Zerobaseone opens new chapter as five-member group with ‘Ascend-’

Zerobaseone ZEROBASEONE K-POP GROUP ZEROBASEONE (ZB1) is a 9-member K-pop boy group formed through Boys Planet. Debuted on 2023-07-10 under WAKEONE. is opening a new chapter with its sixth EP, “Ascend-,” marking the group’s first release as a five-member act following the departure of four members in March. Ahead of the album’s release on May 18, members Hanbin, Jiwoong, Matthew, Taerae and Gunwook sat down for a round interview at a cafe in Gangnam-gu, southern Seoul, Friday. They reflected on the group’s transition after the expiration of the project group’s two-year-and-eight-month contract, a new musical direction, and what t