SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – Moon Bin, a singer from South Korean boy band Astro, was discovered useless at his residence in Seoul, his administration company mentioned Thursday.
The 25-year-old was reportedly discovered by his supervisor who went to the singer’s residence Wednesday night as a result of he wasn’t responding to contacts. Police are investigating his dying however have thus far discovered no indicators of foul play, in line with South Korea’s Yonhap news company. Officials at Seoul’s Gangnam district police station didn’t reply to requires remark.
Moon Bin’s administration company, Fantagio, confirmed his dying in an announcement, saying that he ‘abruptly left us and have become a star within the sky’ and that fellow artists and firm employees had been mourning him with ‘very deep unhappiness and shock.’
Fantagio mentioned Moon Bin’s funeral shall be held ‘as quietly as attainable,’ with the attendance largely restricted to household, shut mates and colleagues, based mostly on the desires of his family members.
‘Always vivid’
Moon Bin started his music profession in 2016 as a member of the six-member boy band Astro, which debuted shortly after the singers appeared in a TV actuality present. The group rapidly discovered success in South Korea and Japan and was listed on Billboard’s high 10 record of recent Okay-pop teams that yr, with the journal praising them for his or her ‘vivid, synthpop sound that gained over Okay-pop lovers from world wide.’
According to Billboard, Astro had seven albums on the journal’s World Albums Chart with Moon Bin as a member, peaking at Number 5 in 2017 with ‘Dream Part.02.’
Fans flooded Moon Bin’s social media accounts with feedback expressing grief and shock over his dying, which got here months after he renewed his contract with Fantagio together with 4 different Astro members.
‘It’s laborious to imagine,’ radio host Jang Seong-kyu wrote on Instagram. ‘We solely met a number of instances over broadcasts, however every time we met, Moon Bin was at all times vivid and expressed immense love for his household. I am unable to think about the ache he was going via.’
Moon Bin had additionally carried out as a member of the duo Moonbin & Sanha with Astro bandmate Yoon San-ha. Indonesian occasion promoter Lumina Entertainment on Wednesday introduced the cancellation of the duo’s efficiency in Jakarta as a result of ‘unexpected circumstances past our management.’
Helix Publicity, a U.S.-based public relations company that has represented Moonbin & Sanha, issued an announcement on Twitter that it was ‘completely heartbroken.’
‘Sending our ideas, prayers, and deepest condolences to Moon Bin’s household, mates, family members, and to AROHA who at all times cheered for him and supported him,’ it mentioned, referring to the identify that Astro’s followers name themselves.
Moon Bin entered the leisure business as a baby actor and landed a job within the 2009 TV collection ‘Boys Over Flowers,’ which was massively fashionable in Asia. His sister, Moon Sua, can be a Okay-pop artist, a member of the woman band Billlie.
Stars’ deaths immediate questions
Several South Korean singers and actors have died by suicide in recent times, which has touched off soul-searching about harsh competitors within the fast-growing leisure business, an abusive on-line tradition and failure by administration to handle the psychological well being issues of their stars.
Last week, 26-year-old actress Jung Chae-yull was discovered useless at her residence. Her company didn’t say what precipitated her sudden dying.