Will Lee Soo-man, who left SM, begin his return to Korea…A2O MAY, comeback on the 15th.

By Jieun, Baek

Aug 12, 2025

Will Lee Soo-man, who left SM, begin his return to Korea…A2O MAY, comeback on the 15th.



Will Lee Soo-man's return to Korea begin.

A2O MAY launched by Lee Soo-man will make a comeback with its third single 'B.B.B' on the 15th.

'B.B.B' is the first new song released by A2O MAY in four months and features the energy and upgraded personality of 'Bigger Badder Better'. A2O LTG, an A2O Rookies unit, participated in the feature as a song that can better feel the unique genre 'Jalpa Pop', which was created by the production of Lee Soo-man key producer and visual reader.




Lee Soo-man sold his SM shares to Hive in 2023 after a management dispute with SM Entertainment (SM) management. In the process, Hive put forward a three-year competition ban. For this reason, Lee Soo-man's domestic activities are not yet possible, but he will be free in 2026. Lee Soo-man has been preparing step by step ahead of this. First, A2O Entertainment (hereinafter referred to as A2O) based in Singapore was established and girl group A2O MAY was launched. In addition, the company created a private company in Cheongdam-dong, Seoul, including BloomingGrace, the parent company of A2O, Repollux, and Culture Technology Group Asia.

Will Lee Soo-man, who left SM, begin his return to Korea…A2O MAY, comeback on the 15th.
A2O MAY is a group composed of all Chinese people, including Chen Yu-tsuji and Chichang Mi-kat, and debuted last year. They were the first Chinese artists to be invited to the major music festival '102.7 Kiss FM Wango Tango' festival organized by iHeartRadio in May, and charted 'Under My Skin' and 'Boss' on Mediabase, the main stream radio chart in the United States. As Mediabase is used as data for ranking radio songs charts, one of the evaluation criteria for Billboard's main single chart, 'Hot100', it can be said that it is a significant record to be listed on the chart.

As such, attention is being paid to whether A2O MAY will perform well in the domestic market. With Lee Soo-man moving to return to Korea with Yoo Young-jin, who has worked with SM for a long time, and her nephew Sunny of Girls' Generation, A2O MAY's performance is the criterion for evaluating Lee Soo-man's production ability.




Attention is focusing on whether Lee Soo-man will be able to successfully return to Korea.



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