One Hundred, THE BOYZ's agency, refutes claims from members about contract issues and unpaid fees, asserting their financial commitments.
April/23/2026 12:22
One Hundred, the agency of THE BOYZ, rebutted the claims of the members. One Hundred stated in an official press release yesterday (22nd), 'We clarify that the claims made by some members regarding the provisional suspension of the exclusive contract and the allegations of embezzlement against our representative significantly distort the essence of the matter, and we hereby announce our official stance as follows.' They continued, 'We have already paid each of the 11 members of THE BOYZ an exclusive contract fee of 1.5 billion won (approximately 150 million yen), totaling 16.5 billion won (approximately 1.65 billion yen). This is an enormous amount that is difficult for an ordinary person to obtain over a lifetime and represents a significant financial burden for the company.' They claimed, 'We made this decision to ensure that the artists can focus on their activities in a stable environment without being swayed by economic temptations.' Furthermore, regarding the claim by the artists that they had received a contract offer of 2 billion won (approximately 200 million yen) from another company during the contract signing process, the agency stated that they did not question the truth of this but instead offered conditions in line with that level to maximize the protection of the artists' activities, ultimately leading to the signing of the contract. They revealed, 'If the exclusive contract is terminated as claimed by the artists, the nature of the advance payment means that the amount corresponding to the remaining contract period must be returned to us.' They also added, 'We have refrained from disclosing certain facts from the perspective of protecting the artists, but we plan to clarify these in court in the future. We will respond sincerely to protect our reputation and the artists under our agency.' THE BOYZ, excluding New, appointed representatives and notified the agency of the termination of their exclusive contracts. They stated on the 22nd, 'We would like to clarify that we have not received any payments, including unpaid settlement amounts for the third and fourth quarters of 2025.' They claimed, 'The artists have repeatedly received extensions and changes to payment deadlines from the agency, but there has never been a normal payment made. In particular, during the process of responding to the provisional suspension of the exclusive contract, the agency specified payment deadlines multiple times and stated that they would pay the settlement amount and late damages by those deadlines, but in reality, no payments have been made to date.' In response to One Hundred's comment that 'We have already completed the payment of high contract fees (advance payments) and the payment plan for the settlement amount is transparent,' the members of THE BOYZ pointed out, 'We are very disappointed that a false comment about the completion of the settlement has been made despite the fact that no payments have been made at all.'
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