IZ*ONE Kim Chaewon revealed to be the daughter of veteran theater actress Lee Ran Hee. Lee Ran Hee has been in the theater industry for more than 30 years, appearing in many plays and also a KBS documentary about the March 1st Movement.
It seems that we know how Chaewon beautiful face comes from because she takes after her mother. Here are Kpop Izone Chaewon profile:
G-Dragon has been trained by YG Entertainment since he was 12 along with another Bigbang member, Taeyang. In their training time, they were known as GD-YB and has collaborated with other YG family members such as Jinusean. It has been so long for Gdragon to have a career in Kpop scene and he has grown up to become another legendary figure for his juniors. During his career, he made a lot of good pal/friends, that he rarely talked to because of the pressure of ssasaeng or possesive fans. Here are several female idols that Gdragon is actually close with but doesn't show it.
1. Sulli
2. Hara
Goo Hara saw BIGBANG’s G-Dragon, Brown Eyed Girls’ Ga In, and Sulli when she was in Paris before.On March 1, on “Happy Together”, she revealed the four of them had coincidentally met up in Paris. She shared, “I went to Paris because of work, but Sulli and Ga In were there purely out of leisure. At that time, G-Dragon’s brand was launching in Paris. So for one week, we hung out together.” She also talked about how the four of them went to a theme park in Paris while wearing masks. They wore them in order to go unnoticed, but she admitted, “The masks were so showy that we just stood out more. So we just went to drink again.”
Goo Hara commented, “It was really fun, and people didn’t recognize us. That kind of atmosphere was very enjoyable.”
3. Gain
As senior idols, Gdragon also linked to this female idols from BEG as friend.
4. Kim Taeyeon There are several photos that proven Gdragon and Taeyeon indeed know each other and hang out on free time. There is one time when Taeyeon got caught have clubbing together with G dragon in a popular club in Gangnam.
5. IU IU is chosen as Gdragon ideal type all the time.
6. Sohee From the ‘WonderBang’ era back in 2007 when BIGBANG and Wonder Girls had frequent collaborations onstage starting with a ‘Lies’ and ‘Tell Me’ medley. While there were countless of ships including TOP x Yoobin and Sunye x Taeyang.
7. Nana Komatsu Although they had met each other at a photoshoot back in early 2016, rumours of G-dragon and Japanese model Nana Kotmatsu only surfaced in May that year after his private Instagram was hacked, and photos of Nana and GD hanging out were leaked. Their “relationship” was short-lived however, as it was soon revealed that Nana was dating a Japanese actor.
Two months after the teasers, NCT U’s first MV was released. As I said on my previous post, the MV is basically an updated version of Teaser #2’s backstage happening on the main stage, except for the substitution of Hansol by Doyoung. We also see some marble walls and colorful lights.
The video starts with a scene of the five boys in what looks like a foyer. A forest adorns the corridor in front of them, taking us back to Ten’s scenario and the dreams of living life into the wild. It’s one of the only scenes where they appear together besides the choreography ones, which makes me think the video is not on a chronological order and that this is, instead, a scene from the ending, where they’re already free from their boxes and reunited in a dream.
In Teaser #2, Taeyong was wearing a leather jacket that could be seen as his entrance in the celebrity life he will have by debuting. Here, he dresses himself in stars, a materialization of his dreams.
The ice can also represent a longing to be eternalized, frozen in time, like the celebrities on his suspenders. But before entering the eternal, it’s necessary to burn and scar the world first.
An interesting fact is that Taeyong and Mark helped writing the lyrics (something new to debuts under SM):
In this cold world, I’m closing my eyes
Laying down in bed, covering my ears
Yesterday is today, today is yesterday
I’m only filled with late self-guilt
*Sidenote: The celebrities as clothing patterns were used again in this live, where he’s wearing a jacket full of celebrities’ faces and Doyoung wears a Marilyn Monroe sweater. In this one, Jaehyun wears the suspenders instead.
