BPM Denies Blocking Taemin's Activities With SHINee Following Onew's Label CEO's Cryptic Messages

On January 14, SM Entertainment announced the artist lineup for its 30th anniversary album, set for release next month. Among the still active acts launched by the label since 1995, only the boy group SHINee will not participate.

This immediately raised suspicions that the problem was due to BPM gatekeeping Taemin from doing his schedules with his group.

The claim sparked when the CEO of Griffin, Onew's new label, made an Instagram Stor where he hinted at intercompany issues that limit SHINee's supposed full group activity, despite their desire for Onew to be with them.

In a now-deleted post, the CEO implied that he wasn't referring to SM, prompting fans to speculate that he was targeting BPM.

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Following this, Shawols (SHINee's fans) began calling out the company on the online forum theqoo, accusing them of canceling Taemin's schedules with his fellow members.

As the issue escalated, Taemin faced backlash as well, with some netizens accusing him of neglecting SHINee's activities to prioritize his solo career.

On January 15, BPM finally released its official position to refute the allegations against both the label and its artist.

"We have always supported and cheered on SHINee's activities, which Taemin has great affection for. At the same time, we are not sparing any effort in providing full support so that the artist can receive fair treatment and continue to promote their activities.

We will continue to actively support Taemin so that he can continue to shine as a solo artist and as a member of SHINee, and we will do our best to protect the artist so that Taemin can grow into a greater artist."

BPM also warned malicious commenters that they would take legal action against them.

Meanwhile, some Shawols also defended Griffin's CEO and Onew, who were also sniped by Taemin's fans for harming him and adding fire to the issue with his cryptic messages.

Onew's fans went on to clarify that the post on theqoo twisted his CEO's words and released the label's full chats to justify that he never blamed either BPM or Taemin.

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