Singer and actor Lee Seung-gi, who sent proof of content to his agency, was shocked to hear that he hadn’t received a single cent of his digital music profits.
On the 21st, Dispatch released the contents of the music fee settlement application that Lee Seung-gi sent to his agency Hook Entertainment, and reported that the music revenue he received for 18 years after his debut was 0 won.
According to reports, Lee Seung-gi, who debuted in 2004, has released a total of 27 albums and 137 songs this year, and his agency has collected 9.6 billion won in profits, but has not received any deals.
In addition, from June 2004 to August 2009, the agency released the debut song “Because You’re My Woman”, “Delete”, “Please”, “Hard Words to Say”, “I’ll Give You Everything” , ” Let’s Travel’, ‘Marriage’ Lee Seung-gi, who has produced numerous hit songs, including ‘Do it for me’, has leaked music settlement data. Dispatch estimated that according to the distribution structure of the digital music revenue set by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, record producer Hook would exceed 10 billion won in revenue.
Furthermore, Dispatch also claimed that Lee Seung-gi was duped by his agency. Whenever Lee Seung-gi asked about the musical chord, he got answers like “You are a ‘singer minus'” and “Your fans don’t buy albums”.
On the 18th, Lee Seung-gi’s side filed a proof of content against Hook Entertainment. The agency acknowledged this and said, “We are reviewing related materials and preparing a response.
However, Hook Entertainment has not expressed any position regarding the information reported by Dispatch on this day in response to requests from iMBC Entertainment.
Seung Hoon Baek
