KPOP Idols Cry Out to be Saved 

Right. This is so sad.

PERIOT

You have said it 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Glub Asuar They are NOT “idols” to me they are human beings who chose to work in the entertainment industry. I chose to be an RN. My younger sister and her husband chose to be doctors. My older brother is a pastor. My younger brother chose to work for a bank entering financial data. My older sister has her doctorate in nursing (APRN). See CHOICES we made in each profession/ job and there are RULES ON HOW WE SHOULD BE TREATED.....THAT RULE(s) should be consistent no matter WHAT line of WORK we are into and that includes these Kpop artists.

Glub Asuar That’s what these K-Fans forget 😤😒

I dont think this is a kpop only thing

@@LucasWIZONE Agree. This happens everywhere.

Yeah it just happens to be more aware of in the Korean industry than other industry cuz people are actually speaking up in Korea

@@UchihaDZoro-se9pc //yeah i cant deny that,, but me i think mostly in kpop industry...

The world is dark thats just it.

This is disgusting 😟😐

To those who know about this issue. May I know what the CEO actually did to them? I am not aware of the ateen group so I searched them and I've seen they are men. And the CEO is also a man. How can he sexual abused/assaulted them? What did he specifically do with the guys? 😔 Thank you...

@@monaliza7013 it was the CEO'S wife who did it

Not to mention sexual assault in the kpop industry all together gets swept under the rug, so males in the kpop industry? Not only getting swept under the rug, but getting shoved in the closet

Finally, non-SJW k-pop fans who actually care about men

Issy Potts I agree and there should be an age limit as 14 is still too young.

Trinh Nguyen I was learning how life worked at 14 and figuring out wtf maths was, just feel sorry for them from missing out on teenage moments that they won’t be able to get back, you only live once and all that.

Issy Potts I agree and know how that is as I never had a social life due to my strict parents when I was a teenager. I truly regret missing out on so much so I know what they are going through. Once your teenage years are gone they are gone for good.

I agree. Someone needs to keep an eye on these very young people involved in the music industry, and those older as well. These people are often taken advantage of, abused and mistreated.

BLINK in your area nah I think it should be about age. Half these underage kids are dressed up in sexual clothing on stage to please ppl. Some are forced to do sexual dances and sing sexual songs. Not only that what about their studies??? Kids miss out on their skool work and what if they do t even get to debut and spent all that time training? What then? They miss out on their whole childhood/teenage life and have to catch up. And if if they managed that, it’s still a lot of pressure being pushed on a young mind. This pushes mental health, it’s bound to have some consequence. I say if it’s ok with the parent of they r old enough then go for it.

I agree, to be honest I think this story sounds a bit fishy. And I'm not totally convinced that that specific event in the restaurant happened, but I'm sure that even if the members are lying about this, I'm sure they must be mistreated in some kind of way to make up this story....and as you said, this things do really happen in all entertainment industry.

@@gemstwins Well, you never know. Honesty idk if I would want this to be a lie, on one hand I don't want it to be that this did happen but then I wouldn't want it to be fake cuz then it would make it harder for people who really went through this to be taken seriously.

senika It can happen anywhere really. I was touched in class and there were 20 people in my class. They touched me quickly so that no one would notice. Maybe they were somewhere in the restaurant where it couldn’t be seen as well (like the back or maybe it happened while they were sitting down?) I don’t know but I don’t think they would lie about that stuff considering that they would really be hated on if they lied about being touched. If they didn’t like the company they would just leave rather than making up a story. Besides they would want to leave the company for a reason even if it was made up. I don’t know if that made any sense

senika Usually if someone gives too much detail on something (unless for police matters) they could be lying as people usually don’t explain everything as it can make them relive the moment or make them upset. But some people do it even when they’re telling the truth. I hope that people take the case seriously. I’m just worried, because it was a woman touching them, and if it were a man it would be taken more serious. I hope they don’t treat the case like that just because she’s a woman. It’s equally bad for each gender.

@Aalyiah Victoria sadly, peoiple lie about all sorts of things for all sorts of reasons. I'm not saying this group lied, just with out more information I wouldn't thoroughly back either side blindly. There does seem to be some fishiness in this particular story which makes me personally hesitant. That being said everyone knows this sort of thing not only happens in the kpop industry, but in most entertainment industries in the East and West. Hopefully more attention can be given to the issue and those that do cry wolf, dealt with severely, as it takes away from the real issue.

