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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.
TST
Jan 01, 2017
~ Active
BONUSbaby Contract End
Varsity Disbandment: Apr 23, 2020
INGIHYUNSANG
Jan 06, 2017
~ Active
DREAMCATCHER
Jan 13, 2017
~ Active
H2L Disbandment: May 26, 2017
H.U.B Contract End
Sunny Play Contract End
Chic Angel
Feb 16, 2017
~ Active
Highlight
Feb 20, 2017
~ Active
Little Sonyeondan Contract End
BLANC7 Disbandment: Jan 24, 2019
MVP Disbandment: Feb 06, 2022
Seven O'Clock Disbandment: Mar 02, 2021
PRISTIN Disbandment: May 24, 2019
LIPBUBBLE Disbandment: May 20, 2019
BLACK6IX Disbandment: Apr 16, 2021
EXP EDITION
Apr 26, 2017
~ Active
MIND U
Apr 27, 2017
~ Active
TRIPLE H Contract End
HONEYST Disbandment: Apr 26, 2019
Duetto Contract End
A.C.E
May 21, 2017
~ Active
MARMELLO Disbandment: Sep 02, 2019
S2U Disbandment: Jun 01, 2019
ALICE
Jun 01, 2017
~ Active
G-reyish Disbandment: May 31, 2022
Favorite
Jul 05, 2017
~ Active
SURPRISE U
Jul 07, 2017
~ Active
LIMESODA Disbandment: Aug 22, 2020
14U Disbandment: May 12, 2019
MYTEEN Disbandment: Aug 21, 2019
P.O.P
Jul 26, 2017
~ Active
Longguo & Shihyun Contract End
Apple.B Disbandment: May 21, 2019
ONF
Aug 02, 2017
~ Active
The Rose
Aug 03, 2017
~ Active
AA
Aug 03, 2017
~ Active
Wanna One Disbandment: Jan 27, 2019
Weki Meki Disbandment: Aug 08, 2024
H.B.Y
Aug 16, 2017
~ Active
GreatGuys
Aug 25, 2017
~ Active
S.I.S
Aug 25, 2017
~ Active
Golden Child
Aug 28, 2017
~ Active
Good Day Disbandment: Nov 11, 2019
IZ
Aug 31, 2017
~ Active
IM Disbandment: May 09, 2019
MXM
Sep 06, 2017
~ Active
BAIKAL Disbandment: May 25, 2019
TRCNG Disbandment: Mar 26, 2022
HASHTAG Disbandment: Oct 12, 2024
RAINZ Disbandment: Oct 28, 2018
HICUTE
Oct 12, 2017
~ Active
JBJ Disbandment: Apr 30, 2018
GEEGU Disbandment: Feb 12, 2021
SKYE
Oct 26, 2017
~ Active
HyeongSeop x EuiWoong
Nov 02, 2017
~ Active
OMYJEWEL Disbandment: Mar 27, 2018
ABRY
Nov 15, 2017
~ Active
BUSTERS
Nov 27, 2017
~ Active
Heymen
Nov 27, 2017
~ Active
BLK Disbandment: Sep 28, 2018
THE BOYZ
Dec 06, 2017
~ Active
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