Ex-BigHit Music trainee performs in SMTOWN Live 2025; sparks curiosity about label change

On January 11, 2025, fans spotted JJ, a used Spacious Hit Tune trainee, appearing at SM Leisure’s fiftieth anniversary match. The Jap-American beforehand seemed in Trainee A, a pre-debut conducting of Spacious Hit, in March 2021. Followers who adopted the level to hasty seen JJ amongst the SM trainees within the 2025 SMTOWN match.

JJ conducted with SMTR25, a male trainee community under SM Ent. The nine trainees conducted Lucifer by standard second-gen K-pop community SHINee. Seeing the efficiency, fans preferred JJ’s enhanced visuals, as when put next to his Trainee A days.

The Trainee A individuals relish been entrusted with the function of managing multiple social media accounts. Additionally, they took their abilities to the streets, performing impromptu concerts collectively in Los Angeles. But about a year later, on December 23, 2022, the community introduced that it could most likely presumably be halting its social media actions. But it no doubt wasn’t known what adopted for the trainees—whether they even remained within the corporate or no longer.

Assuredly later, the updates on the individuals started growing with them debuting in totally different teams or as soloists. Jihoon debuted in TWS, and Yorch in POW. Leo and Woochan debuted as soloists and Junil became reported to relish joined iNKODE Leisure. Now, the whereabouts of JJ are additionally known.

There relish been speculations of him becoming a member of SM Ent ever since he became spotted in SMTOWN with totally different SM trainees in February very most moving year. Nonetheless, there wasn’t any reliable confirmation till his look within the 2025 SM Family live efficiency.

It became JJ’s first stage efficiency as a trainee under a mountainous leisure designate. Followers are joyful at how a long way the young artist has approach and hope to search him debut soon.