BABYMONSTER, YG Entertainment's New Group Will Debut With 7 Members

JAKARTA - YG Entertainment will debut the newest female K-pop group after seven years since BLACKPINK. In the uploaded video, this agency presents YG founder Yang Hyun Suk who announced the latest news.

Previously they held the Last Evaluation or the final evaluation in which the trainees competed for a place in the final line-up. Yang Hyun Suk initially mentioned the trainees who would debut were five people and they joined the BABYMONSTER.

Yang Hyun Suk chose Ahyeon, Ruka, Chiquita, Haram, and Harita as members of BABYMONSTER. The audience found that he did not include Rora and Asa in the final line-up.

In his explanation, Yang Hyun Suk said Rora was initiated to debut with the next YG group, while Asa was planned to enter the group project he created in Japan. However, he realized that many fans wanted the seven trainees to debut.

"YG Family is not just an association of YG artists, as I believe YG fans and those watching this show are YG Family," said Yang Hyun Suk.

Then Yang Hyun Suk placed a photo with seven members and said, 'I will choose the seven with me.'

With this, BABYMONSTER will certainly debut with seven members after undergoing the final evaluation. YG plans their debut to be made in the coming fall.

BABYMONSTER consists of seven members with various ages and nationality. Ahyeon, Haram, and Rora are from South Korea, Ruka and Asa from Japan, as well as Chiquita and Harita from Thailand.

Since the video was released, fans have voiced their joy that BABYMONSTER will debut with seven members. The hashtag #BABYMONSTERISSEVEN was tweeted by more than 140 thousand tweets coming from Twitter users.