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Kaya pa ba today, EXO-Ls? On June 1, 2023, EXO members Chen, Baekhyun, and Xiumin filed a lawsuit against SM Entertainment to terminate their exclusive contracts with the company. This news, in itself, shocked EXO-Ls and the K-Pop stan community and have been making waves since its posting. https://twitter.com/sbbbh61/status/1664162888439959553?s=20 In Summary of SM and EXO-CBX:– […]
It’s EXO members and EXO-Ls vs. SM Entertainment all over again. On June 1, 2023, EXO members Chen, Baekhyun, and Xiumin notified SM Entertainment of their move to terminate their exclusive contracts with the company through their legal rep and lawyer Lee Jae-Hak from law firm LIN. The three EXO members, also comprising the sub-unit […]
Since last week, news surrounding SM Entertainment, HYBE Labels, and Kakao have been endlessly circulating the internet and online K-Pop communities. With all of these articles being too long, detailed, and filled with legal jargon, reports about the issue could be too confusing to read, or even incomprehensible at times. As such, we’re here to […]
So, we all probably heard the news that Lee Soo-man is planning to file a case against SM Entertainment for its dealings with Kakao. You can all read about it here. Now, K-pop stans have some things to say about the whole…legal case brewing. https://twitter.com/aerinuh/status/1622890667595948036?s=20&t=2J4bhdgKDnZ9woTM_7h1BQ it seems like LSM didn't know that SME partnered to […]
The founding father? Suing his own brainchild? Sheesh. On February 7, 2023, it had been reported that Kakao had acquired 9.05% of SM Entertainment for 217.2 billion won ($172.8 million). This acquisition then makes Kakao the second largest shareholder of the famed multinational K-Pop entertainment agency, second only to Lee Soo-man, the company’s founder, with […]
SM Entertainment’s ace girl group, GOT the Beat, is finally here with their first-ever comeback. On January 16, 2023 at 6 P.M. KST, SM Entertainment officially released GOT the Beat’s first mini album titled, “Stamp On It”. GOT the Beat is SM Entertainment’s first line-up for their “Girls on Top” project, consisting of members of […]
SM Entertainment artists truly know how to warm up their fans for the winter holidays! On December 26, 2022 at 6 P.M. KST, SM Entertainment dropped their 2022 Winter album exclusively titled, “2022 Winter SMTOWN: SMCU PALACE” on all streaming platforms, as well as the stage video for one of their tracks, “Hot & Cold” […]
Aespa’s back to slay, GIRLS. On June 1, 2022 at 12 M.N. KST, SM Entertainment and aespa announced that the 4-member girl group will be making their comeback on July 8, 2022 with their 2nd mini album titled, “Girls”. This comes 10 months after the release of the 1st extended play, “Savage” and 8 months […]
“Step Back” isn’t the “gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss” anthem that we all wanted from the ‘GOT the Beat’. On January 1, 2022, SM Entertainment’s newest supergroup project ‘GOT the Beat’ debuted with the track “Step Back” at the ‘SMTOWN Live 2022: SMCU EXPRESS @ KWANGYA’ free online concert. And while their stage was mind-blowing and truly […]