Clearing the confusion over the connection between ATEEZ and Block B
Are they under the same company? Are both groups even friends? or do they have no colleration to one another?
Non-ATEEZ fans claim that KQ Entertainment has always been a big company since Block B's agency Seven Seasons is the sub-company of KQ and that that's why ATEEZ became popular.
Or that Block B are their predecessors, and they are the second group coming after them under KQ Entertainment.
Now let's see the history of KQ, Block B and ATEEZ in short. This is just an information thread to clarify misunderstandings about them.
✓Block B was debuted by STARDOM ENTERTAINMENT in February 2011 and continued their activities for almost 2 years.
✓In January 2013, Block B filed a lawsuit against their agency.
✓Block B met Kim Kyu Wook and both sides agreed to set up a new agency for Block B.
✓Block B left Stardom Entertainment.
✓On August 2013, Seven Seasons Entertainment was created specifically for Block B and the company’s name reflected the seven members of the group.
✓Kim Kyu Wook established KQ Entertainment in June 2016, to manage other talent as well.
✓He recruited Babylon, in 2016; and Eden and Heo Young Saeng in 2017. It was just a management company.
✓In October 2018, ATEEZ became the first artist debuted by KQ Entertainment.
What's more, most of people didn't even know about KQ Entertainment or Seven Seasons before.
Also ATEEZ wasn't promoted as Block B's junior group. They didn't catch attention with Block B fans' support and there is almost no support from Block B fans. Morever, most ATEEZ and Block B fans are not even aware of these groups company relationship.
This was taken, quoted from the source; allkpop and is a kpop news and information website.