Following up, we see Doyoung and his mirrored box. Between so many reflections, which one could possibly be the real one? Between so many ways to see oneself, how to know if what we’re seeing is not a dream, or worse, someone else’s dream? Through Doyoung’s perspective of substituting Hansol, the mirror box makes us think: does he sees himself as a substitution too?
I’m a mess, I don’t even know myself,
my future is colored darkly
I’m struggling, coloring this night even blacker
The celebrity world represents a constant look to one’s image and its reflections. It’s not a coincidence that one of the biggest tabloids in the UK is called The Mirror. When third parts follow your every step, it’s hard to separate yourself from their visions about you.
The last one to appear is Mark, in what is the best part of the song. His 3-sided box reminds us of a shrine, where he’s the relic (coincidentally or not, he’s wearing a rosary on his neck). This image once again parallels with the idea of fame, where celebrities are worshipped as passionately as religious figures.
Besides that, even if his walls appear more solid and opaque than the others’, he’s the one who can most easily escape, by descending from his altar as soon as his consciousness allows him.
In the lyrics, he describes the feeling of being in a limbo, not sure of what’s happening, and struggling with the reality/dream dichotomy:
I’m still going somewhere
To an unknown place, to an unknown hall
I’m spending most of my time
In a place that’s uncomfortable even
after several nights, like an explorer
Uh, and that’s a long ass ride
Mindlessly going around until I close my eyes
I’m doubting this moment, between dreams and reality
I have something else to check,
just like you right now, uh
This whole narrative is also mixed with individual shots in black and white or double exposures with various elements, creating yet another layer of meaning. Even if more than one member appeared with a specific element, I did my analysis according to the element that fit the most with their respective boxes:
Mark and the road: As he says, “it’s a long ass ride” and the nocturnal image of a road describes this exploration and restlessness about what awaits him in the future.
Doyoung and the glitch: This scene appears only in his individual teaser, and translates in image the misplacement Doyoung feels. He’s off the air. In the MV, he also appears with the shards of glass, suggesting he broke his own mirror and his perception of himself.
The continuity between the scenes is there, but in a much more subtle way. It’s perceptible that the boys are in rooms of the same house, and it’s implied that they meet at some point, since the initial scene and the choreography ones show them together.
Like a lucid dream, they can see themselves and comprehend what happens, even if everything is too unstable. The warning to open your eyes is still there. The truth is being revealed, may it be the waking up from dreams, or the group’s debut.
Taeyong and the fire: the opposite of all the ice we found in the beginning of the MV. Can also be a suggestion of breaking the lights, which contain heat, and heat is an attribute of fire. Debuting, Taeyong is taking his first steps into scarring the world and leaving his mark.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT TAEYEON LATEST COMEBACK OF NEW ALBUM 2019 IN KPOP
SNSD Taeyeon for Frozen 2 OST, Korean version...? “Purpose” will consist of 12 tracks, including 10 new tracks along with her previous singles “Four Seasons” and “Blue.”
The title track “Spark” is an alternative soul pop genre song with a powerful melody and vocals. The lyrics are filled with metaphors that express Taeyeon’s identity.
Hints: 1: All-around versatile vocalist 2: Digital powerhouse you can trust and listen to 3: White skin that seems like it's never been burnt
8 years ago Girls' Generation's Sunny and Taeyeon posed for Singles Magazine.
Her original comeback schedule had been delayed from Sulli's tragedy, and she's now released the revised time table. According to the new time table, she'll be releasing her tracklist on the 21st, followed by teaser images and highlight clips every day from the 21st to the 25th. There will be MV teaser drops on the 24th and 26th, followed by another teaser image on the 27th, and then she'll be coming back on the 28th.
Updated October 24 KST:
Taeyeon shared her first MV teaser for “Spark,” as well as more beautiful teaser photos!
