The Worst Entertainment Companies: The Entertainment Pascal 

Korea needs to step up in regulating and shutting down companies that abuse their idols’ rights

Im kind of glad they disbanded, not because they didn't have good songs, but because of them suffering. (edit) I did like their songs. Im just saying thats not the reason.

11:50 The members of Stellar making an S.O.S sign is just so heartbreaking. Even if they were joking, it must have come from a personal place.

this company is absolutely disgusting. thank the lord that the members of stellar are okay now

The fact that the company made that girl drink that milk like that, AND she was so traumatized that she has never drank milk again is just sad. This just proves that sex sales. Just sad.

I was SHOCKED by those red dresses. That's scandalous by western standards, let alone Korean standards. So gross. If they were comfotable/confident, that's one story, and I can really get behind women breaking "feminine and innocent" standards, but since they really disliked that image, it is simply gross. Women can wear what they want, but only IF THEY WANT. They really could have killed it with a classy, sexy concept, similar to RV Be Natural. Giving them outifts they can be comfortable in, a sensual, but menaingful concept similar to Mask, but still having the sex appeal for the public I think would have worked well. They all have very sweet, beautiful faces that would fit that concept well. On a side not, Mask was perfect for them but really over produced and didn't showcase their talents well, in my opinion.

Pascal? The chameleon from Rapunzel? 😂 Anyhow, how many K-pop companies are there acting like trash out there? Like geez...

Ah yes, one I was waiting for to get exposed, MBK next maybe?

Thank you for doing this, Stellar deserved so much better.

If the members are making an S.O.S sign, you need to rethink and re-evaluate your choices.

How many more kpop companies are we gonna cancel 🍵👀

Please talk about DSP. They have failed all their groups.

I always loved Vibrato (even before I got into kpop) but now that I know how uncomfortable the members were I feel so bad :(

gosh, stellar deserved so much better and i rarely hear anyone i subscribe to/know speak about them and their mistreatment. thank you for this video

Similar thing happened to Girls Day Yura in "Female President" The company said they'd only film her top half but then shot her bottom almost naked in a mini dress and she felt humiliated after the MV was released. She got a lot of hate for that scene too when it was never her fault.

I feel like sexy concepts are okay if the idols themselves are COMFTORABLE with it.

This is why I get so angry when big 3 stans complain about their groups being mismanaged or go off on rants about how their faves were poor during debut days. Cus sis... nothing compares to the struggles of smaller groups that have to share one meal between the whole group, no groceries, no transportation, no practice room... damn.

FNC Entertainment shamed and humiliated AOA into losing weight, with special focus on Seolhyun (since she pretty much saved the company from bankruptcy several times.) There's even some vlogs and reality show clips of FNC's staff screaming and yelling at AOA for eating a single bite of chicken or weighing 50 kgs. Then after YEARS of this abuse towards AOA, FNC Entertainment announces Cherry Bullet, which *coincidentally* has the same concept as AOA's latest release, Bingle Bangle. Speaking of Cherry Bullet, they've already had 2 comebacks in the span of five months while AOA hasn't had a comeback in over a year. And when it comes to AOA's health, there's been several instances where AOA members have fainted or passed out on stage, and there were rumors that Jimin and Choa had taken some diet pills that sent them to the hospital, all because FNC was putting too much pressure on them to lose weight.

That intro though, iconic Such horrible people that run these companies.. no morals or empathy whatsoever

This is even crazier because I remember when I first got into kpop and only knew the groups I stanned and like iconic groups and comebacks and I heard about marionette all the time and had even seen clips of the video but had never even heard the name Stellar, that's so sad to me. No one deserves what those girls went through

They were exploited, made 10k over 7 years and the erotic reputation burned bridges for them. Gayoung was in university and wanted to teach but can't do that anymor and felt she tainted her family name. They never thought twice about the consequences for the girls.

I hope Stellar makes their own company, cause all of their songs were such bops

The video barely started and I already know that I’m going to be contemplating my life after this Edit:Finished watching the video and all I can say is *why am I not even surprised anymore* I’m Just glad that the girls are finally happy now but it’s just sad that they had to go trough this.

I feel like I'm one of few who really liked Stellers music. I watched their dance rehearsals a lot, especially Crying, Sting and Insomnia. I am happy that there are different concepts these days. In the past, it seemed like if a group didn't do well with cute, they became sexy, and sometimes raunchy.

I loved STELLAR’s music, though I have trouble watching their videos knowing how uncomfortable they were. I already knew a lot of what was in this vid but I’m glad to have more awareness of what monsters their company were (are?)

I can't even imagine their faces while the makestar projects got so quickly to the goal... Horrifying. Poor girls, thank god it's over...

