{"id":588708,"date":"2026-08-10T08:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T08:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/588708\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T08:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T08:06:09","slug":"twices-jeongyeon-leaves-jyp-to-pursue-acting-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/588708\/","title":{"rendered":"TWICE&#8217;s Jeongyeon leaves JYP to pursue acting career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7fe38ac7-db5b-4bb8-94e8-c31afa25823c.png\" style=\"height: auto; aspect-ratio: 1215 \/ 791; width: 100%\" alt=\"Jeongyeon, member of the K-pop girl group TWICE, attends a promotional event in Seoul, June 18. Yonhap\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jeongyeon, member of the K-pop girl group TWICE, attends a promotional event in Seoul, June 18. Yonhap<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Jeongyeon, a member of K-pop girl group TWICE, has left her longtime agency, JYP Entertainment, and signed with a star agency that represents her older sister, actor Gong Seung-yeon, the company said Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Jeongyeon, whose real name is Yoo Jeong-yeon, has signed an exclusive contract with Varo Entertainment after 11 years with JYP, where she debuted as a member of TWICE in 2015.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">&#8220;We are truly delighted to form a valuable relationship with Yoo Jeong-yeon, who possesses a diverse range of charms and infinite potential,&#8221; Varo said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Jeongyeon plans to begin pursuing her acting career under the agency while continuing her activities with TWICE, one of the leading girl groups in the K-pop industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">In a message posted on social media, she said she had been afraid to leave a familiar environment but found the courage to do so thanks to her fellow members and the group&#8217;s fans, known as Once.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">&#8220;Although I am moving to a new home and beginning a new challenge, I will continue to protect TWICE, which is at the very heart of who I am,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Standing before Once as a member of TWICE will always be my first priority,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeongyeon, member of the K-pop girl group TWICE, attends a promotional event in Seoul, June 18. Yonhap Jeongyeon,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-588708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588708","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=588708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}