On a quiet Monday morning in Seoul’s Gangnam District, three men took their seats at a cafe table with the carefulness of people who have rehearsed being natural. Cha Jun-ho, Kim Dong-yun and Lee Hyeop, members of K-pop boy band DRIPPIN, were measured in their words and composed in their smiles, projecting the kind of energy that belongs not to rookies, but to veterans stepping into unfamiliar territory. As the group’s debut subunit, the three have named themselves ChaDongHyeop, a combination of their names, and are about to release their first single album, “Doogeundae,” on Tuesday. It’s a milestone six years in the making, the first unit project in DRIPPIN’s history since the group debuted in 2020. The wait, the three told The Korea Times, was worth it. “I’d been looking forward to this for so long,” Cha said. “Now that we’re finally able to show something to our fans, I feel really excited. This is a different kind of start for us, and I want people to see a side of us they haven’t seen before.” The roughly two years since DRIPPIN’s last group activity with “Weekend” in August 2024 wer
