Over the last few months, the survival show Universe League has aired, showing the process of debuting a new boy group. The program featured a sports-like system where teams would be formed through drafts, and members traded. | SBS The show’s finale took place on January 24, and the winning team, along with the two highest-scoring […]
HYBE’s Recent “Mistake” Sparks Criticism For Its “Multi-Label” System
HYBE Labels, a giant in the Korean music industry, works as an umbrella company that has many sub-agencies that all work independently to manage their artists when it comes to creating and promoting music. The various subsidiaries under HYBE include BIGHITMUSIC, ADOR, Pledis Entertainment, SOURCEMUSIC, and KOZ. BTS is under BIGHIT MUSIC | @bts_bighit/X LE […]
NewJeans Calls Out New ADOR Management And Demands Restoration Of Min Hee Jin’s System
On September 11, 2024, the girls of NewJeans shocked everyone by turning on a surprise livestream. The livestream was hosted on a brand new YouTube account unaffiliated to their existing company channel. The girls prefaced the livestream by reiterating that they were not asked to do this by Min Hee Jin. They claimed that they […]
The K-Pop Market Is Expanding With The Introduction Of A Multiple-Production System
Recently, same-label artists have been making comebacks around the same time frame, usually from one of the “Big 4” agencies. These changes are happening due to the introduction of a multi-production system and expanding the K-Pop market. With these comebacks happening around the same time, the artists have found themselves in a competitive atmosphere with […]
SM Entertainment Announces A Major Change In NCT’s Unit System
SM Entertainment has answered fans’ questions in their latest video on the development of SM 3.0. Although HYBE has officially become the largest shareholder of SM Entertainment, SM 3.0 is continuing its launch with Kakao‘s assistance. In the video, SM Entertainment co-CEOs Lee Sung Soo (also known as Chris Lee) and Tak Young Jun addressed […]