UP10TION will make a comeback with 8 members, excluding Kim Woo-seok and Lee Jin-hyuk.

Their agency TOP MEDIA announced on the 26th that UP10TION will release a new album at the end of August. This album will feature

only 8 members: Jinhu, Kuhn, Kogyeol, Bit, Sunyoul, Gyujin, Hwanhee, and Xiao.

Kim Woo-seok and Lee Jin-hyuk will not participate in this album's activities, the agency stated.

TOP MEDIA revealed that the decision for the 8-member activities was made after thorough discussions among the UP10TION members.

"We hope for a lot of interest and love for UP10TION's new album, which will be released at the end of August, as well as for the members' group and individual activities," the agency added.

UP10TION, a 10-member boy group that debuted in 2015, recently had members Kim Woo-seok and

Lee Jin-hyuk appear on Mnet's "PRODUCE X101." Kim Woo-seok, who ranked 2nd, is preparing to debut as a member of X1,

while Lee Jin-hyuk, who ranked 14th, has announced plans for individual activities and fan meetings.

These are English translations of articles from our GTTOUR Japanese website.