Stray Kids Member Woojin Is Leaving the K-Pop Group - Teen Vogue

Kim Woo Jin, better known by his stage name Woojin, is officially leaving K-pop group Stray Kids, citing “personal" reasons. The news comes barely a week before the band’s planned comeback.

The group’s management, JYP Entertainment, disclosed the unexpected news on October 28 with a small post on the band’s social media and fan forum. “Woojin, who has been a member of Stray Kids, has left the team and terminated his contract due to personal circumstances. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused many fans,” the company wrote.

Until today, Stray Kids, which debuted in early 2018 after its formation in 2017 though JYP and Mnet’s reality show “Stray Kids,” was made up of nine members: Woojin, Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin, and I.N. As noted by K-pop reporter Jeff Benjamin, Woojin’s profile was swiftly removed from Stray Kids’s official website.

In their announcement, JYP also disclosed that due to Woojin’s departure, the group’s upcoming mini-album, entitled Clé: LEVANTER, would release on December 9 instead of November 2, when it was originally intended to come out.

Though the exact reasons for Woojin’s exit remain undisclosed, fans of the group — known as STAYs — started the hashtag #ThankYouWoojin shortly after the announcement to reminisce about past times and express their love and support for the vocalist.

“#ThankYouWoojin for literally being the reason that got me into stray kids. Thank you for sharing the world your beautiful voice. Thank you for being the reason for a lot of peoples smiles. Thank you for all your hard work, you really did well. Thank you,” a STAY wrote on Twitter using the hashtag. “I hope stray kids and stay continue feeling like the family we are and support each other more than ever, Woojin we already miss you,” another one added.

The South Korean company apologized to fans and asked them to send their support to Woojin as he sets off “on a new path.” They also disclosed the band would carry on as an octet.

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