the kpop edition

[acchikocchi]

1. So give me the lowdown on SM Entertainment as a corporation. How do they recruit/train/market/etc., especially in comparison to JE? Info on shady business practices and lawsuits and things of that sort also welcome. XD ...How does the Korean music industry and market compare to the Japanese in general, actually? There is no such thing as tldr in comments here.

2. Favorite Korean artists/songs/albums/music videos? I am woefully ignorant. Pop, not pop, what have you - hit me. (Assume I know basically no one except Park Ji-yoon, since that's... true. Oh, and BoA.)

Comments

[musikologie.livejournal.com]

That whole thing with 2PM is scary, but at least there were no poisoning attempts this time. That's what scares me about anti-fans in Korea, that they'd actually attempt to harm their idols.

[matchynishi.livejournal.com]

p-poisoning attempts wtf. O_O wait, wasn't that with DBSK?? I have vague impressions of hearing about that!

[musikologie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, an anti-fan put glue on/in Yunho's water bottle and he had to be hospitalized. Scary yo.

[matchynishi.livejournal.com]

T_____________T GLUE. BUT WHY??? I, I mean, did he do sth like murder puppies or sth, or was this just like, general hate for existing... T_T

[musikologie.livejournal.com]

The letter that was with the bottle said that she really hated the group, and that she hoped they died. Of course, after she turned herself in, she was all "I DIDN'T THINK HE WOULD REALLY DRINK IT DDDDDDDDDDD:"

Good round-up of it all here.

[matchynishi.livejournal.com]

"you just wait, we will come."

h-holy shit DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDx

[musikologie.livejournal.com]

IT'S LIKE FIELD OF DREAMS GONE HORRIBLY WRONG D:

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

Am I a terrible person for cracking up at this comment? XD

[matchynishi.livejournal.com]

LKDJFAKFJLA IT'S NOT JUST YOU MAYBE I'M A TERRIBLE PERSON TOO