AKMU Signs 5-Year Renewal Contract with YG, “Hard to Find an Agency as Good as This”
[텐아시아=우빈 기자] LEE CHAN HYUK and LEE SU HYUN of siblings duo AKMU, signed a 5-year renewal contract with YG Entertainment(hereby YG).
The group has received attention as ‘AKMU’ by appearing on SBS ‘K-Pop Star’ Season 2 back in 2012, and made official debut through YG in 2014.
Under YG’s full-hearted trust and support, the group established themselves as one of the biggest chart influencers through their gifted writing and composing skills. Since they’ve created numerous hits for the past 7 years, their steps and whereabouts were one of the biggest topics in the entertainment industry.
Most artist teams usually break up or move to another agency after a 7-year contract is fulfilled, which is known as the 7-year jinx. When the team decides to renew the contract, they usually make 2-year short term deals to lessen the burden, but AKMU has signed a 5-year long term deal, which grabs the people’s attention.
LEE CHAN HYUK of AKMU stated, “Honestly, it’s hard to find agencies that work for its artists as YG does. We’ve never even had a small argument or disagreement for the past 7 years, while the agency always supported us to our direction and led us when we were young”, expressing his trust on YG Entertainment.
LEE SU HYUN of AKMU revealed the why they renewed the contract by stating, “We never considered leaving YG, we would rather retire”.
YG explained, “AKMU members are young, but are thoughtful and mature. All employees of YG were moved that AKMU renewed a long-term deal with YG”. They added, “Since we cross-checked each other’s trust once again, YG will not hesitate to support AKMU and will do our best to help them grow and become even better artists”.
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