Sina reports on speculations surrounding EXO-M Tao’s plans to nullify contract with SM Entertainment

[suxaholic.livejournal.com]

On December 9th, rumors about EXO-M‘s Tao planning to nullify his contract with SM Entertainment and returning to China spread through Chinese social media site Weibo, leading to much speculation about the rapper’s future career.This rumor follows the actions of former EXO-M members Kris (Wu Yifan) andLuhan, both of whom filed lawsuits against SM Entertainment for contract nullification earlier this year. The rumors were posted through the Weibo verified accounts of several entertainment industry critics.

One critic, 麻辣婊哥, posted: “Huang Zitao is going to nullify his contract and return to China.” Soon after, another critic, 八哥专用, also posted a message along a similar line: “This group is considered to be facing a bottleneck; they are facing a regrouping issue. SM is grooming a new group and won’t put too much effort into EXO; EXO’s peak has already past.”

Both users have hundreds of thousands of followers on Weibo, with verified accounts and are publicly known to the Chinese audience. These posts caught the attention of many fans, garnering over 6,000 comments and reblogs and causing a lot of commotion among EXO-L.

SM Entertainment has yet to respond to these rumors and netizens have been pointing out that these rumors could be an effort just to stir up commotion.

source koreaboo, sina

Comments

[atriums.livejournal.com]

It could be either or at this point; they were right about Kris and Luhan, why can't they be right about Tao too? Oh my poor babies ;; As long as they do what they need to do to be happy and healthy

After 2014, I know better than to dismiss rumors

[torontok.livejournal.com]

But hmm at the sources.

Lord, if this turns out to be true, then he'd better take Lay with him.
But tbh, I don't see Tao leaving Korea.His popularity in China isn't at KrisHan level and if I rmr correctly, c-netz loathe him (for whatever stupid reason).He does have some high profile contacts with Chinese celebrities and a wealthy family, so maybe he could go off and become the next great action star fahihonista.
All I know is if he does return, Kris better hire better security

Re: After 2014, I know better than to dismiss rumors

[baekpedaling.livejournal.com]

No lie, I would be kind of interested in seeing a fancam or Kris being somewhere and then all of a sudden it shows Tao strutting over, throwing off his fur coat and Gucchi sunnies and throwing down. and then they hug after and call luhan

[greenmoon666.livejournal.com]

EXOdus tag plz

[petecarl.livejournal.com]

+1

[bauci.livejournal.com]

I don't believe it, he seems really into the exo franchise.

[slowitdownbaby.livejournal.com]

Tao and Kyungsoo are the only reason I'm even remotely interested in EXO at this point so if either of them leaves, i'm done lol.

[ssehun.livejournal.com]

tao has always looked (at least, to me) invested in exo so i'm thinking no but hmmmm after everything that's happened e___e

[baekpedaling.livejournal.com]

On one hand I want this not to be true cause Tao is all about Exo and their my fav group and 2014 is a bitch but on the other hand SM most definitely is still treating them all shitty and I want him and the others out of that toxic situation.

I don't think he'll leave cause he one shots the lemonade by liter over at SMTown but I'm not 100%.

[yuzuruhanyu.livejournal.com]

anything is possible with this group but still tao seems to be settling down nicely in korea

If sina is able to pull off a hat trick, I'll eat my hijab

[torontok.livejournal.com]

ill douse my dupatta in chutney and do the same lol

[kaninasan.livejournal.com]

I hope Tao and Kyungsoo leave because then i can stop caring about EXO

[ultraflyy23.livejournal.com]

same tbh

[missingmisnomer.livejournal.com]

OMG THE BRACELET! Thanks for reminding me! Lmfaoooo

[kwonsoonyoung.livejournal.com]

it is almost impossible tbh because he seems very royal to exo and sm.

but i have to admit it was quite funny seeing fandom being traumatic bcs yixing went to his hometown today lol.

[cookiedealer.livejournal.com]

Despite not rly believing it, i hope it's true
It's about time Tao left that mess behind. He's better than that.

[petecarl.livejournal.com]

he looks so fab here

[tempestdance.livejournal.com]

i mean i don't really know exo kids but i feel like if tao doesn't have guaranteed popularity in china then it might be a riskier move compared to the other two - no way sm will let another escapee be successful in korea.

[missingmisnomer.livejournal.com]

mte. i don't think he's leaving (just yet at least) but if he does i hope he thinks long and hard about the way he acted out during the Krisis.

[seroquels.livejournal.com]

Interesting...only time will tell whether or not this is true. 2014, the gift that keeps on giving.

[bebetama.livejournal.com]

Already debunked.

That poster didn't even try. He's a famous verified weibo account that is anti-Tao. He likes to shit on him on a daily basis. Hailangs didn't even took this seriously, they were too busy cleaning the search bar to clear Tao's name. It's another day in the Tao fandom.

Tao's last ig update was a response to these baseless rumors here (http://exotaobias16.tumblr.com/post/104793089208/please-read-tao-himself-dismissed-the-rumors-of)

He pretty much confirmed all year long where he stood with Exo, He is not leaving, not anytime soon. I can't discard the possiblility of him leaving because his mind can change but right now, he's too committed to Exo.

[dreamer-easy.livejournal.com]

I'm going to have to learn Mandarin one of these days, just so I can fully understand all the wordplay. :)

[peacefulscream.livejournal.com]

[petecarl.livejournal.com]

Aaron <3

[honeebs.livejournal.com]

OK THEN.

can Xiumin go solo already. So I don't have to give a flip about this group.

[allegsiseu.livejournal.com]

+100

[gray-fairy.livejournal.com]

I can see other members leaving before him tbh. For example Kyungsoo looks so done most of the time. And there were rumors about Suho and Lay too.

[kayliez.livejournal.com]

Suho and Lay? Lol what were those rumors/where did they come from?

[amareamarique.livejournal.com]

a few months ago i would have been like "nah", but now there could be rumors about psy dating lee soo man and i'd be like "yeah, sure", so...

[boxclocks.livejournal.com]

LMAO this is pretty much how I feel too. Just thinking about it, doesn't really seem likely, but all logic is flying out the window this year. 2014 surprising us left, right and centre.

[ckino (from livejournal.com)]

At this rate Exo will just become a history.

[torontok.livejournal.com]

I NEED YOU AND YOU WANT ME

[missingmisnomer.livejournal.com]

I don't believe this, not yet anyway. But who knows? 2014 ain over yet.

#freeJongdae

[agoongprincess.livejournal.com]

only Chen and Kyungsoo matter to me at this point. I need SM to launch Chen a career outside of Exo like they did for Kyungsoo. So when Exo implodes he'll be safe

[ultrabookworm.livejournal.com]

Nah this isn't happening.

It's real once there's news of Hailangs going around and planning how to not get Tao bashed about leaving. Same goes for xingmis. Cfans will always know first.

Adding in a rumour about a Korean member leaving is new though

[missingmisnomer.livejournal.com]

It's real once there's news of Hailangs going around and planning how to not get Tao bashed about leaving.

LMAO thank you for reminding me about that Baidu bar for Luhan. That shit was hilarious.

[evilvalenstrife.livejournal.com]

When Minseok and Jongdae leave then, I might care. 2014 is coming for everyone and their couch...

[blowfishprince.livejournal.com]

I doubt tao would leave because he loves the fame and attention and is very loyal to sm although based from what i learned this year rumors cant be taken too seriously nor can be dismissed too easily. I'll just sit here and eat popcorn and watch how the EXOdus unfolds.