GFRIEND and Source Music broke up together. The six members of the group certainly did not renew their contracts with the label.
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| GFRIEND officially leaves Source Music. (Photo: Star1) |
"GFRIEND's exclusive contract with Source Music will end on May 22. After a long discussion and consideration, we and GFRIEND agreed to separate in order to continue growing," the label said as quoted by Soompi, Tuesday (18/5/2021).
GFRIEND. (Photo: Source Music)
Source Music admits, is grateful and grateful for being able to accompany Sowon cs's journey in the K-Pop music industry for the last 6 years. The label is also grateful for the support given by fans to GFRIEND.
"We hope that fans will continue to give love and support to the members who will start their new adventures in new fields. We also encourage them to take new steps," said Source Music.
GFRIEND made their debut with six members on January 15 2015. At that time, Sowon, Yerin, Eunha, Yuju, SinB, and Umji released their mini album 'Season of Glass'. Their debut work won them a series of awards and became the first girl group to be interviewed for a Grammy Mini Masterclass.
Throughout their 5 years of career, GFRIEND has released three albums in Korean and one album in Japanese. The album 'Walpurgis Night' which was released in November 2020 was GFRIEND's last work before leaving Source Music.
The news of the release of GFRIEND from Source Music made their name ranked first on Twitter's Trending Topic, on May 18, 2021. There were more than 154,000 tweets about GFRIEND until 12.00 WIB.
GFRIEND. (Photo: Oh Boy! Magazine)
"I will miss GFRIEND's interaction with the CEO of Source Music, So Sung Jin. Thank you for debuting and looking after them all this time. I believe in GFRIEND," tweeted a netizen.
Others expressed frustration at the news. "Then what about their Asia Tour which was delayed due to Corona? What are you going to do with it, Source Music? I really want to watch the GFRIEND concert," said another. *