SMEnt' stops JYJ trio

SM Entertainment continues its attempt to stop JYJ’s debut in other countries and even sent complaints to the United States of JYJ’s distributor, Warner Music Korea. “The Beginning” is recorded entirely in English and is supposedly to be released in several countries worldwide.


The Korean Federation of Pop Culture and Art Industry has sent letters to TV stations KBS, SBS and MBC and cable network Mnet, as well as Korean online music sites and asked them not to allow JYJ to appear on their shows and sell the digital albums.

Despite these, Korean online music sites defied the letter and released the digital copies of JYJ’s “The Beginning” album last Oct 14. The songs in the album surprisingly entered the top 10 on real-time music charts.


JYJ plan to release the album in other countries and to meet their worldwide fans but this ongoing dispute with SM Entertainment over legal issues might take a while before the trio can perform without any restrictions.  How we wish this episode would end soon.