :(

[myrrhcat.livejournal.com]

i wish her a quick and restful recovery.

...also, i'm guessing they won't be performing any of the songs that feature her more difficult rap parts for a while, unless they have a hidden rapper up their sleeve

[myungung.livejournal.com]

Lucy has rapped before, so she might be covering Yoojung's parts? Or maybe they can have Lua do it too, since she gets so little lines these days

[myrrhcat.livejournal.com]

it'll be interesting to see what they do. with yoojung as the main rapper, main dancer and face of the group, their performances will look so different without her.

[adenar.livejournal.com]

She wasn't performing with them as early as the 9th - her parts were uncovered then and the choreography unchanged, but with her going on an official hiatus they might change that.

Lucy and Lua aren't bad rappers - Lucy rapped on a fantagio fm collab, and Lua took the rap in Picky Picky. They'd cover her fine, and with the opportunity to practise more regularly, could be pretty damn good. They're also both lead dancers so they're basically Yoojung stand ins, haha.

[xoxkenzxox.livejournal.com]

I hope it's longer than a 1 week rest.

[lizanka23.livejournal.com]

i hope it's not too serious and she can get some proper rest. they've had two comebacks back to back so it must have been very draining for them

[dio-elaclaire.livejournal.com]

poor baby :( i hope they give her as much time to rest and recover as she needs :(

[adenar.livejournal.com]

Honestly the whole group needs a break - they've had a good promo year, but picky picky straight into Tiki Taka must have wrecked them

[ebenetwo.livejournal.com]

Isn’t she scheduled for IOI too? Oh man now what’s gonna happen?

[cairistiona.livejournal.com]

i hope she gets time to relax, it sounds like it's bad.

even worse if she may not actually recover if they keep making her dance intense choreo :(

she's only 20 ;;