How much influence and power do you think JYP, YG and SM still have over the company they used to lead?

Real big

They are the face of the company

Probably commands a lot of respect and can nudge a lot of opinions in the directions they would like

but in terms of outright power, they probably have diminished a lot.

They may not be seated in the position but they still have a say in the company

A lot. If I recall correctly, Joy said it was LSM that 'suggested' that her album should be a remake. aespa have also talked about some 'suggestions' given by LSM.

I don't think jyp makes every decision but the current CEO is his brother so I'm sure he still has some decent sway when it comes to certain things, especially music for certain groups since he's a producer.

On everything if they want I feel

Isn't LSM the mastermind behind the Kwangya bs

They take a big part on deciding what type of songs thier idol groups release and it was proven many times through behind the scenes of mvs heck they even have a say on what type of hair cut their idol should have (Seulgi got her bangs cutout by SM himself)

Also small note when a thread is created and we write SM,YG,JYP most of the time we're referring to the company not the people

I think that old man still has some say in the artistic direction if not the entire thing. Baekhyun for example still talks about what changes he made or what suggestion LSM’s crusty ass gave so like

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Isn't LSM the mastermind behind the Kwangya bs

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I think that old man still has some say in the artistic direction if not the entire thing. Baekhyun for example still talks about what changes he made or what suggestion LSM’s crusty ass gave so like

hey hey hey

I'm feeling attacked personally!!!!

this came up in my timeline

so i guess the answer is yes

I think in LSM's case, he still has an influence in the artistic side of things but I don't think it's as decisive as some posters here make it sound. For example, I remember when Ryeowook released his The Little Prince album, he said that he sent a nearly finished copy to LSM to check it out and that the latter made some suggestions but Ryeowook declined them all. At the same time, Super Junior said that the hiphop break in the middle of House Party was suggested by LSM. So I guess it really depends on the song and the artist whether they agree to follow LSM's suggestions or not.

They definitely do have alot of sway

I remember Taemin has a huge conflicts with his team during the Move album

Everyone voted for rise to be title track but Taemin wanted Move

He talked to LSM, and one phone call from him shut the whole team up and they went with Move

Its kinda nice when he uses his pull to help the artist but he doesnt always use it that way

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I didn't know that! I thought JYP Entertainment had been taken over by another company.

So I guess it's the same situation as YG Entertainment, where YG's brother was the CEO for a couple of years, instead of YG?

Yeah I think I read somewhere that they're brothers or related somehow.

I found out JYP has control to approve songs he doesn't even have input on thanks to God's Menu and the members explaining about the behind the scenes.

They chose another song as Go Live's title track, but around 1 month before the comeback, they wanted to switch the song to God's Menu. They thought It would be impossible to get permission, because everything about the comeback was already done. They asked JYP and he loved God's Menu so much that he let the group release the song and re-record everything again.

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I think in LSM's case, he still has an influence in the artistic side of things but I don't think it's as decisive as some posters here make it sound. For example, I remember when Ryeowook released his The Little Prince album, he said that he sent a nearly finished copy to LSM to check it out and that the latter made some suggestions but Ryeowook declined them all. At the same time, Super Junior said that the hiphop break in the middle of House Party was suggested by LSM. So I guess it really depends on the song and the artist whether they agree to follow LSM's suggestions or not.

This and I think it’s the fact LSM needs to approve of the final product even if he wasn’t involved. But the artists also need to approve his ideas from what I gathered.

Other times he isn’t involved in the production but eventually his confirmation is required. For example in DCT remake, Boa was talking to YYJ how she needs YYJ’s confirmation after she finishes the song and YYJ said he will also need LSM’s confirmation.

Another occasion where Boa said that when she is the artist and LSM is the producer/ceo, she reject songs he brings and always say she hate that or doesn’t want that etc..but when she became the producer herself she asks for LSM confirmation and sometimes get rejected.

So it’s a two way either the artists reject/accept LSM’s songs or make songs independently but eventually every song needs to get approved by him in the end.