Korean wave (Hallyu) is storming Asia & the world these few years. Names such as Rain, Super Junior, 2PM, SS501, Girls Generation, just to mention a few are fast becoming household names. However, these few years the Korean entertainment industry Hallyu wave have been hit by another wave: Suicide. The latest was the June 30 suicide of Park Yong Ha, a 33 years old actor-singer who starred in the drama Winter Sonata. We shall divulge into the reality!
You think that your idol/fav artists are very rich, well I tell you they aren’t as rich as you thought even they are very popular. The TV show, Chan & Liang On Time offers an outlook into the reality of the Korean entertainment industry which is described as a ‘scary hell’! 4 main things are discussed in the show: strict, perfection, manager & antifans group.
Antifans group/sentiments in Korea influence the artists there a lot. They do not only post up negative comments (unconstructive) on artists in blogs/forums (cyberspace), but also did a lot of scary actions in real life. Once, a Super Junior member was sent supposedly a ‘gift’ from fans but inside the box was a blood-stained puppet. Scary isn’t it?
Korean artists are under extreme pressure as we the fans expect a lot from them. Hence, behind all the perfect dance steps & singing that we see on TV, hours & hours of rigorous training are put by these artists! It was reported that Rain had only 2 hours of sleep a day just because he wanted to practice his dance moves. In addition, it was also reported that Super Junior members had only hamburgers for their meals in order to have more time to train their singing & dancing.
Korean artists’ management companies are said to be strict to their artists. It was said that artists have to show their best form/look to the fans. Hence if they did anything wrong & it was discovered by paparazzi which eventually will make its way to the papers/magazines, they will be punished harshly. 1 such example is if a band member of a group was found drunk, he/she maybe expelled from the group. On the other hand, if artists make mistake in their trainings they were said to be beaten (didn’t know how true this is though as it was disclosed in the show by an oversea Korean who ever enters Korean entertainment industry but was ‘spooked’ by it, thus eventually exits it). In the cyberspace, it was said that ‘strict management’ was 1 of the reason that Jaebom leaves 2PM (sorry 2PM fans in case this is wrong, I stand to be corrected). Eventually, from an article that I have read, there are other reasons why Jaebom leaves 2PM. Too much conflicting infos from different sources make my head spin on which is right & which is wrong, so I leave it for you guys out there to judge it!
Did you know that group artists members would live together in a quarters? According to an oversea Korean who was about to make the lineup for Super Junior but eventually didn’t because he was already too old, in the early days Super Junior lives in a quarters that was very basic. As time passes & their popularity grew, they still lives in a quarters in the form of an apartment but very luxurious. Whatever they wanted was fulfilled by their management. Even though these group lives in quarters but they are free to go out anytime they like.
Last but not least, the ‘scary’ managers. It was said that TVXQ broke up due to unfair contract terms & recently SS501 also ended their contract with their current management believed to be caused by the same reason as that of TVXQ. In the show, it was revealed that the revenue sharing ratio between artists & management is as low as 1:9 for new artists or some well known ones can get only either 2:8 or 3:7. To put it simply for every $10 of revenue they get the most the artists can get is only $1/2/3 while the management gets as much as $9/8/7. After so much hard work that’s all the artists get? The managers are really reaping a lot of fruits from their managed artists hard labour
In conclusion, its really hoped that the ‘harsh’ punishments can be relaxed as this kind of things cant be tolerated anymore while that of the sharing ratios can be further improved.
KOREAN ARTISTS FIGHTING!!!!!!! WE ARE SUPPORTING YOU & BEHIND YOUR BACKS
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND & LISTEN TO KPOP MUSIC
This blogger is addicted to the song Love by CN Blue that he makes it his alarm tone
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