Idol Search: K-Pop Groups Under the 7 Year Curse in 2021

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For idols, ‘7 Year Curse’ means a ‘crisis’ they face in the 7th year since their debut.

This is because, most of the time, they are at a crossroads in their career because their exclusive contract will expire with their agency. Therefore, it is a key date for the groups as they will decide if they will continue (and if together) or not.

In Korea, according to Article 3, Paragraph 2 of the “Standardized Agreement for Pop Culture Artists”, artists can notify the cancellation of their contract if the contract exceeds 7 years.

Numerous idol groups came through difficulties during this period, generally following the steps of ‘disbanding’ or ‘reducing the group’.ย Some group or member take this opportunity to leave the agency where they debuted but do not leave/disband the group.

In this article, you can find out about idols who reach their 7th year since debut and whether they have disbanded or not!

Let’s check the list below.

*Note that not all the idols re-sign on their 7th year. Some groups of this list already re-signed.

BEATWIN

BEATWIN Contract End

Be.A

Be.A Contract End

GOT7

GOT7 Contract End

Year 7 Class 1

Year 7 Class 1 Contract End

Kiss&Cry

Kiss&Cry Disbandment: Sep 05, 2014

MELODYDAY

MELODYDAY Disbandment: Dec 26, 2018

Scarlet

Scarlet Contract End

Toheart

Toheart Mar 10, 2014
~ Active

Billion

Billion Contract End

Badkiz

Badkiz Disbandment: Oct 15, 2020

JJCC

JJCC Contract End

AKMU

AKMU Apr 07, 2014
~ Active

HIGH4

HIGH4 Contract End

Jannabi

Jannabi Apr 28, 2014
~ Active

BTL

BTL Disbandment: Dec 31, 2015

Berry Good

Berry Good Disbandment: May 12, 2021

Bigflo

Bigflo Contract End

MAMAMOO

MAMAMOO Jun 19, 2014
~ Active

HALO

HALO Disbandment: May 08, 2019

LU4US

LU4US Jul 04, 2014
~ Active

B.I.G

B.I.G Jul 09, 2014
~ Active

THE LEGEND

THE LEGEND Contract End

A.KOR

A.KOR Disbandment: Dec 27, 2017

Red Velvet

Red Velvet Aug 01, 2014
~ Active

WINNER

WINNER Aug 17, 2014
~ Active

LABOUM

LABOUM Aug 28, 2014
~ Active

A.N.D.S

A.N.D.S Contract End

ZPZG

ZPZG Disbandment: Mar 03, 2016

MAD TOWN

MAD TOWN Disbandment: Nov 09, 2017

Strawberry Milk

Strawberry Milk Contract End

UNIQ

UNIQ Contract End

D.HOLIC

D.HOLIC Contract End

HOTSHOT

HOTSHOT Disbandment: Mar 30, 2021

Lovelyz

Lovelyz Disbandment: Nov 16, 2021

THE KING

THE KING Nov 28, 2014
~ Active

SONAMOO

SONAMOO Disbandment: Sep 08, 2021