On November 8, YG Entertainment announced that Bang Ye Dam and Mashiho are departing from the group TREASURE. The entertainment company announced that the group will continue as a ten-member group following the two members' departure.

While Mashiho is said to require an adequate health recovery period, Bang Ye Dam has decided to depart to pursue his career path as a producer.

Both Mashiho and Bang Ye Dam have been on hiatus from their activities with TREASURE since May of this year. Now, approximately six months later, the two have confirmed their departure from the group. TREASURE will continue their activities and will be holding their solo concert, 'Hello in Seoul,' this month from November 12 to 13.

Many K-netizens were surprised to hear the news, but some responded that they were expecting Bang Ye Dam to depart from the group. This is because Bang Ye Dam has been garnering attention for his musical talent since his appearance on 'K-pop Star 2.'

K-Netizens commented, "Bang Ye Dam isn't fit to be in a group, especially a group that has a lot of members and is focused on building fandom. A lot of people were saying he needs to debut as a solo artist but YG was the only one that didn't know that, they let him be a trainee for 10 years and wasn't helping that he was added to treasure too," "Bang Ye Dam already got a lot of attention when he was in elementary school, he was a good singer since then. He would have made it bigger if he just released an album right after the show," "Bang Ye Dam grew up so much," "I heard they were both trainees for a long time, I can imagine how much they didn't want to be part of TREASURE since they departed from the group just after two years," "I get that Bang Ye Dam left but I don't get why Mashiho left," and "A lot of people were against Bang Ye Dam debuting as an idol group, lol."