GIRLFRIEND Announce Breakup

Rock band GIRLFRIEND have announced their disbandment.

The news brings to an end a six-year career which started when the quartet were all still in junior high school. In a series of messages posted in Japanese and English on GIRLFRIEND's website, the band said the lockdown-enforced pause in activities had given them the first real opportunity to think about their futures since their debut.

The members didn't drop any hints about what shape any of their future activities might take, but no one indicated they were planning to walk away from the music industry.