iKON telah berpisah dengan YG Entertainment.

Dalam postingan di channel Weverse resmi grup itu pada 30 Desember, YG Entertainment mengumumkan bahwa anggota iKON Jay, Bobby, Song, JU-NE, DK, dan Chan telah mengakhiri kontrak manajemen eksklusif mereka atas kesepakatan bersama dengan agensi hiburan Korea Selatan tersebut.

Keenam anggota akan melanjutkan sebagai grup. Selain itu, mereka masih akan berinteraksi dengan penggemar di channel resmi mereka termasuk Weverse.

Baca pernyataan lengkap YG Entertainment di bawah ini:

"Hello. This is YG Entertainment.

We would like to announce that after a long and careful discussion with iKON (JAY, BOBBY, SONG, JU-NE, DK, CHAN), we all have mutually agreed to end the exclusive management contract in respect of each other’s opinions.

Apart from the end of the contract, all six members will act as a group: iKON. In addition, iKON will continuously interact with fans through their official channels including Weverse, the fan community service, as usual.

We would like to express sincere appreciation to iKON for being with us as YG artist.
YG Entertainment will always look forward to their activities in diverse fields and wish the best for the members in the future.

Also, we would like to deeply thank all iKONIC for accompanying iKON on their journey.
Please keep giving warm attention and support to iKON members who are about to start a new phase of their journey.

Thank you."

Di postingan lain, YG Entertainment mengumumkan bahwa karya JU-NE We could spend rainy days together Audiobook Behind tidak lagi tersedia untuk dibeli setelah 30 Desember 2022, 11 AM KST. Para penggemar yang telah membeli Konten VOD Premium sebelum pengumuman ini dapat terus menonton konten tersebut.

iKON memulai debutnya pada 15 September 2015 setelah acara survival YG Mix & Match. Tahun ini, mereka mengadakan iKON 2022 CONCERT di Seoul Olympic Hall, Olympic Park diikuti oleh iKON JAPAN TOUR 2022 FLASHBACK.