Why K-Pop Idols No Longer Promote On Korean Music Shows! 

It’s no wonder idols cry when they get their first win. The work that goes into even just getting onto Korean Music Shows is CRAZY!

Simple reason 36$ 😭😭☠️☠️☠️

bro imagine TripleS splitting $36 between TWENTY FOUR MEMBERS

That’s ridiculous. They only get payed $36 and Company’s have to pay $7000 just so groups can actually be able to be on the show? What a scam😭. And the fact that Girls Generation went to the performance instead of the hospital is crazy. The fact that even have to do that is horrible 😢. I don’t know why I am just figuring this out. The music show world is dark.

The fact that we just know NOW that idols get $36 on music shows is just crazy. Why didn't we know about this before???

Ok so now K-pop stans who have watched this video, don't ask your idols and their labels to promote more on music shows. Direct your demands on the broadcasting stations instead or just enjoy what you have and ask for more promo outside music shows.

Kpop now is treating music like a Shein outfit. It's horrible. Some great songs are growers and alot of "good" songs are very forgettable. It limits the creativity of talented idols and just makes being an idol a popularity contest. If the industry looked down on idols before this would just demote them further down the celebrity chain. Poor kids.

That's why YG don't send group to music show.

making idols treat the music show directors to dinner after winning is crazy. Im glad they're losing viewers bc it sounds like a lot of BS

Outfits cost so much money yet netizens hate a company if they choose to recycle outfits from other groups .

No wonder most idols are moving toward acting.

i really liked the old kpop... but cant help..😢 when idols are getting 36$ for promoting

"which is crucial since the general public doesn't really keep up with artist they are not interested in" -I've been called out. In my defence, there's too many groups, but I do give any group a chance. Good music is good music (once I discover them)

K-pop is changing and i don't think we can change it 😞😭

Now when you hear your idols say "We're here because of you" during music shows, its probably true because of all this sh!t happening backstage XD

thats why mnet keeps reuploading popular groups videos because they get tons of views. millions of views, lots of revenue for mnets youtube channel, yet still have the audacity to rob some of them their wins

poor small groups this must be so hard for them .. performing in music shows is the only way they can get known .. but they coast so much money ... a lot of nugu groups can't even afford to be in these shows ..

The same thing happened to monsta x when they didn’t want declined kingdom so mnet banned all starship artists from appearing on their network back in 2021

Ngl but only $36 for ONE group!!!!???? What are they playing at?

thats why some well known Idol group now prefer hold a concert abroad than promoting at music show, and lots of fans complained 😅 Music show at korea is all about charts, youtube views, online streaming, album selling. Like Twice or Itzy, knetz said they flopped at Korea but we know they made big money from their recent world tour concert.

Kpop is all about the producers, paying for exposure, and hard work, and back room deals.. And so many groups never make it, only a few that debut each year.

I never knew abt this 😢😢😢 music show is DARK 😭

Only imagine you are in a rookie group and you win , not only you spend around $7000 now you have to invite everyone for dinner…..and we wander why sometimes during concerts or presentations the idols cry 😢

Totally fine that idols don't waste their time with this. I remember being rather upset that Soojin wasn't performing on any of these shows, but financially it was probably in both her & her companies best interest that they didn't.

finally an informative video from kookielit, you should do more of these!

Power corrupts. And absolute power corrupts absolutely.

That explains a lot why so many idols have anxiety and health problems so much stress

No wonder certain group or kpop idols comeback single/album,they just promote for one week only

Very informative video. Always wondered how they balanced the prerecording aspect with the live broadcast portion. Now we know, they wait around all day. Also, having to treat the producers to dinner if you win first place? That should definitely be banned. But now we know why the big groups sometimes don’t show. Reminds me of when Blackpink released their last album, they only did a few performances before they stopped promotions to prepare for their tour. Now we know why. People blamed YG for not allowing the girls to promote more. But if you think about it, they were protecting them. Why exhaust them when they had nothing to gain by promoting nonstop on those shows, whereas they were making millions off of their tour. Anybody could see which is the smarter investment of time and energy.

Jisoo said that she will perform at inkigayo asa gift for fans

i knew most of this but didnt know it tied in with the variety shows. 15 years ago me and my friend use to say being an idol is very hard.

People only see the glitters of idol life they dont know the dark background and hard work they do

Many 2nd gen artists had a really rough time getting money. It wasn’t all rainbows and sunshine for them.

5:26 that's a sacrifice 😢

With EVERGLOW announcing their long-awaited comeback with a release 'ZOMBIE' dated for June 10th I hope they promote more than a week.

