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iKON have opened up about their departure on YG Entertainment and why they decided to make that choice.In December 2022, YG Entertainment announced that the K-pop agency and iKON had “mutually agreed” to end the boyband’s exclusive contract, following a “long and careful discussion” with the group’s members.Thereafter, the six-member group signed with 143 Entertainment in January 2023. Since then, the boyband have released their third studio album, titled ‘Take Off’, and embarked on a world tour in support of the record.In a new interview with Forbes, iKON has opened up about why they decided to leave YG Entertainment.

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iKON’s Bobby says former member B.I. “abandoned” the group

iKON‘s Bobby has opened up about former groupmate B.I and his feeling about the latter’s departure from the K-pop boyband in June 2019.Bobby spoke about B.I’s departure from the group in the comment section of a recent Instagram post on September 11, seemingly in response to discissions between fans about whether the group should reunite.In comments seen and archived by SBS Star and Koreaboo, the South Korean rapper said that he understands where fans are coming from, calling B.I his “brother”.“He did show some bad influence [on] our next gen[eration], but [I] can’t stop my love for him though,” Bobby added, while saying that B.I. “kno[w]s what he did was wrong and everything”.“I love him as much as you do.

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Chung Ha, BamBam, iKON and more to perform at KAMPFEST CDMX

GOT7‘s BamBam, soloist Chung Ha, co-ed group KARD and boybands iKON and TFN. In addition girl groups LAPILLUS and VIVIZ will also perform, as well as rapper Sik-K.Notably, two of the newly announced acts – namely BamBam and LAPILLUS – were originally set to perform at KAMP LA 2022, but had to pull out at the last minute due to visa problems.

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iKON’s Bobby drops music video for moody new solo track ‘Cherry Blossom’

iKON’s Bobby has released a new solo song titled ‘Cherry Blossom’ and its music video.Today (March 20), the K-pop idol unveiled the music video for ‘Cherry Blossom’, a track from his upcoming single album ’S.i.R’. The project, which will feature the title track ‘Drowning’, will be released tomorrow (March 21) at 6pm KST.In the ‘Cherry Blossom’ music video, Bobby wakes up in a dim bedroom, before getting up to sing and dance to the upbeat new track as he is haunted by memories of the past.

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iKON to tour Asia, Europe and the Americas this year

iKON are set to embark on a world tour later this year that would see the K-pop boyband perform across Asia, Europe and the Americas.The group broke the news on March 2, per Soompi, confirming that the tour will kick off sometime in May. Further details surrounding the world tour have yet to be announced.

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iKON open up for first time about B.I leaving the group

iKON members Bobby, Donghyuk and Junhoe have publicly spoken about the departure of former leader B.I for the first time.On June 3, the three iKON members appeared on an episode of Oh Eun Young’s Golden Clinic, where they spoke with host and renowned psychiatrist Dr. Oh about the success and anxieties they have experienced over their career.“Honestly, a difficult time for us as a team was when B.I left and we became six,” confessed dancer and vocalist Donghyuk, per Soompi.

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iKON take over the city in ‘But You’ music video teaser

iKON has released a new teaser for their upcoming single, ‘But You’.In the new visual released, the members of iKON are seen dancing in a club, before making their way through the city, later ending with a short preview of the track. ‘But You’ is the title track for the boyband’s upcoming mini-album, ‘Flashback’, which is slated for release on May 3 at 6pm KST. Prior to the release of the visual, iKON have also teased the mini-album’s track list earlier this week.

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YG Entertainment confirms 10 of its artists have fully recovered from COVID-19

YG Entertainment artists have fully recovered from COVID-19 and are no longer in quarantine, confirms the label.YG issued a statement earlier today (February 3) via Break News announcing that 10 of its artists, who were all previously diagnosed with the virus, have recovered and are no longer in isolation.These artists include WINNER’s Lee Seung-hoon, iKON’s Kim Jin-hwan, Song Yun-hyeong, Goo Jun-hoe, Kim Dong-hyuk and Jung Chan-woo, TREASURE’s Choi Hyun-seok, Yoshi, Jun-gyu and Mashiho. This means all idols who were previously reported to have contracted the virus have now recovered.“They were respectively quarantined in their homes and health authorities evaluated that they were in no danger of further spreading the virus,” wrote YG, as translated by Korea JoongAng Daily.

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Two more YG Entertainment artists contract COVID-19

YG Entertainment’s roster have tested positive for COVID-19.Earlier today (January 25), the entertainment agency announced that iKON’s Junhoe – the fourth member of the group to contract the virus – and TREASURE’s Yoshi have tested positive for COVID-19. The statement noted that both artists had received their COVID-19 vaccinations and will be self-quarantining at home.“As with the confirmed cases earlier, we took intensive preemptive measures beyond the guidelines of the quarantine authorities,” Their statement reads, as translated by Soompi.

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BLACKPINK’s Lisa opens up about performing with iKON on ‘Kingdom: Legendary War’

BLACKPINK’s Lisa has opened up about what it was like sharing the stage with iKON on Kingdom: Legendary War.Lisa and iKON had performed together during an episode of the Mnet reality TV competition, which iKON had been competing in. The two acts collaborated on a new version of BLACKPINK’s 2020 song ‘Pretty Savage’, retitled as ‘Classy Savage’.In a recent interview with Teen Vogue, Lisa shared that had already wanted to perform with the boyband, which she is labelmates with, when she found out the group were set to appear on Kingdom: Legendary War.“Knowing that iKON would appear on Kingdom, I wanted to perform with them,” Lisa said.

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