{"id":509378,"date":"2026-06-20T09:21:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T09:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/509378\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T09:21:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T09:21:23","slug":"enhypen-announces-first-comeback-without-founding-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/509378\/","title":{"rendered":"ENHYPEN Announces First Comeback Without Founding Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" top-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781947283_816_0x0.jpg\" alt=\"Prada - Arrivals - Milan Fashion Week - Womenswear Spring\/Summer 2026\" data-height=\"2408\" data-width=\"3613\" fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>MILAN, ITALY &#8211; SEPTEMBER 25: Enhypen attends the Prada fashion show during the Milan Womenswear Spring\/Summer 2026 on September 25, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Victor Boyko\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">ENHYPEN are coming back. According to Korean entertainment news agency Soompi, their label Belift Lab <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soompi.com\/article\/1848617wpp\/enhypen-announces-summer-comeback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.soompi.com\/article\/1848617wpp\/enhypen-announces-summer-comeback\" aria-label=\"confirmed to Dispatch\">confirmed to Dispatch<\/a> that the group will make their first comeback as a six-member group in August this year. &#8220;ENHYPEN is preparing with the goal of making a comeback in August. We will share detailed information through an official notice,&#8221; the agency stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">The mini album is now confirmed to be called The Sin: Bliss, has six tracks and will be out August 21, per presave info <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/prerelease\/5n1Ei30h1k3GsrEx3qQpXM?si=CG1RiCrWQ-uFib-h5WoCDg&amp;go=1&amp;utm_source=Original_Original&amp;utm_medium=Original&amp;utm_content=3fd50a2f-0401-4afe-8205-ca167b69c706_none_ENHYPEN_none_none_none_20260611_https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F_ingrooves-marketing_US_enhypen.lnk.to%2Fthesinbliss&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=c5c07b9497b046d9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/prerelease\/5n1Ei30h1k3GsrEx3qQpXM?si=CG1RiCrWQ-uFib-h5WoCDg&amp;go=1&amp;utm_source=Original_Original&amp;utm_medium=Original&amp;utm_content=3fd50a2f-0401-4afe-8205-ca167b69c706_none_ENHYPEN_none_none_none_20260611_https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F_ingrooves-marketing_US_enhypen.lnk.to%2Fthesinbliss&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=c5c07b9497b046d9\" aria-label=\"on Spotify\">on Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What ENHYPEN\u2019s August Comeback Means<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">The Sin: Bliss will mark ENHYPEN\u2019s first comeback in only seven months, following The Sin: Vanish in January. More significantly, it will be their first release as a group of six (Jungwon, Jay, Jake, Sunghoon, Sunoo, and Ni-ki) instead of the original seven, following Heeseung\u2019s departure from the group in March. The group is currently mid-tour on the Blood Saga World Tour, which kicked off May 1 and runs through the rest of the year and into 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Jake gave ENGENEs an early signal of what to expect <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/enhypen-heeseung-exit-plans-moving-forward-new-music-1236260135\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/enhypen-heeseung-exit-plans-moving-forward-new-music-1236260135\/\" aria-label=\"in a Billboard interview\">in a Billboard interview<\/a> shortly after the departure. &#8220;As of right now, we can\u2019t say too much. But our next project is crazy, it&#8217;s another level. I said this at the start of the year, but 2026 is going to be a very big year for us,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>What Happened With ENHYPEN And Heeseung<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Heeseung\u2019s <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/laurasirikul\/2026\/03\/10\/heeseung-departs-from-enhypen-preparing-for-solo-album\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/laurasirikul\/2026\/03\/10\/heeseung-departs-from-enhypen-preparing-for-solo-album\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"departure announcement\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">departure announcement<\/a> in March led to immediate and sustained fan backlash. In a handwritten letter posted to Weverse, <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chosun.com\/english\/kpop-culture-en\/2026\/03\/10\/VNQSLGQ32VDNBFYEFBIPDTQBAQ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.chosun.com\/english\/kpop-culture-en\/2026\/03\/10\/VNQSLGQ32VDNBFYEFBIPDTQBAQ\/\" aria-label=\"Heeseung wrote\">Heeseung wrote<\/a> that he had chosen to &#8216;follow the direction proposed by the company\u2019 in deciding how best to present his solo work, directly causeing widespread speculation that the departure may not have been entirely self-initiated, as well as protests outside HYBE\u2019s Seoul and Los Angeles offices and petitions from international fan communities. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hannahabraham\/2026\/03\/10\/enhypen-heeseung-bigbang-seungri-and-more-kpops-most-shocking-exits\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"ENHYPEN Heeseung, BIGBANG Seungri And More: KPop\u2019s Most Shocking Exits\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hannahabraham\/2026\/03\/10\/enhypen-heeseung-bigbang-seungri-and-more-kpops-most-shocking-exits\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForbesENHYPEN Heeseung, BIGBANG Seungri And More: KPop\u2019s Most Shocking ExitsBy Hannah Abraham<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Belift Lab confirmed the departure was permanent on March 16. &#8220;Heeseung will not be returning to ENHYPEN. He has a clear artistic direction he wants to pursue, and we decided to respect that,&#8221; the agency <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.koreaherald.com\/article\/10694588\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.koreaherald.com\/article\/10694588\" aria-label=\"told the Korea Herald\">told the Korea Herald<\/a>. By that time, a petition asking to reinstate his group position had <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hannahabraham\/2026\/03\/15\/belift-lab-reaffirms-enhypens-heeseung-will-not-return-despite-1-million-petition-signatures\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hannahabraham\/2026\/03\/15\/belift-lab-reaffirms-enhypens-heeseung-will-not-return-despite-1-million-petition-signatures\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"received over 1 million signatures.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">received over 1 million signatures. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">He has since <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/laurasirikul\/2026\/04\/08\/heeseung-launches-his-new-solo-era-as-evan\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/laurasirikul\/2026\/04\/08\/heeseung-launches-his-new-solo-era-as-evan\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"rebranded as EVAN\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">rebranded as EVAN<\/a> and is preparing new music aimed for a June release. His departure came weeks after ENHYPEN\u2019s seventh mini album, The Sin: Vanish, <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/enhypen-tops-artist-100-first-time-sin-vanish-top-album-sales-1236163418\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/enhypen-tops-artist-100-first-time-sin-vanish-top-album-sales-1236163418\/\" aria-label=\"debuted at No.1\">debuted at No.1<\/a> on the Top Album Sales Chart and sold over two million copies in its first week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILAN, ITALY &#8211; SEPTEMBER 25: Enhypen attends the Prada fashion show during the Milan Womenswear Spring\/Summer 2026 on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[217541,217545,217547,217542,217546,93,155748,217543,61,60,278,217544],"class_list":["post-509378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-enhypen-comeback","tag-enhypen-comeback-date","tag-enhypen-evan","tag-enhypen-heeseung","tag-enhypen-the-sin-bliss","tag-entertainment","tag-heeseung","tag-heeseung-evan","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-the-sin-bliss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}