It's official - Jessica has left Girls' Generation, undoubtedly the most popular girl group in K-pop.
Earlier she posted on her Weibo account expressing her distress at being told she had been forced out of the group. The post, which was in both English and Korean, said:
"I was excited about our upcoming fan events only to shockingly be informed by my company and 8 others that as of today, I’m no longer a member. I’m devastated – my priority and love is to serve as a member of GG, but for no justifiable reason, I am being forced out."
SM has since made an official statement:
“This spring, due to her personal situation, Jessica said she would stop group activities after one more album. Despite Jessica’s sudden statement, Jessica and the Girls’ Generation members continued to work hard and carefully think over so that the team can continue to work in the best direction.
However, recently with Jessica starting her fashion business while there was a lack of specific mediation regarding the interests and prioritization of Girls’ Generation’s activities, a situation has been reached where the team cannot be maintained, despite continued discussion.
As such, we could only pull up the plan for Girls’ Generation’s activities as eight members, and while we were discussing the timing of the announcement, Jessica wrote the message in her own perspective earlier today.”
Screenshots of the 8 members crying at the "2014 Girls’ Generation First Fan Party – Mr.Mr in Shenzhen" are plastered all over Tumblr and the web and many are left incredibly upset or confused over this news, especially since all members only recently renewed their contracts. SM will continue to manage Jessica's solo activities as she works with her recently-launched fashion brand "BLANC".
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