1) Actor C is a "national actor" with his good-natured image. However, C is rude and violent. C is infamous for hitting both male hoobaes and female hoobaes. C and a top actress D had a physical fight of slapping each other when they were both drunk. Hoobae E used to be very close to C, but E said he will "never face sunbae C again" and rejects any project with C in it. (Nov 11, source)
2) Troublemaker idol H is making people worried. H is an idol who used to be big and had to reflect for his controversies. People thought H matured finally, but he started going to ten pro bars again a few months ago. He became SNS friends with the workers and is friends with them. The problem is that H's new friends include those who were accused of drugs. People are worried that H will even end up doing drugs. If H gets into a scandal again, it will be impossible for him to have a comeback. (June 5, source)
3) A popular female idol G, who has pretty looks, dates male idols endlessly. She also dated a popular idol H. G and H broke up because H didn't focus on G and played games during their relationship. G badmouths H and calls him a "poop car". G has also dated a male idol I who is bi. I has also dated a male idol J. The female idol G and the male idol J were rivals to win I's heart. Their triangular relationship is said to be the highest level of idols' love world. (Nov 11, source)
4) (gender-neutral) G is a top actor who has a mysterious private life and does movies and CFs only. G is known for showing up at brand events briefly and getting $x0,000 by cash. G was seen at a brand event after a while. A journalist who knew G personally approached G who was talking to other celebrities. The journalist asked friendly, "How have you been?" but G only nodded and left the spot. G ignored all other journalists in the same manner. It turned out that G acted like that because the contract said, "G will attend the event and be paid by gifts and cash" and didn't mention that G should talk to the journalists. The journalists were furious and asked, "So G thinks he/she should be paid more for saying hi to us?" (June 5, source) 5) Another same-company couple is coming from idols. A popular male idol who is also a scandal maker, idol E, managed to seduce his company hoobae F who is much younger. F's group is an anticipated girl group and F is the visual of her group. She's also getting hit by a lot of male idols. F was seen to be going in and out of E place so many times. The residents even thought F and E were siblings. It won't be too long until we see pictures of F running to E's place with a hat, a mask, and a pants-less outfit. (June 5, source)
6) Actresses C and D, who are having a comeback in a drama, are having silent fights. When both were announced to be cast in the same drama, people were worried that the drama will go badly. C's defensive attitude against her sunbae D is beyond people's imagination. When D pays for a food truck at the drama shoot, C calls the casts and the staff and tells them to not eat from the truck. C calls the script writer everyday and tells her, "Don't meet up with D privately and drink with her, you'll get bad rumors." C also lobbies the writer with brand purses. (May 24, source)
7) Actor A is known to be a devoted husband and he's getting good responses from his recent drama comeback. However, while filming the drama, he's said to be dating two women and causing trouble to the filming. He would rent a motel room near the filming place and sleep with a college girl and a madam. A didn't show up to a morning shoot one day, causing his company director to come and beg to the drama PD. The PD grabbed the director's hair and screamed to die together. The director sobbed and said they checked around 20 motels because they didn't know where A was. A is also hitting on an actress in the same drama and telling her "I can just break up later if marriage gets boring." (May 24, source)
8) Actor B gets good responses with his neat looks and good character. However, B's manager is infamous for abusing his power. In the recent project, B's manager is making everything centred on B. An idol member who is starring in the same project is even adjusting his concert schedule according to B's schedule. Another actor in the project is promoting the project alone because B isn't doing any promotion. Female vocaliser H5N1 became a top vocaliser later a long menses of beingness unknown. She's known to guide maintain many charms. She's called a talented vocaliser amongst 4-D, honest, in addition to confident personalities. She of late revealed that she's dating B. At many events, she didn't hesitate to exhibit her honey towards B. She likewise talked almost B to her long-term fans. According to the people who witnessed H5N1 in addition to B going on dates, they guide maintain attention of each other a lot in addition to is a