EXO‘s Xiumin’s agency has revealed their position regarding his appearance on KBS.

On the afternoon of the 4th, One Hundred stated in a statement, “As it has been a long time since he released a solo album, our staff tried to meet with the broadcasting station several times so that Xiumin could show his fans a good stage through a music show, but KBS has been silent and has not even answered our contacts.”

They continued to explain, “In this situation, KBS recently unofficially told us that it is impossible for Xiumin to appear on KBS2‘s ‘Music Bank’ and other programs featuring SM Entertainment singers.”

One Hundred stated, “It was a difficult position to accept, but we have continued to contact KBS up until today in order to convey the message, ’Please think of the artist and the fans first.‘” However, even this was being ignored,” he said, emphasizing, “Although Xiumin’s KBS appearance is impossible for now, we will not give up until the end for the sake of our artist and fans.”

Meanwhile, Xiumin will hold a fan concert ‘‘XIUMIN FAN CONCERT ‘X Times ( ) (X Times)’’ on the 22nd. He is also scheduled to appear as the main character Heo Gyun in the drama ‘Heo’s Kitchen’, which will be released through Netflix and Wavve every Monday and Tuesday at 5 PM starting on the 24th.

●Here is One Hundred’s full statement

Hello. This is One Hundred.

We would like to convey an important matter regarding an artist under our label’s appearance on KBS.

INB100’s Xiumin is scheduled to release his solo album ‘Interview X’ on March 10th, his first in 2 years and 6 months.

Since it‘s been a long time since he released a solo album, our staff tried to meet with the broadcasting station several times so that Xiumin could show his fans a good stage through a music show, but KBS has been silent and has not even answered our contacts.

In this situation, KBS recently unofficially told us that it is impossible for Xiumin to appear on KBS2’s ‘Music Bank’ and other programs that feature SM Entertainment singers.

It was a difficult position to accept, but we have continued to contact KBS up until today to convey the message, ‘Please think of the artist and fans first.’ Nevertheless, even this has been ignored.

I believe that this is because the public broadcasting company blocked the meeting between the artists and fans through broadcasting due to vested interests with a specific agency, not because of music or any other reason.

If this unfair situation surrounding our artists continues, our artists will inevitably be unable to appear on music broadcasts during the weeks that SM Entertainment artists are promoting their albums.

I believe that it is extremely unfair for KBS, a public broadcasting company, to make this decision based solely on the position of a specific company, and although we have done our best until the end to resolve this situation, we are very sorry to have to deliver this unpleasant news to the fans.

Regarding KBS, which has made it difficult for other artists, including Xiumin, to appear on ‘Music Bank’, we will continuously strive to be fair, and we will do our best to ensure that numerous artists are not harmed in the future due to such unfair practices.

Although Xiumin‘s appearance on KBS is impossible for now, we will not give up until the end for the sake of our artists and fans. We also promise to come back soon to find other ways to create even better events and great stages and memories.

Once again, we apologize for disappointing our artists and fans, and we will continue to work hard to correct unreasonable practices and do our best to become a company that is truly for artists.

Choi Yoon-na, Donga.com reporter yyynnn@donga.com

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