Lim Youngmin, who quit the group due to drunk driving, will make his solo debut! The company made a “mistake” to post his comeback news on the AB6IX account. Korean netizens: “It feels like it was intentional.”

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In 2017, Lim Young Min, who appeared in the second season of “PRODUCE 101″and was widely known, later formed “MXM”with Kim Dong Hyun to carry out activities. After the Wanna One activities ended, they formed the 5-member group “AB6IX”with Wanna One former Lee Dae-hwi, Park Woo-jin, and Jeon-woong, and they were loved by fans at home and abroad.

However, in June 2020, Lin Youngmin was exposed for drunk driving and quit the group. In November of the same year, he announced his enlistment as active duty. Lim Young-min, who was discharged from the military in May last year, said, “Thank you to those who waited and supported me through my military life. During my military life, I also looked back at myself and thought about how inadequate I was and how big my mistakes were. I have learned a lot from the injury I suffered.”

In January of this year, Lim Youngmin conveyed his current situation through SNS: “I have deeply reviewed my actions in the past period of time. In order to become a better person, I summoned up the courage to say hello to everyone.”On the 22nd, BRANDNEW MUSIC announced that he will be solo As a singer, he released his first EP “Room”on the 29th. The album includes the title song “IN MY ROOM”and four songs including “LET ME OUT”, “BROKEN WINGS”and “again”.

But…the staff of BRANDNEW MUSIC actually uploaded Lim Youngmin’s comeback news on AB6IX’s official account, which also sparked heated discussions on the Korean Internet. Korean netizens said: “BDC was left out in the cold, and finally let go, why?”, “No… To be honest, is uploading to the AB6IX account plausible? After so many years, the captain actually drunk and drove, and did not immediately Withdrew, it became 4 people, and I released my solo album after retiring from the army with the cheek”, “It even makes people wonder if it was deliberately uploaded for hype in this way”, “(The group) could have been higher, because That person…”, “Oh my god…I’m not a fan, I get angry when I see it”, “It doesn’t seem like a mistake”, “It’s better to go back to AB6IX! After AB6IX became a 4-member group It’s been on a downward trend”, “Crazy, but does he really have fans”, “Rhymer what the hell are you trying to do? AB6IX fans must be pissed”, etc.