BIGHIT MUSIC Appoints New CEO Who Shares A Long History With BTS And TXT
BIGHIT MUSIC has had a significant leadership change with its new CEO appointee.
On November 26, KST, BIGHIT MUSIC announced that its former CEO, Shin Young Jae, had been replaced by Shin Seon Jung.
The new CEO has had a long association with BIGHIT MUSIC since before HYBE came into existence. She started working under BIGHIT in 2010, when it was known as BigHit Entertainment, in the company’s training and development team. She played a significant role in the training and education process of the company’s trainees, including the members of BTS and TXT.
Shin’s contribution to developing K-Pop artists was recognized by Billboard, as she was named one of the young leaders in the “2022 Billboard 40 Under 40” list and the “2023 Billboard Women in Music” list.
Fans are particularly ecstatic about Shin Seon Jung’s appointment as the new BIGHIT CEO, given that the BTS and TXT members have spoken very highly of her in the recent past. Notably, RM had previously called her a “guardian angel” who was responsible for ensuring Jimin stayed in BTS. TXT leader Soobin also mentioned the T&D team in an earlier video, sharing that he teared up while parting ways with the team after his debut.
Shin Seon-Jeong is the new Big Hit Ceo. She has been working with Big Hit since 2010, she helped BTS with their formation during their predebut days and implemented namjoon innovative tecniques to the new trainees. Namjoon about her:
🐨:'she is one of the two guardian angels who… pic.twitter.com/fu63sCgo8I
— Carolyne🌱⁷⁼¹ (@mhereonlyforbts) November 26, 2024
soobin talking abt t&d team
“I was so sad when we had to say goodbye. i felt like i was going to miss them so much. so i actually cried bit”
and the new bighit ceo is part of t&d team!!! 🥹 she is the one who was the closest to trainees so i hope she can treat txt better🙏 pic.twitter.com/qVKEeXPnxy
— ᯓ✦ 녱🐱 (@tyun1uv) November 26, 2024
With Shin Seon Jung taking over as the new BIGHIT CEO, fans hope to see positive changes in the organization’s treatment of its artists.
new bighit CEO being a woman & one of the beautiful people who fought for jimin to stay with the tannies pre-debut, it’s only up from here! pic.twitter.com/qGkT7hfPUw
— ͏͏ً (@CAMOFORMULA) November 26, 2024
a young woman who has been with bighit from the very beginning and oversaw the development of bts and txt is now the ceo and it’s not a random male disrupter loser from the gaming/tech industry pic.twitter.com/9Hvb0RDpcn
— 🍬 (@thejoonmoon) November 26, 2024
Bighit's new CEO, please treat TXT better. im begging.
— dena🐌 ᯓ✦ (@bambakbak) November 26, 2024
new bighit ceo is the one who fought for jimin to debut in bts and joon called her their guardian angel oh please let this be a win for the boys after all this disappointment with hybe
— fatima⁷ 🍉 (kinda ia) (@heatedthv) November 26, 2024
Meanwhile, BIGHIT MUSIC’s parent label HYBE has been facing the heat for a while for allegedly overworking its artists, leading fans to demand for better management. You can read more about it here.
