It’s over. After six years together, K-pop star HyunA has announced that she and fellow K-pop star Dawn have called off their engagement and broken up. She shared a short Instagram post announcing the split on Nov. 30. Dawn did not post a statement at the time.
The couple first announced their engagement on Instagram on Thursday, Feb. 3. “Marry Me,” Dawn wrote alongside a video of his and HyunA’s matching rings, while HyunA shared the same video on her IG, along with the caption, “Of course, it’s a yes.”
The two were first caught up in relationship rumors all the way back in 2018 after being friends and labelmates for years. Shortly after the dating rumors began to build, HyunA and Dawn confirmed their relationship without the approval of their agency, Cube Entertainment. That led to the company ending their contracts, forcing the pair to find another music label that would support their romance. Since then, HyunA and Dawn have each been focusing on their solo careers, and continued to maintain their status as one of K-Pop’s most adored couples along the way.
Now that HyunA and Dawn have called it quits, take a look back at the couple’s relationship ahead.
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2014: HyunA and Dawn Meet For the First Time and Catch Feelings
In a November 2019 episode of the Korean variety show “Knowing Bros,” HyunA revealed she started to develop feelings for Dawn almost two years before they began dating in 2016. “I made it obvious [that I liked him] but he said he never noticed,” HyunA said about her one-sided crush on Dawn. While he initially saw HyunA as a friend, Dawn eventually began to reciprocate her feelings the more he got to know her. “I thought she was an amazing sunbae and that kind of opened up my heart,” he said.
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2016: They Begin Dating in Secret
HyunA said she finally told Dawn how she felt about him sometime in 2016. “I said to him, ‘I have something I want to tell you. I’ve liked you for a long time and I tried to let you know [but] we weren’t in a situation where I could confess to you first,” HyunA revealed on “Knowing Bros.” When she asked Dawn to please “wait” for her, she said he responded by saying, “Why? Can’t we just date now?”
HyunA was so happy to hear Dawn liked her back, and from then on, the two officially became a couple – albeit a secret one.
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Aug. 1, 2018: Cube Entertainment Shuts Down Dating Rumors
Just weeks after Triple H dropped their second EP, the group’s comeback was unfortunately overshadowed by dating rumors about HyunA and Dawn, which their company quickly shut down. “HyunA and [Dawn] are not dating. This is groundless [news],” Cube Entertainment said in a statement at the time, according to Soompi. However, that didn’t stop fans from speculating that HyunA and Dawn were more than friends.
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Jan. 27, 2019: HyunA and Dawn Join P-Nation
Cube terminated its contact with HyunA on Oct. 15, 2018, and then parted ways with Dawn on Nov. 14. Luckily, their music careers didn’t stop there, because HyunA and Dawn went on to join Psy’s record label, P-Nation, on Jan. 27, 2019. The stars have since released multiple projects with the company and are still with P-Nation to this day.
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Feb. 3, 2022: HyunA and Dawn Announce Their Engagement
HyunA and Dawn announced their engagement on Feb. 3 in the cutest way possible: by sharing Instagrams showing off their matching opal rings. Dawn captioned his video, “Marry Me,” while HyunA captioned hers, “Of course it’s a yes.” Considering all the hardships the couple went through to be together, fans are so happy their love story got a happy ending!
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Nov. 30, 2022: Dawn Announces Their Breakup
In an Instagram post, Dawn shared the news that the pair ended their relationship. The brief message read in Korean, “We broke up. We decided to remain as good friends and colleagues from now on. Thank you always for your support and for looking over us fondly.”
