EXO members Baekhyun, Xiumin, and Chen release an official statement refuting claims of third-party involvement declared by their agency SM Entertainment.
Popular South Korean boy band EXO members Baekhyun, Xiumin and Chen have released a new statement in response to claims by their agency SM Entertainment, which included that the trio is allegedly involving a ‘third party’. in your contract termination matter.
The three lead singers of the group had sent notices to their agency wanting to terminate their ‘slave contracts’. The singers have released a new statement now in which they refute any involvement of an outside influence in the situation while also adding that they will be a part of the group even if they part ways with the agency.
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Previously, SM Entertainment claimed that the trio is involving an outside influence along the way. Referring to this, the trio’s lawyer said that it is false information that simply aims to mislead the public.
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The statement read, “Artists feel very distressed after seeing SM’s official statement that it keeps talking about an external third party. They feel especially distressed because it seems to clearly show the perspective SM views artists with.”
It further said: “Our artists are adults who can think for themselves and take responsibility for their own decisions, and are people with independent thoughts and judgments. They have felt some doubts for a decade, and mustered fearful and difficult courage with the idea that the questions they couldn’t bring themselves to ask as newbies should at least be asked now.”
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He continued, “Our artists asked and listened to many people around them about what is right and what they need to do to find wise solutions. Of those people around them, there are relatives and acquaintances, old people and young people from the industry.” music, colleagues, and even staff who have worked alongside the artists.”
The statement also added: “Of those people, there are those who shared concerns, those who shared warm encouragement, and those who also expressed support. In response, we must ask whether all these people are third-party influences, malicious influences.” harmful influences.
The trio’s lawyers also mentioned, “Our artists are human beings who can make decisions for themselves and act for themselves. The decision to find their rights, such as requesting settlement data, was made by themselves after long deliberation and deep reflection, and it is not due to the intervention of an external influence”.
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The lawyers also addressed the matter that the trio is trying to opt out of dual contracts at the same time, so the statement read, “Furthermore, SM claims that our artists signed or attempted to sign dual contracts, but the three people Baekhyun, Chen and Xiumin have not signed or attempted to sign any other exclusive contracts besides their current signed exclusive contracts with SM. SM must refrain from making false claims.”
He further stated, “SM said that they would only allow ‘display’ of the agreement data and would not allow ‘provision’ due to concerns that it would be shared with outside parties. However, even if the artists receive the agreement data and receive consultation not only from their legal representative but also from the accountants around them or from any other person, this would only be exercising the rights of the artists”.
The statement continued: “Even in their exclusive contracts, there are no regulations that artists cannot share the reports provided to them with anyone else and only have to review them by themselves. The contracts include a clause that artists can review the data .provided by SM for 30 days and must make appeals when necessary.”
Concluding the statement, the lawyer said, “SM does not even provide liquidation data, and is informed by its legal representative and other celebrities about the unfairness of this situation. This inevitably raises the question of who should criticize whose wrongdoing in this situation”. We would like to state again that the essence and truth of this case is that the artists and their legal representative constantly requested the provision of settlement data, but SM ultimately refused, leading to the termination of the contract.”
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The statement mentioned several other points in the case that further claimed that the artists are against the agency, where they clarified that the trio will be a part of the group even after they terminate their contract with the agency.
The group EXO debuted under SM Entertainment in 2012 and consists of nine members, including Xiumin, Suho, Lay, Baekhyun, Chen, Chanyeol, DO, Kai, and Sehun.
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