All About MOMOLAND

Regarding Daisy

On the 7th January 2020, news came to light after Daisy had made claims that the show 'Finding MOMOLAND' (the survival show that formed the group) had been rigged. KBS reported she has been in conflict with MLD Entertainment for a long time and because of this she requested the termination of her contract with the company, however the company demanded a 1.1 billion won (equivalent to USD $943,330) as a penalty for her doing so. Daisy first took a hiatus in March 2019 alongside former member Taeha (who left the group in November 2019) and did not make her return. According to KBS, Daisy was ready to make her return with the group in May 2019 and she expressed her wishes to return to group activities, but MLD claimed it would be better for her if she rested.

On the 9th January 2020, MLD Entertainment released an official statement regarding the situation:

"This isn't true. As we mentioned before, the trainees who were eliminated from the program had their contracts terminated. Daisy was also eliminated through the judges and viewers judgements and was supposed to cancel her contract with us, but our CEO saw potential in Daisy and suggested that she stay on not as the "Debut Group" but a trainee.

The discussion for her to join MOMOLAND (debuted on November 10, 2016) first came up at a meeting at the end of November 2016. She later signed an Artist Contract with us in order to join MOMOLAND on March 2017.

Daisy claims she was not allowed to promote with MOMOLAND from May to August of last year, but MOMOLAND did not release a formal domestic album during that time. MOMOLAND released their 5th mini-album "I'm So Hot" on March 20, 2019 and did not have any sort of promotion outside of unit promotions for the next 9 months. This is where our conflict with Daisy started.

Back in February 14, 2019, a news report announce Daisy's dating rumors. After checking with Daisy personally, we were able to get the truth and confirm the dating rumors.

3 days after the dating news, Daisy's mom contacted our company and said, 'Take Daisy out of MOMOLAND. We're going to come get her next week.' We asked Daisy about it and she knew what was going on. We also asked her about participating in the next album promotions that we were preparing and she did not have a firm decision to join so we suggested that she should continue her hiatus.

Afterwards, Daisy's mom continued to send us documents on March 12, March 27, and July 30, 2019, formally requesting an official apology and the termination of her contract.

Our agency wished to end things on good terms, so we replied to her documents on April 1, 2019. We held a meeting with Daisy's lawyer in August and told her, 'We will terminate your contract without any fees.'

But Daisy's side rejected our terms and additionally demanded that we pay financial fees as reimbursements. We found it unreasonable and sent them a new document announcing our rejection to terminating her contract and the contract-violation fee they would have to pay if she wished to end the contract.

All throughout March to August of last year, we continued to send legal documents back and forth with Daisy's side. Her claims that she requested to resume her activities back in May is a false statement that doesn't make sense with the timeline or the situation. Daisy unilaterally cut off all contact with us since August, and we were unable to reach her ever since.'

Daisy joined MOMOLAND on the 28th March, 2017, but was not present during promotions for the majority of 2019. The last comeback she was involved in with the group was 'Fun To The World', the group's fourth mini album that was released on the 26th June, 2018.