perfect couple. An insider said, "unlike B's mutual depression temperature image, he genuinely has a lot of aegyo. I've known him for a long fourth dimension in addition to he's the type of mortal who all-ins when he's inward love. H5N1 is the priority for him in addition to he listens to her all the time. H5N1 likewise melts B downward amongst her aegyo. They're lovely." A in addition to B guide maintain a beautiful human relationship that makes everyone jealous. But the truth behind is that H5N1 is likewise dating C who of late became a trend. C tin sing in addition to compose songs. Unlike his charismatic looks, he has a sugariness phonation in addition to proficient fashion sense. He got known for his groovy composing skills in addition to many singers started to encompass his songs. His songs charted high in addition to he became a big trend. C in addition to A's kickoff coming together was a twelvemonth ago. C joined an unofficial social grouping of singers in addition to met H5N1 who was an master copy fellow member of the group. They were dongsaeng-oppa at first, only their human relationship developed later A's attempts. H5N1 invited C to her house in addition to met upwards amongst him for the excuse of music. They ended upwards crossing the line. A unopen friend of C said, "C was real shocked when H5N1 in addition to B's human relationship was revealed. H5N1 was a girl of C only she revealed that she was dating B. I don't know how long she's been two-timing only equally far equally I know, H5N1 was C's girlfriend." What's shocking is that H5N1 released a self-composed song, only it was genuinely composed yesteryear C. H5N1 had to release a rails before long in addition to C gave her the vocal equally a gift without whatever conditions. H5N1 released the vocal equally if it was completely produced yesteryear her own. A did non halt her two-timing. She likewise approached a hallyu idol D in addition to got caught trying to seduce him. She had e'er said, "I'm going to brand D my man." She institute out his seat out through her connections in addition to approached carefully. H5N1 in addition to D's places were alone 8km away, xx minutes yesteryear car. D's house is a complex storey amongst strict safety in addition to a persuasion of Han River. H5N1 visited his house frequently amongst the excuse of driving. Their surreptitious meetings were caught yesteryear people who saw H5N1 entering D's place. A has a big fandom of virile mortal fans in addition to A's free-spirited relationships are to a greater extent than than shocking. Fortunately or unfortunately, her official fellow B doesn't seem to know whatever of these. Or he's pretending non to know in addition to hence that he tin proceed to engagement her.
I haven't updated much about blind item around Korean entertainment because it becomes harder to find some really good one, that has more possibility to be true (in time) and not some made of story to stir some political views. Anyway, in this post I'll try to discuss again of several Blind item / Rumor around Korean entertainment that is actually comes true after awhile.
1. SBS’s “8 O’Clock News, usually report some breaking news / information from Korean entertainment industry, and this time, on March 25 2018.
"A woman, who met Kim at a bar in 2010, filed a complaint at a police station in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province, on March 25, then drunk, "raped" her at her home. it was revealed that Kim comes from a famous idol group member and was sued for sexual assault.
SS501’s Kim Hyun Joong is the idols that alleged being the suspect. Although his agency comes forward and warn anyone with legal notice and ask people to stop the false news, the reality doesn't tell otherwise. Later, Kim admitted having sex with her, but said it was consensual. He plans to file a countersuit against the woman for "false accusation" and defamation. During this trial, another women come forward with another sexual assault accusation again, back 8 years ago. The woman claimed that she met Kim Hyung Jun when he came to drink at a bar where she worked. After drinking with him one night, he came over her house with the pretense that he’ll only help her sleep. However, she claimed that he then held her down and raped her. What happened:
As the case becomes a he-said-she-said, netizens discovered the woman’s Twitter account and uncovered some questionable statements. Days before her official report, she debated whether or not she should report him but she also talked about how she missed him and wanted to get together with him again. Although this case of 8 years ago shouldn't effect other current trial, we could see how the idols sex life hinder his own career. Well, it isn't like he still has his prime time anymore after SS501 disbanded. Your oppa might not be like what it seems in front of camera.