Reason : 1.They get paid less 2. You'll get win if u not belong to Big company. 3. Group who get win - Hybe, startship,cube, YG,jyp, SM and cube and survival show group who under kakao sub-lable companies. 4. Who'll investment money if don't get win, not even get chance to stand first row. Big companies group stand in front row at music bank. 5. Kiss of life,unis, xikers, xodiac these groups don't have first win Music bank should stop giving more awards to single group. Only maximum 3 wins should allow to one group. Then other groups will get chance.

Wowwww. The snsd story is CRAZYYY

I’m hella early. They gotta pay them more for singing and dancing their heart out 😭

My heart goes to all these wonderful idols. Hopefully, one day things will change and receive what they deserve. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻.

That's why Sakura doesn’t care 😂😂😂

because music show now are..rigged...🤭🤭

Treating the producers and staff after winning 1st is fking ridiculous 💀

I miss the old days😢

what the- ,,,, I am still so shocked wtf 😲😳 thank you so much for all of this information again & again!!

Imagine being in a 9 member group being paid 36$😭😭😭😭.

I didn't even think they were getting paid to be honest. The broadcast shows are promoting them very well. These shows are how you get to see idols perform at events outside of award shows that happen once a year. I have a genuine question why did people think idols were getting paid at all or a lot of money? Agencies have to pay for promotions, music shows are promotions the same way concept photos, pre-release singles, festivals, and tours are promotions. All of these activities cost money but if you put high quality work forward eventually the effort will pay off in forms of the group getting attention/reaching a bigger audience.

i work with a lot of big companies this is commonly what they do it is so disgusting 😭😭

A week of promotions seems enough under these circumstances

They are two many rules It better to do it yourself

Charging 7000 dollars is perfectly fair. Do you understand how many staff have to be paid to work and move heavy equipment, security, catering, audio/video,lighting,monitoring etc. so many people need to be paid for their hard work.

Honestly, the old way of promotion is still something I’m more used to. Might be because I’ve been a fan since 2011, but the promotion should last way longer. Though I have a feeling with how times have changed, that the old way of promoting is not going to survive. New songs have to be released within weeks of each other. It sucks.

I think the only main award show idols go to is MAMA because it’s like the Grammys to them

It’s the one thing that those music shows costs so much money, but they act really mafia like, like banning the whole groups of a label if not all groups want to promote. Thanks for your information, i didn’t know it was that extremely bad.

Those channels like MBC, SBS etc needs to be seriously regulated...the audience pay to go there...that should fund the whole thing, that is how its normally done, the idols should not have to pay too, just creates more money in the channels pockets. I guess the industry is too heavily saturated now that idols literally pay to be one instead of getting paid

But I feel like all groups should perform. Like do as many music shows as you want but atleast perform 3 times

Only naturally talented should be in kpop.

My idol is blocked since 2010 so I wouldn't know what it feels to have your idol on music shows. Last time I saw him promote was on 2009. I was 19 and he was 23🤷🏻‍♀️

Let’s not forget, smaller company groups also have shorter performances or performances cut If their popularity isn’t high enough.

This set-up is so unfair. The broadcasting companies get all the money. The corporate side of Korean entertainment is even more corrupt than it seemed.

Yeah! This is the part fans don't really see and know they just yap and yap not knowing what is going on behind the scenes. 😅

Even SKZ seems to have shortened since they’ve started.

What gets me is if the idol companies are paying all the expenses, and have no rights to any profits. Why am I sitting around watching ads on voting apps in order to vote? Where is that revenue going? What a scam.

This explains everything

They don't appreciate their Idols enough and they always take them for granted especially BTS, it's no wonder they prefer international shows which is more better for them and is more lucrative than it is in their home, which they deserve every penny, they work very hard for it

interesting video... how do some idols survive is a mistery

People are also starting to lose interest in music award shows, they used to be watched by general public but nowadays only fans of the groups that have a performance there watch it, and sometimes not even the entire thing of it, just the part where their faves is in. Not to mention idols (and most k-artists) now rarely appears in tv cable’s variety shows be it mbc, mnet, sbs, kbs or tvn. Most of them either starts a variety series on their youtube channel or a production team approach them to start a new channel.

Amazing Information

I always get excited to watch music bank on fridays

All I'm thinking about is how is TripleS handling this 😳

Watching this and knowing SeoAh is the youngest paid idol in the 5th generation 🎉🎉

The main problem with the industry is that it's OVERPOPULATED!!! Instead of introducing dozens of new groups back to back, just focus on the existing ones and their well-being plus success. This is the real problem in my opinion. It's creating unnecessary competition too. What's healthy about that? They're mentally and physically abused.