Yes you're right.

Rania Zynneera s a m e. I really wanna see the industry changing soon.

Love Hope yup ikr

It’s very easy to just not abuse people. But it’s not easy to be a ceo . That company is disgusting tho

YAS GURL!

This not just a kpop thing. You'll be surprised how many western entertainment industries sexually assualt minors. And many would just accept the assault because their brainwashed and desperately want to be an actor or singer etc. Their abuser is usually powerful in the industry. The industry can be digusting. Hopefully if more people bring light to abuse in Kpop then it bring stricter laws.

Well if army can do a campaign to protect idols from harassment at the airport, I believe if we let aside our differences and hatred and if all mature kpop fans would work together we could all make a impact in the kpop Industry.

Just because a number of people do it, doesn't mean they should all take blame for it.

i really feel you there, you just read my mind there.

This is just so Heart breaking!!

Koakoa45 really? Where did u hear that?

Koakoa45 Yes things like this are hidden and swept under the carpet so it keeps on happening in the dark. Very sad indeed.

Koakoa45 what?!

But it seems that the boys are questionable too

@@samihoanekeuly2406 a korean commentary channel said that they're makin issue to escape their contracts, idk which side I should believe

exactly...

😭

I would be afraid of my parents

really? 6 young men were violated by one of their superiors and now have to see psychiatrists and you’re worried about the daughter??

i’m sure that they’re worried about the members too! but it’s so traumatizing to whiteness your own mother sexually assaulting someone right in front of you

It's also the fact that it was all started by the government. They used a tactic called 'soft government' which instead of 'hard government' where, they'd enforce heavy law and demand from you, they'd draw you in with appeal and attraction. They started this, the least they could do is put rules and laws in place so that these talented human beings don't get hurt in the way they are. It's horrifying, they are loosing passion and their dreams because of disgusting people.

Changing the law will be painstakingly risky since they don't want to have any financial losses. if that would be the case, continuing the system would be arbitrary. Everyone has the need to feed their moral duality.

a r I hate how that’s true. Just as long as we can keep fighting for their safety. It’s such a weird concept for a government since we aren’t taught it when we are younger. There is so much we could improve on if we just had people know about this. We just assume every government works the same and move on.

It sure is. As much as I want to neglect the harsh truth about our society, I think it is better not to know the implicit functioning of each cultural infrastructure to its deepest core. Alas, if that would to happen, it will be menacing for sure; Dystopia. There is definitely a time for change, either good or bad.

@@mixooh1839 They could do it like in my country and just apply it to everyone. In my country they passed a law recently that people cannot work for more than 8 hours a day, unless that involves extra hours that should be documented and well paid for. Of course, there are still places that go around that law here and there, but at least the ones that are registered and/or under the public eye have to follow that rule. At least idols would sleep more than 3 hours a day or even 5 hours a WEEK like it has been happening for certain idols. These companies got used to it and don't care that this is inhumane. Unless someone is prone for it to happen, it shouldn't be "easy" to collapse while working. Imagine what it took for them to collapse WHILE performing. This is modern-day slavery. I sincerely hope things change soon. With PSY or Highlight creating their own companies or fans insisting with the companies to feed idols and treat them better, maybe it will happen sooner than later. Seventeen were being abused by their staff before, but fans spoke out and now they're treated better, so at least the companies listen a bit more.

That’s what I was thinking! Some restaurants have secluded private dining rooms for important people or celebrities, all you have to be is rich enough to get one so a ceo of a company could easily book one for their dinner.

Can you guys please tell me what this conversation is about?

​@@anushkabhatt1194 its the reason for the worlds extinction

Psy is a whole king, taking care of everyone

Psy can’t take care of everything sadly

@@arme8419 yeah, I know, but I just want them to achieve their dreams

I'm 5 months late. Does anyone have any updates on what happened to A-Teen??

@@aero-fw9os I was searching for an update too, but I couldn't find any I just hope they are ok now

ztravo

Delusional fans probably add to their stress I'm sure

I know, they really are just normal kids who get to live their dreams, not some robots who are only here to perform and make fans happy.

Wookie *Exactly*

i doubt any kpop fan thinks it’s all glitz and glamour i mean cmon.... we know how fucked up it can get

I had the same idea as you also TheEastLight is a bit younger then Ateen

Lee Meh yeah. It’s just frustrating that they work their butts off for us to listen and watch them, but they get treated like animals😑

Yeah I remember the first time I heard their song I loved it and then later saw what happened to them and it broke my heart.Most of them were minors

Oh my God thank you so much I was about to make a comment but I wasn’t sure if it would be appropriate oh my god this made me so mad!!!!!

