On the late night of April 19 (KST), the ḳöŕệän public and fans around the world were ̾s̾h̾o̾c̾ked by the news that Moonbin (ASTRO) pa̾s̾sed away. In the days that followed, artists and fans of the K-pop industry expressed their endless mourning for the young male artist.
K-pop artists show respect and condolences to the d̾e̾c̾e̾a̾s̾e ̾d in many different ways. Recently, several idols have been spotted wearing black to the airport, probably out of respect for him.
Here are the K-pop artists spotted in costumes expressing their condolences over Moonbin's pa̾s̾sing:
February 19 seems to be a dark day for the K-pop industry when suddenly witnessing the pa̾s̾sing of ASTRO Moobin. The male idol was found by his manager at his home in Gangnam, Seoul at 20:00 on the same day. He was taken to the emergency room immediately but did not survive. The cause of ďệäẗḧ is believed to be su1cide.
The male idol's fun3ral was held on April 22 at Asan Medical Center, Seoul. Moonbin was born in 1998, he is at 25 years old forever. In front of Moobin's pass1ng, the members of ASTRO couldn't hold back their tears. They also blamed themselves for not timely understanding and helping Moonbin through that difficult period.
All ASTRO members including Eunwoo who have their own schedules in the US and MJ who is serving in the m̴i̴l̴i̴t̴a̴r̴y̴ have also returned to Moonbin's c0ffin. Meanwhile, fellow K-pop artists have postponed schedules, content as well as dressed in black to express their condolences over the pa̾s̾sing of their late colleague.
In it, the members of ENHYPEN appeared at the airport to head to the United States to attend the WE BRIDGE Music Festival & Expo in Las Vegas. They were spotted wearing dark outfits and keeping quiet, quickly leaving after greeting the press and fans.
(G)I-DLE is also on its way to the US to participate in the schedule. The female artists also dress casually in black outfits...
Similar to other artists, MONSTA X, Bam Bam, TREASURE also attended WE BRIDGE Music Festival & Expo in Las Vegas, USA...
In particular, BTS SUGA departed for New York to prepare for his first concert in the Solo World Tour. SUGA appeared this morning (KST) with a black outfit and quickly left the waiting room where reporters and fans were waiting.
Before that, in the context of the whole K-pop industry mourning Moonbin's departure, SUGA canceled some pre-set content and schedules. It included a fansign with fans via video call (21/4) and the release of a dance practice version of the new song Haegeum (22/4). These events and content will be rescheduled for the days following Moonbin's funeral.
Besides SUGA, there are also many other artists who cancel or postpone their schedules in memory of the d̾e̾c̾e̾a̾s̾e ̾d male artist. Music programs such as the April 20 broadcast of Mnet's 'M! Countdown' and KBS2's 'Music Bank' sent a message of condolences and performers will be asked to wear black if possible.
Events like "On the way to Music Bank" were also cancelled. K-pop artists currently working on comeback or debut teaser content, such as iKON, Xdinary Heroes, Xikers, and newly debuted boy group The Wind have announced the postponement of teasers for the next few days.
Artists who are not currently in promotion but have events such as YouTube content releases planned, have also announced the postponement of the release of content, such as ITZY or YOUNITE. HYBE girl group - LE SSERAFIM has decided to postpone their scheduled recording for JTBC's 'Knowing Brothers' to a later date.
Singer-actress IU has also requested to postpone a scheduled interview with the press regarding her big screen movie 'Dream'...
Not only that, many artists also paid tribute to Moonbin through posts on social networks. For example, RM also posted on his personal Instagram a black photo right after the news of Moonbin's pass1ing was spread.
Moonbin's pa̾s̾sing really left a great loss in the hearts of his family, members, fans and the whole K-pop industry. Bow down to see him off and hope he has a better life in the eternal world!
