{"id":151521,"date":"2025-11-01T09:59:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=151521"},"modified":"2025-11-01T09:59:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:59:52","slug":"chen-baekhyun-and-xiumin-fight-to-rejoin-exos-comeback-plans-amid-settlement-attempts-with-sm-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/chen-baekhyun-and-xiumin-fight-to-rejoin-exos-comeback-plans-amid-settlement-attempts-with-sm-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Chen, Baekhyun, and Xiumin fight to rejoin EXO\u2019s comeback plans amid settlement attempts with SM Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>EXO-CBX<\/strong> trio (Chen, Baekhyun, and Xiumin) isn\u2019t giving up on performing with EXO as a full group. After <strong>SM Entertainment<\/strong> announced on October 29, 2025, that EXO\u2019s next fan meeting <strong>EXO\u2019verse<\/strong> and a 2026 album would move forward without them, their new agency<strong> INB100<\/strong> fired back, clarifying that the three were always willing to participate. The trio have been making every possible effort to be part of the group\u2019s full comeback, even clearing their December schedules to prioritize EXO.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AboutMusicYT\/status\/1982749119769616404\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Baekhyun, Xiumin and Chen won&#39;t participate in EXO&#39;s upcoming comeback. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tbK0RmtlIM\">pic.twitter.com\/tbK0RmtlIM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; About Music (@AboutMusicYT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AboutMusicYT\/status\/1982749119769616404?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>INB100 revealed a detailed timeline of efforts: a first meeting with SM on July 9 to express interest in working together, more detailed negotiations on September 10, and a final mediation on October 2, where CBX accepted all of SM\u2019s conditions for EXO\u2019s return. They said the three idols had been waiting for SM\u2019s final approval when they suddenly learned about the upcoming fan event and album that excluded them entirely. INB100 expressed that the three \u201chave kept their promise to fans\u201d and continue striving to perform alongside the rest of the EXO members.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/qtpiebyunbaek\/status\/1983461390644855053\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">INB100 Statement: CBX&#39;s side directly met SM Entertainment on 9th July for EXO full group activities and confirmed will and the direction for discussions.<\/p>\n<p>10th September: Specific proposals and agreements were exchanged and entered into final discussions.<\/p>\n<p>2nd October: CBX\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vLNZ7hDzAt\">pic.twitter.com\/vLNZ7hDzAt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud050\ud2f0\/\ubc31\ud604\uc774 (@qtpiebyunbaek) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/qtpiebyunbaek\/status\/1983461390644855053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite the confusion and public controversy, Chen, Baekhyun, and Xiumin remain hopeful. They\u2019ve chosen to settle an agreement, valuing EXO\u2019s legacy and the loyalty of their fans. As of now, it\u2019s unclear if SM Entertainment will open the door for the trio to join the group\u2019s promotion, but the trio is making it very clear that they want to join their other members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EXO-CBX trio (Chen, Baekhyun, and Xiumin) isn\u2019t giving up on performing with EXO as a full group. After SM Entertainment announced on October 29, 2025, that EXO\u2019s next fan meeting EXO\u2019verse and a 2026 album would move forward without them, their new agency INB100 fired back, clarifying that the three were always willing to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":151525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[939],"class_list":["post-151521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-kpop","tag-exo"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}