On October 31, the official truce between HYBE, the Seoul-based music company, and MBC, a number one South Korean broadcasting company, made headlines in Korean media.

HYBE, the umbrella company underneath which BTS’s company, BIGHIT MUSIC, operates, reportedly had dangerous blood with MBC for the previous 4 years. But now, the broadcasting firm has issued an official apology, marking a brand new begin of collaboration between the 2 organizations.

But many followers are unaware of what really prompted this feud within the first place. It goes again to 2019, when BTS didn’t seem at MBC’s year-end pageant that airs each December 31. The motive behind BTS’s absence was scheduling conflicts. The boy group was slated to carry out at Times Square in New York City on New Year’s Eve that yr.

BIGHIT MUSIC had requested for BTS’s look on the pageant to be pre-recorded, however they couldn’t attain an settlement with MBC. As a consequence, all BIGHIT MUSIC artists, and later all HYBE artists, by extension, didn’t seem in any MBC program for 4 years. This is the explanation why teams like SEVENTEEN, LE SSERAFIM, and NewDenims haven’t carried out on MBC’s music reveals regardless of their hectic promotional actions.

But this dispute got here to an official finish on October 30, when MBC’s President Ahn Hyung Jun met with HYBE’s chairman, Bang Si Hyuk, on the MBC workplace constructing for a dialogue relating to the problem. The assembly was initiated by MBC, however by the tip, Bang was additionally on board to proceed the content material change between them after 4 years of suspension.

In a media assertion, President Ahn expressed his remorse on the damage MBC’s “outdated production practices” could have brought about to artists. Reportedly, through the assembly, President Ahn expressed his willingness to Bang Si Hyuk to enhance the deep-seated and longstanding flawed manufacturing tradition between broadcasters and labels in South Korea. The President hoped for “mutual request and consideration.”

Ahn additionally said that he wished MBC to take the lead on this case by establishing a good partnership with labels and likewise making a protected atmosphere the place artists’ rights are revered and guarded. Chairman Bang acquired Ahn’s recommendations with optimistic enthusiasm and hoped that this new alternative would open larger doorways for all Ok-Pop artists.

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