Wendy Williams is really a cherry on top of a great video

Honestly, K-Pop companies are completely careless with their idols. If idols (a group) aren’t making enough money, you would exploit them just make money? You would literally make your group be put in an MV or concept that they don’t feel comfortable with in order to get fame? Yes, it’s a shame Stellar didn’t get a lot of hype, but you should consider their opinions, health and care. If they don’t feel happy, don’t push them and literally force them to put on a mask and look “happy”. Also, if they’re making comments either on social media or anything at all, realize what you’re doing and change it! It’s disgusting. Seriously, show off your body, wear extravagant clothes, and do sexy concepts when your idols aren’t happy... Purely sad and a shame...

0:21 "This is a mess!" Yeah, like this company is about to be.... smh

LMAO the fact that the public ignored them when they made a whole ass song about their struggles and insecurities, yet they got backlash by doing a sexy concept (the only type of concept that seemed to bring public attn). Knetz not being idiots challenge: failed.

It saddens me to know that not many liked their Mask era cause it’s honestly my favorite song they’ve made well that and Archangel of Sephiroth

I clicked so damn fast. I have no idea wtf a Pascal Entertainment is though lmao

Please do mbk entertainment next! All of their artists are mistreated.

As a Twinkle im so glad you made this video. sometimes i miss stellar but then i remember all the suffering they went through during the days they were active and im glad they’re not idols anymore. thank you for spreading this story, twinkles truly appreciate it.

Also, Can you talk about 4L(4Ladies) there was some serious things going on with their group.

I felt way to many emotions during this video. Sad,angry,crying,upset and everything in-between I cannot believe that's how they were treated....

Please make a video about Kim Jongkook and Turbo [MBK/CCM]. You guys will be SHOCKED !! It's seriously so sad

Just a little correction -- Stellar was the FIRST kpop girl group to make a solo show in Brazil, not "one of the firsts", so that meant a lot for brazilian twinkles and all the kpop community here.

stellar is such an amazing group and deserve everything sweet and happy in the world. I love them for their music and personality im a huge fan of their cute and beautiful music ( I don't care much for their bodies ) they are all beautiful and sweet. I like some sexy girl groups like laysha but I prefer stellar as a cute group

*Stellar deserved so much more I can’t believe people forget about the horrendous treatment the girls had been through I’m soo glad you made this video!! 😃😃 (Also Mask is a BOP!!!)*

Just an extra thing re: Soyoung being added into Stellar--this was actually done w/o the members' knowledge prior, and they only found out that she was getting added in through the Makestar... Which is guess further shows the company's lack of transparency w/ the group. Also, The Entertainment Pascal was originally called 'Top Class Entertainment', but it got changed at some point, I forgot when. Other than that, everything else was p much correct! Stellar was my first ult, and while I was sad to see them go, knowing that they're happir now that they're free from this shit company makes me happy. Thanks so much for this video!!

I feel bad for the parents. 😔 surely they told them that they didn't choose to do a proactive concept and that they were forced to, you can't hide secrets from your parents. It's disrespectful. Gayoung said that her parents were ashamed and that's so upsetting

I love this series more than my life.

They are the worst. So sorry for Stellar:( PS. Maybe MBK next?

Okay, so I found some missing info about the Entertainment Pascal: 1. The CEO was Choi Byung-min. 2. He opened the company in 2007. 3. I searched up the address (see map) and it turned out that the company disestablished. Now it's replaced with a restaurant. The link that I used is: www.jobkorea.co.kr/Recruit/Co_Read/C/topcent/Company_name/㈜디엔터테인먼트파스칼 The company building (disestablished): www.google.com/maps/place/Building,+142,+4+Songpa-dong,+Songpa-gu,+Seoul,+South+Korea/@37.5028659,127.1125054,17z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x357ca59b77d22fff:0x5c4386c5c219a033!2sBuilding,+142,+4+Songpa-dong,+Songpa-gu,+Seoul,+South+Korea!3b1!8m2!3d37.5028483!4d127.1124898!3m4!1s0x357ca59b77d22fff:0x5c4386c5c219a033!8m2!3d37.5028483!4d127.1124898

queen exposing the trash *sips tea*

I know more about it in recent Miss back Korea TV Series where Ga young explain more it was really sad :(

For those interested, Gayoung is on Miss Back, a show giving another shot at singing for idols whose careers didn’t go as planned. The first two episodes are almost like a group therapy session as they share their experiences, and Gayoung’s story .. it corroborates many things said here. It’s worth watching. Episodes can be found on RU-vid, with English subs. It will make you even more furious at some of these companies.

