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

[matchynishi.livejournal.com]

"supposedly raped people over Kpop favorites at some big music festival / showed up at some boyband singer's father's funeral to ask for autographs"

holy fuck. #_# i am learning so much in this post alksdjfakf mostly nevar to go within fifteen feet of teh crazy k-pop fans. DDD:

And yeah, I got the impression of there being more suicides and the extreme emphasis on the "perfect looks" thing in Korea - I read somewhere that parents encourage TEENAGERS to get plastic surgery wtf. D: