It has been revealed that U-KISS AJ will temporarily leave the group to further his education.

U-KISS's agency NH Media revealed the news on the 29th through their homepage. They wrote, "We revealed previously that AJ was admitted into Columbia University in the United States." and that "AJ in order to study in the United States, will be temporarily leaving the group and the concert taking place this month in Japan will be his last activity with the group." They continued, "The withdrawal doesn't mean he will be permanently leaving the group. He will be in the United States for five months to pursue his education and he plans to rejoin the group some time early next year."

U-KISS on the 25th, revealed their third single in Japan. Their single reached 5th on the Oricon Daily Chart right after it was released. Within the month of July, U-KISS toured 9 cities in Japan with a total of 16 performances for their solo tour concert, who held their last finale concerts on the 28th and 29th at the Tokyo NHK Hall. U-KISS will also be performing at the tokyo Budokan on September 9th and will resume Korean promotion activities in mid September.