APRIL: The girl group was lackluster until it disbanded, and the drama boycotted the council of one member

April debuted in 2015 with her debut mini album Dreaming. At that time, the group consisted of 6 members Jinsol, Yena, Naeun, Hyun Joo, Chaewon and leader Somin. Debuting at an average age of 17.5, the members carry many ambitions and aspirations.

During the press conference to introduce the first product, the group shared with the press: "Because we are young, the members will work hard and continue to work for a long time." At that time, the members had high hopes for a bright, optimistic future as well as the content of the songs they performed.

However, just a few months after debut, leader Somin announced his departure from the group. The reason she gave was that it did not match the pure, lovely style that April pursued. In 2016, member Hyun Joo continued to interrupt her activities.

In October of the same year, the female singer confirmed that she left the group to pursue an acting career. However, in 2021, Hyunjoo revealed that the real reason why she left was being boycotted by the members. This is also a serious scandal, affecting April while the group's career shows signs of improvement.

After the departure of the key member, April added two new girls, Rachel and Chaekyung. However, the group's career did not flourish. April's songs all ranked low, even disappeared on music charts.

Debuting the same year as April, there were TWICE, GFriend, Oh My Girl... While their colleagues achieved much success, TWICE even rose to the position of Korea's top girl group, April still remained in the background. The public hardly knows April's name even though they have entered their 6th year of operation. April has never even won once on weekly music shows.

By 2020, April had just begun to gain attention thanks to the success of member Na Eun when entering the film industry. Na Eun even surpassed Suzy, YoonA, Tzuyu... and topped the poll of Most Beautiful Korean Idol conducted by Daily Sports.

However, just as there were signs of improvement, April got into trouble again. In March, an anonymous account posted an article with the title: "All members of April are the culprits." The article accuses all April members of isolating Hyun Joo since she was a trainee. The female singer was depressed and even wanted to think about the boycott of her group members.

After that, Hyun Joo personally spoke up. She said: "The boycott started in 2014, when I was preparing to debut, and continued until 2016, when I left the group. At that time I was 17 years old and had to live in a dorm. I spent 24 hours every day. day with this person in a place where no one helps me."

"During those three years, I had to endure violent actions and behavior, taunts, curses, and attacks. It was especially painful when I had to endure baseless insults and attacks against people precious relatives like grandmother, parents, younger brother," Hyun Joo declared. The female singer emphasized that DSP Media knew about the incident but turned a blind eye.

At that time, Korea had a huge wave of exposing stars of school violence. Therefore, the article denouncing April quickly received attention. At the time, DSP Media denied the allegations and threatened legal action against "those who claim to be Lee Hyun Joo's family members and post articles on the online community." .

However, the public still criticized and boycotted Na Eun as well as the April members. Many brands decided to terminate advertising contracts with the female singer. Na Eun was even removed from the movie project Taxi Driver. The peak of the controversy was when April members directly responded to the press about the accusations in June 2021. April members affirmed that they were not the perpetrators, but the victims in the incident. The members even brought psychological records from their time working with Hyun Joo to prove the pressure they were under. According to April, they were scared so they couldn't boycott Hyun Joo.

"Hyun Joo didn't show up to the Music Bank rehearsal. She just arrived right before the live broadcast, and we couldn't perform as planned. After that, we started promoting Tinkerbell, and she He continued to not appear on Show Champion. The next day, the manager said we would start activities with 4 members," a member said in an interview with Sports Kyunghyang.

However, later, the public discovered many holes in April's words. For example, April announced that only Hyun Joo was given priority by the company to use the phone. Therefore, they could not capture evidence of mental trauma by Hyun Joo. However, photos taken at Chae Won's graduation ceremony in 2016 showed that all members were holding cell phones.

This makes the public even more distrustful of April. While the incident was unclear who was right and who was wrong, April's explanations pushed the public to side with Hyun Joo.

On January 28, Korean media reported that April's management company, DSP Media, confirmed the group's disbandment. "The company and members have decided after many discussions. The group should go their separate ways, it is the best choice" DSP Media stated.