KQ Entertainment (Korean: KQ엔터테인먼트), formerly known as Seven Seasons, is a South Korean entertainment company founded in 2016 by Kim Kyu-wook.[1]
KQ Entertainment, is home to the K-pop group Ateez and manages two labels: Seven Seasons, Block B's label, and KQ Produce, a label for singer-songwriters and producers.[1]
After Block B left Stardom Entertainment in 2013, Kim Kyu-wook founded the label Seven Seasons specifically for the group, the name representing the seven members.[1]
In June 2016 Seven Seasons changed their name to KQ Entertainment in order to branch out, develop and support a bigger variety of artists and improve their management through structural changes.[2] Seven Seasons has operated since then as one of two subsidiaries along the label KQ Produce.[3]
The K-pop group Ateez debuted in October 2018 under the label KQ Entertainment.[4]
The label has been focusing on international markets as a way to gain attention for their group Ateez.[5]
In January 2023, Block B members Jaehyo, B-Bomb and U-Kwon left KQ Entertainment after the expiration of their respective contracts.[6]
On March 30 2023, KQ Entertainment debuted a new boy group Xikers.[7]
KQ Entrainment has created a new app for fans to receive information and content about their boy groups Ateez and Xikers.[8]
For one month from April 10 to June 10 2024, KQ Entertainment held KQ ENT.(ATEEZ & xikers): A Grammy Museum Pop-Up in partnership with the Grammy Museum.[9][10]
