MBLAQ talks more in-depth about Lee Joon and Thunder's departures

During the press conference for mini-album 'Mirror' on June 9, the MBLAQ trio talked about their former members, Lee Joon and Thunder. �

When asked about member recruitment, leader Seung Ho replied, "We felt like there would be nobody who could replace those friends. �We felt that we could fill up [the empty spaces] with the remaining members, so we decided on being a trio."

G.O said, "We thought about substitute members for about two seconds. �We felt we could target a niche market because a male trio is uncommon. �We thought we'd be able to give off the feel of a new stage."

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Unsurprisingly, the boys were asked a lot about their former members, including whether they still exchanged words with them. �G.O responded with, "We give and receive our comments like 'Are you doing well?' 'We will support you,' and, 'A new album is coming out' using telepathy." �Which actually just sounds like they haven't talked much at all.

He continued, "We probably each had a lot of thoughts for a long time. �At first, I greatly denied the reality that there had been no choice but to do that, and there could have been a bit of hatred, but we are all now having only good thoughts. �Because we were [doing that], we got to release an album."