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Originally posted by Jack!
I have a weird thing with SM. I think we all know there's issues about their artists, which is ridiculous if they're treating said artists with a certain level of abuse and disrespect.
But you've also got my faves, who've never voiced an issue with SM and are still happy together for 7 years. And SNSD was the same until Jessica-gate.
I'm not denying Tao's injuries or SM's ways, but I do think there's a massive case of simply wanting out and pulling any strings you can. Because clearly whatever's happening at SM, and other Korean entertainment companies, is working for some.
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It's tricky because the reasons idols are suing nowadays are much different from the major controversies of the past with the likes of JYJ and Hangeng who were 200% justified in their lawsuits because they were being disgustingly overworked, underfed, their health wasn't taken into consideration whatsoever by their managers and the profit distribution of their work was hugely disadvantageous towards them. But since then SM
must have made changes to rectify those issues because they aren't just some dark industry secret anymore. Like I genuinely don't believe SM is the same company it used to be who beat and abused their trainees/rookie idols for misbehaving or not following orders, who forced foreign idols to perform wearing masks to hide their faces, who refused their idols emergency medical treatment/risking their lives just to stick to their strict schedules. These people are earning the company millions of dollars, so surely it's in everybody's best interests to keep them happy and, y'know, not treat them like literal garbage. Which is why I feel like the KrisHan lawsuits were actually kinda shady on their own part, because their reasons for leaving seem kinda ambiguous in the sense that they just wanted to be free of SM to capitalise on their newfound fame in their own countries.
Those are just my thoughts anyway. tl;dr I don't think SM is still as bad as they've been made out to be in the past, idols are just as likely to be at fault as the company is. Idols leaving are probably just doing it to try because they know they can use their fame as K-pop stars as a springboard to make more money by themselves in their home countries.