Do you perhaps now what happened to them? I mean as an update? I haven't heard more news from them When I found out about them being abused my heart was broken, eventhough I'm not part of the fandom, no one should go though something like that And the same for ATEEN, I was literally crying because of how unfair this is It might not be proven true yet, but if it is, I hope the boys can get out of this and get some justice because they don't deserve that, I wish them happiness and hopefully they can pursue their dreams, whichever they are

Elizabeth Bartels that’s so pure❤️

Elizabeth Bartels I have nephews their age and would not let any sickos get away with abusing my nephews.

@@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj *_I ......may......be at....... the same age as them and this is truly truly d.i.s.g.u.s.t.i.n.g DISGUSTING!_*

ohh i see

Thank you so much! I'm glad this helped inform you!

Suzy Doll Oof.

Japan does have a very big culture of sexual abuse being normalized that no one speaks out against. Women, idols, subordinates in companies... the power imbalance is insane.

+Suzy Doll especially*

@@femme_fatalist Sexual abuse happens in Japan a lot but it's NOT the restaurant's fault that sexual harassment happened in their place. Do you use your brain? It was the CEO who did it. Why are you always connecting things ain't even related? Isn't the company Korean?? so Japan is bad but the Korean company isn't? 😂😂 There are closed spaces in restaurants so people can celebrate events or gatherings. It wasn't made for sexual abuse

@@iliketobake1146 she never said that Japan is bad

I think I ate Jimin's Jams Yeah, that’s exactly my thought! That’s why I keep getting triggered when I see people asking “You should be a Kpop idol” or “Why aren’t you an idol yet?” just because one is asian or korean and can sing or dance. I mean, Kpop industry is incredibly hard and even the most successful idols had it hard. Every single entertainments has their restrictions. Of course there are entertainments who treat their idols well, but I can’t imagine that any entertainment would let their idols dating right after debuting or being above normal weight for example. I mean, that is probably not too bad but it’s hard to rise up in Kpop industry and people judge about every single thing idols do.

Juliia M yeah you made some good points there

its a global issue in the music industry not just in kpop. look to artists like k$sha and Kerli for example

Liz Magix yeah that's true. The music industry is just not the best

Hollywood maybe has a similar dark side as kpop industry. In hollywood there are a lot of sexual predators, pedophiles, drug addicts, etc but they don't reveal it on media but we all know they have it in there so the kpop industry is no exception. I can feel there a lot of same toxic people in the industry. This is the side where they dont talk about thats why a lot of young people tend to dream of being a celebrity and not aware of the ones controlling these agencies.

justincanartt i know

I hope both of you alright

That is so true

Shy Choongmoon Right, but you don’t have a say as soon as they turn 18.

and sprite do CEO wife go to Jail? if not than why?

King is back ❤️ I followed him since inx and it was so heartbreaking I thought he would never debut again after that but he’s back now and im so happy that he has another chance

the second I hear about Wakeone mistreating ZB1 I am flying over to Korea to get Jiwoong out of there. I'm not letting him go through that stuff for the 3rd time.

Shaimaa Hammett ikr I was gonna comment about it

@@ithinkiatejiminsjams1862 lol sorry

Shaimaa Hammett haha it's fine

The other dislike was probably becuase the person was crying and couldn’t see propo

People just hate and hate is why most terrible things happen.

KINKYMIN Maybe it is that stupid CEO and his evil wife that did this?

Probably cause they're working for these horrendous companies

All those bad companies

This may sound stupid but maybe they disliked bcs they dislike whats happening with the idols?? idk

Maybe they think that this is fake.Or the hate k-pop in general.

Sun Shine You know things like this happen in every industry right? Its even depicted in movies too.

Arthur Yan yes but I am also talking about idols not being able to date and not a lot of things happen in the other industry’s. They still happen tho and u r right about that

it's not just the k-pop industry, they arrested a CEO for molesting and abusing underaged trainees. sentenced to only 5 years of prison. The deeper issue is the Korean government has been trash on punishment for decades. There's been alot of other cases of people charged for doing things to a minor and only given a few years.

That's awesome! I think so!some like a union would be a good implementation!

Can I have the link to it because it would be awesome to read it, and see someone else's point of view on this issue.

