Who are Aloners Association members? Rumors hint at HYBE's boy group Trainee A's debut
It looks like a new K-pop group is entering the scene after HYBE recently debuted the girl group Le Sserafim, which is currently caught in a dramatic scandal involving one of its members. On May 23, it was announced that HYBE under the title Big Hit Music. Co. Ltd. has applied to trademark a new phrase that could be the name of their upcoming boy group.
It was reported that HYBE has officially completed the trademark application registration for the phrase 'ALONERS ASSOCIATION' (Aloners Association), which is rumored to be the name of their upcoming boy group. Initial reports claimed that HYBE had first applied for the registration back in December 2021. This will be the label's first boy group to make their debut after the I-Land boy group Enhypen and their first boy group under the subsidiary Big Hit Music after BTS and TXT made their debuts.
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Who are Aloners Association members?
The new boy group is rumored to consist of members from HYBE’s trainee group Trainee A - a multinational seven-member collective made of artists from Korea, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, and Thailand, ranging from ages 15 to 19. While HYBE has neither confirmed nor denied the rumors, the group name has been teased by Trainee A members for some time now, which is why fans are certain that they will be called Aloners Association once they make a debut, which could be very soon.
Trainee A members
The trainee group from HYBE presently consists of seven members, namely Yorch, Leo, Sangwon, Woochan, James, Jihoon, and JJ. The group is set to debut in 2022 and has been training since 2021. Yorch, the oldest member of the group, is a Thai-born actor, while Leo, the second oldest, is Korean-Australian. Leo was involved in a scandal involving some misogynistic lyrics to one of his rap songs that caused controversy online. The trainee has apologized for the lyrics thereafter. Leo also appeared in BTS’ ‘Permission to Dance’ music video as a background dancer. Sangwon is the third oldest member of the group and is Korean by nationality. He has been training in BigHit since 2016.
Woochan, the fourth member of Trainee A, rose to fame with the Mnet rap survival show ‘Show Me The Money.’ The fifth-oldest is the Chinese-born James, who used to be an ice-hockey athlete. He is fluent in Chinese, Thai, Korean, and English. Japanese-American member JJ is the second-youngest and has been a dance prodigy since the age of seven. He is a former member of the J-pop group Amezari Red Star. The group's youngest member Jihoon is a 2006-born who learned dancing from ‘Street Woman Fighter’ Monika.
