SEVENTEEN's 13 Members Renew Contracts With HYBE
kbizoom did the math: an estimated $220–250M generated for HYBE in 2023 alone, from a group whose label once sat on the edge of bankruptcy. on july 13, all 13 renewed. AGAIN.
on july 13 pledis confirmed that all thirteen members of SEVENTEEN re-signed — their SECOND renewal, heading into year eleven. thirteen men. zero defections. in this economy, on this timeline, during this particular season of contract chaos. absolutely feral behavior.
the reveal wasn't even a press release first. s.coups said it out loud, emotionally, on the closing night of the [NEW_] encore run at incheon asiad stadium back on april 5. he told the people who'd been standing in that stadium for it. correct instincts.
now the part that makes the renewal read like a business decision instead of a feelings decision. in 2023 SEVENTEEN moved roughly 15.93 million albums per circle chart — the best-selling artist in the country that year. 'FML' cleared 6.39 million on its own, 'SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN' added 5.94 million, and the FOLLOW tour pulled about $111.5 million from 988,314 people across 28 shows. estimates put the whole year at $220–250 million in revenue for HYBE. the boys ARE the balance sheet.
and yet. the origin story is 'the company could not afford stage outfits.' pledis spent 2012 to 2015 too broke to launch them, pushing the debut back over and over. woozi ended up producing the music, hoshi ended up building the choreo, and the rest split concepts and creative direction between them — so the entire self-producing identity everyone praises now was never a brand strategy. it was survival, in a numbered mesh jersey.
since then: the first k-pop act to speak and perform at the UNESCO Youth Forum in paris in 2023, then UNESCO's first-ever Goodwill Ambassador for Youth in june 2024. the members currently serving in the military will finish their paperwork when circumstances allow, and the company says it's already prepping for all thirteen to reconvene. CARATs, that's YOUR boys.
from 'will this group even debut' to 'this group is a line item.' mother is mothering in a full suit.
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THE BOYZ's Hyunjae Unveils Acting Profile as Lee Jae Hyun
on september 1 his agency dropped fresh acting profile shots under his real name, lee jae hyun — and yeah, the visual-to-actor pipeline is real.
not THE BOYZ's Hyunjae quietly speedrunning the idol-to-actor pipeline and looking devastating while doing it.
on september 1, his agency Management SEESUN released a new set of acting profile photos under his real name, Lee Jae Hyun. the shots lean into a different, more grown-up side of him than the one we know from the stage — the range! the CHARM!
it's giving "leading man in a drama your mom will get obsessed with." the visuals were never in question, but seeing them repackaged for an acting career is doing NUMBERS on the timeline.
deobis, start manifesting the drama casting now. if this man books a romance series we are simply not going to make it. 🎬
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the national museum of korea had to restrict general access for an hour during blinks' 10th-anniversary gathering — and then apologized for it.
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