EXO members Baekhyun, Xiumin, and Chen have sued their label SM Leisure for the termination of their contracts. The trio shared the information to the general public by releasing a press release, by way of their legislation agency Lin, on Thursday (Could 1). The three idols requested information of their earnings and funds from March by way of Could, seven occasions in complete however the corporate by no means shared these particulars, in accordance with LIN.
And to high all of it off, SM made musicians signal contracts with them that required them to work for the company for a minimum of 17 to 18 years. A typical authorized contract is for seven years in South Korea, and if that point interval is exceeded, the artist has the authority to finish the settlement. The trio gave discover to finish their contracts after being attentive to these issues.
Baekhyun, Xiumin, and Chen expressed their gratitude to the followers for giving them the boldness to talk out about injustice that they weren’t in a position to discuss prior to now. The assertion learn, “As a result of distinction in place with SM, we’re inevitably pursuing authorized motion, however we’ll do our greatest to resolve the dispute by discovering a clever method in order that followers would not have to fret an excessive amount of.” The assertion additional learn, “These of us who wish to converse out in a small voice concerning the injustice that we’ve not been in a position to discuss earlier than are literally very scared and scared at this second. We hope that you’ll take note of our phrases and our onerous braveness. As soon as once more, we sincerely thank the followers who’ve supported us for a very long time.”
SM Leisure reacts
Put up the information went viral, SM Leisure launched a press release that it found “some exterior forces” are “committing unlawful acts” by cajoling its artists to make unsuitable choices to violate their phrases with SM or contract out. They added, “We are going to take all essential authorized actions in opposition to these forces.” This comes when EXO was gearing up for his or her group comeback, later this yr. The band consists of 9 members together with Suho, Xiumin, Lay, Baekhyun, Chen, Chanyeol, D.O, Kai and Sehun. They debuted in 2012 below SM Leisure. Kai is presently enlisted within the South Korean army. Along with being part of the Ok-Pop group EXO, the trio even have a sub-unit named EXO-CBX.
