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JUNE:
1- In June, FIFTY FIFTY officially kicked off their legal dispute with their agency ATTRAKT. The four group members filed a lawsuit to nullify their contracts with the agency. This occurred following the revelation that Warner Music Korea had been courting the group members in an attempt to poach the group from ATTRAKT. Later it was shared that the group's producer, Siahan had committed forgery concerning the copyright ownership of the group's smash hit, 'Cupid' in an effort to line his own pockets. As of the time of writing, FIFTY FIFTY is effectively in limbo. The group's eldest member has returned to ATTRAKT after learning that she had been lied to and cheated out of her share of the royalties by THE GIVERS producer, Siahan. The remaining three members — Aran, Sio & Saena — have had their exclusive contracts terminated by ATTRAKT and lost their most recent appeal against the agency in Seoul's high court. As a result of this decision, ATTRAKT will be pursuing legal action against the trio.

2- We had several announcements regarding health-related hiatuses in June. SHINee's Onew temporarily halted entertainment activities after being advised to do so by a health professional. As a result, the idol was unfortunately unable to participate in the group's 15th-anniversary concert & album promotional activities. NCT's Johnny sustained a collarbone injury which required the idol to halt group activities while he worked to recover, while aespa's Giselle was unable to participate in the group's US activities due to poor health.