Seeing what’s happening right now with VIVIZ, Lee Mu-jin, BE’O, and The Boyz honestly puts the whole conversation about contract termination into perspective. Because suddenly, what people criticized NewJeans for doesn’t feel so “extreme” anymore.
What’s interesting is how different the reaction feels depending on who is doing it. When NewJeans stood up and spoke about their situation around a breakdown of trust and internal conflict, a lot of the response was skepticism, criticism, even hostility. People questioned their motives, downplayed their claims, or framed them as being manipulated. But now, with multiple artists across the industry moving in similar ways, especially in response to very tangible issues, the same core idea suddenly feels a lot more understandable.
K-pop contracts are messy and termination talks can go very uneven. There are cases where termination isn’t even mutual, there are disputes over whether it was justified, whether proper procedures were followed, or whether the artist consented at all. That alone highlights the imbalance: labels can often act decisively, while artists have to fight just to assert their side.
All of this kind of reinforces the same point: termination rights for artists aren’t some abstract “power grab.” They exist for moments when management fails, when trust breaks down, or when the conditions of the contract stop being sustainable. The difference is that when one group does it, especially a high-profile one like NewJeans, it gets treated like a disruption. But when multiple artists across different companies start doing the same thing, it starts to look less like rebellion and more like a systemic issue that’s been there all along.
So in a way, what’s happening now doesn’t contradict NewJeans’ situation, it actually validates it. It shows that idols asserting their rights isn’t the anomaly people made it out to be. It’s just something the industry isn’t used to seeing happen this openly and this often.
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