SM Entertainment’s rookie boy group RIIZE has surely been making waves in the K-Pop industry since their debut, and they don’t show any signs of stopping any time soon.
On April 3, 2024, SM Entertainment and RIIZE announced that they will finally be releasing their debut mini album, ‘RIIZING’ in June this year and dropped a schedule poster outlining their upcoming activities.
REALTIME ODYSSEY <RIIZING> #1https://t.co/8EVLalNpI7
【Impossible – Prologue Single】
➫ 2024.04.18 6PM (KST)#RIIZE #라이즈#RISEandREALIZE#RIIZING#REALTIME_ODYSSEY pic.twitter.com/ozbQKnjDfB
— RIIZE (@RIIZE_official) April 2, 2024
Beginning with the “surprise” release of their pre-debut (and obviously the fan favorite) track, “Siren,” which was released on the same day as the scheduler, BRIIZE will be bombarded with a whole lot of content from April till June.
On April 19 and April 29, 2024, in particular, RIIZE will be dropping their EP’s Prologue Single and B-Sides, titled “Impossible,” “9 Days,” “Honestly,” and “One Kiss” respectively. In May, RIIZE will begin their “RIIZING Day” fan-concert world tour, with shows in South Korea, Asia, and U.S.A.
Prior to the release of the track “Siren,” fans have been sincerely (and quite desperately) hoping for member Seunghan’s participation. Seunghan has been inactive since November 2023, following a non-controversy about his private life.
BRIIZE has been vocal about how the “issue” surrounding Seunghan’s private life could be considered as an “invasion of privacy,” as photos of his trainee days were leaked on the Internet even before his debut. At the time his indefinite hiatus was announced, SM Entertainment expressed that they would be taking legal action against those who spread and leaked images from Seunghan’s private life, but has not updated on it since.
Days ago, on March 29, 2024, Seunghan was spotted reading the notes on a billboard sign set up by fans in the South Korean subway. Fans were emotional to see him reading all the notes dedicated to him, and were even hoping that it would make him feel better amidst all the controversies surrounding him.
Seunghan went to read fans’ notes 😭😭 I’m so glad he did pic.twitter.com/Br7uT7BJuU
— daily seunghan (@seunghan_daily) March 29, 2024
siren full ver. right after seunghan’s first appearance in months and sungchan’s 7 cherry blossoms idk guys i’m choosing to be HOPEFUL and POSITIVE pic.twitter.com/KhheLDCQEU
— 🕸️ (@binjinsu) April 1, 2024
On the day of the song’s release, BRIIZE were still hopeful to hear Seunghan’s voice on the track, but were met with great disappointment after not hearing his voice on it. Fans are rightfully angry for this erasure, as the track was what had introduced RIIZE to the world.
They have even started hashtags like ‘#SIRENwithSEUNGHAN’ and ‘SirenWithSeunghanOrSilence’ and called for a boycott of all of RIIZE’s content unless SM Entertainment issues a statement.
Seunghan is not featured on RIIZE’s ‘Siren’ single release. pic.twitter.com/eRd3sHJhoV
— Kpop Charts (@kchartsmaster) April 3, 2024
not pulling back a siren, not talking saxy, don't need life saving, not getting a guitar, and wasting all meanings!! i ain't doing shit without seunghan!! https://t.co/Amw1hnQy8A
— 樂 ★ || lynn (semi ia) (@seolarflame) April 3, 2024
nobody gaf abt siren WHERE IS SEUNGHAN pic.twitter.com/VzuRzUV9k0
— fef ౨ৎ (@imnotskz) April 3, 2024
siren full version with SEUNGHAN is the only right version pic.twitter.com/4i66PsE5sW
— thal (@soheerolls) April 1, 2024
siren seunghan you'll always be famous ❤️ pic.twitter.com/FivcdcIwzV
— hello kei ! 🧸 (@SE0KSHINES) April 3, 2024
https://twitter.com/joliyuki/status/1775358676557029425
Siren without Seunghan is sick. I'm so sorry Riize, you deserve better.
— lala🫧 (@lll2505) April 3, 2024
to think about it, seunghan coming back on siren re-release day will be phenomenal, considering it’s the song that introduced riize, and now itself kinda like theyre getting re-introduced ygwim pic.twitter.com/GJXDtjOgyW
— ema (@aechistar) April 1, 2024
SO NOT INLY IS SEUNGHAN NOT IN SIREN SM FUCKING RE-RECORDED HIS PARTS!?pic.twitter.com/DaQ6RADlgD
— Multi Trash ⭐️ (@Caratiny04) April 3, 2024
group chat just collectively sighed on call about seunghan not being in siren
— alex ᡣ𐭩 cix d-5 (@i2hyunsk) April 3, 2024
how are you going to call it “full version” of siren, but seunghan isn’t even there? a version without seunghan isn’t complete. riize is 7 go to hell sm https://t.co/bYoRiB7f5J
— ۟ (@jayifia) April 3, 2024
https://twitter.com/binabluus/status/1775362181552558147
exo and nct didn't re-record their songs when some members left the group, BUT RIIZE??? center5 had gone nuts https://t.co/lGZeAX5zFB
— 승한아 우리 다시 만나자 🫧🩵 (@trx_cyyy) April 4, 2024
i better not see anyone hating on any of the riize members i'm serious. they're all trying their best to make do with the situation.
— ☆ (@riizedotcom) April 3, 2024
Seunghan I’m sorry your company is fucking stupid
— Marina 樂 ★ (@chansmisfit) April 3, 2024
what sm fails to understand (time and time again) is that this group is not complete without seunghan. they don’t just get to rewrite things as if we can’t go back and see the original. he is as much a part of this group now as he was then and we will all make sure of that
— lani (@endearies) April 3, 2024
https://twitter.com/seungaani/status/1774659682143232225
almost every video under the sound is about seunghan, sm what’s ur plan this time 😂 pic.twitter.com/wzQpFt7eVL
— elisabeth🍉 (@wonsunsunn) April 3, 2024
OT7 RIIZE is the best RIIZE. Seunghan, we’ll support you no matter what!
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