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Boy Group Evnne to Debut in September

Jellyfish Entertainment's newest boy group EVNNE confirms debut date. Credit: Twitter/EVNNE

EVNNE, the boy group of Jellyfish Entertainment consisting of Boys Planet contestants, is making their official debut on September 18. 

On Wednesday, August 16, the agency marked the countdown for the group’s debut by unveiling its logo. 

The logo of EVNNE featured the letters E and V fused together. Additionally, the name’s meaning, “Evening’s Newest Etoiles,” is also written in the poster. 

“Coming soon,” the agency wrote, alongside the highly-anticipated debut date. However, additional details about the group’s upcoming debut have yet to be disclosed. 

 

Meet EVNNE

In early August, Jellyfish Entertainment announced that they’re forming a seven-member boy group. 

Former Boys Planet contestants Ji Yoon Seo, Keita, Lee Jung Hyun, Moon Jung Hyun, Park Han Bin, Park Ji Hoo, and Yoo Seung Eon were confirmed to be part of the lineup. 

 

According to the agency, these individuals captured the public’s interests despite not making it to the official debut group.

Initially, the group was supposed to be named BLIT. However, they changed the name to EVNNE to avoid potential negative connotations. 

Pronounced as “even,” the new name symbolizes a rising star in the night sky. 

Although there’s no additional details about EVNNE’s upcoming release yet, Jellyfish Entertainment is already making the group’s presence on social media known. 

 

After Boys Planet

Interestingly, EVNNE is not the only group that was formed after the hit survival series. 

Besides EVNNE, Anthonny Iinuma, Haruto Maeda, Takuto Toyonaga, and Yuto Takano will also be debut under the group TOZ. They will managed by YY Entertainment. 

Meanwhile, Wang Zi Hao will also make his debut as a solo artist under the stage name Le’v. 

Boys Planet, which started with 93 trainees, gave birth to the formation of the debut team ZEROBASEONE or ZB1. 

The group’s members include Sung Han-bin, Kim Ji Woong, Zhang Hao, Seok Matthew, and Kim Tae-rae. Ricky, Kim Gyu-vin, Park Gun-wook, and Han Yu-jin are also part of the lineup.

On July 10, ZB1 made their debut with the mini-album YOUTH IN THE SHADE. Shortly after, YOUTH IN THE SHADE set the record for being the best-selling debut album in K-pop history. Over 1,240,700 copies were sold in just 24 hours of sales. 

Additionally, ZB1 is a project group that will promote under WakeOne Entertainment, a CJ ENM subsidiary. 

Featured image: Jellyfish Entertainment’s newest boy group EVNNE confirms debut date. Credit: Twitter/EVNNE

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VERIVERY’s Dongheon Confirms Military Enlistment in 2023

As the oldest in the group, Lee Dong Heon will be the first member of VERIVERY to enlist for military service

Dongheon has finally confirmed his plans for military enlistment. The VERIVERY leader announced his intention to enlist for mandatory military service later this year.

Jellyfish Entertainment Confirms Dongheon’s Military Enlistment Plans

VERIVERY’s agency Jellyfish Entertainment shared the news with Xsportsnews.

“VERIVERY’s Dongheon will enlist in the military this year,” the company stated.

The agency continued that Lee Dong Heon’s enlistment date has not yet been confirmed. Nevertheless, they will share an update as soon as possible.

“We ask for your understanding that we are unable to provide you with an exact date of enlistment because we have not yet received the draft notice. He will faithfully carry out his national duty in accordance with his future date of enlistment,” they confirmed.

Dongheon will be the first member of VERIVERY to enlist for mandatory military service. He is the eldest member of the group and is already expected to enlist this year. Other members Hoyoung, Minchan, Gyehyeon, Yeonho, Yongseung and Kangmin are not yet due for enlistment.

Lee Dong Heon is the leader and main rapper of VERIVERY. He trained for five years before debuting with the group in January 2019. For now, his enlistment date has not yet been revealed. However, the rapper will enlist before the end of the year. Stay tuned for more updates on this story.

VERIVERY debuted as a seven-member group in January 2019 with the EP ‘Veri-Us’ and its lead single “Ring Ring Ring”. The idols produced their own music video for the track. VERIVERY is currently a self-producing group that works on their own albums and music videos.

In 2020, VERIVERY participated in Mnet’s reality television competition “Road to Kingdom”. They released the song “Beautiful-X” for the show’s finale where they placed fifth overall.

VERIVERY is currently set to perform in G-KPop Concert 2023 in Seoul’s Gangnam-gu district on May 5, 2023.

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