last Saturday, after i found out that Pres. Aquino has already died, i found out that my favorite South Korean boyband is in trouble with their talent agency last July 31, 2009.
oh yes, Dong Bang Shin Ki (also known as DBSK, DBSG, Tong Vang Xin Qi, TVXQ, Tohoshinki, etc.) filed a case against SM Entertainment - well, it wasn't exactly the whole boyband, it was just Kim Jun-su (Xiah), Kim Jae-joong (Hero) and Park Yoo-chun (Mickey) who filed the case, Jung Yun-ho (U-Know) and Shim Chang-min (Max) does not have anything to do with all of it. the case the three guys filed is to suspend their 13-year contract with SM Entertainment. some of the speculations also think that it has something to do with the company's objection of the three managing a branch of a certain cosmetic company called CreBeau to where the three have invested in. for this, the three guys wanted to remove the "non-exclusivity clause" in their contract.
other issues that have risen are the unequal distribution of money between the group and the company. according to the rumors, SM is receiving 80% of the album sales while the remaining 20% is given to the five boys to divide among themselves.
oh well, my first reaction for this "H.O.T.????"
i was referring to boyband, High-five Of Teenagers. a boyband also created by SM Entertainment back in mid-1990s. they were launched in 1996 and by 2001 the group was disbanded. after the disbandment, three members of H.O.T. - Jang Woo-Hyuk, Tony An and Lee Jae-Won - left SM while the other two - KangTa and Moon Hee-Jun stayed. according to the news and the rumors, the split was due to financial issues - KangTa and Moon Hee-Jun are being paid more compared to the other three. the group separated and it took several years for all the members to talk to each other once again (oh yes, i remember when JTL - a group formed by the three members who left SM - debuted and guested in a variety show hosted by KangTa, the fans were so excited of the somewhat reunion - yes, Moon Hee-Jun also guested in the show to promote his new album - and KangTa was so uncomfortable).
so, yes, basically i see this whole issue as a lame one. maybe history does repeat itself. but according to DBSK, they are not splitting up - the statement is definitely reassuring but what if the issue between SM and the three boys were not resolved? how will stay together? but i do hope this will end soon, i may have not followed their whole career but i saw them start and i know at that time that they're going to be HUGE. come on, they're in the Guinness Book of Records as the boyband with the biggest fanbase consisting of more than 500,000 people (i myself included) so they better not disappoint us.
as for SM, well they said that even though they do not give the whole money from album sales, endorsements, etc. to the boys, they do not let the five of them spend huge amount of money as they have already provided them with cars, houses, etc. if that is true, then that's good but maybe they should also look back to what is wrong with their system - maybe they should give the boys some little freedom? but anyway, i don't blame SM with everything of this, i'm sure that the boys also have their faults in this issue...(okay, kill me now! haha).
i just hope that things will be all okay...hope they should put an end to this and just go back to making music and performing.
[picture from Allkpop.com]
oh yes, Dong Bang Shin Ki (also known as DBSK, DBSG, Tong Vang Xin Qi, TVXQ, Tohoshinki, etc.) filed a case against SM Entertainment - well, it wasn't exactly the whole boyband, it was just Kim Jun-su (Xiah), Kim Jae-joong (Hero) and Park Yoo-chun (Mickey) who filed the case, Jung Yun-ho (U-Know) and Shim Chang-min (Max) does not have anything to do with all of it. the case the three guys filed is to suspend their 13-year contract with SM Entertainment. some of the speculations also think that it has something to do with the company's objection of the three managing a branch of a certain cosmetic company called CreBeau to where the three have invested in. for this, the three guys wanted to remove the "non-exclusivity clause" in their contract.
other issues that have risen are the unequal distribution of money between the group and the company. according to the rumors, SM is receiving 80% of the album sales while the remaining 20% is given to the five boys to divide among themselves.
oh well, my first reaction for this "H.O.T.????"
i was referring to boyband, High-five Of Teenagers. a boyband also created by SM Entertainment back in mid-1990s. they were launched in 1996 and by 2001 the group was disbanded. after the disbandment, three members of H.O.T. - Jang Woo-Hyuk, Tony An and Lee Jae-Won - left SM while the other two - KangTa and Moon Hee-Jun stayed. according to the news and the rumors, the split was due to financial issues - KangTa and Moon Hee-Jun are being paid more compared to the other three. the group separated and it took several years for all the members to talk to each other once again (oh yes, i remember when JTL - a group formed by the three members who left SM - debuted and guested in a variety show hosted by KangTa, the fans were so excited of the somewhat reunion - yes, Moon Hee-Jun also guested in the show to promote his new album - and KangTa was so uncomfortable).
so, yes, basically i see this whole issue as a lame one. maybe history does repeat itself. but according to DBSK, they are not splitting up - the statement is definitely reassuring but what if the issue between SM and the three boys were not resolved? how will stay together? but i do hope this will end soon, i may have not followed their whole career but i saw them start and i know at that time that they're going to be HUGE. come on, they're in the Guinness Book of Records as the boyband with the biggest fanbase consisting of more than 500,000 people (i myself included) so they better not disappoint us.
as for SM, well they said that even though they do not give the whole money from album sales, endorsements, etc. to the boys, they do not let the five of them spend huge amount of money as they have already provided them with cars, houses, etc. if that is true, then that's good but maybe they should also look back to what is wrong with their system - maybe they should give the boys some little freedom? but anyway, i don't blame SM with everything of this, i'm sure that the boys also have their faults in this issue...(okay, kill me now! haha).
i just hope that things will be all okay...hope they should put an end to this and just go back to making music and performing.
[picture from Allkpop.com]
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