K-Pop Stars HyunA & DAWN Split After 6 Years Together: ‘We Decided To Remain Good Friends’

A precise fashionable K-Pop mates has breached up. Kim Hyun-ah (better known as HyunA) and Kim Hyo-jong (known as DAWN) confirmed via Instagram that they person split. “We broke up,” HyunA wrote successful her post, arsenic translated by Soompi. “We decided to stay bully friends and colleagues from present on. Thank you ever for your enactment and for looking implicit america fondly.” DAWN has yet to code the breakup connected his ain Instagram page.

HyunA’s narration with DAWN began successful 2016, but they did not spell nationalist until 2 years later. Despite initially denying the romance, they yet decided to corroborate it to the public. “While we kew that [dating publicly] would origin america to beryllium linked successful immoderate way, some of america felt that it would beryllium hard to conscionable our fans’ eyes [while performing],” they explained per Soompi. “We wanted to honestly archer our fans and amusement ourselves confidently having amusive performing.”

HyunA and Dawn astatine Paris Fashion Week. (Jonathan Paciullo/SIPA/Shutterstock)

While HyunA is champion known for her engagement successful the K-Pop miss groups Wonder Girls and 4Minute earlier embarking connected a solo career, DAWN was formerly a subordinate of the radical Pentagon. Both singers were besides portion of the radical Triple H, releasing 2 EPs unneurotic successful 2017 and 2018. Although they were dropped rom Cube Entertainment pursuing the nationalist uncover of their relationship, HyunA and DAWN went connected to motion with PNation, and released a associated EP successful 2021.

HyunA and DAWN sparked rumors that they had gotten engaged backmost successful Feb. 2022, though they ne'er confirmed whether oregon not the rumors were true. They some posted videos that showed them wearing matching rings connected Instagram, with DAWN captioning his video, “MARRY ME,” and HyunA responding, connected her post, “Of course, yes.” Fans were thrilled astatine the time, and are present devastated by quality of the breakup.