Stray Kids to return as octet with Hyunjin rejoining the K-pop band

Stray Kids are coming out with new music and Hyunjin will rejoin the band. – Photo: JYP Entertainment

Stray Kids are coming out with new music and Hyunjin will rejoin the band, according to media reports earlier this week.

Following the reports, label JYP Entertainment confirmed that the band is preparing a new album but did not provide specific dates. There also was no further comment on the return of Hyunjin, who suspended all activities in February after claims that he verbally abused classmates when he was in middle school.

On Monday, the company said he will resume his activities as part of Stray Kids in July, after donating money and doing volunteer work over the past four months. He participated in Mixtape: Ae, which was dropped last Saturday, and appeared in the video as well.

It is the first new music to come from the band since it won Kingdom: Legendary War, a competition show for boy bands. As a reward, Stray Kids will have a reality show on the cable network. Hyunjin was absent from the contest except for the prerecorded first appearance. – The Korea Herald/Asia News Network