Korea Music Copyright Association announces 30 new full members for 2024, including BTS's Jungkook and (G)I-DLE's Soyeon.

The Korea Music Copyright Association (Chairman: Ju Gayol) announced the list of 30 new full members for 2024 through its official website on January 31. As of January 2024, the Korea Music Copyright Association, which manages the copyright property of over 51,000 songwriters and composers, promotes 27 members in the music field and 3 in the non-popular music field to full members based on the association's regulations and the copyright fee ranking of the membership period. The list of new full members announced by the Korea Music Copyright Association this year includes many famous singer-songwriters leading K-POP, such as BTS's Jungkook, (G)I-DLE's Soyeon, SEVENTEEN's Vernon, and Ahn Ji-young and Ahn Ye-eun of Akmu. Jungkook of BTS has become the fourth full member of the Korea Music Copyright Association among the BTS members, following SUGA in 2018, RM and J-HOPE in 2020. Soyeon, the leader of the leading girl group (G)I-DLE in Korea, and Vernon of SEVENTEEN, a group that achieved the first-week album sales of 5 million copies in the history of the Korean music industry and has fans all over the world, were also selected as new full members this time. CODE KUNST, a familiar face on variety shows, was also on the list of new full members this time. He has produced various hit songs with his unique music color and composition skills, and has established an overwhelming position among Korean hip-hop producers.250, who composed hit songs such as "Attention," "Hype Boy," and "Ditto," which set a record for the longest period on the main album chart of the American Billboard as a K-POP girl group, also became a full member this time. In addition, the list of new full members this time includes many famous lyricists and composers who lead K-POP culture, such as VERSACHOI, who composed many songs for the popular boy group Stray Kids, ISLAND, who wrote many hit songs for Korea's top idol groups such as NMIXX, Red Velvet, TWICE, and EXO, Big Naughty, Leellamarz, and TOIL, who composed songs for various hip-hop artists. In the non-popular music field, Yun He-jeong of children's songs, Chu Min-jung of religious music, and Im Gyo-min of traditional Korean music were promoted to full members. The Korea Music Copyright Association also revealed that the list of new full members this time includes writers who were once promoted to full members, such as RAIN and Lee Sang-min, but were promoted again according to the association's regulations. The list of new full members announced by the Korea Music Copyright Association at the beginning of each year attracts a lot of attention because it confirms famous idol singer-songwriters and lyricists and composers who are raising the status of K-POP. BTS Jimin & Jungkook, SEVENTEEN Jeonghan & Joshua & Vernon, completed their basic military training... reported their current situation in a letter "I want to see everyone again".