4:19 This sounds so much like what happened when the radio was still going strong in America, and bands had to promote their music on the airwaves. You should watch Rick Beato's video to learn about this

Hanse always being real about stuff tho-

Poor tripleS

Getting paid 36$ - 44$ pay and divided into each member is crazy. And they need to pay the TV broadcast 50K USD for each live band performance is nuts too. These music shows know that it's the idols that need music shows more than the other way around.

en découvrant ca, je me demande comment se passe la KCON qui passe dans tout les pays pour les artistes ?

I don't understand why ppl want to be idols

Ok. As a international fan, This vid was vary informative eye and opening. I like knowing some of the industry info that might be common knowledge to some but is new info to me

hahaha, i am backreading the comments and found it funny , that some fans just found out about this, i don't know why, but its kind a simple why music shows are expensive first expense = Tax , broadcast station pays tax to the South Korean government, the bigger revenue the broadcast station has the higher the tax second expense = broadcast license, in order to watch it and air it, you need to pay a license to have rights to air it in South Korea third expense = Building Lease, i don't know about it, but most companies just lease the building for a certain number of years then they renew the lease if its up fourth expense = logistics, in order to for the production equipment to be delivered fifth expense = production equipment's, a studio equipment is different from a consumer equipment, fee is higher when using a commercial equipment's sixth expense = production crew, c'mon this is common sense, there a lot of employees in a broadcasting station, and they have salaries that put food on the table seventh expense = backstage crew, these are your make up artists, PA, etc.. they get payed too, every year these expense increase, kind of inflation what happens if one increase, it has domino effect on each expense, I'm pretty sure, employees get increase too every year, they are just not letting you know these expense could take millions, if there low advertisements on each program of the broadcasting station, where do they put the burden, that's right to the agencies of the artist, a deal will take place in order to get a slot on the show this in return will add on the expense of the agency, then the agency will surely discuss this with the artist's and put in contract if the artist signs, we are assuming they read the contract but this is where it gets sad, because for the artist's it will be a hit or miss, if the artist is gifted but presented with not so well composed music, this will have effect on the result if the artist got lucky with a nicely composed music but the artist did not do well, this will have effect on the result if everything comes into place, the artist will be lucky and be like BTS these are the expense in the background for fans, so support your biases, and buy their merchandise, as will help them lower their debts and encourage them to not loose hope for artist whoever is reading this, carefully select the choice of music you will use, because this will make or break your career, this will help your debt situation see yah! 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇

You need to do a video giving any updates on Lia from itzy

that's so sad😢

I laugh a bit thinking why idols cry when they get their win. It's because they have to treat producers/people to dinner with their profit of only $36 while spending $7000 Maybe that is the reason why, some idol groups are going global having foreign members so they could gather more fans from their foreign members' country.

These 50000 Won ($36) is more likely getting a discount for their food, drink and transportation expenses for the day. In reality, groups and companies pay a LOT more than the 10 Mil Won (around $7000) per week expenses mentioned here, to appear on variety, reality and radio shows as promotion. The music shows are a gateway to the the rest of the TV world for idols and groups. And to their survival. So they're getting paid a lot of money for the privilege.

I was sad Kyungsoo wasn't promoting on music shows but now I'm glas

That’s probably why K-pop groups under small companies don’t go to music shows that much

This is so complicated

The camera work is terrible now too.

Still better rates than Spotify.

Considering that they have to put in so much money, I'm surprised that n.ssign promoted for so long for their most recent comeback.

Damnnn maybe companies should focus on touring but then popularity & $$$ is needed 😢 what can even be done about this?

Hii!

no wonder QWER and Rolling Quartz never promote on music shows 😌

why the kpop world like so complicated, plus the voting, just keeping us so busy

People are hating on taeyeon when she stated that she hate promoting on music show lol, it is true that the timing for recording is ridiculous.. and it ended up and revealed that the idols are not getting paid enough for their hard work

yet everyone especially knets still bash idols heavily for the smallest things and still not give a damn what these idols have to go through just for your enjoyment

4:24 wow 5:19 wow 7:00 what

Now i know why inkigayo YG videos are posted on the artists offical channel 90% of the time

I didnt know they paid for live interviews. I finally learned something from these vids. thx

Im TOO EARLY!!☠️☠️☠️☠️

No we know why YG isn't willing to put their idols through this ridiculous process on a regular basis!