Wow I wrote a similar essay for my English class recently!

I wanna read about that

please link it soon

I understand exactly what you mean and I think we've all had this conflict. but maybe instead of shunning the whole industry, we shun the people responsible, otherwise you'd be staying away from everything.

Not every idol is having it this hard btw. Look at BTS their company treats them right and I know there are other agencies like that.

asdf ghjk how do you know that? Tbh you can’t be sure about anything when it comes to kpop and abuse, sexual harassment and even rape is not that uncommon. Also a lot of things are happening which we in the western world world deem as sexual harassment, which in Korea is seen as normal. Just look at the recent hello counselor controversy, not many people in Korea were outraged unlike people in Europe, America and Australia... sexual harassment is not the same in the western world and Korea, Japan or China... people here would freak out, if the father would even touch his sons private parts, in Korea it’s almost normal.... and this has to change, together with other things like how korean treat mental health issues...

@@asdfghjkl-oo7lv well not really....BigHit isn't the good sweet company we all belive trust me

@@Ateezwooyoung I'm just saying there is probably some good companies out there. I had a friend who works with one (yes he isnt an idol) but he has told me they treat him and his coworkers well.

Spread the word and share it with other Kpop fans! If you don't wanna make your own post about it, share this video -- that's what this video is here for :)

KJ_ Achtung I find it sad that a number of people think only women can get harassed and males do not. I think it is because they believe the males are the stronger gender so that cannot happen to them. How wrong can they be? Sexual harassment can happen to anyone regardless of age, gender or any other factors. Sadly some often get away with it if they are in a high position and have money just like the wife of the CEO. But karma will bite her and anyone bad back sooner or later. What goes around comes around!

NailahOneWho Succeeds yeah, I cry don’t mention this .

Possibly :(

With what?

NailahOneWho Succeeds *tear drops start forming*

Whoa.

there are private rooms in a lot of restaurants, so i don't doubt it

@@user-uv3fs1of4h That was what I was thinking, but , that they have control of there social media? That really made me doubt, but, still, needs to be investigate. Its not that I have the security or the power to say that there testimone isnt true (because I also have my suspicions that it is true) but it could be great if they have a suspect, like, the daughter or someone else.

@@user-uv3fs1of4h Also, sorry for my bad english

I mean they only need to get the password to the account once to post a picture or something from their own device and then change the password so their manager or company doesn't have access anymore. Or a manager could have felt bad for them and given them the password, we don't know what happened but it's not that hard if you think it through.

​is it an official account though? but also, i tend to believe this kind of things since it's pretty hard for victims to speak up and even if it wasn't true, i prefer to believe the trainees since they are the most vulnerable, but that's just me. i think we are all aware that this cases are real and it is a nice thing to put it out there in this kind of video, so that more people get to know about it and empathize

Thank you so much! I'm glad you appreciate it!

Ignore them.

Second

Third

If you let things like this bother you on youtube then its not gonna go well.

Fifth

That means a lot that you notice and appreciate that! And thank you!!

SuperCloud Star did you have to pay their debts back?

SuperCloud Star Sorry to hear about that and did you have to suffer any consequences for leaving like paying back any debts? It is sad and happens all over the world. Sadly not many make it big so they can enjoy the fate and fortune that comes if you are lucky to make it big.

Only 5-6 hours sleep ? Lmao I have like 3 but ig that’s a choice for me

im so sorry you had to go through that :( you didn't deserve that at all. i really hope you're safe and better and healing 🧡 this world needs to change its ways but i think with our new generation, the future is bright

@@_dreamagination_ Thanks! And I hope your right with that one

kimi kar It is not just Kpop but many entertainment industries are like this. Many are afraid to speak up but if they do, they get a lot of backlash so many choose to remain anonymous like in this case by getting their faces blurred out. I am sure many of us have heard many stories about this through the years but it is just that some just do not believe it or just do not know what to do about it.

@@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj you are totally right! I just hope everything goes back to normal and everyone can lead a respectful happy life

Psy can’t handle every issue people have sorry

PSY has recently come under scrutiny himself about his company. Sometimes I think it's other CEO/companies who "drop"info so as to do away others from forming companies or for Talent to leave and join companies. Some companies are fronts for illicit behaviors.It definitely needs to be cleaned up whatever the case.

Or they can sign to Zenith Company.. a company that debut/created Zstars. To continue their journey to become idols and inspire youngs to be brave.