Apink is back in July with six members

Since former Apink member Hong Yoo Kyung left the group last April, their agency, A Cube Entertainment, has been considering filling the vacancy but decided not to recruit more members, saying, “They will be back with a new album in July with six members.”

It has been 14 months since Apink announced the first studio album, Une Annee, in May 2012. Prior to this latest announcement, they released a teaser through their agency’s YouTube account. In the teaser, the six members are wearing white dresses in a green garden. The caption says “Apink Secret Garden Coming Soon” at the end of the video.