YG announces 2NE1's disbandment + Nam Tae Hyun's departure from WINNER 

YG announces 2NE1\'s disbandment + Nam Tae Hyun\'s departure from WINNER

YG Entertainment officially announced 2NE1\'s disbandment and Nam Tae Hyun\'s departure from WINNER.

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"Our contract with 2NE1 came to an end in May of 2016, and as we faced a situation where

Minzy is no longer with us, we ultimately came to a decision of 2NE1\'s official disbandment 

For the past 7 years, 2NE1 was a representative group of YG. We, too, cannot express how upset and disappointed we are. However, we judge that it\'ll be difficult to continue promoting. We decided that instead of looking forward to 2NE1\'s unpredictable promotions, we should rather focus on the solo promotions of the members.

We sincerely appreciate everyone who loved 2NE1 and their music.

Meanwhile, in May, YG renewed the contract with CL and Dara. Unfortunately, we officially announce that

"WINNER, who announced to have active promotions this year, unfortunately, had to halt all promotions due to Nam Tae Hyun\'s mental health issues. 

YG and rest of the members looked forward to and considered first and foremost for Nam Tae Hyun\'s recovery. 

However, it\'s a mental issue he struggled with since young age, and his recovery and return are unpredictable. Therefore, we judged that it\'s impossible for him to carry on promotions with WINNER. 

We are officially announcing that as of November 18, our contract with Nam Tae Hyun came to an end. We believe that the pressure on Nam Tae Hyun in causing issues to the group can no longer be halting the promotion of WINNER who\'s only a group of 2 years. 

Nam Tae Hyun can no longer be with WINNER, however, we wish for them to remain colleagues who can give support for each other\'s individual music promotions. 

YG plans to officially start preparing for WINNER\'s promotions with 4 members without any new addition to the group. Please give great support and encouragement for Nam Tae Hyun and WINNER who\'s facing a new start as a group of 4."

Oh well. You can blame this on YG all you want but the Korean public rejected Park Bom and Nam Tae hyun. CL and the other women in 2NE1 cannot put their careers on hold forever waiting on the public to "forgive" Park Bom. None of those girls are getting any younger. The only mistake I\'d say that YG made with Winner was using Nam Tae hyun as their point man in the beginning of Winner\'s promotions. Obviously he can\'t take the heat of being scrutinized and criticized for his every action. They save the group somewhat by putting Mino in the spotlight but I wonder just how long the "group" will last. I think the "idol group" concept is starting to break down. Solo acts are doing so well these days why not promote more people, especially the talented ones as solos.

This is a sad day, indeed!  First Minzy leaves, 2ne1 disbands but Park Bom was not renewed.....wow, YG! wow!

I saw it coming with CL solo activities and behavior. Since she said in a recent interview "I WAS in a band callED 2ne1" without describing her band, her members names or how it makes her as successfull as today, I knew that she wanted to forget her idol past and that 2NE1 aren\'t important for her now. I though that even if they have solo activities they don\'t need to disband but just have a "break" but it seems that the member don\'t believe in this band project anymore and... are not that close....

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