{"id":5046,"date":"2026-02-09T12:05:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T03:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=5046"},"modified":"2026-02-09T12:05:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T03:05:33","slug":"monsta-xs-i-m-enlists-today-shaves-head-during-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=5046","title":{"rendered":"Monsta X&#8217;s I.M Enlists Today, Shaves Head During Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Monsta X's I.M. DB.\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/image.xportsnews.com\/contents\/images\/upload\/article\/2026\/0209\/1770594160100804.jpg\" width=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I.M, the youngest member of Monsta X, will enlist in the military.<\/p>\n<p>He is scheduled to enter a training camp on the 9th for basic military training before serving as an active-duty soldier.<\/p>\n<p>During the &#8220;2026 World Tour The X: Nexus&#8221; concert, held on the 1st at the KSPO DOME in Seoul Olympic Park, I.M bid farewell to fans, stating, &#8220;I will temporarily leave Monsta X after more than 10 years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During the same concert, I.M announced, &#8220;Since I have my brothers and Monbebe (the fan group&#8217;s name), I&#8217;m going to shave my head.&#8221; This led to an impromptu head-shaving ceremony on stage, where his fellow members took turns cutting his hair, generating significant buzz.<\/p>\n<p>All other members of Monsta X have completed their military service. The remaining five members will continue their tour in April at LaLa arena TOKYO-BAY in Chiba, Japan, and in May at Ookini Arena Maishima in Osaka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I.M, the youngest member of Monsta X, will enlist in the military. He is scheduled to enter a training camp on the 9th for basic military training before serving as an active-duty soldier. During the &#8220;2026 World Tour The X: Nexus&#8221; concert, held on the 1st at the KSPO DOME in Seoul Olympic Park, I.M [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5047,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5046","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kpop-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-73.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5048,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5046\/revisions\/5048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}