Kep1er to conclude their 2-year and 6-months journey as a group.
According to Star News' exclusive coverage on the 25th, Kep1er's members will return to their respective agencies by the end of July. Before concluding their activities, they plan to release an album and hold one final performance to bid farewell to their fans.
Kep1er is a multinational project girl group born through Mnet's 'Girls Planet 999' that ended in October 2021. They made their debut with their first mini-album 'FIRST IMPACT' in January 2022. Since they debuted with a predetermined activity period of 2 years and 6 months, their contracts will end in July 2024.
Despite their short period, Kep1er has achieved remarkable success in the global music market beyond South Korea. Therefore, the key executives of all members' agencies gathered to discuss extending the project activities once more. Wake One had previously stated that they would "continue to discuss extending activities" before the contract expires. If it had been realized, it would have been the first case of contract extension among idol groups produced from audition programs. That's why both Wake One and the members' agencies viewed the possibility positively. However, unfortunately, Kep1er recently decided not to extend their activities.
Kep1er will release their first full-length album 'Kep1going' in Japan on May 8th.
-I really loved WaDaDa, though...
-Time sure flies really fast...
-Wow... They're really popular in Japan
-Don't go... My Xiao Ting...
-Didn't Kep1er become really popular after WaDaDa? It's a shame that they couldn't produce songs that lived up to that afterward...
-It seems like there's news of everone disbanding this year...
-It's a shame...
-Well, there's nothing we can do about it... Some agencies are probably waiting for Kep1er's activities to end so they can prepare for the girls' next debut...
-That's a really long contract for a survival show group... 2 years and 6 months.
-It's expected since some companies are preparing for their groups' debuts.
-I'm not surprised... I'm sure their companies want to debut their own groups as soon as possible
-I already expected this... Ever since Wanna One, even IZONE disbanded without extending their activities...
-It was good while it lasted...
-Xiao Ting, please stay in Korea...
