breaking news for kpop enjoyers

[seasidefics]

WDYM MARK HAS LEFT SM AND NCT ALL TOGETHER???? like what..mark lee? the neo king himself? might as well have been taeyong (pls don’t actually happen) like WHAT??

one day you are 14 yrs old and it feels like your heart is breaking bc zayn left one direction and now you’re 24 and it’s mark leaving NCT..like this is crazy !!

i’m just in shock..here i was watching this drama and my sister suddenly bursts into my room asking me if it’s true mark left, and of course i brush it off and think it’s a late april fools tweet but no..nope it’s real. like i’m not even gonna lie i haven’t been following them much since losing the other guy, but i still am feeling way more affected than i thought i would be..as the twitter users would say, there’s people leaving groups that have never been left before.

on a more serious note..his letter is breaking my heart..it’s so long and heartfelt and you can tell this wasn’t an easy decision for him..i’m so glad he talked in depth about it with everyone around him, which makes the dream concert clips suddenly make so much sense. like i knew contract renewals were brewing and i honestly thought renjun wasn’t gonna be renewing...but all this time it was mark. and see i had pointed out to my sister that everyone was talking about how sad he looked and she said i was reading too much into it..which yeah, but like . the signs were there!!

i’m trying to think of an equivalent and this is like harry (not even zayn) leaving 1d in pop music terms or macklin celebrini/connor bedard retiring in hockey terms???

i’m seeing it being theorized on the kr side of twt at least, that it seems like he wants to go around singing christian songs? i need to reread his letter again bc ngl i skimmed through it so fast and was just in disbelief the entire time, so the words didn’t fully set...but i hope he flourishes in whatever he chooses to do. all the dreamies are already in his comment section supporting him. they’re fr trauma bonded through life

Comments

[whereismiko]

wahhhh im also in shock. rip mark lee you will be missed:(

[adore]

i go to tumblr, i find out heeseung left enhypen. i come to dreamwidth, i find out mark lee left nct. what is going on! all happiness to these guys though!

[seasidefics]

oh no! im sorry that you found out through me… i probably should’ve waited a bit but i needed to yap since no one irl gets it lol. but i agree to both parts!
it’s only april yet it feels like 2026 has been filled with constant breaking news in the kpop sphere

[adore]

i would've found out through you in any case. i don't go on x and i go on tumblr only occasionally. dreamwidth is where i do a lot of my k-popping!

i needed to yap since no one irl gets it lol

yeah lol even when none of my friends here are into the specific group or idol i'm into this is where i process things.

it’s only april yet it feels like 2026 has been filled with constant breaking news in the kpop sphere

IKR. we are tired!

[kissed]

I don't know *too* much about NCT but I was under the impression that Mark is a major workaholic. I'm not surprised he'd be willing to jump immediately back into whatever I guess he's more interested in doing than continuing with the group (interesting about the Christian songs theory) — if he chooses to take a break though, wishing the best for him regardless!

Oh and even though I don't consider it on the same scale, Manon potentially leaving KATSEYE as well???!? The happenings in 2026 is wild right now. It only just became April!

[seasidefics]

both him and haechan are to a worrying degree :( at least he’s finally getting a rest now. tbh it’s not as surprising as it first was now that i’ve started to read recent interviews, etc etc from the past year or so. i agree very much.

and ik!! first zb1, then heeseung, manon, and now this. it feels constant. i just read manon is supposed to be performing with the group at coachella?? it feels like new things are just developing every single time i refresh twitter