It's not Soshi and Taeyeon...Kim Tae-yeon's Jangsu-gun, who was denied appearance, is sorry for his wounds (Full Story)
Jul 17, 2025
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The agency K Tigers Entertainment "We have received Kim Tae-yeon's request from the Jangsu County Office Regional Festival through an officially entrusted agency. Since it was a consultation through an official route, we confirmed the casting, and we learned that a photo of an artist of the same name, which was completely irrelevant to the promotional material (poster) of the related event, was posted. However, Jangsu-gun County Office later failed to recruit other artists, and also denied Kim Tae-yeon's appearance.
The agency said, `We strongly regret this,' adding that `Kim Tae-yeon was greatly confused and hurt by the incident. At a time when he is seriously proving himself on stage, it is very unfortunate and regrettable that he has been caught up in such a embarrassing and irresponsible situation."
In addition, the Company considered Kim Tae-yeon's mental stability as its top priority, and accordingly, the Company judged the situation to be unrelated to the Company regardless of the facts and decided not to engage in related events. In the future, we will do our best to help artist Kim Tae-yeon continue her activities in a healthy environment. We sincerely apologize for the confusion and urge organizers to take a more cautious response to prevent similar cases from recurring in the future."
Recently, a promotional poster for the 'Longevity Korean Beef and Apple Festival' was released. The name of Taeyeon of Girls' Generation was posted here, drawing attention. However, Taeyeon's agency, SM Entertainment, immediately denied the rumor, saying, `I've never been invited.' Kim Tae-yeon explained that it was happening with the same name.
However, Jangsu-gun County Office drew controversy by saying, `Although Taeyeon's casting of Girls' Generation failed, we regret that the cast candidate list and poster draft were leaked to the outside world and caused unintentional disappointment to local residents and Taeyeon's fans.' It was an incident that hurt a sensitive adolescent artist.
Kim Tae-yeon, who was born in 2012, started pansori and folk songs at the age of 4 and became famous as a 'traditional Korean prodigy'. He is attracting attention as a prospect, reaching the final fourth place in 'Miss Trot 2'.
Next is the full text of Kim Tae-yeon's position.
Hello, we're K Tigers Entertainment.
First of all, I would like to clarify our position regarding the local festival hosted by the Jangsu County Office, which has been mentioned in recent reports and online.
Recently, the company received a request for Kim Tae-yeon from the Jangsu-gun County Office Regional Festival through an officially entrusted agency. Since it was a consultation through an official route, we confirmed the recruitment, and we learned that a photo of an artist of the same name was posted in the promotional material (poster) of the related event.
However, Jangsu-gun Office tried to recruit other artists but failed, and also denied Kim Tae-yeon's appearance.
We strongly regret this.
Kim Tae-yeon was greatly confused and hurt by this incident. At a time when he is seriously proving himself on stage, it is very unfortunate and regrettable that he has been caught up in this embarrassing and irresponsible situation.
Accordingly, the Company considered Kim Tae-yeon's mental stability as its top priority, and accordingly, the Company judged the situation to be irrelevant to the Company regardless of the facts and decided not to participate in the related event.
We will continue to do our best to ensure that artist Kim Tae-yeon continues her activities in a healthy environment. We sincerely apologize for the confusion and urge organizers to respond more carefully to prevent similar cases from happening again in the future.
Thank you.
silk781220@sportschosun.com
