i was a geng stan, and followed the jyj saga closely: pls note that i'm in no way saying that they were not mistreated at some level. however, reactions from the rest of the sm artists were very telling. NOBODY accused geng of being selfish when he left because the abuse he endured was undeniable; however the dbsk breakup was extremely acrimonious because other sm artists close to dbsk all spoke out about how their motivations for the split were basically borne of greed. even the dbsk parents weighed in with the same sentiments. once again, i'm not saying SM is innocent in this, because i know what the company is like. however, i'm pretty sure the jyj incident was not purely because SM didnt treat them well. dbsk was bringing home much more than a living wage, btw.
about other companies - there are lots! CCM may well be worse than SM, block b succesfully sued their old company, some of kara's members were going to, even woollim whom some infinite fans seem to think is blameless: there's a reason why epik high left. the infinite boys have also spoken about how inhuman their practice sessions are. SM is absolutely NOT the only company to mistreat its idols. just because nobody is suing woollim (for e.g) doesn't mean shit isn't going down. i believe a lot of idols rationalise the abuse they endure because they can't bring themseves to confront the reality of what's being done to them. my point in the comment wasn't to defend SM in any way, i'm just saying that idol abuse is largely ignored unless something like this happens and we all need to realise that even tho SM is one of the biggest culprits they are.not the only one. and the reason why all of this keeps happening is precisely because fans benefit from the abuse of idols - more concerts, more comebacks, more fansigns. i find that just very hypocritical.
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about other companies - there are lots! CCM may well be worse than SM, block b succesfully sued their old company, some of kara's members were going to, even woollim whom some infinite fans seem to think is blameless: there's a reason why epik high left. the infinite boys have also spoken about how inhuman their practice sessions are. SM is absolutely NOT the only company to mistreat its idols. just because nobody is suing woollim (for e.g) doesn't mean shit isn't going down. i believe a lot of idols rationalise the abuse they endure because they can't bring themseves to confront the reality of what's being done to them. my point in the comment wasn't to defend SM in any way, i'm just saying that idol abuse is largely ignored unless something like this happens and we all need to realise that even tho SM is one of the biggest culprits they are.not the only one. and the reason why all of this keeps happening is precisely because fans benefit from the abuse of idols - more concerts, more comebacks, more fansigns. i find that just very hypocritical.