The Boyz’s Hyunjae and Lee Mu Jin to resume activities amid KBS dispute

Amid the ongoing conflict between One Hundred Label (hereinafter One Hundred) and KBS, Lee Mu Jin, who is signed under One Hundred’s subsidiary Big Planet Made Entertainment, and The Boyz’s Hyunjae, who is affiliated with One Hundred, had been absent from recordings of 'Limousine Service'. However, their participation will resume next week.

According to News1 on the 11th, The Boyz’s Hyunjae will appear as a guest on Lee Mu Jin’s web variety show Limousine Service, which is scheduled to be recorded next week.

The conflict between One Hundred, the parent company of Lee Mu Jin’s agency Big Planet Made Entertainment and The Boyz’s agency, and KBS led to the absence of Lee Mu Jin and Hyunjae from the recording of Limousine Service on the 5th.

However, as Lee Mu Jin has now confirmed that he will proceed with the show’s recording next week, Hyunjae’s participation will also resume as scheduled.

Previously, One Hundred claimed on the 4th that Xiumin, who is under another subsidiary label INB100, was unfairly blocked from appearing on KBS 2TV’s Music Bank for unclear reasons. The label stated, “It is extremely unfair for KBS, a public broadcaster, to make such a decision based solely on the stance of a specific company.”

KBS denied the allegations, saying, “These claims are groundless. The production team has been in ongoing communication with Xiumin’s agency.” Following this, Lee Soo Geun and Lee Mu Jin refused to participate in KBS programs, escalating tensions between both sides.

On the 8th, One Hundred released another statement following the 2025 KBS Spring New Variety Program Briefing held on the 7th. They quoted KBS Variety Center Director Han Kyung Cheon, who addressed the controversy, saying, “This is a communication issue between the production team and the agency. We are not considering other MCs until Lee Mu Jin returns. We believe that if we wait and communicate, a good opportunity will arise.”

Based on this statement, One Hundred announced, “We trust Director Han Kyung Cheon’s remarks and will ensure that artists like Lee Soo Geun and Lee Mu Jin can resume recording as planned next week. We also urge KBS to cooperate actively.”

However, the agency reiterated its concerns over Xiumin’s absence from Music Bank, stating, “As mentioned in our initial statement, we only received an unofficial response saying that Xiumin could not appear because it was ‘impossible to have a singer from a certain agency appear at the same time as another artist from a different agency.’ We believed this response to be unfair treatment toward our artist, and despite multiple attempts to communicate, we have yet to receive a proper explanation beyond KBS’s media statement calling our claim ‘groundless.’", “We will wait for KBS’s official position regarding Xiumin’s Music Bank appearance.”