TVXQ Renews Contract with SM Entertainment… Continues Together for 22 Years [Official]

MUSIC Apr 02, 2025

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TVXQ will continue their 22-year partnership with SM Entertainment (hereafter referred to as SM).

Based on the thick trust they have built with SM since their debut in 2003, TVXQ will renew their contract and take a new leap forward with SM’s full support.

U-Know Yunho said, “I am deeply moved to continue my relationship with SM, which we have been with since our debut. We will become TVXQ that always does our best to show our fans the best in various fields and the best we can in order to show our fans who have always sent us their endless love and support.” Max Changmin also said, “It is very meaningful to have been able to accompany SM for over 20 years. We will draw an even more wonderful future for TVXQ together with SM, which has always supported and encouraged us.”

SM said, “We are happy to be working with TVXQ again. As TVXQ is a legendary K-pop artist who has created SM history together, we will actively support the wide-ranging activities of U-Know Yunho and Max Changmin in many ways,” they said.

TVXQ, which celebrates its 22nd debut anniversary this year, created numerous hit songs including their debut song ‘Hug (Embrace)’(Hug), ‘Rising Sun (Pure)’(Rising Sun), ‘주주-MIROTIC’, ‘Why (Keep Your Head Down)’, ‘Rebel’(Level), etc. As representative artists of South Korea who created the current global K-pop craze, they are solidifying their unrivaled status by being active in all areas including solo activities such as group activities as well as music, acting, musicals, and variety shows.

TVXQ will hold a nationwide live tour in Japan from April 25 to 27, and will hold a ‘Tokyo Dome concert total With an astonishing number of ‘33 times, a total of 92 dome performances nationwide’, they have broken their own record for ‘most performances in Tokyo Dome and nationwide domes by an overseas artist’, and the attention of fans around the world is expected to be focused on the new history they will continue to write with SM in the future.

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com reporter jhj@donga.com

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