So like my mom and I are EXO-Ls right. And she just brought it to my attention yesterday that EXO's contract is expiring next year.... bruh I almost cried. Most of the boys are in the military, Lay is stuck in China, and the boys haven't been producing as much music as they used to in the past few years. SM hasn't been treating them as the artists they are like for example EXO-SC. Sehun and Chanyeol have stated many times how their music is produced by them and SM doesn't seem to like that they are producing their own music cause have you seen the lack of promotion those two have gotten?. Like bruh. SM didn't handle the Chen issue well and the boys who came to defend Chen like their management should have were cancelled by k-EXO-Ls who felt "betrayed "
by a 29 YEAR OLD PERSON LIVING THEIR LIFE AS THEY SHOULD. Then the whole Chanyeol GF situation that we could all tell was fake not even being addressed and ofc those hateful so called fans still being pressed about it and not even supporting him and his music and upcoming movie. Like tf. Now that I realised that their contracts are expiring I low key high key panicked cause in all honesty how many of us expect the boys to renew their contracts after the mistreatment they've experienced over the years?. Like I want them to stay together but like SM does not deserve those boys. They've wasted so much talent by putting the boys in their basement
What are you your thoughts on the issue??
i don't stan exo, and i haven't heard many songs, but from what i know, exo has been treated like shit ever since debut. and unfortunately, it's not just exo. sm is just a shitty company in general, which sucks cause their artists are amazing, just treated poorly.
i don't know if i can form a proper opinion since not knowing much about exo, but i'd rather them disband and be happy, rather than stay and get treated like shit.
exo is probably one of the most known kpop groups, and you'd think based off their popularity that they'd be treated pretty good, but like- no.
and it sucks that it takes multiple members to leave for fans to be like, "oh, they're being mistreated."
exo definitely isn't the first or most mistreated group, but they're still so- terribly mistreated? and i feel like it goes for every sm group. like yeah, sm isn't the only company to mistreat most, if not all of their idols, but they're definitely up there.
tw// death
it took 2 idol deaths, probably more i don't know of, many suings and abuse cases, and scandals from managment to realize, "oh wow they're not good at providing their idols, and actors/actresses what they need"
and to this day i see thousands of literal SM, like the company stans. like i get being a ____E stan, cause i'm a JYPE stan, meaning i stan majority of the groups/soloists under JYP, but i very much dislike jin-young himself.
anyway, i doubt that we'll see sm treat their idols with respect any time soon.
i really, really do wish the best for EXO and EXO-Ls though, i really understand how difficult expiring contracts feel, and mistreatment. i haven't witnessed a disbanding of a group that i stanned before disbandment, but i bet it's so, so difficult, especially if they're an ult and stuff.
i wish the best for exo-ls.