It’s officially 2023 in Korea ; here are the kpop groups with contracts ending

[My Everything]

Blackpink

Astro (all renewed except for Rocky (still in discussions) & MJ (military) )

Momoland 

NCT Dream

NCT 127

Pentagon

Victon

Vromance

WJSN

[minniemoo]

Wow to think that all of these debuted in the same year

[Geeminy]

please not wjsn i'm not ready yet

[deliriousness]

vromance is still...?

[Nev Schulman]

Is that why Hui joined boys planet?

[GetRapper]

Out of the ones remaining, I only see the NCT groups renewing. A lot of people are saying BP too but I'm doubtful.

[sooa_t]

can't see momoland renewing

[iKnife BurnCat]

7 minutes ago, sooa_t said:

can't see momoland renewing

was about to say that

BP might renew but I think they'll have even longer hiatus. Because even though they're extremly popular, they are still recognized everywhere as a BP member, them disbanding might hurt (very slightly) their career

[Guest]

I doubt the NCT groups are on 7 year contracts. Ten and Jaehyun have implied they're on the SM 10 year contracts.

VICTON WILL RENEW. i will MANIFEST this if i have to!!

[sooa_t]

56 minutes ago, iKnife BurnCat said:

was about to say that

BP might renew but I think they'll have even longer hiatus. Because even though they're extremly popular, they are still recognized everywhere as a BP member, them disbanding might hurt (very slightly) their career

and with them probably going to the black label they have new contracts and for me they still have a lot to do as a group instead of just disbanding now

and they have their solos, jennie and jisoo are more into acting at the moment

Edited December 31, 2022 by sooa_t

[Quinn the Brain]

I have this strong feeling BP will "disband". Or renew with a cb for their last year as a group with their new contract.

How do NCT work? Members debuted in NCT U first, so how their contract work? Plus it looks like SM do make idols sign 10-year contracts.

[Lee]

Pentagon and Victon will probably continue as a group under their current agencies. (Their labelmates — Apink, BTOB — previously had renewed their contracts with the same agency — their current agency.)

I don't think Momoland will disband, unless their agency plans to rename themselves from MLD Entertainment to something else.

A few members from WJSN might not renew their contracts with Starship. This year, we'll probably hear about C-Line officially leaving.

I have no comments to make on Astro, Blackpink, Vromance or NCT.

Edited January 4 by Lee

[Lee]

Wheein signed a contract to complete group activities with Mamamoo until 2023.

However, I don't know what that might mean for the future of Mamamoo. I can see other members wanting to leave RBW though.