[ARTICLE + OPINIONATED PIECE] Home was Seven – ENHYPEN after Heeseung:

It is 31st March 2026, a day that was supposedly meant to be filled with good news from HYBE BELIFT LAB.

Previously, on March 10th 2026, BELIFT announced the oldest member, Heeseung’s, departure from the once 7-member group. This broke out chaos within the fandom; protests happening internationally, trucks being sent to HYBE’s Seoul location, being the number 1 trending topic on X and even a petition which gained 2 million signs for Heeseung to return to the group whilst pursuing solo activities. Sadly, it seems as if our efforts have gone to waste.

– for more information, read: https://mominatalks.com/2026/03/10/article-lee-heeseung-leaves-originally-7-member-k-pop-group-enhypen/ and https://mominatalks.com/2026/03/17/a-week-since-heeseungs-departure-from-enhypen-announcement-whats-new/ –

The reality of this outcome is that ENHYPEN is now be a 6-member group, regardless of how they are in our hearts. We are no longer Heeseung’s ENGENE’s because he is no longer in ENHYPEN. At award shows, for the fans choice award, it will be ENHYPEN versus Heeseung. New ENGENE’s will learn the group as 6 members and question who Heeseung was for the group, not knowing he was the backbone of their entire discography. BELIFT knowing that Heeseung already has a fan-base (whether that’s ENGENE’s or solo stans) makes it a perfect business strategy for them to gain more revenue, which is the sad truth. A company will forever look for more ways to increase their profit, and they just discarded the social aspects of it. To them, it is a win either way because they know the fans care for all 7 members and that majority of them will not boycott a soloist, who had previously been buzzing when talking about his album to his fans. I want Heeseung back, but chances are lower than ever now, so all we can do it support his solo career, so that I don’t feel like I’ve failed as a fan. In some way, I am excited for him, but the way he left was dealt with horribly – we didn’t even get a goodbye! When I used to think of ENHYPEN, I would think “comfort space”, but now it is just associated with sad connotations. They did amazingly in 2025 – released their first English single “Loose“, performed at Coachella, released their album “Desire: Unleash“, went on their Walk The Line tour and even won the grand prize (daesang) when BTS had one every single year before them! How has it came to this?

I will continue to support ENHYPEN and Heeseung, but Home will always belong to the version of them that had seven.