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TWO: In an evolving K-Pop drama, the surprising global hit group FIFTY FIFTY sued its agency to terminate their exclusive contract. The group only debuted in November, 2022, but had a huge hit “Cupid” that is the longest charting Korean girl group pop song in the USA, UK and Spotify. The group’s lawyers argue the firm failed to fulfill its contractual obligations, pointing out its lack of transparency in financial settlements and attempts to push for group activities without considering members’ health conditions. However, the group has been on hiatus for a long time because of member health conditions. Many K-netizens are leery about the claims as rookie groups have to earn more than training fees and expenses to get compensation. In addition, the agency had already claimed that another agency was trying to poach the members to breach their exclusive contract.
On Tuesday, the agency said it had reported SIAHN, a freelance music producer who produced and cowrote the lyrics for the group’s megahit song “Cupid,” to the police for allegedly attempting to illegally poach the members. The agency has claimed that the Korean producer approached Warner Music Korea, the group’s global distributor, and suggested scouting the members. In response, the agency also sent a letter to the distributor, requesting an explanation.
Warner Music Korea denied the allegations as “groundless” while SIAHN has not made any statement regarding the matter.
The producer of K-pop girl group Fifty Fifty’s hit song “Cupid” on Thursday refuted its agency’s claims in connection with their exclusive contracts and the song’s copyright in an intensifying legal dispute over the rookie group. The Givers, a content creation company led by Ahn Sung-il, also known as SIAHN, denied entertainment agency Attrakt’s claims that he attempted to poach the quartet and secretly registered the song’s copyright on his own. The Givers said Ahn did not attempt to lure its members to sign another contract with a third party.
It also said it had already owned the copyright of “Cupid” even before the Fifty Fifty project began. Ahn produced and co-wrote the lyrics for “Cupid,” and three other Swedish producers composed the song. “The allegations Attrakt unveiled to the media are completely false,” The Givers said in a statement. “We have maintained a neutral position between Attrakt and Fifty Fifty members.”
It seems like a greedy mess. Copyrights belong to the author unless it was a work-for-hire. The small agency signed the four young women to an exclusive contract and funded their training and debut just to have them sing someone else’s song? The agency cleverly promoted the group with an English lyric single that caught the attention of global music streaming services. Industry insiders think the music producer, who gets some (or all if his claim is correct) of the song copyright royalties, allegedly believed the group was “his” since he created their…
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