ARrC ARCHIVE · LEADER · MAIN RAPPER
Hyunmin
Profile
| Stage name | Hyunmin |
|---|---|
| Born | April 11, 2005 |
| Roles | Vocalist and performer |
| Group | ARrC |
| Group debut | 2024-2026 |
| Agency | See official profile |
The Boys Planet alumnus carried Mystic Story’s first boy group through two lineups and a much shorter run than his accumulated trainee history deserved.
Profile
| Birth name | Park Hyun-been (박현빈) |
|---|---|
| Stage name | Hyunmin |
| Born | April 11, 2005 |
| From | Seoul, South Korea |
| Western zodiac | Aries · direct, competitive and willing to take the first hit |
| Chinese zodiac | Wood Rooster · observant, exacting and quietly proud of the craft |
| Group | ARrC |
| ARrC role | Leader · main rapper |
| Group debut | August 19, 2024 with AR^C |
| Agency during ARrC | Mystic Story |
| Status | Former member · 2024–2026 |
Before ARrC: three companies, one survival show and a very long runway
Hyunmin did not arrive at MYSTIC STORY as an untouched rookie. He was street-scouted by PLEDIS while still in middle school, then trained under Source Music and Jellyfish Entertainment before ARrC. The total often repeated in fan profiles is roughly three years and six months:long enough to collect several versions of the same promise: work harder, wait longer, maybe your name will be on the next lineup.
He also lived in the United States for about five years. That history matters beyond the tidy “speaks English” fact-box line. ARrC included Korean, Vietnamese and Japanese members and worked for international audiences from the beginning. Hyunmin could move between Korean, English and Japanese without turning every overseas schedule into somebody else’s burden.
Boys Planet was the public almost-debut
Many fans first met him on Mnet’s Boys Planet in 2023. He represented Jellyfish Entertainment and finished at rank 48. A survival-show rank is history, not a performance review. The useful file is what he carried out: camera awareness, speed under pressure and the ability to keep a rap part sharp while the lineup, song and audience vote moved underneath him.
Forty-eighth did not make him a failed idol. It made him one of the trainees who had to return to the practice room after viewers had already assigned a number to his face. ARrC’s debut turned that number back into a person.
Leader of both ARrC lineups
ARrC debuted on August 19, 2024 with Hyunmin, Kien, Ziwoo, Choi Han, Rioto, Doha and Jibeen. Hyunmin was leader and main rapper. When Ziwoo left in January 2025 and Andy joined eight days later, the headline focused on the replacement. The quieter job belonged to Hyunmin: steady the six members who remained, welcome somebody who had trained beside them before and make the second lineup look like a working group instead of a public-relations repair.
His leadership showed up in transitions:who explained the next task, who kept an interview moving, who made space when a younger member searched for words. That work disappears from official position lists because “keeps the room from falling apart” is not a Music Bank lower-third.
The ARrC music file
| Release | Hyunmin’s chapter |
|---|---|
| AR^C · August 19, 2024 | The original-lineup debut. “S&S (sour and sweet)” introduced ARrC’s youthful hip-hop base and gave Hyunmin the job of making its rap spine feel confident rather than borrowed. |
| nu kidz: out the box · February 18, 2025 | The first release with Andy. Retro synths and boom-bap let Hyunmin connect the original sound to the revised lineup without pretending January had not happened. |
| HOPE · July 16, 2025 | “awesome” needed somebody willing to sell full-volume crunk optimism. Hyunmin performs toward the back wall as if the audience should answer. |
| CTRL+ALT+SKIID · November 3, 2025 | Rock texture, hip-hop and part-time-job chaos. By this era the second lineup had stopped feeling temporary, which makes the June 2026 ending land harder. |
His taste for Queen and My Chemical Romance makes sense beside his stage habits. He likes music that treats emotional scale as a feature, not an embarrassment. Even when ARrC’s production stayed playful, his delivery pushed past the camera and looked for a live crowd.
