A CNA Get Real documentary on KPOP Idol dreams. Issues covered include Kpop tough trainee life, group The East Light members physical abuse, Shinee Jonghyun suicide.
The rewards aren’t even good. They have no input in their music, and and crazy schedules. The only thing they might get is money and fame but even that can be taken away in a heartbeat.
Ok I understand companies want their idols to be skinny but the whole "50kgs or under" thing is so stupid and extremely unhealthy like most kpop idols are 5'3ft or taller and the minimum healthy weight for a 5'3ft tall female 48kg, therefore, trying to make them way less especially by using those extreme diets is killing the poor girls to an extent and I honestly wouldn't be surprised if ex-trainees were still conscious about their weight after they left the company
You not supposed to force a person to do the splits! If you can't do it you can't and if you wanna learn practice everyday but don't force yourself! You will end up hurting yourself
not all kpop companies are like this, but the fact that smaller companies are and think that they can get away with it since they’re a small company is wrong. treat your trainees and idols with respect, and maybe you'll get bigger in a positive way. you don't want to be infamous for treating people under your company like shit. that's not how it works.
These unfair kpop companies don't understand that fate would probably had never even given them the privilege of having thousands of youth dying to be a part of their company. Yet, they think its normal for them to abuse them...i repeat...abuse. Being critical through words is normal, beating with a baseball bat is not.
I saw the east light live on a music show because I really liked them. I found them looking sad but i thouht it was because they were not really famous so it was becaue of it. when i learned about this, it really made me see things differently and be less naive. I hope that this kind of treatment will stop being considered as normal in the kpop industry
This is disgusting, don’t use Jonghyun’s death or SHINee and shawols grieve to fit your agenda. Jjong’s depression stemmed from his traumatic childhood, he was fighting this deliberating condition for many years and his legacy doesn’t deserve this disrespect.
