2013-2014

2013–2014: Group hiatus

Sunye announced in November 2012 that she would get married in January 2013; JYP announced that the group would be on hiatus.^[57] The Wonder Girls performed for the last time before their hiatus at the Winter Special Olympics in Pyeong Chang, South Korea on February 5, 2013.^[58]
Sunye gave birth to a daughter in October 2013.^[59] JYP Entertainment denied Sunye's retirement from the group and stated that she would still remain as a member regardless of her inactive status.^{[60][61][62][63]} However, in December 2014, Sunye officially retired from entertaining, shifting her focus to her family and missionary work in Haiti with her husband.^[64] In December 2013, Sohee left JYP Entertainment and signed with KeyEast Entertainment to focus on an acting career.^[65][66] Due to the departures, plans for the English-language album, an English television series, as well as any future promotions in the United States were entirely scrapped.^[67]
In August 2013, former member Sunmi stepped back into the music scene, debuting as a solo artist with the release of the single "24 Hours".^[68][69] In the following year, she released her debut EP entitled Full Moon, with a title track of the same name.
On July 23, 2014, it was announced that Yeeun would be making her debut as solo artist under the pseudonym Ha:tfelt (amalgamation of the pronunciation of the word "Hot" and "Heartfelt"). Her debut mini-album Me? with title track "Ain′t Nobody" was released on July 31, 2014.^[70]