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Basically the plot for all the episodes up to now have gone like this: 1. Taec and Suzy are fighting 2. Taec and Suzy resolve their issues, love spark 3. Sam Dong comes into the picture, Taec gets jealous/upset 4. Taec and Baek Hee do something together, Suzy jealous 5. Sam Dong and Suzy do something, Taec jealous 6. Taec and Suzy do something, Sam Dong gets upset 7. Something happens to Sam Dong 8. Suzy puts all her time into doing something with/for Sam Dong 9. Taec jealous 10. Sam Dong and Taec sort of resolve conflict 11. Taec and Suzy "get together" again 12. Repeat 4-11 13. Baek Hee does something with Taec, Suzy gets jealous
At least IU+Jason have gotten their little relationship relatively wrapped up
On February 17 2011 08:30 doihy wrote: Anyone know where to get Dream High subs? I used asia torrents, but my seeding ratio is below wat they allow, so they disabled my ability to dl torrents. Pretty retarded, because there's no one to seed to anyways.
Average celeb/office worker in Korea earns $25,000 USD and if each member over a six month period got 200,000...then each of KARA's members are earning ~16 times as much as the usual celebrity/office worker.
I would think that idols earn far less than the average celebrity, but either way, KARA members get a lot more money than I previously suspected, given the hell-raising they made over non-payments earlier.
Average celeb/office worker in Korea earns $25,000 USD and if each member over a six month period got 200,000...then each of KARA's members are earning ~16 times as much as the usual celebrity/office worker.
I would think that idols earn far less than the average celebrity, but either way, KARA members get a lot more money than I previously suspected, given the hell-raising they made over non-payments earlier.
Remember is is dsps side of the story, so he actual amount is probably somewhere in between. Also, Kara makes more because they are more popular than most idols so get more in album sales, cf deals, etc. The money is much less than the us because the market is smaller. It's rare for any Korean artist to hit a million sales whereas any half popular act will do so easily in the us. US ad campaigns pay out more, etc., so although there probably is a bit of exploitation/lower rates than the US a lot of it is due to relative size of revenues generated as well.
lolwut, is that how much popstars make in korea O_o.seems way lower than westerners.I'm so oblivious to this lolol
Also what do KPF'ers think of BigBangs upcoming EP, I'm guessing something like "old bigbang>>>>>>>>>>>new bigbang"
Official tax information says that the average idol made 22k a year last year, which was less than the average office worker: 25k a year.
I imagine there are tons of perks cuz thats really low >.>
You're imagining things. Why would idols get paid much money? Idols are made by their entertainment companies. Idols are carefully crafted products by their respective companies. How they look, how they act, that's all planned by management. There are plenty of girls in Korea who are pretty and talented at singing. Lee Soo Man can choose any of them and make them a star. So why the hell would the entertainment company pay a lot of money for a commodity? SM Entertainment can offer their trainees 13 year contracts and $200 a month of allowance money because they can. If the trainee doesn't accept it they will just offer it to the next trainee. If the trainee doesn't sign the unfair contract, she/he can't debut.
lolwut, is that how much popstars make in korea O_o.seems way lower than westerners.I'm so oblivious to this lolol
Also what do KPF'ers think of BigBangs upcoming EP, I'm guessing something like "old bigbang>>>>>>>>>>>new bigbang"
Official tax information says that the average idol made 22k a year last year, which was less than the average office worker: 25k a year.
I imagine there are tons of perks cuz thats really low >.>
You're imagining things. Why would idols get paid much money? Idols are made by their entertainment companies. Idols are carefully crafted products by their respective companies. How they look, how they act, that's all planned by management. There are plenty of girls in Korea who are pretty and talented at singing. Lee Soo Man can choose any of them and make them a star. So why the hell would the entertainment company pay a lot of money for a commodity? SM Entertainment can offer their trainees 13 year contracts and $200 a month of allowance money because they can. If the trainee doesn't accept it they will just offer it to the next trainee. If the trainee doesn't sign the unfair contract, she/he can't debut.
