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Chenbaek City Incident 'End'... Dramatic reconciliation with SM Entertainment "resolved openly"
On the 19th, SM Entertainment announced a joint statement with Chenbaeksi. They said, "We and the three artists had enough time to openly discuss all issues. We are pleased to inform you that through this, we were able to resolve the differences caused by misunderstandings and reach an amicable agreement. I say the following," he said.
He continued, "We listened to and understood the thoughts of the three artists, and conveyed our position on them in detail. The three artists also opened their hearts and understood our position regarding the artist contract. Accordingly, the company and the three artists are mutually equal. We went through a process of consultation and revision, and promised to further strengthen our relationship in the future.” “We will support the three artists so that they can fully demonstrate their individuality and work in new ways and ways. I decided to support it."
Earlier, when the Chengbaek incident broke out, suspicions arose that a 'third force' was involved. Regarding this, "there was a misunderstanding," he said. "We initially received a report that a third outside force was approaching the three artists with unreasonable intentions, and we have mentioned this as the main cause of the dispute. However, this discussion Through this, we learned that there was a misunderstanding on the part of the company regarding the intervention of a third party. We would like to take this opportunity to express our apologies to the people involved for causing concern with our announcement."
In addition, both sides added, "We apologize to the fans, EXO members except for the 3 members, and those who trusted and waited for EXO, and we will do our best to repay the support of many people who supported us."
Lastly, "We want to envision the future of SM 3.0, which has grown and matured thanks to the fans' support. We will make it stronger,” he promised.
Below is the full text of SM and Chenbaek's joint stance.
Hello, this is SM Entertainment.
Below is the joint statement of our company and our artists Baekhyun Byun, Jongdae Kim, and Minseok Kim (hereinafter referred to as the 3 artists).
Recently, there was a situation in which the company and three of our artists continued to openly raise issues from different positions. In this regard, we and the three artists sincerely apologize for causing concern to many people who support EXO.
Afterwards, the company and the three artists had enough time to discuss all issues candidly. We are pleased to inform you that through this, we were able to resolve differences of opinion caused by misunderstandings and reach a mutually amicable agreement.
First, while acknowledging and maintaining the contractual relationship between the company and the three artists, we decided to continue to carry out EXO activities more actively through some discussions and revisions.
We listened to and understood the thoughts of all three artists, and also conveyed our position on them in detail. The three artists were also open-minded and understood our position regarding artist contracts. Accordingly, the company and the three artists promised to further solidify their relationship in the future by going through a process of mutually equal discussions and corrections. In addition, we decided to cheer and support each of the three artists so that they can fully demonstrate their individuality and promote in a new way.
Second, I would like to say that there was a misunderstanding about the intervention of third parties.
We initially received a report that a third outside force was approaching the three artists with unreasonable intentions, and we have stated that this was the main cause of the dispute. However, through this discussion, we learned that there was a misunderstanding about the involvement of third parties. We would like to take this opportunity to apologize to those concerned for causing concern with our announcement.
We and the three artists would like to express our apologies to the fans, EXO members other than the three, and those who trusted and waited for EXO, and we will do our best to repay the support of the many people who supported us.
Lastly, through this incident, I was able to think about the direction of our growth following the launch of SM 3.0, from the individual concerns of the artists. Thanks to the fans' support, we want to draw the future of SM 3.0, which has grown and matured. Under the changed and developed new banner of SM 3.0, we will further strengthen and solidify mutual cooperation and respect with our artists.
thank you
Reporter Yoon Jun-ho, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr
