Moonbin Died: Fans have expressed their sorrow over the passing of K-pop singer Moonbin, a member of the boy band Astro, according to his record company and the South Korean police on Thursday.
A representative for the National Police Agency told AFP that the 25-year-old musician was discovered dead at his residence in southern Seoul late on Wednesday. She added that there was no indication of foul play.
What happened To Moonbin?
moonbin diedOn Thursday, a statement from Moonbin’s record company, Fantagio Music, also confirmed his passing but did not specify what caused it.
Astro member Moon Bin abruptly left our world on April 19 and became a star in the sky, the account wrote.
In order for his family to mourn him peacefully and pay their respects, it was requested that people “refrain from speculative and nasty reports.”
Thousands of mourning admirers commented on the label’s news, many of whom expressed shock.
Peace be with you, Moonbin. I wish you good fortune from the moon and the stars. One person tweeted, “I pray they give you all the love and comfort.”
“I find it difficult to concentrate on my work right now. Another person wrote, “This truly hurts.
A member of the group Astro, Moon Bin (also known as Moonbin) also performed with a side project named Moonbin & Sanha.
He enrolled in the Fantagio training program at a young age and worked as a kid model and actor before making his debut with Astro in February 2016.
Moonbin & Sanha were scheduled to play at the upcoming Dream Concert, one of the biggest K-pop joint performances in South Korea, in May before he passed away.
Meanwhile, the group was in the middle of their Diffusion Fan Con Tour around Asia when they debuted their official fan community website on Weverse on Sunday.
Weverse is a global fandom network run by the management company of K-pop superstars BTS.
Although the death of any musician should never be unexpected, Moonbin’s sudden passing was particularly devastating given how busy the young singer was even the week before he passed away, according to Jeff Benjamin, Billboard’s K-pop columnist.
Nobody in his immediate vicinity anticipated this, but what we can save is his indisputable smile, he continued.
The Cheshire Cat from “Alice in Wonderland,” as well as the magnificent music and performances he offered us, were compared to its brightness.
Behind the sparkle and glamour, the K-pop industry is infamous for its fierce competitiveness, invasion of privacy, online bullying, and constant public pressure to uphold a clean image at all costs.
According to an anonymous police official quoted by South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency, the cause of Moon’s death is being investigated as an apparent suicide.
Goo Hara, who passed away in 2019, and other young K-pop celebrities have recently been thought to have committed suicide.
She had been mistreated by an ex-boyfriend who, after they broke up, tried to extort her using their sex tapes.
The alleged suicide took place a month after Sulli, a K-pop star who had been struggling with online abuse, killed herself. Sulli’s death sparked calls in South Korea for harsher penalties for cybercrimes.
Sulli’s passing was reminiscent of that of fellow K-pop artist Jonghyun, who committed suicide in 2017 after struggling with depression.
Those who grin the most are almost always the ones who suffer the most. Moon’s supporter wrote.
“We’ll think of you when the sky is clear and the stars are shining brilliant,” the song goes. Follow chopnews to get trending and latest news about your famous celebrity