Wow if thats true it is extremely exploitative and imo illegal at some level... KPop NEEDS AN Indie scene... Whos the REM of KPop?
lolwut, is that how much popstars make in korea O_o.seems way lower than westerners.I'm so oblivious to this lolol
Also what do KPF'ers think of BigBangs upcoming EP, I'm guessing something like "old bigbang>>>>>>>>>>>new bigbang"
Official tax information says that the average idol made 22k a year last year, which was less than the average office worker: 25k a year.
I imagine there are tons of perks cuz thats really low >.>
You're imagining things. Why would idols get paid much money? Idols are made by their entertainment companies. Idols are carefully crafted products by their respective companies. How they look, how they act, that's all planned by management. There are plenty of girls in Korea who are pretty and talented at singing. Lee Soo Man can choose any of them and make them a star. So why the hell would the entertainment company pay a lot of money for a commodity? SM Entertainment can offer their trainees 13 year contracts and $200 a month of allowance money because they can. If the trainee doesn't accept it they will just offer it to the next trainee. If the trainee doesn't sign the unfair contract, she/he can't debut.
Wow if thats true it is extremely exploitative and imo illegal at some level... KPop NEEDS AN Indie scene... Whos the REM of KPop?
It's not illegal in S. Korea, they have an FTC and everything that has to approve all that shit.
lolwut, is that how much popstars make in korea O_o.seems way lower than westerners.I'm so oblivious to this lolol
Also what do KPF'ers think of BigBangs upcoming EP, I'm guessing something like "old bigbang>>>>>>>>>>>new bigbang"
Official tax information says that the average idol made 22k a year last year, which was less than the average office worker: 25k a year.
I imagine there are tons of perks cuz thats really low >.>
You're imagining things. Why would idols get paid much money? Idols are made by their entertainment companies. Idols are carefully crafted products by their respective companies. How they look, how they act, that's all planned by management. There are plenty of girls in Korea who are pretty and talented at singing. Lee Soo Man can choose any of them and make them a star. So why the hell would the entertainment company pay a lot of money for a commodity? SM Entertainment can offer their trainees 13 year contracts and $200 a month of allowance money because they can. If the trainee doesn't accept it they will just offer it to the next trainee. If the trainee doesn't sign the unfair contract, she/he can't debut.
Wow if thats true it is extremely exploitative and imo illegal at some level... KPop NEEDS AN Indie scene... Whos the REM of KPop?
Closest analogue would most likely be performers attached to the Fluxus and Pastel Music labels.
Moody IU sounds a lot better than pop IU to me, MIA and Windflower > Boo and Marshmellow.
lolwut, is that how much popstars make in korea O_o.seems way lower than westerners.I'm so oblivious to this lolol
Also what do KPF'ers think of BigBangs upcoming EP, I'm guessing something like "old bigbang>>>>>>>>>>>new bigbang"
Official tax information says that the average idol made 22k a year last year, which was less than the average office worker: 25k a year.
I imagine there are tons of perks cuz thats really low >.>
You're imagining things. Why would idols get paid much money? Idols are made by their entertainment companies. Idols are carefully crafted products by their respective companies. How they look, how they act, that's all planned by management. There are plenty of girls in Korea who are pretty and talented at singing. Lee Soo Man can choose any of them and make them a star. So why the hell would the entertainment company pay a lot of money for a commodity? SM Entertainment can offer their trainees 13 year contracts and $200 a month of allowance money because they can. If the trainee doesn't accept it they will just offer it to the next trainee. If the trainee doesn't sign the unfair contract, she/he can't debut.
Wow if thats true it is extremely exploitative and imo illegal at some level... KPop NEEDS AN Indie scene... Whos the REM of KPop?
their indie albums cost something like 300 dollars.
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