Will all members of EXO leave SM by next year?

EXO, who debuted 11 years ago, has already amassed considerable popularity in Asia, even being called one of the "best boy bands". However, in 2023, there have been several reports of members leaving the group.

In the beginning of June, EXO members CHEN, Baekhyun, and XIUMIN reported to SM to terminate their exclusive contracts due to reasons such as opaque settlement and excessively long contract periods.

Although the reconciliation was concluded in the end, Korean media recently reported that D.O. plans to leave SM Entertainment and set up his own company. SM responded officially to this, confirming that D.O.'s personal management contract will expire in November.

On the 23rd, rumors spread wildly across online communities that EXO may possibly leave SM next year. These rumors originated from a post in an online discussion forum. The post included the Season Greeting calendar for 2024 released by SM for its artists.

From TVXQ, SJ to the newly debuted RIIZE, all have released their calendars, but only EXO's calendar is not for sale. Although the calendars of Girls' Generation and SHINee are not released, they are marked as "coming soon".

Therefore, netizens are guessing whether this implies that all EXO members are going to leave SM and will no longer be under SM's umbrella, resulting in them not releasing the calendar, and saying, "How could there be no EXO, could it be ..."

"SM should explain why there's no EXO," "This is too obvious, how can a popular group not have a calendar for sale?" "Wait, Kai won't leave, right?" "Of course there'll be none if they're not under SM next year," and so on, such different speculations can be heard.