The Tragic Downfall of SM Entertainment

SM Entertainment has been going through a lot lately and more and more artists are jumping the ship. What's going on behind-the-scenes and why is everyone leaving?

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[DK-ueks]

I’m still mad at how they treated F(x), no fan name, no light stick, nothing and left them to rot.

[avexchild]

You can't just lose someone like BoA .. somebody who is the Queen of k-pop.. and think your standing as the major kpop company with a good reputation can continue. Losing someone who has spent 26 years with the company and saved the company from bankruptcy is really crazy to me.

[kendalledwards]

YG 🤝 SM both labels are losing their most valuable artists.

[edrok]

Minors debut: netizens complain
Adults debut: netizens complain

There is never a win in these situations 🙄

[veeveex]

SM's downfall started with Jessica Jung being removed from SNSD at the height of their career.
Followed by F(X) just quietly going on hiatus / disbandment and Super Junior members being removed or leaving one by one and the boys of EXO filing a lawsuit similar to what happened in DBSK and Super Junior.
And then both Jonghyun and Sulli's tragic fates.

SM's strength and popularity came from their 2nd Gen groups. The way they *completely* failed to take care of these people was a telltale sign and the undeniable beginning of the end of SM ENT.

[Kpop.MultiStann-dcel]

Noooo, there are so many legendary artists from SM! But the mismanagement is really bad, hope they change it… for the better…😢

[TdotAntiordinary]

whoever is hating on BoA deserves to lose happiness in their lives.

[kellylee]

As an SM stan, it's honestly saddening to see. But I'm also kind of glad, since they all are literal gems in this industry and no company would hesitate to take them in and treat them a 100x better. I just hope this doesn't affect groups like Aespa, NCT or Riize in a negative way, since these groups still have time for their contract ends. Regardless of company, let's continue supporting the artists!

[tenshie]

Are we not aware of this since the DBSK debacle???… sheesh now everything is coming to light.

[abcdef-kfmy]

The most shocking one was CBX’s lawsuit against SM. Atleast the others didn’t sue their company. But no EXO especially Baekhyun doesn’t take bullshit.. he will sue anyone who discriminates, talk unfounded nonsense and harass him. The only reason CBX went back was for EXO. It was for the EXO’s legendary We are One and the promise they made to EXO-Ls.

[wymbumbum]

Big 3 company having issues with their idols and staffs. (YG and SM losing their biggest artists, JYP not promoting their idol groups properly)
Hybe having a civil war moment.
Dang, idk what's happening to kpop anymore.

[WhippedForJeonJungkook]

Idols are leaving because they know they have no future with that company, SM is a sinking ship

[BruhImAGirl]

Sooman held the strings together, I hoped it would work out, but that's wishful thinking.
Let's hope Baekhyun becomes the next CEO that values vocals

[Riu-bwbl]

Also Boa being called greedy for being in the group and how ageist people are nowadays says alot about both kpop and society. People bullied her into retirement because of her age… jesus christ. Kpop will never change. And now they debut 12 year olds.

I know western fans say they don’t want kids in kpop and that they want older and adult idols but then have turned around and say the most horrid weird age sh*t to female idols. Annoying hypocrites

[ARP_]

Add to the list SNSD's Taeyeon. She made puns about SM and flirted with the idea of leaving.
I'm sure if she finds a better company, she'll go away too.

[maidatariq]

Sm is really poor in managing artist and treating them well so their is no doubt why everyone is leaving sm and it's better decision who going to stay in such nasty company sm is really going downfall bcz all the money maker in sm leaving so it's really bad for company

[nikki.exosnoona]

we've seen this coming from a mile away ever since the LSM-HYBE issue. the top management keeping all their secrets have been exposed leaving their employees including their artists in the dark of what's happening in the company. i think that's what made a lot of our beloved artists think about their future. & i so agree about their so-called helpline never worked! i don't see anyone getting in trouble ever. they should've been the ones vigilant about this since they have been experiencing this over the years! they have never even once lifted a finger over protecting the ones that literally makes them money. & i don't think they can get out of their messes since they never even tried to clean it up anyways.

[ninablack]

I think to with the global raise of Kpop, artists have so many options in regards to companies they can move to when their contracts are up. Its about time companies were held accountable and start paying artist and workers decently.

[Yxxyn._]

Honestly all the big 3/4 companies are doing pretty badly rn.

[CARL_]

SM enteraiment
There one of the giant company in kpop industry so sad to hear this