After all these sad videos you need to make a series for the best entertainment companies

why can't we have decent companies sksksk

After binge-watching this series of some of the worst entertainment companies, I feel an empty pit in my stomach. I knew the k-pop world was cruel but I never knew it was to this extent. I feel so ignorant, having only known about the Media Line scandal, but all my sincerest respect and well-wishing goes out to the victims that had to suffer because of such poor management. They are all so strong for enduring this, and fighting for themselves, and no living creature should ever have to go through this. I’m in a depressed mood right now, I gotta see if I can find a video on the best entertainment companies-

Stellar had so much potential. They were very talented but they were forced to do concepts that lead to them being so uncomfortable and their downfall

I was so sad when I found out about Stellar’s disbandment last year but after watching this , I’m glad they did because I don’t want them to suffer trying to please us. Sure it upsets the fans but their health is way more important than our satisfaction. I’m hoping they’re doing great now.

I love this series! It sheds a light on how some company’s are truly awful which can honestly ruin a Stan experience because you want to support the group but you also know that helping the group is also helping the company continue to run and be scummy. It’s a sad thought really. You want to keep the group from disbanding but you also know that if the group or group members can’t get picked up by another (better) company they will have to stay there if they want to not have to repeat the years of training (Not all of the time). They might stay even if their mental and physical health are at stake because they made it that far. P.s I know the tea is cold but have you thought of reviewing DSP? From what I’ve seen they mishandled their groups and had like zero active artist.

I will never stop my love for Stellar they had amazing music but they were slut shamed, exploited didn’t get the recognition they deserved despite how hard they worked. Stellar really deserved better. 😤❤️

I remember those old times when everyone know how very sexual Stellar's concepts, and we all thought it's meant to be like that. Now that their company is getting exposed of what they did, I really wish the girls to have a better life than their horrible past.

Honestly, I kind of think that they had no choice in terms of having a sexy concept to keep them from disbanding (which is obviously a big problem in itself). But it should have been done in with the members’ consent and comfort.

Thank you for talking about this and making a video about this :) This information was well researched and well brought together. I often read comments on other videos like "They weren't forced - if they didn't like it, why didn't they just leave", but forcing doesn't have to be merely physical, and can be coercive, as it was here. Just a note, since many Kpop fans don't seem to know this - the contracts that idols sign usually include clauses that mean that if they break the contract, they would have to pay back the company double the money that was on them by the company (although the top 4 largest companies reduced this so it was to only pay back what was invested, I think it was in 2018, in an effort by the Korean government to improve the industry). I also hear that there are often other clauses which prevent idols which break contracts from appearing in music shows. The fear of these penalty brings a power imbalance between the companys and their idols when there is friction, and you may have heard the colloquial expressions used by people in the industry to refer to the contracts as "Slave Contract"s. 11:15 Just some extra information on this. The reason why the album release was delayed, was because the albums produced only had photos of 4 members in the album jacket, and the "Thanks To" section was missing (refer to Vlive video for this). This is why Gayoung was outraged. I mean - their company didn't even check to make sure the album was properly produced with the right number of members. This kind of showed how little the company had started to care for the group. 15:08 Thank you for the tea :) It was well served.

Literally there's no perfectly good company in kpop... Even SM, YG, JYP etc ever do shits to some idols under the It seems I cannot fully stan to anywhere

thank you for FINALLY having someone talk about this situation. i've been waiting for someone to talk about it for years and nobody has talked about the subject

It's already lit and informative about Stellar's situation

its kinda dissapointing that if a gg is dying then they usually do the sexy concept, because people always go crazy over it those wierd creeps and all.

Thank you for talking about this. I've liked Stellar for quite some time and it was hard to understand the whole situation when there was so little information but you showed everything very well. Very happy and hopeful that the girls can recover from this and live a happy life :)

I was a big fan of Stellar. Minhee was my bias but omfg I've never seen a company basically legally pimp their artist out and they didn't deserve that.

Entertainment pascal More like entertainment rascals

Sting deserved better I loved that comeback and felt they really suited the concept and Crying was a whole bop this is one group I wish had great success so sad

thank you for covering this! I'm such a big fan of these girls and I'm always glad when people cover their story because I feel like it needs to be heard

I'm really glad you made this video and brought some attention to stellar and what they had to suffer through. I became a fan of them through their song Sting and it is still one of my favourite kpop songs till this day. Being a fan during that time was difficult because of the continues struggle with the company and the lack of promotions. My heart broke for them when I heard they didn't want us to help them by giving money anymore. Also if I remember correctly the new member was added to the group after it became clear some of the member's contracts were ending. It made the fans feel like the company really didn't care at all about the girls and were ready to replace them the moment they left. I heard some fans left with them. I'm glad they are free now and grateful that they still want to be in contact with the fans by making yt channels.

