At long last, on March 11, 2024, YG Entertainment has re-revealed Ahyeon as an official member of BabyMonster, in a new visual film for BABYMONS7ER, the group’s first mini-album. It had previously been announced on January 25, 2024 that Ahyeon would rejoin the group, but this is the first time she has been seen in official BabyMonster promotions. This is incredibly exciting for the fandom!
The visual film takes its time in building up to Ahyeon. In fact, most of the video just focuses on the other six members of BabyMonster, being Ruka, Pharita, Asa, Rami, Rora, and Chiquita. It isn’t until the end of the video when the six members start looking into the distance that YG finally reveals Ahyeon, looking as pretty as ever.
Watch Ahyeon in the BabyMonster BABYMONS7ER Visual Film!
Originally, the YG Entertainment reality series Last Evaluation, aired between March and April 2023, had detailed the process through which all seven final BabyMonster candidates trained to become final members of the group. And on May 12, 2023, YG executive producer Yang Hyun-suk confirmed that all seven would debut in the group. However, on October 15, 2023, YG then revealed that member Ahyeon would actually not debut with the group, owing to health problems, and it was hoped that she would finally return. It wasn’t till January 2024, as mentioned above, that fans knew for sure that Ahyeon would return.
The BABYMONS7ER mini-album will finally fulfill the promise of Last Evaluation one year ago, as all seven members of the group will perform together for the first time since their predebut song, “Dream.” In fact, previous songs “Batter Up” and “Stuck in the Middle” are being included on BABYMONS7ER and re-recorded with Ahyeon. So although BabyMonster officially debuted in November 2023, it is feeling increasingly like April 1, 2024 — when BABYMONS7ER is released — will be their true debut date among fans.
Let us know what you think of the re-reveal of Ahyeon in BabyMonster in the BABYMONS7ER visual film! For more about the group, we have a complete guide for how to preorder the BABYMONS7ER album. We also have a fully current, in-depth BabyMonster members profile page, packed with info (with citations!) on everyone in the group.