HYBE Allegedly Edited One Member Out Of New Boy Group TWS

HYBE recently debuted a new group called TWS. The group is under Pledis Entertainment and is SEVENTEEN‘s first junior boy group under their direct label. The group was carefully planned due to the high expectations as SEVENTEEN’s successor group. The finalized 6 members are Shinyu…

…Youngjae…

…Kyungmin…

…Dohoon…

…Jihoon…

…and Hanjin.

A day before the group’s official debut, an eagle-eyed netizen spotted something in their teaser content that raised suspicions.

Upon a closer look, you can see that there is an extra person directly in front of one of the boys. His legs were successfully edited out, but they left his upper body.

Fans speculate that there was originally supposed to be 7 members in total, but got cut to 6. Some even wondered if the re-filming and editing caused the group’s music video to look a little rushed.

다시 찍느라 뮤비가 그렇게 나온건지… https://t.co/lqJrHJ8a6M

— 캘리포니아 (@oilgrilledsquid) January 16, 2024

The MV probably looked like that because they re-filmed it…

— oilgrilledsquid

The theory is not completely impossible. One of TWS’s songs is called “Oh Mymy: 7s.” The number 7 could be referring to the original number of members as well.

[NEWS] TWS will release a special performance video for Oh Mymy 7:s at 6PM KST.

"the performance of 'Oh Mymy: 7s', showing the six members who were shrouded in mystery… It is a song that embodies TWS' confidence that 'I can show what kind of person I am in just 7 seconds.' pic.twitter.com/tYu6BCWf5p

— Pledis Trainees (플레디스) (@pledis_trainees) January 1, 2024

Catch the group’s debut music video below.