KQ Entertainment
Native name
KQ엔터테인먼트
FormerlySeven Seasons Entertainment
Company typeactive
IndustryEntertainment
GenreK-pop · Hip hop · R&B
Founded2016; 8 years ago (2016)
FounderKim Gyu-uk
HeadquartersMapo-gu, ,
Key people
Kim Gyu-uk (founder and CEO)
SubsidiariesSeven Seasons, KQ Produce
Websitekqent.com

KQ Entertainment (KoreanKQ엔터테인먼트), formerly known as Seven Seasons, is a South Korean entertainment company founded in 2016 by Kim Gyu-uk.[1]

KQ Entertainment, is home to the K-pop group Ateez and manages two labels: Seven Seasons, Block B's label, and KQ Produce, a label for singer-songwriter and producer.[1]

History

After Block B left Stardom Entertainment in 2013, Kim Gyu-uk founded the label Seven Seasons specifically for the group, the name representing the seven members.[1]

In June 2016 Seven Seasons changed their name to KQ Entertainment in order to branch out, develop and support a bigger variety of artists and improve their management through structural changes.[2] Seven Seasons operates since then as a one of two subsidiaries along the label KQ Produce.[3]

The K-pop group Ateez debuted in October 2018 under the label KQ Entertainment.[4]

The label has been focusing on international markets as a way to gain attention for their group Ateez.[5]

In January 2023, Block B members Jaehyo, B-Bomb and U-Kwon left KQ Entertainment after the expiration of their respective contracts.[6]

On March 30 2023, KQ Entertainment debuted a new boy group Xikers.[7]

KQ Entrainment has created a new app for fans to receive information and content about their boy groups Ateez and Xikers.[8]

Partnerships

Artists

Former Artists

References

  1. ^ a b c 스타뉴스 (2016-06-20). "블락비 소속 세븐시즌스→KQ엔터테인먼트 변경..공룡기획사 발돋움". 스타뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  2. ^ "블락비 소속사 세븐시즌스→KQ엔터테인먼트 사명 변경". entertain.naver.com. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  3. ^ "KQ Ent.-About". kqent.com. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  4. ^ "에이티즈, 오늘 데뷔…괴물 퍼포돌 출격 준비 끝". 24 October 2018. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  5. ^ "Small K-pop labels rising". koreatimes. 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  6. ^ a b c d "Block B members Jaehyo, B-Bomb and U-Kwon to leave agency". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. 2023-01-04. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  7. ^ "Boy band xikers to debut with EP 'House of Tricky: Doorbell Ringing'". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. 2023-03-06. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  8. ^ "Ateez and xikers' agency launches exclusive fandom app". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. 2023-07-18. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  9. ^ NEWS, SPOTV (2017-11-20). "소니뮤직, 블락비 소속사 KQ엔터테인먼트와 손잡았다". SPOTV NEWS (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  10. ^ "'에이티즈' 25일 에이티즈의 소속사 KQ엔터테인먼트 측은 ..." 인천일보 (in Korean). 2019-07-29. Retrieved 2023-09-14.