At the end of 2022, the iKON announced that he was leaving YG Entertainment, the company responsible for forming the boy group, however, that they would continue their activities as a complete group under a new agency. At the beginning of 2023, all members signed with 143 Entertainment, where they remain until now.
With a busy schedule, the group is currently on their world tour entitled “TAKE OFF” where they began the North American leg at the beginning of last month. During their visit to New York, the group spoke with the columnist Jeff Benjaminand revealed the real reason they left YG (via Koreaboo).
Second Bobbyit all happened after the members met a “really cool guy” from 143 Entertainment who, in addition to telling them a little more about the agency’s history, offered them the opportunity to learn more about how the entertainment industry works from the inside, something that everyone the members had been interested since they were younger.
The rapper also states that “YG is a very beautiful and great company”, but that, lately, as much as they did everything for the group, all that was expected of iKON was “to be on stage and write songs”.
D.K. He also completed his colleague’s speech by stating that, since joining 143 Entertainment, the group has been able to “launch [seus] albums freely and make songs that resemble iKON’s colors and style freely.”
It is also worth remembering that, also in September, the six members of iKON won the rights to the group’s brands, which previously belonged to YG Entertainment.
iKON was formed by YG Entertainment through the survival show “Mix & Match” in September 2015. Currently, the group which consists of six members, Bobby (Kim Jiwon), Jay (Kim Jinhwan), JUNE (Koo Junhoe), Song (Song Yunhyeong), D.K. (Kim Donghyuk) It is Chan (Jung Chanwoo), is with the company 143 Entertainment.
The boy group’s most recent release took place in August 2023, with the single album “PANORAMA”. Watch the title track clip!
Source: Recreio
