Only Lee Soo left and Sunny Kim Min Jong KyuHyun

Only Lee Soo left and Sunny Kim Min Jong KyuHyun and Boa broke up with SM

Even Sunny left SM.

SM announced the expiration of its exclusive contract with Sunny on the 8th. SM said, “Sunny’s exclusive contract with the company has ended. I would like to express my gratitude to Sunny, who has been with us for a long time and has shown great activities, and I ask for a lot of support for Sunny’s new path.”

Earlier in February, a management dispute broke out between Lee Soo-man, the founder and former general producer of SM, and SM executives at the time. In the dispute, former general manager Lee Soo-man left SM, and attention was paid to the movements of artists who were close to former general manager Lee Soo-man.

Following Kim Min-jong and Shin Dong-yeop, Super Junior’s Kyu-hyun, Eun-hyuk, and Donghae, as well as Girls’ Generation’s Sunny, Lee Soo-man’s nephew, left SM in turn.

It started with Kim Min-jong. Kim Min-jong terminated his contract with SM at the end of June. In particular, Kim Min-jong, who had a strong relationship with former general manager Lee Soo-man, publicly supported former general manager Lee during the management dispute. When former co-chairmen of SM Lee Sung-soo and Tak Young-joon announced Lee Soo-man’s resignation, saying they would end the one-man producer system, Kim Min-jong sent an e-mail containing opposition to all employees of SM.

Kim Min-jong said, “Unlike what was announced, Lee Soo-man and co-chairmen Lee Sung-soo and Tak Young-joon said to the SM family, they stopped all conversations with Lee Soo-man and said goodbye to the unilateral announcement without any discussion with the inside.” “Please honor producer Lee Soo-man, who devoted his life to starting and developing SM,” he publicly supported former general manager Lee Soo-man.

In the end, Kim Min-jong left SM after 17 years. Kim Min-jong signed an exclusive contract with SM in 2006 and has been active since participating in management. SM said, “The exclusive contract with Kim Min-jong ended at the end of June, and we mutually agreed not to renew the contract anymore. “I ask for your support on the new path that Kim Min-jong will take in the future,” he said.

Composer Yoo Young-jin, who publicly supported Lee Soo-man with Kim Min-jong, is currently preparing for a new agency with former general manager Lee Soo-man.

Yoo Young-jin said, “SM without Lee Soo-man’s production is not a true SM. “I will follow the teacher’s will by the side,” he said. “I conveyed my opinion to CEO Lee Sung-soo that we cannot be together in the current situation.”

Broadcaster Shin Dong-yeop also left SM C&C after 11 years.

On the 14th of last month, SM C&C said, “We decided not to renew our contract after the end of our exclusive contract with Shin Dong-yeop.” SM C&C is an affiliate of SM and includes broadcasters Kang Ho-dong, Lee Soo-geun, Jeon Hyun-moo, and Seo Jang-hoon.

Shin Dong-yeop, who signed an exclusive contract with SM C&C in 2012, revealed his special relationship with former CEO Lee Soo-man at the time, saying, “I first met Lee Soo-man, an 18-year senior at Kyungbok High School, when I was a high school student.”

“CEO Lee Soo-man is a mentor of my life and a person who consults my concerns whenever something happens. “I’ve seen you in private often, so it’s been natural for a long time,” he said.

On the same day, Super Junior’s Eunhyuk, Donghae, and Kyuhyun also ended their contracts with SM. SM said on the 14th, “Eunhyuk, Donghae, and Kyuhyun will carry out individual activities separately from SM.” “SM will continue to communicate closely so that it can create synergy through various group and unit activities in the future as it continues Super Junior activities with SM while supporting new challenges from Eunhyuk, Donghae, and Kyuhyun,” he said.

Donghae and Eunhyuk are reportedly preparing to establish individual labels. The two, who sang songs such as “I’m Up Oppa” while working with Super Junior’s D&E unit, are expected to set up their own company and engage in independent activities. Kyuhyun recently signed an exclusive contract with Antenna, which is headed by Yoo Hee-yeol

Artists who were special with former general manager Lee Soo-man are leaving one after another. Now, attention is also being paid to the moves of singers BoA and Kangta.

BoA was directly selected by former general manager Lee Soo-man in 1996 and began her trainee career at SM from the sixth grade of elementary school. Regarding his relationship with former general manager Lee Soo-man, he said, “It’s like Tom and Jerry. It’s like a daughter and a father. “We speak straightforwardly,” he said, showing extraordinary intimacy.

Kangta, who debuted with the group H.O.T. in 1996, has also been in SM for about 28 years. In 2005, he was listed as an unregistered director of SM. BoA also serves as an unregistered director