WJSN’s Luda and Dawon leave Starship Entertainment following contract expirations

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Starship Entertainment has bid goodbye to WJSN members Luda, Dawon, Xuanyi, Chengxiao and Meiqi following the expiration of their contracts.On March 3, Starship released a statement announcing the departure of WJSN members Luda and Dawon, as well as inactive Chinese members Xuanyi, Chengxiao and Meiqi from the agency.“Starship Entertainment recently renewed contracts with the eight members Exy, Seola, Bona, Soobin, Eunseo, Yeoreum, Dayoung and Yeonjung of our agency artist WJSN,” said the agency, per Soompi.“We carried out sincere and in-depth discussions with members Luda and Dawon for a long time, but unfortunately our exclusive contracts [with Luda and Dawon] will come to an end.

We express deep gratitude for the great efforts and dedication shown by Luda and Dawon until now,” Starship added.The agency revealed that members Xuanyi, Chengxiao, and Meiqi, who joined WJSN through Starship’s partnership with Chinese entertainment agency Yuehua Entertainment, would also be leaving the group.

The trio have not promoted with WJSN since 2018.However, it is unclear at this time if Luda and Dawon have also exited WJSN following their departure from Starship Entertainment.The girl group’s latest release was their July 2022 single album ‘Last Sequence’, which followed their Queendom 2 win weeks prior.

All ten Korean members had participated in the release.WJSN first debuted in 2016 as a 12-member act with their first mini-album ‘Would You Like?’.