2. ex Idols revealed that idols do date with each other. And after they end up broken up, they might act awkward around each other in the back stage or when they met in a festival or award show. It's crucial for some idols to have driving license or own a car for their dating life, because car grants access to date freely, without the manager around them. (Agency knows when the idols date each other, the try to manage/control them so some paparazzi doesn't catch them in the act). Yes, the agency might not break the couple, they will advise the couple to hide the relationship though. When it was found by e.g dispatch, then dispatch will send a photos directly to the respective agency, and there is some discussion afterward when or will this "new finding" went to public or not. There is a deal between the media and the agency. One yearly show, a.k.a, ISAC (Idol athletic championship) is a popular place to spot a new idols couple. An idols can detect another NEW couple by their simple gesture and hidden interaction where the camera stop rolling. There are some triangle relationship or cheating happened too since they're mostly teenager. What happened: This kind of accusation are supported by several other ex-idols or insiders who give the same testimony regarding this behavior. So it might be true.
3. A popular couple who is actually the ideal couple of the year is actually in talk for divorce. They might looks sweet and warm in front of camera for photo shoot or interview, but they turn cold to each other when the camera stop rolling. One of the staff got some chilled to see how contrast the couple act on and off camera. One of the couple get caught not wearing the wedding ring in his/her oversees activities. What happened: Well it might be between Song-song couple (Who is divorced this year after only together for a year) or Go hye sun and Ahn jae hyun who is now blaming each other and showing their "private fight" to public. Former Dal Shabet member Serri is spilling tea on idol dating in her newest Youtube video. The former idol uploaded the video on August 23 and revealed some interesting new information and some new information on idol dating. Serri revealed that many idols now date using Instagram DM's and use other methods such as iPads and other tablets to message if they don't have cell phones. She also emphasized the importance of having a car in order to date, and the awkwardness at music shows when two idols had dated and then broken up. However, Serri reveals the more interesting information towards the middle of the video. She revealed interesting information that Dispatch and celebrities make deals to break dating news. In the case that Dispatch takes pictures of two celebrities dating, they send a deal to the celebrities in question. Serri also spilled the tea about idols who date two people at once, stating that really popular celebrities have both a celebrity girlfriend and a normal girlfriend, calling the idol dating world an 'animal kingdom.'
4. There is a popular idol from a top rated Kpop group who actually have 2 girlfriends. This idols publicly to have an idol girlfriend and they are told to be cute together by their fans although some fans doesn't support it. Yet, the male idols actually have another girlfriend who is actually not and idol/star (commoner) who he date leisurely when he doesn't have any schedule. The ordinary girl friend used to be the fans and like the idols a lot. What happened: Well, I don't know who is this, but it's possible to happen in real life. Whether the ordinary girlfriend is "used" for fun, or the idols girlfriend is just a camouflage for the image, so the male idols can date freely with his ordinary girl friend.
They’re still young, hot, successful and most of them are below on the average age of marriage for south korea citizens. So it’s no wonder that some of them try their luck in the ponds of romance, enjoying their youth and life more, trying to be just like other people who have more freedom to hang out with anyone, even experiences some relationships. Of course, just like any other couple, not every relationship last forever and sometimes their personality, decisions, career or busy schedule separate the lovely couple to went further. It’s a pity, and sometimes it last so fast after they got caught by media or paparazzi.... make us forgot about their dating scandal that an idol has previously. Let’s say it’s not bad or wrong to be in love, so it’s a pity that their relationship sail south... who are they?
1. JYJ Junsu and EXID hani. First, this quirky couple who seems know what they want in the world and is pretty easy going to hang out with are surprising us with their dating scandal, since many international fans didn’t even know that they know each other or ever meet. They got caught by paparazzi when try to date secretly back in january 2016, by dispatch. Unfortunately the couple broken up several months later after admitting their relationship.
