Ahead Of The Concert, Sunghoon Calls Forced Agency To Leave Brown Eyed Soul

JAKARTA - Singer Sunghoon talked about leaving the group R&B from Korea, Brown Eyed Soul. This upload was shared after the Brown Eyed Soul concert in December was sold out.

Brown Eyed Soul, which is a vocal group of four members, became a trio after Sunghoon was declared out in 2023. Before leaving, Sunghoon had time to upload that he might come out but could not explain the reason.

Long Play Music as Brown Eyed Soul's agency explained that Sunghoon's decision to leave the group was the result of an agreement even though he was reluctant to explain specifically.

I never want to leave the group. I hope everyone knows I want to save the group with my abilities, wrote Sunghoon through his Instagram account.

Sunghoon released a solo album in June 2022 after Naul, a member of the Brown Eyed Soul group, had a throat problem. In addition, their group has no plans to release the latest work.

"I prayed and waited but I couldn't just sit still so I chose to release a second album. But via the internet I just found out Naul's voice was back and he was preparing for a solo project," continued Sunghoon.

"For me praying for Naul to come back, of course that's shocking news but at that moment, 20 years of anger I exploded," he said.

The agency forced him to close his YouTube account and stop promoting his second solo album if he still wanted to join Brown Eyed Soul. He was even forced to sign a contract termination letter with the group.

We agreed to terminate the contract without revealing the reason to anyone. I tried to be fine with the comment 'Three are perfect numbers' but if they want to do that, shouldn't they delete my name from the fifth album?' said Sunghoon.

The group agency responded to Sunghoon's upload by stating, "He received professional treatment but in the process, he gave a bad message to his fellow members and family. We helped promote a solo album so he recovered but he didn't show any change."

"Although we hope that he will be better, as Sunghoon's longtime partner, we will also take legal action if he continues to spread false rumors and damage the reputation of artists and companies," Long Play Music said.

Brown Eyed Soul just released their fifth album titled Soul Tricycle at the end of September. They also held a concert at Gocheok Sky Dome, Seoul at the end of December with all tickets sold out.