FORMER MEMBERS OF LOVE CLUB — AND WHERE THEY ARE NOW.
sakai ryoko was formerly love club’s main rapper. she departed from the group in may 2020, due to ‘creative differences’ — but that was only part of the truth. before love club, ryoko was a soundcloud rapper under the name ‘KOKO’ — and she had a large following. she produced her own music and she wrote all of her lyrics. she uploaded new songs weekly, but when love club was getting ready to debut, lucky love entertainment deleted her account.
after that, ryoko could only produce for her own pleasure. she would submit songs for the group before each comeback, but all of her songs were denied. the company refused to listen to her work and refused to accept it — even if it fit the group’s concept. ryoko was fed up with this behavior — but it wasn’t the only reason why she left the group and the agency.
eunbi — the groups leader — would constantly bully and scrutinized ryoko, everyday to no end. eunbi had degraded ryoko infront of her members and her friends, and even hooked up with her girlfriend purposefully, sending a picture of them together to ryoko. eunbi wanted to see ryoko break — and she did everything in her power to see it happen. ryoko wanted to stay strong and not let eunbi get to her, but when eunbi started to tell lies about her to the agency and her members to turn them against her, ryoko had enough. she could no longer take the abuse, and terminated her contract with lucky love.
a month after leaving lucky love entertainment, ryoko signed with high up entertainment — and was rumored to be apart of their upcoming girl group. ryoko was out of the public eye until september 2020, when she uploaded a cover of jam & butterfly by DPR LIVE on Highup Girls youtube channel. ryoko later made her debut in STAYC in november 2020 as the groups main rapper, co-leader and producer. ryoko had produced and written numerous songs of STAYC, such as SO BAD, ASAP, LOVE FOOL, STEREOTYPE, ILL BE THERE, RUN2U and more.
jeong eunbi was formerly love club’s main vocalist and leader. eunbi departed from in the group in september 2021 after she was exposed for bullying her members — and the company never confrimed nor denied the rumors. eunbi never uploaded an apology, and disappeared from the public eye. many people speculate that eunbi moved back to australia, while others believe that eunbi is still in south korea, planning to comeback.
after leaving the group, eunbi had stayed in south korea for a few months, before moving to south carolina — going to university to study marketing. eunbi does not plan to return to the public eye, and plans to work a 9-5 job in an office — completely starting over. she legally changed her name to rosette lee shortly after moving to the united states — and has no contact with any of the members of love club. no one has heard from her, not even her family. she started her entire life over.
after eunbi graduates, she will get married to a businessman, daniel park, and will have three children, two girls, amelia and grace, and one boy, noah. only daniel knows of her private life — and eunbi plans to keep it that way.
park miyeon was love club’s former main vocalist and visual. miyeon also departed from the group in september 2021, due to being caught up in a dating scandal with her former manager, dowoon. miyeon and dowoon had got caught dating eachother in 2019, but both parties claimed that they were no longer dating. in 2021, an anonymous twitter account exposed miyeon and dowoon for lying about their relationship — and proved that they were still dating until january 2021 with screenshots of their conversations, and pictures taken of them in the streets.
after leaving love club, miyeon disappeared from the public eye until january 2022. in january it was announced that miyeon had signed with nomoo actors — and with the help of the company — she published a hand-written letter explaining her departure from the group and her relationship with her former manager. she had revealed that she wanted to come public about her relationship with dowoon, but the company silenced her. she also apologized to fans of love club and the members of love club publicly, writing a personal apology to the current members of love club, including yerin and ryoko. the majority of people supporting love club had forgiven miyeon — and continued to support her, but miyeon still faces hate daily.
miyeon landed her first acting role in march 2022, with the historical kdrama, alchemy of souls. she plays jin choyeon — the most popular girl in daeho and the youngest daughter of the Jin family. she has received praise for her performance as the character, and is rumored to join upcoming dramas!
moon yerin was love club’s former main vocalist and lead dancer. yerin left the group in january 2022 due to mental and physical concerns. throughout her career, yerin had mentioned that she had suffered with mental illnesses and back pain — but the company never officially commented on it. most assumed that the company didn’t want yerin to talk about it — and yerin confirmed this rumor when she uploaded a youtube video in april of 2022, exposing lucky love entertainment of all the mistreatment they put her and the girls through. once again, lucky love entertainment didnt comment on the video.
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