Filipino K-pop Idol Announces Pregnancy; Won't Be Returning To Korea

Carlyn Ocampo, a member of the K-pop group called Z-Girls, surprised her fans by revealing that she’s going to become a mommy real soon!

The Filipino idol shared the good news via Instagram, revealing that she and her non-celebrity BF will be “welcoming our little one this December”.

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Carlyn’s partner, Von Ordona, also posted a special vlog on his YouTube channel, aptly called “Next Chapter Of Our Lives Together”. In one part of the video, the 26-year-old singer mentioned that she had initially prepared to return to Korea for her career.

Due to her pregnancy, however, Carlyn has decided that she would stay in the Philippines and “erase” that plan. Despite that, she assured everyone that she doesn’t have any regrets and that she’s truly happy and excited to begin a new life as a parent to her child.

For those who are not familiar with her, Carlyn is the leader and the main vocalist of Z-Girls. The group debuted in 2019 under ZMC, along with their brother group Z-Boys. The two bands were formed by ZMC (before being transferred to their current label Divtone Group) under the Z-POP Dream Project. Their aim was to create a global K-pop group with members from different Asian countries.

The current line-up of Z-Girls comprises of Vanya (Indonesia), Queen (Vietnam), Priyanka (India), Bell (Thailand), in addition to Carlyn herself. Former member Joanne (Taiwan) departed from the group in June last year due to health reasons. Meanwhile. Japanese member Mahiro officially left the Z-POP Dream project last month.

Upon their debut with their song “What You Waiting For”, the group received favourable responses from international fans and raised expectations from other music fans. Plus, they even established a fandom known as GalaxZ. Following that, we rarely heard any new updates from both Z-Girls and Z-Boys.

In this case, it seems safe to point out that due to the current pandemic situation, it’s difficult for the members to gather and make new music together. With Carlyn’s recent pregnancy news, fans have also been wondering about Z-Girls’ future as a group, especially considering that she won’t be returning to her idol life and will also be settling down in her home country.