Situation checked September 11, 2026: TWICE’s contract story has moved beyond the July renewal reports. Jeongyeon announced her departure from JYP and a move to VARO on August 10; Chaeyoung announced on August 13 that she would leave JYP for her individual work. Both said they would continue TWICE activities. Leaving an agency for solo work is not the same as leaving the group.
The chronology below separates those dated announcements from earlier speculation. It does not assign a finalized solo-agency outcome to the other seven members or claim access to private contract terms.
| Date | Evidence | What it establishes |
|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | JYP’s response to renewal reporting | Discussions underway; not a final outcome for each member. |
| July 15 and 17 | Nayeon and Tzuyu’s post-tour messages | Reflections on the completed tour, not announced agency changes. |
| August 10 | Soompi’s account of Jeongyeon’s letter and VARO confirmation | Departure from JYP, VARO signing and continued TWICE participation. |
| August 13 | Yonhap’s account of Chaeyoung’s announcement | JYP departure for solo work and continued group activity; no named new agency in that report. |
| September 11 review | JYP’s nine-member roster | Group membership shown publicly, not disclosure of nine private solo contracts. |
What JYP’s July response did, and did not, confirm
In July, JYP said renewal discussions were underway and that decisions would be announced once finalized. That was the position reported at the time, not a reason to disregard the members’ later August statements.
At this review, JYP’s official TWICE profile still lists all nine members. A group roster identifies membership; it does not reveal each artist’s exclusive solo-management arrangements. The clearest evidence for the two departures comes from their individual announcements, as reported below.
The member announcements, carefully separated
- Jeongyeon, August 10: In its account and translation of her personal letter, Soompi reported her JYP departure and VARO signing. VARO also confirmed the agreement and support for acting alongside her continued TWICE work. The earlier account of a meeting without a decision is therefore no longer the latest known stage.
- Chaeyoung, August 13: Yonhap reported her announcement that she would leave JYP for solo projects while continuing group activities. That report did not identify a finalized new agency. Her discussion of her musical world, Lil Fantasy, should not be converted into proof of a newly established management company.
- Jihyo and Tzuyu: July reports discussed possible individual arrangements, including a possible agency for Jihyo and the company registered by Tzuyu’s parents. Those reports remain part of the history, not confirmation of a signed contract. This review did not establish a conclusive primary announcement settling those individual arrangements.
These are different evidential categories: an artist’s announced decision, an agency’s confirmation of a signing, and reporting about possible negotiations. Putting them in one undifferentiated list would make tentative July information look as firm as the August announcements.
Nayeon and Tzuyu: tour letters are not contract announcements
Nayeon’s July 15 message thanked the members, staff and ONCE as the year-long tour ended. The accompanying black-and-white photographs were not evidence of a departure: the contemporary report also recorded her explanation that the photographer’s images were already monochrome. Her mother’s separate message concerned recognition for years of work, without identifying a contract decision.
On July 17, Tzuyu likewise thanked fans and reflected on what she had learned on tour, according to allkpop’s account of her post. That expression of attachment to ONCE did not name a new agency or settle her individual management arrangements. These dated messages explain why speculation spread; they are not substitutes for a contract announcement.
How separate solo management and group activity can coexist
A solo-management change can separate responsibility for an artist’s acting, recordings or endorsements from coordination of group releases and tours. Jeongyeon and Chaeyoung’s statements make that distinction relevant to TWICE: both described an individual change while affirming continued group work.
That does not tell us how scheduling, revenue or approval rights are divided in their private agreements. Nor does it guarantee a particular comeback date. For a reader, the useful test is whether an announcement concerns solo representation, group membership or a specific group project.
Why the nine-member context matters
The July discussion followed TWICE’s Seoul tour finale on July 10-12, 2026. That timing helped turn farewell posts about a completed tour into theories about the group’s future. A tour ending, however, is not a group dissolving.
The later August statements are more informative than those theories because they directly address continued participation. They support a distinction between changing individual representation and maintaining TWICE membership, without proving that every future schedule or contract has been settled.
What still needs a separate announcement
Future group releases, tour dates and any further member-specific management decisions need their own dated notices. They cannot be inferred from old captions, a roster page alone or another member’s signing.
Update, September 11, 2026: This dossier previously stopped at July negotiations. It now includes the August 10 and 13 announcements, while retaining the historical sections used by consolidated articles. The original Instagram letters were not directly retrieved in this review; the letter details above are attributed to the named reporting outlets.