Xiumin's SM is not allowed to appear on "Music Bank"..KBS is unfounded
Mar 05, 2025
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Xiumin's agency Wonhundred said on the 4th that "XIUMIN, affiliated with INB100, will release his first solo album Interview X on March 10 after 2 years and 6 months."As we release a solo album after a long time, our employees have tried to hold several meetings with the broadcaster so that Xiumin can show a good performance to fans through music broadcasts, but KBS has not even responded to us."
Recently, KBS unofficially said that it is impossible for Xiumin to appear simultaneously in programs featuring SM entertainment singers such as KBS2 'Music Bank'"It was a difficult position to understand, but we continued to contact KBS today to deliver the message, "Please think of artists and fans first, but it is a situation that is ignored."
The agency believes that the public broadcaster has blocked the meeting of artists and fans through broadcasting because of their interests with certain agencies, not because of music or any other reason. If the unfair situation surrounding our artists continues, our artists will not be able to broadcast music during the week when SM Entertainment artists are working on their albums, protesting that it is a deeply unfair act for KBS, a public broadcaster, to make this decision reflecting only the position of a particular company.
Finally, regarding KBS, which has made it difficult for other artists, including Xiumin, to appear in the music bank, we will continue to make efforts to be fair and do our best to prevent many artists from being harmed by such unfair practices," he said.
However, KBS said that Xiumin's agency's claim was "Factually groundless"[The production team is continuously communicating with Xiumin's agency."
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