{"id":4585,"date":"2026-01-22T18:34:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T09:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=4585"},"modified":"2026-01-22T18:40:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T09:40:26","slug":"akmu-ends-exclusive-contract-with-yg-new-agency-is-inspiration-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=4585","title":{"rendered":"AKMU Ends Exclusive Contract with YG, New Agency is &#8216;Inspiration Well&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AKMU \" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/image.xportsnews.com\/contents\/images\/upload\/article\/2026\/0122\/1769073720748260.jpg\" width=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The sibling duo AKMU has revealed the name of their new agency.<\/p>\n<p>On the 20th, AKMU announced via the fan platform Weverse that their agency would change to &#8216;Inspiration Well&#8217; following the termination of their exclusive contract with YG Entertainment. The contract transition date is set for the 27th.<\/p>\n<p>The new agency name, &#8216;Inspiration Well,&#8217; was also the title of exhibitions held by Lee Chan-hyuk in 2023 and 2025. At that time, Lee Chan-hyuk remarked, &#8220;I will now reveal the secret of where I get my inspiration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Xportsnews exclusively reported that AKMU would become independent after 12 years with YG Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>After ending their exclusive contract with YG Entertainment at the end of December, AKMU will establish an independent company with their longtime YG Entertainment manager.<\/p>\n<p>The unveiling of the new agency name, &#8216;Inspiration Well,&#8217; has heightened expectations for AKMU&#8217;s future activities.<\/p>\n<p>Image source: Xportsnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sibling duo AKMU has revealed the name of their new agency. On the 20th, AKMU announced via the fan platform Weverse that their agency would change to &#8216;Inspiration Well&#8217; following the termination of their exclusive contract with YG Entertainment. The contract transition date is set for the 27th. The new agency name, &#8216;Inspiration Well,&#8217; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4586,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[861,311,470],"class_list":{"0":"post-4585","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kpop-news","8":"tag-artist-agency","9":"tag-k-pop","10":"tag-music-industry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-214.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4587,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4585\/revisions\/4587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}