Rocky (Astro): Leaving the group after dating rumors, now her name is called after Moonbin's death

Rocky is known as a former member of the group Astro, the male singer left the group after being caught up in dating noise. In addition to singing, Rocky also invaded acting and created attention. Recently, the news of Moonbin's death made the name Rocky more interested.

Rocky was born on February 25, 1999 in Jinju City, Gyeongsangnam Province, South Korea. He used to be a 6th grade practicing music major at Hanlim Arts High School. It is known that the male idol is the oldest brother in a family with two brothers.

With a passion and burning desire for music, since 5th grade, he started becoming a trainee of Fantagio after the introduction of a brother from the musical group Billy Elliot. In 2011, Rocky decided to join a Korean reality TV show Korea's Got Talent.

Before joining the group ASTRO, he participated in the trainee project. In August 2015, the male singer and actor debuted for the first time through the web-drama "To Be Continued".

In 2016, Rocky officially debuted with ASTRO with 5 members: Jin Jin, MJ, Cha Eun Woo, Moonbin and Yoon San-ha. In the group, Rocky is the lead rapper and main dancer.

In 2018, Rocky became the runner-up of 1theK's Dance War competition with the highest specialization score. After that, Rocky continued to release many different music products. In 2022, Rocky and JinJin debuted in ASTRO's subgroup as singers.

It can be said that he is always working hard to expand his career to get victories and great awards. At the same time, it gives the audience a list of albums, recreating excellent and meaningful music products.

By October 2022, Korean social networks spread rumors that male singer Rocky is in a dating relationship with actress Park Bo Yeon. It is known that both stars played lovers in a movie and fell in love from there. Both have revealed a lot of evidence that makes the audience suspicious.

Even the male idol let his girlfriend write the lyrics and read the lines in the solo song, together posting a photo on social networks. The couple clearly showed their support for the other, making the public more confident in the suspicion of the two stars' affection. While Rocky sent a coffee truck to the set to support his 5-year-old girlfriend, Park Bo Yeon was also seen going to see Rocky's musical.

However, the focus is on the vastly different responses from the two management companies. While Park Bo Yeon's agency denied that they were dating, saying that the two were just colleagues, Rocky's agency confirmed that the two were in love. Fantagio Entertainment said, the couple is in the process of getting to know each other after meeting through a movie together and gradually becoming close.

The contrasting moves of the two management companies became a topic of discussion on social networks, many netizens constantly questioned the couple's real relationship.

Shortly after the noisy dating, Rocky surprised when he announced his departure from the Astro group. After the discussion, Rocky decided not to re-sign and left Fantagio where he has been with for nearly 14 years since he was a trainee until now. This decision means that Astro will continue to work with a 5-member lineup.

On his personal page, Rocky choked up and wrote a handwritten letter informing fans, "I would like to say hello to the fans after a long time. First of all, I want to apologize for not being able to bring you good news. But I think it was the right thing to let AROHA know this information first, so I'm writing this letter. me with ASTRO.

My time working as ASTRO Rocky is very special to me. The members have always been with me and especially AROHA, my biggest motivation, thank you very much. Thanks to your love and encouragement, I have grown and learned a lot. No matter where I am, I will never forget the memories of being with the members and AROHA and loving it so much."

It is known that the male idol has spent more than 17 years with the company, including 7 years working as a piece of ASTRO. Fantagio's representative said, "After discussing with Rocky, the two sides have come to the decision to terminate his exclusive contract as well as his activities as a member of ASTRO."

After Rocky left the group, Astro was no longer active in group activities. Although the remaining members including JinJin, Cha Eun Woo, Moonbin, and Sanha all simultaneously moved on with Fantagio after successfully re-signing. As for MJ's case, he will discuss contract renewal after being discharged from the army. However, ASTRO since the day Rocky left the group has mainly focused on unit and solo activities.

Late at night of April 19 (Vietnam time), the news that member Moonbin (ASTRO) died at the age of 25 shocked and saddened fans all over Asia. After the sudden departure of Moonbin at the age of 25, the remaining Astro members also became the focus of attention, including Rocky.

After Moonbin passed away, Moon Sua - the younger sister of the late singer suddenly followed the accounts of the ASTRO members. She also followed Rocky even though he is now a former member. And this move of Moon Sua shows that Rocky still maintains a good relationship with his old teammates.

Members San Ha and Jin Jin stood by the coffin all night until dawn. MJ was allowed to be temporarily discharged from the army to attend the funeral. As for Rocky, because he left the group, no one knows his information, however, many fans believe that Rocky was heartbroken and was also standing by Moonbin's coffin. Moonbin's family wants the male idol's funeral to be private, avoiding reporters' cameras.

Moonbin's departure also raised alarm bells about the harshness of the public towards idols. From the fact that Rocky had to leave the group because of the dating news to the fact that Moonbin passed away due to mental illness. One day before his death, Moonbin shared a full picture of 6 Astro group members with the message: "My everything, my all".

From the case of Astro, the public can see the harshness of Kpop when idols often join the company from a very young age, some are 13-14 years old. They are strictly controlled, burying themselves all day in the practice room singing and dancing. These things make the idols' psychology unstable. According to the media, idols at the same time have to endure tremendous pressure from the outside, and at the same time have to hide and fight for the real person inside.

Many fans hope that Astro members will support each other mentally in the coming time to overcome this difficult period.

Cha Eun Woo nửa đêm "kiệt quệ" vì thương nhớ Moonbin, hành động khiến ai nấy đều xót xa lo lắng? Pipi09:37:49 31/05/2023Sau gần 2 tháng Moonbin qua đời, Cha Eun Woo vẫn chưa thể vượt qua nỗi mất mát. Dù vẫn quay cuồng với lịch trình công việc, thế nhưng đêm xuống, Cha Eun Woo không thể cầm được lòng khi nghĩ về người bạn đã mất của mình.