Attract, 'Fifty Fifty Crisis'... Publication of 'recording file' proving external forces

On July 3rd, Attract, Fifty Fifty's agency, released a transcript of a phone call between Attract's CEO Jeon Hong-joon and Warner Music Korea's executive director to the media.

Various online communities pointed out Seong-il Ahn, the CEO of Dugibus, as the culprit behind the attempted extortion of Fifty Fifty.

Accordingly, on June 26, Attract pointed out the relevance of the incident and announced that it had sent a proof of contents to Warner Music Korea, which Warner Music Korea denied on the same day, saying that it was groundless.

Regarding the recorded file, an Attract official said, "CEO Ahn Seong-il arbitrarily proceeded with the buyout of Fifty Fifty without the approval of his agency, Attract CEO Jeon Hong-joon." "he said.

Below is the contents of the recorded file on May 9th released by Attract.

Executive Director of Warner Music Korea: "I have something to check"

Attract CEO Jeon Hong-joon: "Yes, yes."

Executive Director of Warner Music Korea: "I made an offer of 20 billion won to CEO Ahn Seong-il for a buyout before."

Jeon Hong-joon: "I haven't heard of it."

Executive Director of Warner Music Korea: "Haven't you heard of it?"

Jeon Hong-joon: "Yes."

Jeon Hong-jun: "What is a buyout?"

Executive Director of Warner Music Korea: "No, that label."

Jeon Hong-joon: "Which label do you use?"

Executive Director of Warner Music Korea: "That's why we took over all the children and spoke like this."

Reporter Yoon Jun-ho, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr