Wanna One's reality show after 7 years of disbanding.."Retire from the entertainment industry." Can't you see Lai Kuan Lin again?[★FOCUS]

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There is nothing you can't do if you have a will. Despite their hot popularity, the members of the boy group Wanna One, who were disappointed by their activities and dissolution, are reunited. But it's very likely that it's not the whole thing.

On the 2nd, a CJ ENM official told Star News, "Wanna One members agreed to produce Wannable's favorite reality program while considering meeting with Wannable (Wannabe's fandom name)." In addition, "Mnet is preparing to release it in the first half of 2026. We will inform you of the specific organization and details as soon as they are confirmed," he said.

Mnet released a video titled "2026 Coming Soon Let's Meet Again" on YouTube on New Year's Day. In the video, the message "we GO again" was written.

Wanna One is a group formed through the Mnet audition program 'Produce 101 Season 2' in 2017. They were much loved by the public, but their contract for a short period of one-and-a-half years ended on December 31, 2018, and the concert was finally officially disbanded in January 2019.

At that time, Wanna One gathered a wide range of fandom by absorbing a fan base in their 40s or older unlike other idols due to the overheating of "Produce 101 Season 2." The word "EXO, BTS, and Wanna One," which refers to the three popular groups, was not mentioned for no reason.

Wanna One's records for a year and a half gave a strong impression that they will remain in the history of Korean idols. He achieved 100 million streams for the first time as a male idol, 100 million views for the first time as a male idol, the first song to enter Melon, became a million seller on the 101st day of his debut, achieved 1 million records in album sales, 2 out of 5 100 million streams, and sold 20,000 seats at the Gocheok Dome for the first time ever, achieved the 2017 Grand Slam, won a total of 101 awards, and filmed more than 30 group advertisements.

As the fans felt sorry that "this group was not a time-limited group, but a limited-edition group," Wanna One members were able to reunite at the "2021 Mnet ASIAN MUSIC AWARDS" (2021 MAMA), which aired in December 2001, about three years after its disbandment, to decorate the stages of its flagship songs "Energetic" and "Burn It Up."

However, as in the 2021 MAMA, there is a high possibility that Lai Kwan-rin, a member who is known to have left Korea and retired from the entertainment industry, will be excluded from the Wanna One reality program this year, so it will be difficult for all 11 members to gather. After the end of Wanna One's activities, Lai Kwan-lin returned to his existing agency, Cube Entertainment (hereinafter referred to as Cube), but in 2019, he sent a proof of content to Cube claiming the termination of the exclusive contract. The court ruled in favor of the plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by Lai Kwan-lin to confirm the absence of the exclusive contract, which led to Lai's solo career in the Chinese-speaking world, but it was controversial in 2019 when he posted in support of the Hong Kong police and participated in a Chinese National Day event even though he was from Taiwan.

Later, Lai Kwan-lin became a film director and released the 2021 short film "Winter and Summer Fight," but in June of that year, he handed over the official account management to the staff, saying, "After a lot of thought, I changed my career path." Lai Guanlin attended an exchange event hosted by Taiwan's presidential office in November 2024, and was seen sitting side by side with Taiwan's director of political affairs Song Tao and politicians, leading to rumors that he would enter politics.

In this regard, Lee Dae-hwi appeared on the YouTube channel "Donghae Water and Baek Doo-hyuk" in September last year and said, "There is a Wanna One group chat room. Sungwoon and Minhyun talk a lot. "Kuanlin, what are you doing these days. He is directing a drama. I announced my retirement as a celebrity. I was surprised to see the article. I have to reunite, but there is a retirement article coming out," he confessed.

Among Wanna One, "Older Line" Yoon Ji-sung, Ha Sung-woon, Hwang Min-hyun, Ong Seong-wu, and Kim Jae-hwan have completed their military service, and "Younger Line" Kang Daniel, Park Ji-hoon, Park Woo-jin, Bae Jin-young, and Lee Dae-hwi are still in the military, so 2026, when all members are in the society, is the golden time for the reunion. In particular, Kang Daniel, born in 1996, the next batter in Wanna One, said he had decided to join the military in the second half of 2025, so the members would not be able to meet as many months as possible within 2026.

I wonder what kind of chemistry Wanna One members will show when they meet in reality seven years after disbanding and four years after "2021 MAMA".

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