MAMAMOO member Hwasa has joined Ok-pop company P Nation, based by Psy.

Over the weekend throughout Psy’s 2023 Summer season Swag occasion, he stunned the viewers by out a desk on stage telling the viewers: “I run a small company referred to as P NATION. The corporate says we’ve an essential contract to signal,” per Soompi.

Hwasa then appeared to signed her new contract with P Nation on stage, earlier than she carried out her hit tune ‘Maria’. Following the efficiency, the Ok-pop idol spoke about her new contract with P Nation.

“It wasn’t a efficiency; I truly signed an actual contract. After discussing [the specifics] of the contract for some time, we labored all the things out right now,” she mentioned.

Final Thursday (June 27), South Korean information outlet Xportnews reported that Hwasa was within the closing levels of contract discussions with Psy’s P Nation company. On the time, P Nation instructed MyDaily that “a contract with Hwasa has not been confirmed”, whereas additionally confirming that it was “presently below dialogue”, as translated by Soompi.

Hwasa has been signed to RBW since 2014, when she made her debut as a member of Ok-pop lady group MAMAMOO. In 2021, the singer and her groupmates Moonbyul and Photo voltaic re-signed with the label.

She has since turn into the second member of the group to go away RBW, as introduced by the corporate on Thursday (June 27). Bandmate Wheein determined to not renew her contract with the company in 2021, although she did comply with an “prolonged settlement” the place she would proceed to be part of MAMAMOO till at the very least December 2023.

Since then, MAMAMOO have launched plenty of tasks below RBW, akin to the mini-album ‘Mic ON’ and the compilation album ‘I Say MAMAMOO: The Finest’. The quartet have additionally launched a slew of solo work.

In the meantime, Hwasa and Psy beforehand launched the tune ‘Now’, a remake of Jermaine Jackson and Pia Zadora’s 1984 single ‘When The Rain Begins To Fall’. The remake appeared on Psy’s ninth studio album ‘Psy ninth’.