Ok-pop star Moonbin of boy band Astro dies at 25

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SEOUL: Ok-pop star Moonbin, a member of the boy band Astro, has died, his music label and South Korean police talked about on Thursday, prompting an outpouring of grief from followers.

The 25-year-old singer was found ineffective at his dwelling in southern Seoul late Wednesday, a spokesperson for the National Police Agency talked about, together with that there was no proof of foul play.

Moonbin’s label Fantagio Music moreover launched a press launch on Thursday confirming his dying nevertheless with out disclosing the set off.

“On April 19, Astro member Moon Bin unexpectedly left our world and became a star in the sky,” it talked about on Twitter.

It requested that folk “refrain from speculative and malicious reports” so that his family pays their respects and honour him in peace.

The label’s announcement prompted a whole lot of suggestions from grieving followers, many expressing disbelief.

“Rest in peace, Moonbin. I hope the stars and the moon treat you well. I hope they give you all the comfort and love,” one wrote on Twitter.

“I can’t focus on work now. This really hurts,” wrote one different.

Moon Bin — who carried out as Moonbin — was a member of the group Astro and as well as carried out with a sub-group known as Moonbin & Sanha.

He joined Fantagio’s trainee programme at an early age and was an actor and child model sooner than debuting with Astro in February 2016.

Prior to his passing, Moonbin & Sanha had been set to hold out on the upcoming Dream Concert — certainly one of many largest Ok-pop joint live performance occasions in South Korea — in May.

The group had moreover been within the midst of their Diffusion Fan Con Tour all through Asia, and had launched an official fan group internet web page on Weverse — the worldwide fandom platform from Ok-pop megastars BTS’s firm HYBE — on Sunday.

“While no passing from any artist is ever to be expected, Moonbin’s untimely passing was all the more shocking given how active the young star was, even the week of his death,” Jeff Benjamin, Billboard’s Ok-pop columnist, suggested AFP.

“No one around him saw this coming, but what we can keep is his undeniable smile,” he added.

“I’ve seen its brightness compared to the Cheshire Cat from ‘Alice and Wonderland’, and the wonderful music and performances he gave us.”

Cut-throat enterprise

Beneath the glitz and glamour, the Ok-pop enterprise will also be acknowledged for its cut-throat rivals, a shortage of privateness, on-line bullying and relentless public stress to care for a healthful image all the time and at any worth.

South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency, citing an unnamed police official, reported that authorities think about Moon’s dying is a case of an apparent suicide.

Several totally different youthful Ok-pop stars have died of suspected suicides in current instances, along with Goo Hara who handed in 2019. She had been abused by an ex-boyfriend who, after they lower up, blackmailed her over their intercourse films.

The suspected suicide occurred a month after her shut pal, Ok-pop star Sulli, took her private life after an prolonged wrestle with on-line bullying, prompting requires in South Korea for stronger punishments for cybercrimes.

Sulli’s dying echoed that of fellow Ok-pop star Jonghyun, who took his life in 2017 after battling melancholy.

“It’s always the people who smile the most who suffer the greatest,” thought-about certainly one of Moon’s followers wrote.

“When the sky shines beautifully we’ll think of you and when the stars shine bright we will think of you.”

SEOUL: Ok-pop star Moonbin, a member of the boy band Astro, has died, his music label and South Korean police talked about on Thursday, prompting an outpouring of grief from followers.

The 25-year-old singer was found ineffective at his dwelling in southern Seoul late Wednesday, a spokesperson for the National Police Agency talked about, together with that there was no proof of foul play.

Moonbin’s label Fantagio Music moreover launched a press launch on Thursday confirming his dying nevertheless with out disclosing the set off.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

“On April 19, Astro member Moon Bin unexpectedly left our world and became a star in the sky,” it talked about on Twitter.

It requested that folk “refrain from speculative and malicious reports” so that his family pays their respects and honour him in peace.

The label’s announcement prompted a whole lot of suggestions from grieving followers, many expressing disbelief.

“Rest in peace, Moonbin. I hope the stars and the moon treat you well. I hope they give you all the comfort and love,” one wrote on Twitter.

“I can’t focus on work now. This really hurts,” wrote one different.

Moon Bin — who carried out as Moonbin — was a member of the group Astro and as well as carried out with a sub-group known as Moonbin & Sanha.

He joined Fantagio’s trainee programme at an early age and was an actor and child model sooner than debuting with Astro in February 2016.

Prior to his passing, Moonbin & Sanha had been set to hold out on the upcoming Dream Concert — certainly one of many largest Ok-pop joint live performance occasions in South Korea — in May.

The group had moreover been within the midst of their Diffusion Fan Con Tour all through Asia, and had launched an official fan group internet web page on Weverse — the worldwide fandom platform from Ok-pop megastars BTS’s firm HYBE — on Sunday.

“While no passing from any artist is ever to be expected, Moonbin’s untimely passing was all the more shocking given how active the young star was, even the week of his death,” Jeff Benjamin, Billboard’s Ok-pop columnist, suggested AFP.

“No one around him saw this coming, but what we can keep is his undeniable smile,” he added.

“I’ve seen its brightness compared to the Cheshire Cat from ‘Alice and Wonderland’, and the wonderful music and performances he gave us.”

Cut-throat enterprise

Beneath the glitz and glamour, the Ok-pop enterprise will also be acknowledged for its cut-throat rivals, a shortage of privateness, on-line bullying and relentless public stress to care for a healthful image all the time and at any worth.

South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency, citing an unnamed police official, reported that authorities think about Moon’s dying is a case of an apparent suicide.

Several totally different youthful Ok-pop stars have died of suspected suicides in current instances, along with Goo Hara who handed in 2019. She had been abused by an ex-boyfriend who, after they lower up, blackmailed her over their intercourse films.

The suspected suicide occurred a month after her shut pal, Ok-pop star Sulli, took her private life after an prolonged wrestle with on-line bullying, prompting requires in South Korea for stronger punishments for cybercrimes.

Sulli’s dying echoed that of fellow Ok-pop star Jonghyun, who took his life in 2017 after battling melancholy.

“It’s always the people who smile the most who suffer the greatest,” thought-about certainly one of Moon’s followers wrote.

“When the sky shines beautifully we’ll think of you and when the stars shine bright we will think of you.”