generasia:Featured article for 2023 week 37
Loossemble
Loossemble (루셈블) is a Korean pop girl group under CTDENM featuring LOONA members HyunJin, YeoJin, ViVi, Go Won, and HyeJu. Their name is a portmanteau of "LOONA" and "Assemble", an English word meaning to gather.
Following fellow LOONA member Chuu's injunction to suspend her exclusive contract with Blockberry Creative and her removal from the group, all remaining members, excluding HyunJin and ViVi, also filed for provisional injunctions to suspend their contracts. Members HeeJin, Kim Lip, JinSoul, and Choerry were granted preliminary injunctions first, followed by HyunJin and ViVi on May 9th, with both members signing with CTDENM two days later. On June 16th, Seoul Economic Daily reported that the remaining members had won the lawsuit against the label, terminating their contracts. On July 5th, it was reported that YeoJin, Go Won, and HyeJu had signed with CTDENM.
On August 2, 2023, CTDENM announced their five LOONA members would form the group Loossemble.
Their debut mini-album, Loossemble, is released this week on September 15th.
