Girl group BESTie quietly disbands in 2018 after years of inactivity

BESTie was a South Korean girl group that debuted in 2013 under YNB Entertainment, a small agency. It had its biggest moment with the 2013 song "Love Emotion" (연애의 조건), but never broke into the top tier of K-pop.

By the late 2010s the group had become largely inactive. In September 2017, members Uji and Dahye left the agency, and the team was reduced in size. Reports also pointed to financial trouble at the company. In 2018, after member Hyeyeon moved to another agency, the group was widely understood to have disbanded. There was no formal announcement, and sources differ on the exact date.

The members then took separate paths. Hyeyeon turned to trot, a traditional Korean pop genre, while others worked in musicals and acting. The breakup mattered because it left a short-lived group with little public attention, until a short-form video revival of its old song years later brought it back into view.