"Truly heartbreaking": Fans react as former RIIZE's Seunghan gets removed from the K-pop boy group's official website

Seunghan (Image via X/@RIIZE_official)
Seunghan (Image via X/@RIIZE_official)

On Tuesday, October 15, fans noticed that the former RIIZE member Seunghan was removed from the K-pop boy group's official website on SM Entertainment. The website, which consists of the members' names, pictures, and other streaming information regarding the group's songs, recently experienced a change in their website, and fans have been upset about the same.

This followed the announcement of Seunghan's permanent departure from the K-pop boy group, as announced on October 13. Given that fans have already been upset about the idol's departure, they were further saddened to realize that his traces on RIIZE's platforms have slowly begun to be erased.

Many fans have been angered following the announcement of Seunghan's departure from RIIZE. They expressed that the decision was unfair and also stated that they were not happy to support RIIZE as a six-member group. Therefore, several protests and campaigns have been taking place on social media platforms like X, demanding and advocating for the idol's return to the group.

People have also been expressing interest in boycotting the group if it were to continue its promotions without Seunghan. While many hoped that their protests and campaigns would bring out some fruitful results in getting the idol back as a RIIZE member, they were disappointed to notice the slow erasure of Seunghan from the group. Here are a few reactions regarding the same:

"we’re witnessing something truly heartbreaking rn btw"
"Use this as motivation to continue to be louder about boycotting and bringing him back" said a fan on X
"they are starting to remove seunghan’s name from riize official platforms. PLEASE dont stop. let’s do everything we can. PLEASE encourage everyone to post tags everyday. PLS help us briize and our boys." added another fan
"are we really willing to let this slide? keep boycotting, keep unfollowing, hold everyone around you accountable." commented a netizen

More fans and netizens expressed their determination to fight for the K-pop idol's return to RIIZE.

"this makes me sick god please take all of seunghan’s suffering and give it to sm" stated a fan on X
"guys WE HAVE TO FIGHT EVEN HARDER. we have to go harder everyday, and we absolutely cannot give up now. this time is so crucial so please lets work hard." said an X user
"this is so insane. do they not see how much they've lost because of removing him???" added another X user

SM Entertainment announced Seunghan's departure from RIIZE shortly after the notice of his return from hiatus

On October 11, SM Entertainment and its subsidiary, Wizard Production, under which RIIZE is housed, released a statement announcing that Seunghan will gradually be returning to the K-pop boy group's schedules after the end of the hiatus.

The idol entered an indefinite hiatus in November 2023 after pictures of him and his former girlfriend, and screenshots of conversations between him and friends were leaked on the internet. While many fans were excited to hear about the idol's return, some fans protested against the announcement and showcased their displeasure with his return to RIIZE.

Therefore, on October 13, SM Entertainment and Wizard Production released another statement announcing the idol's permanent departure from the group.

"We made this decision after debating it for a long time because we thought that if Seunghan returned after reflecting on his past wrongdoings and RIIZE showed another level of growth as a group, we would be able to give the artist and the fans greater joy."

They continued,

"However, the announcement of his return, we ruminated carefully on each and every one of the opinions and responses sent in by fans, and we realized that our decision had actually hurt fans more and caused them greater confusion instead."

They also added the idol himself had suggested leaving the group for the betterment of RIIZE, their fans, and SM Entertainment. Lastly, they concluded the statement by expressing their apology toward the current RIIZE members for the rocky road they had to experience in light of the incident.

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Edited by Bharath S
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