2. IU and Jung ki ha or eunhyuk IU is rumored to date super junior member eunhyuk when she accidentally publish an intimate private photos with eunhyuk (with possibly a bad break up act), several years later, we found out that IU is dating another man who seems more mature in term of age, jung ki ha. Unfortunately this couple also broken up after 2years of dating.
3. Sulli and choiza The beginning of all the bash that suli get until now, and why she left the group, fx, because she want to act freely without a lot of rules and boundaries (getting a relationship). Many people thought that they will get married since they looks so close together and are so open to share about their dating activities in social media. The couple are heavily criticized by netizen because of the age gaps and the fact of suli was still a minor back then. There is a rumor that suli cheated on choiza with his frieds, a ceo, and broken up soon after with choiza. Suli then moved on with this friend of choiza for couple months until they eventually broke up several months later.
4. EXO Baekhyun and SNSD Taeyeon Taeyon got bashed heavily when she got caught having a car date with the main vocal of the most popular boy group back then, exo. Sm make an official statement to announce this couple, but never give an update whether the couple were still in relationships or not. Yet many media told that they’re rumored has been break up with each other due to busy schedules.
The other memorable mention are: 5. Kiko Mizuhara, Jiyeon and Gdragon 6. Lee minho and Suzy 7. Nichkhun and Girls generation Tiffany 8. Goo Hara Kara and Junhyun from highlight 9. fx Victoria and TVXQ Changmin 10. kai and jennie or krystal
Well it isn't a secret that many agency do media play to gain interest for their artists, especially if they're just debuted, from sajaegi and paid article, there are a lot of ways to generate more buzz so people might notice them. This practice might be done, not only by small agency, but big agency as well. The most common Media Playing By YG is Using Other Name (rival).
TOP 5 of the examples are: 1. Seven (YG) with BoA and Rain •Yang Hyung Suk,"Se7en is comparable to Rain in the US market and BoA in the Japanese market." (17.04.2006)
•OSEN: Rain and Se7en-> Reasons for Being Rivals "Rain, who drew attention with his monolids, tall height, muscular body and dance moves, also popularized sunglasses with his second album ." "Unlike his sophisticated look, Se7en has been gathering attention for his dance skills and unseen singing ability." (14.11.2006)
2. Big Bang and TVXQ Yang Hyun Suk, "Although it will be difficult to compete with TVXQ, Bigbang is the first teenager group debuted by YG and they are talented. Bigbang has reached 2 million views with documentary videos and been competing with TVXQ for the 1st and 2nd place in the most searched keywords." (22.08.2006)
•"He (Yang Hyun Suk) made a strong statement that Bigbang will surpass other groups including TVXQ." (03.03.2009)
•"Bigbang is still close to zero in overseas recognition, but they are at least close to TVXQ's popularity in Korea." (14.04.2009)
•[OSEN journalist Son Namwon] "Hallyu Star Bigbang is writing a history in Japan. Now that TVXQ has virtually disbanded, the group representing Korean idols in Japan is Bigbang." (30.05.2010)
•[OSEN journalist Son Namwon] "Hallyu Star Bigbang is making history in Japan... Bigbang fills the gap of TVXQ."(03.06.2010)
•[OSEN journalist Son Namwon] "Bigbang has become the strongest idol group since TVXQ's disbandment." (21.11.2010)
•"BIGBANG is the most successful Kpop group ever in Japan after TVXQ." (18.03.2016) So Do you like or notice YG media play?
3. 2NE1 with Girls' generation (SNSD) 11.02.2014: SM, "Girls' Generation to comeback on February 19." 13.02.2014: YG, "2NE1 to comeback on February 24."
