SM scandal idol sets solo debut date, “clash” directly with BABYMONSTER.
Coming April 1, YG fans are extremely excited about the comeback with a full 7-member lineup of female rookie BABYMONSTER. After a period of hiding due to health reasons, “trump card” Ahyeon officially returned, promoting with the group’s first mini album BABYMONSTER.
In the visual video released at 0:00 on March 11 (Korean time), “younger sister Jennie” reappeared with a super sharp interface, showing off her star charisma and captivating eyes. While the focus is on YG’s female rookies, SM also made a move that caused an equally stir.
At the same time as BABYMONSTER, Lucas – a former NCT/WayV member – was “closed” by SM on his solo debut date after a love scandal and defaming his teammates. SM released a poster revealing Lucas’ debut single. The song is called Renegade (Traitor), released on April 1 – a direct clash with BABYMONSTER. Accordingly, SM will have a male “rookie” to compete with Ahyeon’s return with BABYMONSTER. Kpop fans are extremely looking forward to whether Lucas will be able to prevail against YG’s “little monster”?
Not yet officially released, Lucas’s song has received countless mixed opinions because of the name “traitor”. Cnet expressed irony when SM intentionally built an irreverent image for Lucas. With the scandals that happened in the past, Lucas did nothing and was assigned this title by NCT/WayV fans.
In addition, SM also opened a new fanclub, Lucas filmed a clip greeting fans in 3 languages: Korean – Chinese – English. It seems that the entertainment giant’s determination is to bring the controversial male idol back in a big way. The personal resources that Lucas receives are even better than those of SM’s long-time famous idols.
Embroiled in a shocking scandal, Lucas froze his activities for 2 years, left the group in May 2023 and was finally allowed to return to the entertainment industry as an independent artist. SM also filmed two documentary episodes for Lucas to open up about the scandal and apologize to his teammates and fans. Lucas is compared to “SM’s hard-to-reject obsession”. Despite “whitewashing” efforts, the public still did not forgive Lucas and criticized SM for favoring “criminals” regardless of right or wrong.
