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Message: [QUOTE="Shamiso, post: 93107, member: 160"] TUIDE is an ABD artist under HYBE, while Han Sung Soo leads the group’s production without making TUIDE a PLEDIS act. The setup makes more sense once three different jobs are separated. ABD is the direct label, HYBE is the parent company, and Han is the executive producer shaping music, concept, and performance. For the exact TUIDE K-pop company name, ABD is the specific answer. HYBE sits above it as the parent company, so TUIDE is part of HYBE even though ABD is the label directly attached to the group. PLEDIS is not the group’s label, despite the PLEDIS histories of several people involved with ABD. The distinction matters for credits, corporate affiliation, and official artist listings. [HEADING=2]ABD is TUIDE’s direct label[/HEADING] ABD stands for A Bold Dream and was created as a HYBE label focused on girl groups. TUIDE was introduced as its first artist, so the official TUIDE company chain starts with ABD rather than an older label affiliation. ABD sits within [URL='https://goldmidi.com/community/threads/hybe-named-tuide-as-abd%E2%80%99s-next-girl-group.75435/']HYBE’s multi-label stack[/URL] alongside the company’s other artist labels. TUIDE and ABD are not the same group. TUIDE is the seven-member act consisting of Seohee, Seoyeon, Elena, Jia, Saki, Seah, and Yi Hani, while ABD is the organization responsible for developing and releasing the group. For TUIDE’s members, the company relationship works the same way, with the members belonging to TUIDE and TUIDE belonging to ABD. ABD is the label directly responsible for TUIDE, while HYBE sits one level above it. In other words, TUIDE’s K-pop operation is under HYBE through ABD rather than directly under the parent company. ABD was introduced under Jiwon No, who previously worked in artist planning at PLEDIS, so the company has clear personnel links to PLEDIS without turning TUIDE into a PLEDIS roster act. [HEADING=2]HYBE sits above ABD in the corporate chain[/HEADING] HYBE operates through multiple labels rather than treating every artist as though one central record label directly manages them. HYBE’s [URL='https://goldmidi.com/community/threads/how-jason-jaesang-lee-rose-to-the-top-of-hybe.77980/']label, solution, and platform structure[/URL] separates wider corporate strategy from artist-level label work. Calling TUIDE a HYBE group is broadly accurate, while calling it an ABD artist is more precise. The distinction is useful because TUIDE can be described as a HYBE girl group without implying that HYBE’s central corporate office makes every creative decision. Individual labels and their executives handle their own areas inside the larger organization. TUIDE is a new HYBE girl group through ABD, just as other HYBE artists sit under their respective labels inside the same parent network. Saying TUIDE is under HYBE identifies the parent-company relationship. Saying TUIDE is under ABD identifies the operating label. Both statements can be true at once because they answer slightly different questions. Album planning, artist development, and release execution point you toward ABD, while ownership and the wider corporate system point you toward HYBE. The same split matters during TUIDE’s debut under HYBE. ABD can control the rollout, lineup presentation, and artist identity while HYBE provides the larger corporate home. ABD’s control also fits [URL='https://goldmidi.com/community/threads/how-tuide%E2%80%99s-private-debut-process-works.75439/'][B]TUIDE’s private debut process[/B][/URL], where the lineup was developed internally rather than selected through a public survival competition. [HEADING=2]Han Sung Soo’s role does not make TUIDE a PLEDIS act[/HEADING] The PLEDIS confusion mostly comes from Han Sung Soo. He founded PLEDIS Entertainment and developed acts including SEVENTEEN, but his assignment with TUIDE sits under ABD. [URL='https://goldmidi.com/community/threads/what-a-k-pop-executive-producer-controls.75437/']Han Sung Soo’s executive producer role[/URL] spans the group’s music, concept, and performance, which is creative leadership rather than proof of PLEDIS label ownership. TUIDE’s concept work under HYBE can therefore draw on Han’s production experience without becoming a PLEDIS release. A producer can bring staff relationships, working methods, and creative judgment from one company into another project without moving the new artist onto the producer’s old roster. TUIDE is not under PLEDIS simply because its executive producer founded PLEDIS. Credits are another clean way to separate the jobs. An album can list producers, songwriters, choreographers, and executives with histories at other companies while the artist still releases through its assigned label. Creative lineage and corporate affiliation are related, but they are not interchangeable. The same logic applies to TUIDE’s seven members and their official group identity. Seohee, Seoyeon, Elena, Jia, Saki, Seah, and Yi Hani are members of TUIDE, not members of ABD or HYBE. ABD is the label, HYBE is the parent company, and TUIDE is the artist name. Keeping those layers separate avoids the messy shorthand that collapses a corporate hierarchy into one generic company label. [/QUOTE]

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