The dark side of K-pop

[Grey Fox]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TeeJvcBdLA
i'll just leave this here.

Hello! Hello!



Stripers. 

[Zoupa]

I enjoyed that, thank you 

[jimmy olsen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TeeJvcBdLA
i'll just leave this here.

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[Lettow77]

 Don't get me wrong, of course. I find it reprehensible- Korea is PIG DISGUSTING and overt, while Japan is adorable and subtextual. Korea's videos feel like they could have come from yankeeland.

[Grey Fox]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TeeJvcBdLA
i'll just leave this here.

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Stop that.

[Razgovory]

Don't get me wrong, of course. I find it reprehensible- Korea is PIG DISGUSTING and overt, while Japan is adorable and subtextual. Korea's videos feel like they could have come from yankeeland.

What is the adorable subtext to being raped by a squid?


The funny thing is that the Japanese used to be called the Yankees of the East.

[Berkut]

K-Pop is a massive industry: global sales were worth over $30m (£18m) in 2009,

Wow. $30 million. Globally. That sure is massive.

[Neil]

Surprising. This is not the 1980s. This is the age of youtube and iTunes (and I know of artists who succesfully promote their own albums on both and earn cash in the process). It's surprising big media corporations would have so much power. Maybe Koreans just like to be slaves?

Remember that most of the people that are in these contracts are untalented.  If they didn't have the company, they'd have a nametag and hairnet job.

[Neil]

K-Pop is a massive industry: global sales were worth over $30m (£18m) in 2009,

Wow. $30 million. Globally. That sure is massive.

No kidding.  That's barely more than a million CDs.  Then again, the article said that they had cut the price of digital music down to pennies for a song, so that could actually be a fair amount of music.

[Monoriu]

Surprising. This is not the 1980s. This is the age of youtube and iTunes (and I know of artists who succesfully promote their own albums on both and earn cash in the process). It's surprising big media corporations would have so much power. Maybe Koreans just like to be slaves?

Remember that most of the people that are in these contracts are untalented.  If they didn't have the company, they'd have a nametag and hairnet job.

[jimmy olsen]

K-Pop is a massive industry: global sales were worth over $30m (£18m) in 2009,

Wow. $30 million. Globally. That sure is massive.

I have to believe that's a typo/mistake.

[garbon]

K-Pop is a massive industry: global sales were worth over $30m (£18m) in 2009, and that figure is likely to have doubled last year, according to a government website.

That doesn't sound so massive.

edit: oh berk made that comment.

[Grey Fox]

K-Pop is a massive industry: global sales were worth over $30m (£18m) in 2009,

Wow. $30 million. Globally. That sure is massive.

No kidding.  That's barely more than a million CDs.  Then again, the article said that they had cut the price of digital music down to pennies for a song, so that could actually be a fair amount of music.

Their problem seems to be to poor of a return on investments. Maybe cut some expenses, like start with people who can already dance or sing.

[Neil]

K-Pop is a massive industry: global sales were worth over $30m (£18m) in 2009,

Wow. $30 million. Globally. That sure is massive.

No kidding.  That's barely more than a million CDs.  Then again, the article said that they had cut the price of digital music down to pennies for a song, so that could actually be a fair amount of music.

Their problem seems to be to poor of a return on investments. Maybe cut some expenses, like start with people who can already dance or sing.

But then they won't be as pretty, which damages your spin-offs into movies and advertising.  That might not be important with your average flash-in-the-pan group, but when you get a huge success like this Rain guy, he pays for everything.

And besides, this stuff happens here, too.  How much do you think they had to put into that Kesha girl before she got to the level of shittiness that she's at today?

[Razgovory]

K-Pop is a massive industry: global sales were worth over $30m (£18m) in 2009,

Wow. $30 million. Globally. That sure is massive.

I have to believe that's a typo/mistake.

If so, they made it twice (once in dollars and once in pounds).  I bet the foot fetish industry makes more money then that.