Kim Ji-woo, otherwise known professionally as Chuu, is a South Korean singer and television personality. On December 14, 2017, Chuu was revealed as the tenth member of the Korean idol girl group Loona. As part of the group's pre-debut release strategy, on December 28, he released his self-titled single album with "Heart Attack" as the title track.
On Friday, November 25, 2022, Naver news reported that LOONA's agency, BlockBerryCreative, had made a statement saying that Chuu had been kicked out of LOONA. Here is the full statement from the agency: "Hello This is BlockBerryCreative, We are releasing a statement to inform fans that we have decided that our agency's artist Chuu will be dropped and dismissed as a member of LOONA starting November 25, 2022.
There was a lot of speculation about LOONA's Chuu last year, but the agency and LOONA members did not release any statements so as not to cause problems with the group's growth or cause concern for fans. With the affection the LOONA members have for their fans, rather than telling what is true or not, they try to express their feelings by putting their best effort into their stage performances and content.
However, it was recently discovered that Chuu used abusive language and abused our staff, and after investigation, it is true. Now, the agency representative apologized and comforted the staff, and we have decided to take responsibility for this and expel Chuu from LOONA. First of all, we officially apologize to the staff who were deeply hurt by this incident, and we will do our best so that they can now recover and focus on treatment and then return to their normal lives.
We apologize to the fans who have loved and supported LOONA until now and sincerely apologize for not being able to have the 12 members together until the end. The agency and LOONA will work as hard as possible so that an incident like this never happens again in the future no matter what. Thank you." Meanwhile, back in June, BlockBerryCreative denied rumors that Chuu would join another agency.
Then in October, reports surfaced that Chuu was setting up his own agency, to which BlockBerryCreative also commented that the rumors were unfounded. On the other hand, after the news came out, LOONA fans and netizens couldn't believe and were disappointed by the behavior of the LOONA company, which acted arbitrarily towards Chuu.
On a fan site or Pannate, LOONA Fans express their disappointment with BlockBerryCreative by commenting like, "Chuu talked that he worked too hard for the company, and BlockBerry called him rude. I want the company closed," said one annoyed netizen. "Even Chuu has not received a salary until now," continued another netizen. "Does the company not realize that basically Chuu built the company," said another netizen.
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