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TL;DR Wednesdays
Closed Captions by: Brandon Kinney
Simon: One of the biggest topics of year in Korea is how many Kpop groups are either
suing or leaving their companies all together
or reporting how they're not being paid
A lot of you online have asked us to talk about it
So we're gonna tackle that for this weeks TL;DR
Martina: So people have been asking us to tackle this topic since like the JYJ days
But I feel like we weren't really comfortable in the Kpop world yet
We didn't really know a lot of people
or know a lot of stuff about it
But know I feel like we have so much information
under our belts
As well... There has been a lot more bands braking up with their companies
2014 is probably like the worst year I've ever seen for Kpop
Simon: Most defiantly
Martina: Yeah.
Simon: And also a lot of what we know about this from personal information and we didn't want to talk
that openly
But now that we see some of the lawsuits that corroborating some of the things we
know ourselves
We feel more comfortable talking about it in public as well.
Martina: Is "Corroborate" a word?
Simon: It is..
Martina: Its not like collaborate, but you said it wrong.
[MIND BLOWN]
Martina: So here's an update on what is happening in the Kpop Industry in the tiniest
of a nutshell
Simon: Kpop slave contracts really came to life in 2009
When 3 members of TVXQ went up suing the company
and leaving the band altogether
Martina: So thats where you get JYJ from
So for those of you who are new to Kpop
JYJ and TVXQ were once one group
and now there is Massive tension between them and between the new company
and the old company SM Entertainment
Since then, theres been a lot of rumors about slave contracts and stuff
but nothing really, actually came to the surface
I think a lot of people were scared because JYJ really got Extremely mistreated
and completely locked out of the industry after that
But, there have been a lot of people leaving or having suspicious
activity
Such as....
Simon: Hangeng left Super Junior
Martina: Chris and Luhan left EXO
Simon: Su Lee has taken an hiatus from f(x)
Martina: Jessica was booted out of Girls Generation
Simon: Block B sued and left their company for not paying them
Martina: Ace of Angels [AOA] and Boyfriend stated
that they have not been paid by their company yet
Simon: ZE:A's leader went on a online tyrant against his company as well
Martina: Busker Busker a band thats practically more popular than the national anthem
stated in an interview that after selling millions in A Month
did not see a dime of money
Simon: And most recently B.A.P has filed a lawsuit against their company because
they earned something along the lines of 10 million dollars
and have only been paid $400/ month of it