13.02.2014: YG "Girls' Generation and 2NE1 Comeback at the same time... A girl group war" (YG then removed the tweet and the article from its official site YG-life) 14.02.2014: SM to postpone Girls' Generation comeback due to MV corruption (the album to be released on 24th, the same day as 2NE1's)
19.02.2014: YG to postpone 2NE1's comeback 3 days later (27th) to match CL's birthday (However, CL's birthday is on 26th)
4. Blackpink and BTS, Twice
• Blackpink "BTS, get out the way!" Simultaneous entry on the Billboard Main Chart (29.06.2018)
•"BTS and BLACKPINK have different methods to approach American Billboard. BTS usually uses SNS to interact with their fans. Other than the usual artists, BTS has interacted with their fans a lot. Their music also aimed to the sympathy of the same generation. They have a very stable connection to the fans and that's how the fandom grows stronger day by day. It can be said that their main basis is SNS.
YG Entertainment don't promote BLACKPINK much in order to focus on improving the quality of their music. They want the fandom to be just a small factor in their success, the main aim is making their music products widely welcomed by the public." (04.07.2018)
•YG Entertainment "BLACKPINK have the most potential, even more than BTS..."
Content: BLACKPINK surpassed BTS in the number of YouTube subscribers and views. (27.08.2018)
•YG Entertainment's report: BLACKPINK and BTS are currently the two biggest K-Pop acts on the global music scene. BLACKPINK’s YouTube channel was viewed 370 million times in November, beating out BTS (BigHit Entertainment and Bangtan TV), which had 210 million views during the month. " (06.12.2018)
•BLACKPINK's Spotify profile mentions BTS
"...Produced and written with Teddy Park, Future Bounce and Bekuh Boom, Square One introduced a "k-trap" style that sounded like 2NE1 blended with BTS."
5. YG artist and western artist ✘ G-Dragon - Dakota Fanning ✘ • YG, "Dakota Fanning did contact us... but we will meet next time due to schedules" YG Entertainment stated, "It is true that actress Dakota Fanning has contacted our agency, but due to difficult scheduling, we decided that the actual meeting between Dakota and G-Dragon will take place in the near future. Dakota Fanning admitted that she is a big fan of G-Dragon. G-Dragon himself also is a fan of Dakota Fanning." (05.01.2013)
-> Dakota Fanning's agency stated, "Dakota never called G-Dragon and they never promised to meet in Korea. " as well as, "Dakota's side never called G-Dragon's side. It is not true that they were in contact to meet up" (05.01.2013) "It's not true that Dakota Fanning is a fan of G-Dragon." (05.01.2013)
✘ CL - RIHANNA ✘ • OSEN: There is a message for CL from Rihanna, "CL is the flyest woman I know." (03.12.2016) ->Rihanna's original message: "CL, I'm so excited about my collaboration with the Godfather of shoes Mr Manolo Blahnik. I wanted to gift them to the flyest women I know."
Well, it seems YG's fortune is also not quiet good this year. One by one, another YG artists are involved in new scandal / issues. During the years, we already know that some of YG artists like GD, TOP, Daesung and Park Bom have either drugs, drunk driving or plastic surgery scandal, you can check the news here. Yet, it seems this trend won't stop and another younger YG artists came out to have done similar mistakes just like their seniors. It becomes public secret that YG might have connection with Seoul police, thus makes them thinking that they could be invulnerable and escape the consequencies of their poor judgement. But Karma does exist, and it haunts YG.
It's all start from Seungri's case, Burning Sun, which are reported by a lot of media (except Naver, who own 100 billion won of investment in YG's stock). For a quick trivia, it's about drugs dealer, illegal prostitution, underage trafficking and sexual abuse by the VIPs. Let me underline the "drugs dealer", since many YG artists have been involved into this scandal quiet a lot. I mean if we’re looking back into history, TOP, park bom and Gdragon has been investigated for using drugs (overused propofol) or marijuana or smoking weed.
Back in 2017, T.O.P was involved in a case related to narcotics use, and the name of former trainee Han Seo-hee was exposed as the one offering an electric cigarette that contained marijuana, to the idol. Han Seo Hee is rumored as TOP ex-girlfriend. Yes, both of them probably was close with each other, looking at the closeness between the two in photos provided around internet. I doubt that ToP will still want to hang out around Han seo hee now, lol, he might regret he used to be so close with her.
