God please don't turn on the other six members and say "well why didn't they inform CBX about the cb?!" Bro this is SM. The SAME company who announced Kai's enlistment while not informing Kai about it who was so excited to join EXIST comeback. Please, we are only spectators here.
He started singing group songs in BKK and eventually sang the most group songs in Taipei. That's between Sept 6 to 21. They had mutual exchange of concrete terms on Sept 10 and entered the negotiation phase. The timeline's aligning.
SM admitting to wanting CBX money and actually publicly pressuring them "you either pay or you don't participate in group activities" ? The mask was never there, they've always played dirty.
CBX literally sacrificed everything, time, pride, demands, just to make OT9 possible. And SM still treats them like outsiders? EXO deserves to be whole. CBX deserves respect. Fans deserve honesty! Stop playing with their loyalty, @SMTOWNGLOBAL
INB100 Statement: CBX's side directly met SM Entertainment on 9th July for EXO full group activities and confirmed will and the direction for discussions.
10th September: Specific proposals and agreements were exchanged and entered into final discussions.
2nd October: CBX accepted all conditions raised by SM Entertainment to facilitate the full group comeback and clearly conveyed interest for negotiation.
CBX left their schedules for December 2025 empty to accommodate to EXO group activities and were waiting on the final confirmation through SM Entertainment's legal representatives.
We will attempt to draw up an agreement for full group activities as soon as possible.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 13 YEARS. THIRTEEN FUCKING YEARS. Was there through all the shit this group has been through but goddamn this shit is the most painful out of everything that happened after all THESE YEARS. I SRSLY COULD ONLY LAUGH IN RESPONSE RIGHT NOW BC WTAF
Using Yixing for damage control SM only uses him for their own benefit. They know that the fanmeet and album will perform relatively poorly without CBX so they brought in the guy with the largest fanbase lol so gross and dehumanising