After several months of rumors and controversy, E’Dawn is officially leaving Cube Entertainment.
The 24-year-old Pentagon boy band member is parting ways with his agency following the revelation earlier in the summer that he is dating HyunA.
“Cube Entertainment and E’Dawn agreed to the termination of the exclusive contract on [November] 14. We once again sincerely thank the artist and fans who have been with us until now,” the agency confirmed on Wednesday (November 14).
For those unfamiliar, the drama began when Cube issued a statement, denying reports of E’Dawn and HyunA dating at the beginning of August.
The two K-Pop superstars, who were at that point labelmates and bandmates in the trio Triple H, decided to take it upon themselves to confirm the relationship themselves days later.
“I really wanted to be honest. For the fans who always support me and watch over me, I want to work hard on stage with a happy heart, with nothing to hide, as I always have. Thank you, and even though it’s really not enough just to say I love you, I have no other way of expressing it,” HyunA said.
Their decision to go rogue and reveal the romance right after their agency’s denial led to reports that they’d been removed from the agency.
Following public uproar, Cube Entertainment denied this, explaining that they were in “ongoing discussions” with the stars.
Weeks later, Cube officially confirmed that HyunA would be terminating her contract with the agency in October.
Now, E’Dawn is doing the same thing one month later.
E’Dawn followed up the Cube Entertainment departure news by posting on his Instagram on the same day, smiling and posing in a series of caption-free pictures, changing his handle from “eeeeedawn” to “hyojong_1994.” (His full name is Kim Hyojong and he was born in 1994.) HyunA also shared pictures from the shoot, as well as a video. Watch below!
