Singer Kanto has ended his exclusive contract with Brand New Music.
Brand New Music announced on the 13th, "We would like to inform you that the exclusive contract with our artist Kanto has ended."
He added, "We would like to express our sincere gratitude for the support you have given to Brand New Music's artist Kanto, and we ask that you show a lot of interest and love to Kanto's steps as he stands alone."
Lastly, he said, “Brand New Music will always support Kanto’s future as he makes a new start.”
Meanwhile, Kanto made his solo debut in 2013. Afterwards, he worked as a member of the group Troy and released a number of songs including ‘Just Say’, ‘Before the Eyes’, ‘These Days’, and ‘Ceremony’.
Below is Brand New Music’s official position in full.
Hello, this is Brand New Music.
We would like to inform you that our exclusive contract with our artist Kanto has ended.
Since his solo debut in 2013, Kanto has also worked as a member of the group Troy, and over the past 10 years with the company, he has released many representative songs such as 'Just Say', 'Before the Eyes', 'These Days', and 'Ceremony', and is an outstanding singer. He is Brand New Music's representative artist who has grown with the company by featuring in the albums of many talented musicians with his rapping skills and showing his versatility through various activities.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude for the support you have given to Brand New Music's artist Kanto, and we ask that you continue to show interest and love in Kanto's journey as he stands alone.
We, Brand New Music, will always unwaveringly support Kanto’s future as he makes a new start.
Reporter Junho Yoon, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr