“After I got here out of the dorm and received again to the home, they had been actually apprehensive about me, ’trigger I misplaced plenty of weight, as a result of I used to be pressured to debut,” he says. “Yeah, that was actually so unhappy, after I take into consideration that.” He remembers his response was to consolation them: “[Like,] ‘I’m effective, what’s the drawback?’ I debuted, I succeeded, so that is the beginning. ‘Guys, I’m actually good,’” he provides, laughing. They cooked for him, and finally, their worries eased because the pre-debut stress eased.
“I believe that was an essential expertise for me,” Evan says. “That developed me lots; that’s why I turned like this. It’s actually significant for me. I don’t remorse it in any respect,” he provides. “I don’t give it some thought an excessive amount of.”
Household is on his thoughts on Demise of Me, too, particularly on the track “Going House,” a type of emo-rock observe about desirous to see his mother and father whereas within the midst of a busy schedule. Many of the songs on Demise of Me had been written up to now few months, however “Going House,” the album’s nearer, was written earlier than he left ENHYPEN. He talked about it as early as February of this 12 months, at a fan signing. “As I’m unable to go to residence a lot, there was a time I might solely briefly see my mother and father earlier than returning to the dorms, and so forth the best way again to the dorms, I began tearing up,” he says. “‘I actually wish to go residence,’ I noticed. It’s a narrative of promising, ‘I’ll return after nice success,’ to my household.”
Evan’s six years in ENHYPEN took him across the globe because the group launched album after album, gained main awards in Asia, and launched into a number of world excursions, together with a standout performance at Coachella in 2025. After which the announcement came on March 10, 2026: Heeseung could be leaving ENHYPEN “after intensive deliberation” to pursue a solo profession beneath Belift Lab, whereas ENHYPEN would proceed on as six, not seven.
Followers of the group, known as ENGENES, had been devastated. They couldn’t assist however speculate why, developing with causes that ranged from believable to absurd. “It is as if Harry Kinds left One Path,” Oscar-nominated actor and famous Ok-pop fan Chase Infiniti told Teen Vogue within the aftermath.
Evan remembers attempting to make the day of the announcement, a Tuesday, really feel as regular as attainable in his precise actual life. He tried to not overthink. He ate “wholesome, scrumptious” meals. He stored an eye fixed on the scenario, whereas additionally attempting to really feel at peace together with his determination. “If you happen to view it from one lens, I assume I did a wide range of actions in an effort to ease my apprehensive and apprehensive coronary heart: I ate, practiced my vocals, labored out, watched a film,” he says. “I attempted to spend the day engaged on myself.”
Within the month after, Evan says, he principally lived solely within the studio, working towards and getting ready till his throat harm, and writing “an unbelievable variety of songs.”