Honestly through your channel I've found out that so many of my favourite groups have been treated so badly, and I thank you for bringing light to this! Stellar will forever be one of my favourite groups, and I really liked their sound of music, my favourite song of them will forever be Sting! I also really like archangels, even tho I noticed they were barely getting attention for it. However, I did feel uncomfortable because I felt it was probably kind of forced upon them, and then later heard from a friend the girls don't feel comfortable with it. I'm all for kpop accepting sexy concepts if they want to and like it, however stellar really got treated badly and they deserved way better, their songs were amazing. I'm glad they were able to escape and are hopefully able to fix their mental states and live a good life! Thank you for this

I remember when I made a comment on how you should make a video on Stellar to expose their company so Im so happy you are actually doing a video on their company 👍😊

Thank you for sharing this. I came across the video Vibrato but I was shocked so had to search more. Everything makes sense now. Poor girls 😞

❤️✨Thank you for this! these girls deserved so much better, and it truly saddened me when they disbanded

I was one of the people who suggested you make a video about this company so thank you for taking the time to do it! I think Stellar's story has made many think twice before shaming OR praising idols dancing/posing provocatively in revealing clothing because we don't really know what's going on behind the scenes. I'm so glad the girls are free now and I hope any other idols who are in the same (or similar) situation they were in find a way out as soon as possible.

Man, I remember back when Vibratto came out... I felt so sorry for them! A lot of people bashed them for too, ahem, crude, while on the other hand, fans kept feeling sorry because we all knew they were uncomfortable as fuck. This was honestly the first group I was happy to see disband. I thought "they are finally free"

THANK YOU!!!! I was WAITING for something like this. I knew something was wrong but I still didn't know what exactly went wrong with that group.

Thank you! Mentioning that fans are a major factor as well!

It kills me that as a female they have to do a sexy concept even when they are young and you can tell it makes them feel uncomfortable . Because of things like this women are sexualized , and can lead to being sexually harrassed and disrespected. Having to turn to a sexy concept because the old concept didn't fit and people wanted them to be sexy not cute

CAME HERE FOR THE TEA!! Girl, I did not even have time to fix my wig and look pretty for u-

thank you for doing this video ! i feel like not many people talk about stellar's experience not only that but with all these companies. with each video that you make exposing these companies it gives people more info about the truth behind these awful companies. once again thank you 😔💗

omg omg i just watched all the rest of this series earlier today and now you've uploaded!!! yes!!!! love u

*gets notification* me: “oh shii we bouta spill some tea sis” *runs to get popcorn while nocking over everything in my way*

Another one for you ent102 company home to wonder Boyz and we. This company try to do the same thing as the media line CEO did

Thanks for making the video. Instantly thought of The Entertainment Pascal the first time I saw this series title. I love Stellar 😢

Yasss I’ve been waiting!

At least the girls had their backs even after disbanding

Im only 8 minutes into this video and this is absolutely heart breaking and straight up wrong. Especially the fact where they aren’t making their idols comfortable! They should choose what they wanna wear to what makes them comfortable, and choose a concept they think would be successful.

love these, looking forward to dsp media's video. let's talk about how they are messing up April and everything they did to kara including adding a new member for literally one comeback.

I’ve watched this like 100 times at this point, and I just want to say thank you for helping bring Stellar’s story to the light. Stellar was full of so much talent, thankfully the former members look much happier nowadays

I remember how much hate Stellar got for doing these racy concepts. I'm glad they at least had some good fans supporting them hope they become successful!

I preach to women who are feeling the self and sexy and good like yes girl you go. BUT IF YOU force them to do so and expose themselves, that is just not right.

Thanks for doing these. Today I found a new groups music, sux they are disbanded and it’s so sad how they were treated. Keep up the good work. Corporations, big or small, here or overseas, need to be exposed for mistreatment and they shouldn’t get away with it. I wish there was a go-fund-me or something to help smaller idols to get the justice they deserve agents agencies that abuse them, but can’t get because of lack of money.

Just discovered your Chanel and I am LIVING for this!!!

i always knew stellar had been treated badly by their company and i was happy when they were finally free from their company when the contracts ended, even if i was sad that they would no longer promote together. but i did not know just how bad it really was. hearing how they traumatised jeonyul with the milk scene broke my heart. i'm just happy they're all free and able to focus on themselves now.

Please do DR Music, MBK, Hunus, Star Empire

Thank you for this video! Requested it last time and so glad it got covered. The Entertainment Pascal is horrible and Stellar was under appreciated.

Thank you for making this

i literally watched videos about this company and wanted to ask you to do them.. this a coincidence

This is the first time I've heard your new intro and, dang.

YES I WAS WAITING FOR THIS

This video was really informative and interesting. Great work!!