South Korean singer Yoon Sanha of K-pop boyband ASTRO will make his solo debut next month, his label Fantagio has confirmed.
Today (July 5), Fantagio announced that ASTRO singer Yoon Sanha will be the next member of ASTRO to embark on a solo career. The K-pop agency confirmed that he is “currently preparing his first solo album with the goal of releasing it in early August”, per Osen.
His upcoming solo release comes half a year after fellow ASTRO member Cha Eun-woo made his official solo debut with his first mini-album ‘Entity’ and its title track ‘Stay’. Prior to that the group’s leader MJ debuted as a trot artist in 2021 with his single ‘Get Set Yo’.
Sanha debuted as a member of ASTRO in 2016. In 2020, he and late-bandmate Moonbin debuted as a duo with the mini-album ‘In-Out’. They went on to release two more mini-albums, ‘Refuge’ and ‘Incense’, before Moonbin’s passing in April 2023.
Last March, Fantagio announced that original member Rocky had left the boyband following the expiration of his contract. Sanha, along with JinJin, Cha Eunwoo and Moonbin renewed their contracts with the agency. Leader MJ was serving his mandatory military service at the time.
ASTRO’s last release as a complete group was their 2022 studio album ‘Drive To The Starry Road’, which featured the title track ‘Candy Sugar Pop’.
In other K-pop news, rookie boyband ALL(H)OURS made their first-ever comeback earlier this week with their second mini-album ‘Witness’, which features the single ‘Shock’. The seven-member group debuted back in January with their mini-album, ‘All Yours’.
Perry Farrell has released another public apology following an on-stage confrontation involving his bandmate Dave Navarro.
The Jane's Addiction frontman was involved in a physical altercation with guitarist Dave Navarro last year during a live performance, an incident that prompted the band to cancel their reunion tour and eventually led to their split.
“I'd like to address what happened on stage last year,” Perry, 66, said in a statement shared across both his personal Instagram account and Jane's Addiction’s official page. “I've reflected on it and know I didn't handle myself the way I should have. I apologize to our patrons and my bandmates for losing my temper and for disrupting the show.”
He went on to admit that he did not meet fan expectations and described himself as deeply remorseful toward everyone impacted by the incident.
“Jane's Addiction has been at the center of my life for decades. The band, the songs, the patrons, and the impact that we've had on music and culture mean more to me than any words I could ever possibly write down,” he shared.
“My aim has always been to give our audience the best possible show, something real, honest and positive. In Boston, we fell short of that, and I'm truly sorry to everyone who was impacted.”
Jane's Addiction also issued its own statement regarding the altercation, which ultimately led to the group’s remaining members filing a lawsuit against Perry alleging assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract.
“Today we are here to announce that we have come together one last time to resolve our differences, so that the legacy of Jane's Addiction will remain the work the four of us created together,” the band wrote, signaling that the group would not move forward with Perry. “We now look forward to the future as we embark on our separate musical and creative endeavors.”
