there is currently a boycott towards hybe (which includes the subsidiary companies ador, pledis, belift, koz, and source music*). many are also boycotting the other big four companies: yg (as well as its subsidiary the blacklabel)**, sm, and jyp (and its subsidiaries studio j, squ4d, and innit entertainment)***, as well as starship.

to clear up some confusion regarding hybe and cj enm, since search results about it are a little confusing.

cj enm (also written as cj e&m) is a subsidiary of cj ent and NOT of hybe. hybe and cj both owned part of belift and hybe bought cj enm’s part, making hybe the sole owner of belift.

this would mean cj enm seems okay to stream as they are no longer connected to hybe or belift.

•* in regards to gfriend: yerins solo music under sublime and yuju’s music under connect is safe to stream.

•** in regards to blackpink: lisa’s solo work under lloud, jennie’s music under odd atelier, and jisoo’s future music under blissoo is safe to stream. rosé is now under the blacklabel and therefore NOT safe to stream.

below is the first song released by each member under their new companies. that song and any songs released afterwards are safe to stream. any songs released before them are NOT safe to stream.

• lisa: rockstar • jennie: mantra • jisoo: -

•*** in regards to got7: jackson’s music under sublime is safe to stream.

it is also recommend to boycott companies under kakao* (starship, ist, edam, highup, bluedot) for the same reasons, but it is hard to boycott those distributed by kakao as they distribute huge chuck of kpop music, so focusing on the specific companies is easier.

• fnc entertainment isn’t under kakao, but kakao has shares in the company, meaning it is not safe to stream music from this company, as kakao still benefits.

please note that if you google if a company is under kakao, sometimes the ai overview that always pops up will “yes, _ is a label distributed by kakao”, which isn’t fully wrong, but could be confusing, because it kind of looks like it’s saying a company is under kakao when it isn’t.

this does not happen to all companies, but as i stated above, it can make things a little confusing when it does happen.

a playlist of boycott friendly music:

apple music version: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/boycott-friendly-music/pl.u-55D6PP2f8BL6RRJ

spotify version: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/47SnEiM4MPm3ucfACvNJzP?si=_KB55PcsQXysqynkDU_CuQ&pi=u-D6XzBvSFQ-Wk

for more information on this boycott and why it is occurring:

https://x.com/jkdaily_archive/status/1816851558866272681?s=46&t=vdHE0Xv6E4QEWDARLaR-HA

https://x.com/skminra_/status/1776694958407225496?s=46&t=vdHE0Xv6E4QEWDARLaR-HA

^ for some reason this link is glitching and won’t paste correctly, so copy and paste it instead.

https://x.com/mingiskoi/status/1815163290730815778?s=46&t=vdHE0Xv6E4QEWDARLaR-HA

eric nam and his companies (mindset and dive studios) are also being boycotted for the same reasons.

hyuna is being boycotted for her problematic behavior and ideologies.

loona and fifty fifty (as well as their companies blockberry creative and attrackt) are also being boycotted. these specific boycotts are in support of loona and fifty fifty.

loona boycott info:

https://x.com/chuujustice/status/1597438038304784385?s=46&t=vdHE0Xv6E4QEWDARLaR-HA

post loona groups (artms, odd eye circle*, loosemble) and soloists (chuu, yves) are safe to stream.

•* odd eye circle content under modhaus only, not blockberry creative!

fifty fifty boycott info:

https://x.com/fightforfifi/status/1815041455553155507?s=46&t=vdHE0Xv6E4QEWDARLaR-HA

https://x.com/fightforfifi/status/1821587830688420134?s=46&t=vdHE0Xv6E4QEWDARLaR-HA

https://x.com/fightforfifi/status/1818686351572975747?s=46&t=vdHE0Xv6E4QEWDARLaR-HA

https://x.com/fightforfifi/status/1818708870891794830?s=46&t=vdHE0Xv6E4QEWDARLaR-HA

the new fifty fifty group under attrackt is still to be boycotted!

the trio who left (aran, saena, sio) will redebut together under massive e&c and this music will be safe to stream!