EXO’s Xiumin’s company has claimed that he’s at the moment being prevented from showing on KBS’s music program “Music Financial institution” as a result of broadcasting firm’s dealings with SM Leisure. In response, KBS has denied the allegation.
On March 4, ONE HUNDRED Label, the dad or mum firm of Xiumin’s company INB100, launched the next official assertion relating to the singer’s music present promotions:
Hey, that is ONE HUNDRED.
We wish to inform you of an essential matter relating to our label’s artist’s appearances on KBS applications.
Xiumin, an artist underneath INB100, is ready to launch his solo album “Interview X” on March 10, marking his first solo comeback in two years and 6 months.
As it is a long-awaited solo comeback, our crew made steady efforts to rearrange conferences with numerous broadcasting stations in order that Xiumin might showcase an awesome efficiency to his followers. Nevertheless, KBS remained unresponsive and didn’t return our makes an attempt to make contact.
Just lately, we have been unofficially knowledgeable by KBS that it will be not possible for Xiumin to look on [KBS] applications that characteristic SM Leisure artists, together with KBS2’s “Music Financial institution.”
This reasoning was obscure, however even till at present, we’ve constantly tried to speak with KBS to induce them to prioritize the artist and their followers. Sadly, our makes an attempt have been ignored.
We imagine this example displays a case the place a public broadcasting station is obstructing an artist’s assembly with followers—not because of musical or another [reasonable] components, however based mostly on its dealings with a particular leisure firm.
If this type of unfair remedy continues, our artists shall be positioned in a scenario the place they can not promote on music reveals each time SM Leisure artists have ongoing album promotions.
We discover it deeply unjust that KBS, a public broadcasting firm, has made this resolution based mostly solely on one firm’s stance. Regardless of our utmost efforts to resolve this matter, we remorse having to ship such disappointing information to the followers.
Relating to KBS, which has not solely hindered Xiumin’s look however has additionally made it tough for different artists to look on “Music Financial institution,” our firm will proceed striving for equity and can do our greatest to forestall artists from being deprived by such unfair practices.
Though Xiumin’s KBS look is at the moment not possible, we won’t quit for the sake of our artists and followers. Moreover, we promise to create even higher alternatives for Xiumin to showcase his performances and make significant recollections with followers by means of different occasions.
As soon as once more, we sincerely apologize for disappointing each our artist and followers. We’ll proceed striving to rectify unjust business practices and stay an organization that actually prioritizes its artists.
Thanks.
In the meantime, KBS has denied the claims, stating, “The allegations are fully unfounded,” and added, “The ‘Music Financial institution’ manufacturing crew has been in steady communication with Xiumin’s company.”