What Clef could do for SM Entertainment

Clef could help SM review AI requests involving group recordings by documenting master authority, contributor consent, and component restrictions, while keeping songwriter or lyric approvals separate where SM does not administer those rights.

Profile facts

Based in
South Korea
Organization
Record label
Reviewed
5 Sept 2026

An assessment by Clef, based on the public sources below.

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The work behind our assessment

SM Entertainment produces Korean pop recordings, with its current artist and release activity featuring NCT 127 and aespa.

Also searchable as: SM.

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Propose this pilot

Select a group release and record master evidence, performer consent, composition references, and different permissions for mixes, vocals, and stems.

Your team chooses the work and confirms the rights it administers. Clef can record creator preferences, the proposed AI use, the reviewer's decision, and agreed credit and reporting terms.

Run it in your infrastructure with your own team, or have Clef set it up and hand it over. Pilot organizations receive 50% off Clef’s standard setup fee for the agreed scope. Hosting and ongoing services are scoped separately.

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