After han seo hee received a sentence for being caught using marijuana, going into probation and paying a fine, Han Seo-hee started being active on social media once again and started voicing her opinions to the community. In one of her instagram live, she said that she have enough "TEA" to bring down YG, and she is actually delivered. It isn’t a bluffing at all, because now we know she is succeed to bring down YG from the managerial position, officially. It’s because the scandal with Kim han bin, the most prominent member of ikon.
IKON's leader, Kim Han bin, was caught by police using drugs, although he is released afterward by YG strong connection with Police, it brings back again when Han Seo Hee become a whistle blower and tell media her version of what's really happened. Although Han Bin admit that he is indeed try to buy drugs, but got scared later and decide not to do it, yet after some revelation, Han bin is indeed do drugs. Yes, some fans might still in denial that their oppa didn’t use the drugs, but he has indeed tasted it.
This let his withdrawal from the group. YG tried to cut loose any connection with HAN BIN, So, on 13 June 2019, he is officially left IKON and YG entertainment. YG is once again being an ass, trying to save himself by sacrificing his talent to go downhill all alone. Han bin even got taken down from YG official website right away, erased all his contribution to IKON song, although his senior who is more problematic, is still shown there (aka Seungri). Until now, YG are still investigate and got a lot of criticism for trying to hide this scandal.
But this scandal doesn't stop there. Han Seo Hee revealed that she got threatened by Yang Hyun Suk, not to spoil anything. Han Seo Hee was previously reported as the other party, also known as informant 'A', in the KakaoTalk messages that led to B.I's drug scandal, and she personally responded to reports of the YG Entertainment head allegedly influencing her testimony about B.I back in 2016. She shown her own version of proof that she took inside YG building. She told that she took the photos as proof that YG summoned her to the agency to change her testimony about IKON han bin scandal, I don’t say that han seo hee is a saint, because she is indeed another wicked person, who have “here comes trouble” as her middle name. Other Kpop idols needs to stay away from this girl, because she could bring other people down.
Back to YG, All the denial, trying to manipulate and hide the truth, make netizens angry to YG, and make YG's stock keep going down to hill.
On 14 June, YG left a handful message and decide to officially resigned from the head producer and all other positions at YG Entertainment.
His last message: "This is Yang Hyun Suk. I apologize to the fans who love YGE and our label artists. I'm also sincerely apologetic to all of the employees who silently continue to do their work despite the torrent of criticism. I've kept my mouth closed with patience in this situation when disgraceful and humiliating words are being told as truths without discretion. However, I think it would be difficult to endure further. I don't think I can continue to let YG, our label artists, or fans continue to be harmed because of me. For 23 years, I dedicated half my life and everything to building YG. Supporting the best music and the best artists was the greatest happiness for me. I've thought about how this is the only thing I can do to contribute to fans and society. However, I'll be stepping down from all my positions and business at YG from today forwards. I sincerely hope no further harm will come to YG as a label or to the artists I love and the fans who love them because of me. There are currently a lot more professionals at YG who have more abilities and sense than I do. I think stepping down will be a good opportunity for them to show their abilities better. It's my honest wish that YG can stabilize quickly. Finally, I trust that the truth will definitely be revealed after all the current headlines and facts are seen after investigation. Thank you."
Meanwhile, YG is also reportedly under obligation to pay 50 million dollar investment back from Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH). YG is planning to pay back this debt, obviously, and conduct a GREAT meeting for all YG personnel (staffs, talents, artist, etc) to discuss about YG future. Definitely they will be able to pay LVMH in the end, but losing a lot of profit in the end. Their financial might be in negative for 2019, hoping for big bang members to return from military.
Will this end all this scandal/issues and makes YG's stock rise again? Only time will tell.
