[theqoo] [1 YEAR SINCE THE HYBE INCIDENT] HYBE WITHOUT NEWJEANS, SCREAMS ‘ONE TEAM’

Bang Si Hyuk stands united with HYBE’s LE SSERAFIM, ILLIT, and KATSEYE in a powerful backstage photo at the EASY CRAZY HOT tour, showing strength, solidarity, and one-team spirit against all odds.

HYBE’s chairman, Bang Si Hyuk, made a powerful statement of unity this past weekend as he posed for a special backstage photo with LE SSERAFIM, ILLIT, and KATSEYE — HYBE’s girl groups. The moment took place during LE SSERAFIM’s Seoul stop of their EASY CRAZY HOT world tour at Inspire Arena, Incheon, on April 19, 2025.

The image, later shared by LE SSERAFIM’s (formerly known as Twitter), wasn’t just a cute backstage moment — it symbolized a deeper message of strength, and another image was clicked by Yunjin perfectly. Apart from these two images, the girl groups – LE SSERAFIM, ILLIT, and KATSEYE took another picture with none other than HYBE’s chairman standing front and center with his girls. Showcasing unity, one vision, and one fight against the challenges of the industry.

Bang Si Hyuk captions, “united @le_sserafim @illit_official @katseyeworld #SourceMusic #BELIFTLAB #HYBE #ONETEAM”.

It’s the first-ever group photo featuring all of HYBE’s girl groups together, a moment fans have been waiting for. The presence of ILLIT and KATSEYE in support of their fellow labelmates highlights a growing sense of solidarity within HYBE, especially after months of public challenges and controversies.

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CR: Pinkvilla

1. But NewJeans were the ones who left by themselves so what’s “forced” about this?

2. NewJeans were the ones who didn’t want to be there???? What do you want us to do about it

3. This looks so satisfying now that the assailants are gone

4. Who cares if they are not there?

5. No but they were the ones who hated HYBEㅋㅋㅋ Seriously, I don’t get it

6. I just wish that NewJeans would pay the penalty fee and promote outside of HYBE. They earned a lot no? This will be beneficial for both parties. And right now, the general public is just too fed up with this

7. That was their own decision so why??? They were the ones who didn’t want to be part of the ‘one team’ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

8. NewJeans’ fans were triggered by this photo and are swearing at LeLIT again. This fandom will always be humiliating

“Let’s not feed the trolls Bunnies~”

9. NewJeans didn’t like them and left by themselves, so what?

10. ADOR took them back so why???