The ending arrived after the sales started moving
MYSTIC STORY announced ARrC’s disbandment on June 23, 2026, before the group reached its second anniversary. The timing became its own fandom wound because the catalog had finally started showing growth. A leader cannot negotiate a group out of every company decision. Hyunmin’s job was to carry the public tone through the ending without rewriting seventeen months of work as a mistake.
His post-group handles:@gwangjincityboy and YouTube’s @gwangjincityboyy:keep the performer visible without pretending the ARrC chapter never existed.
June 23, 2026: what the official notice actually changed
MYSTIC STORY’s notice did more than pause promotions. It ended ARrC’s official group activities on June 23, 2026 and stated that Andy, Choi Han, Doha, Hyunmin, Jibeen, Kien, and Rioto would follow separate paths. Contemporary reporting also described the members’ exclusive contracts as concluded. Hyunmin’s status is therefore former ARrC member, not inactive current member and not a member on hiatus.
The exact tenure matters. Hyunmin debuted with ARrC on August 19, 2024 and remained through the final activity date, giving him a 2024–2026 membership line. His leadership covered the original lineup with Ziwoo and the rebuilt lineup after Ziwoo’s January 2025 departure and Andy’s addition. A directory that lists only the last roster loses the first chapter; one that freezes the debut roster loses the team Hyunmin actually led through the final release.
The ending also closes his MYSTIC STORY agency line unless a later contract announcement establishes a new relationship. His personal Instagram and YouTube accounts are the correct places to follow the next chapter, but creating a new group or agency entry from speculation would be premature. Post-group activity should be added here as it becomes public, preserving one canonical identity from Boys Planet through ARrC and whatever follows.
Hyunmin’s leadership in two different groups with the same name
ARrC’s lineup change created two practical versions of the group. The first learned the debut catalog together; the second had to integrate Andy while fans were still processing Ziwoo’s exit. Hyunmin’s leadership cannot be measured by a title alone. It appears in the unglamorous work of resetting formations, sharing context with a new member, keeping multilingual interviews moving, and acknowledging the missing chapter without trapping the replacement inside it.
That work becomes visible across nu kidz: out the box, HOPE, and CTRL+ALT+SKIID. The catalog moves from youthful rule-breaking into a louder, more self-aware performance identity. Hyunmin’s rap delivery acts as an anchor: broad projection, clear rhythmic attack, and enough theatrical scale to make playful material feel intentional rather than lightweight.
The final single album is especially important because its first-week sales rose sharply compared with the group’s earlier releases. Commercial movement does not guarantee corporate patience, but it explains why the conclusion felt abrupt to fans. Hyunmin did not preside over a group that simply faded without evidence of growth. He led a group whose strongest sales signal arrived immediately before its official ending.
The panda side quests
- Physical-media shelf: he collects CDs and cassettes. Very analog behavior for the leader of a group that released CTRL+ALT+SKIID.
- Languages: Korean, English and Japanese. The useful part is watching him help a multinational lineup keep a conversation moving.
- Rock taste: Queen and My Chemical Romance explain why his performance energy often aims for an arena.
- American childhood chapter: five years in the United States gave him cultural context as well as vocabulary.
Fandom notes and the part a fact box misses
- Birth name versus stage name: Park Hyun-been became Hyunmin for the debut file.
- Survival-show shorthand: Boys Planet, final rank 48. The rank is history, not his ceiling.
- Two-lineup leader: he led both the original seven and the Andy-era seven.
- The ARrCer problem: fans had enough time to learn his steadiness, but not enough time to watch a normal three- or five-year group run.
- Not “former” in the lazy sense: ARrC ended. Hyunmin did not evaporate with the company notice.
Official ARrC video tracking
This history follows official ARrC videos from Hyunmin’s leadership period and refreshes daily and total YouTube views.
Official links and receipts
YouTube tracking history
Hyunmin does not currently have a separately verified official solo-video catalog. ARrC releases remain attached to the ARrC group profile so group totals are not duplicated as individual activity.