Video KPop Turned Into a Fashion Show (2 Viewers)

[seungfloral]

Do you guys think kpop turned into a fashion show?

Honestly i don't mind kpop idols being models or ambassadors if they also focus on their music. It's a plus income for them tbh

 

[PloryWinxyMYBlnk]

Exactly. It's the brand creators who likely contacted the labels to get approval to legitimately sponsor / have the specific artists as ambassadors for the brands.

Also, I was extremely shocked to learn this a while ago, but, all trainees were/are responsible for repaying their labels for training time, etc.
W......T......F???? That's absolute shady crap!!

I thought since the potential artists were selected in the final selection process, they would not have to--- even if they were cut or dropped out after debuting from the groups--- regardless of the labels being small or large. If the small, unknown labels complain about non-repayment, then the CEO's should not have formed the labels or have more investors instead of trying to bleed young trainees and artists.
So, having them mandatorily repay the debts seemed/seems like complete BS to me.

Additional income is good for anyone, but particularly for them since they apparently Must repay the debts to their labels.
Now, I don't know if the labels get percentages since they approved deals for the artists, but, I would not be surprised about that.

Edit ~ It's like if universities gave full scholarships to certain students and after graduating, they were told to suddenly repay the 4-year tuition.

 

[seungfloral]

Exactly. It's the brand creators who likely contacted the labels to get approval to legitimately sponsor / have the specific artists as ambassadors for the brands.

Also, I was extremely shocked to learn this a while ago, but, all trainees were/are responsible for repaying their labels for training time, etc.
W......T......F???? That's absolute shady crap!!

I thought since the potential artists were selected in the final selection process, they would not have to--- even if they were cut or dropped out after debuting from the groups--- regardless of the labels being small or large. If the small, unknown labels complain about non-repayment, then the CEO's should not have formed the labels or have more investors instead of trying to bleed young trainees and artists.
So, having them mandatorily repay the debts seemed/seems like complete BS to me.

Additional income is good for anyone, but particularly for them since they apparently Must repay the debts to their labels.
Now, I don't know if the labels get percentages since they approved deals for the artists, but, I would not be surprised about that.

The companies probably get a chunk, since all the work that the idol does under contract i assume is profit for the company. Also the fashion companies pay the company, not the artist directly i assume. But it's still better than dividing it for the other members, individual work is always good.

Big companies like JYP, SM, YG, HYBE, Pledis Cube etc. Don't have these debt systems i presume, that's why many trainees wanna join the bigger companies. Imagine Chan and Jihyo trained for 7 years, the debt they would have to repay.

Some small companies still deal with this. Ex. Momoland JooE called out her company on a show just when she was the most popular in Korea. When she did ads here and there and the group appeared frequently on festivals, they barely got paid after years of working.
Sadly some companies just take out huge loans and hope for miracles like with Brave Girls, Fifty Fifty, BTS or EXID. It sadly not always pays off, seeing how so many groups debut nowadays and we barely hear about them after a year or two. Music production, housing, food and styling is very expensive, not to even mention paying the staff. Like the other time a senior singer sold one of his land just to sponsor his debuting girl group. Haven't heard news of comeback from them since then ...

 

[Drew_B]

Idols use to become idols to help jump start their acting careers but now it's to jump start their ambassador careers.

 

[seungfloral]

Idols use to become idols to help jump start their acting careers but now it's to jump start their ambassador careers.

Damn right, but as the video said a lot of it has to do with the company letting them do music or not