It was recently announced that (G)I-DLE‘s Minnie and Yuqi would be sitting out of upcoming comeback schedules due to poor health.
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Fans dug deeper into the issue and realized that the girls have been sick on-and-off sine 2023. There were 5 notices about members missing schedules due to poor health since the beginning of December 2023.
List of notifications. | theqoo
A plausible reason for their poor health could be their hectic schedules. It is hard enough to attend schedules locally, but the girls have been flying all over the world, sometimes flying in and out every few days, Take a look at their busy schedule from 2023 below.
1. Asian World Tour (June to July 2023)
The girls ran their I AM FREE-TY tour between June to July 2023, starting in Seoul on June 18 and 19. They performed in Taiwan on July 1 and 2, before flying to Thailand for the stop on. July 15, and Hong Kong on 22 and 23.
2. North American Tour (August)
The girls performed in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, New York, Atlanta, and Chicago over the course of August 4 to 17. That’s 6 stops in 13 days!
3. Europe and additional Asia dates (September to October)
They toured Europe in the month of September. They performed in London, Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels, and Berlin between September 9 to September 19. They then had a short break of less than a week before performing in Japan on September 27 and 28, Macao on October 13 and 14, and Singapore on October 29.
This concluded their I AM FREE-TY tour. They also had various local schedules and filmings in between. Soyeon was also preparing for their comeback, while the girls had to practice for the year-end shows. They performed at the 2023 MAMA awards on November 28, before leaving for America.
4. American activities
They moved between Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, New York, Boston, Washington, and Philadelphia for the Jingle Ball Tour. The tour spanned between December 2 and December 12. They were constantly on the move.
It was said that the members were on medication consistently, to pull off the horrific schedules. Members also sat out of some performances in between, due to health issues.
As soon as they finished the Jingle Ball Tour, they had to perform at the various year-end festivals for all the mega broadcasters.
With such killer schedules, it’s no wonder that the girls are all falling sick!
They flew almost every other day.