1) this is really cool.

2) the article contradicts itself -- it says Melody "debuts" and then at the end it says they sang with BtoB before, which means they would've debuted then and this would be a comeback. You don't debut more than once unless you change groups or go solo.

I feel like this will be a good fit for them. Best of luck!

Very excited for this, but it isn't really a full group comeback without grandpa-gyu. Wondering what they will sound like without Sunggyu's vocals in the mix.

So this is sort of an explanation of events from an international ELF (me) who has been following the whole Kangin/Sungmin absent members situation since both broke. Kangin's situation and Sungmin's situation are entirely different, and the other members of SUJU have taken very different stances on the two rejoining SUJU promotions.

Sungmin was forced to sit out promotions by K-ELF stockholders, but that was after SUJU had invited him back and they had already started making preparations with him as part of the group after he completed his mandatory military service. The other members have always intended for Sungmin to rejoin the group once the situation calms down a bit, and he has only sat out because of SM's need to placate the K-ELF stockholders. In other words Ryeowook likely did mean to include Sungmin in that statement.

Kangin is entirely different -- he actually committed a crime for the second time, whereas Sungmin's offense was mostly a social faux pas (he didn't announce his relationship before the press did, and due to the tight time constraints they had to hold the wedding when the other members were promoting out of country). This is not the only important difference though -- several members of SUJU have stated that they do not want Kangin to comeback. That he blew his second chance and they do not wish to continue enabling him or allowing him to put the group in danger. He has been voted off the proverbial island. While I haven't seen anything from SM about Kangin's future, the members have been fairly consistent that they will not promote with him, Ryeowook might have meant to include Kangin in his ideal scenario, but I don't think the others will let that happen unless something drastic has change that I didn't hear about. They may never formally kick him out because of the same K-ELF stockholders who are holding Sungmin hostage, but I doubt we will see Kangin promote as a member of SUJU again any time soon. Maybe if he successfully promotes solo for a few years without incident and proves that he can handle the stress sober they might give him another chance, but right now it probably isn't happening.

Personally I would love for all of SUJU to be able to promote together and be happy and healthy, but given the confusion I figured I'd write a not-so-brief explanation.