So the whole thing is waaaaaaaaay bigger than we thought:
The reason why After School fans are mad
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1. After School members had to leave early at Idol Futsal Competition. The company didn’t inform the fans about it. The members asked the company to inform the fans but the company didn’t and was disrespectful towards the fans who were waiting.
2. Fans demanded a proper apology but the company ignored it. Fansites decided to unite. The union started a boycott towards Pledis.
3. The bad acts of Pledis:
3.1) A same incident happened at Idol Star Olympics before. The fans weren’t informed that the members weren’t there because there were no communications between the fan managers and the company.
Whenever there’s a fan-related schedule, the company contacted the fansite admins and demanded supports and certain amount of money.
They told the fansite admins, “our company is able to do that but we think it’s more meaningful if you guys do it. Members will like it. We know a certain company so just send us your money.”
3.2) They had a lot of physical fights with the staffs and did a lot of fighting and swearing in front of the fans.
They were overprotective towards the members and cut their interactions. They talked behind the members and even behind the fans.
3.3) There were many times where the supports weren’t delivered to the members and fans saw the company workers using the supports.
3.4) They were confusing the schedules of fan signs and were late, shortened the time and even cancelled the events.
4. Clarifications of After School Members
- The reason why After School members didn’t come out at Idol Futsal Competition:
The company arranged another schedule at the time so the members couldn’t be at the spot.
- Raina’s emergency incident:
After all the schedule, Raina went to the emergency by herself because she was sick
- Raina’s tweets tell that the members were aware of their company’s problems
PLEDIS is just one big mess... i'm really wondering what's next, the whole situation just seems to get bigger and bigger... This kind of scandal at this point of their carreer is not a good thing
Most of the netizens are blaming the After School members while the fans (the ones who are asking for more respect) are saying the problem is not related to the girls at all.
Yes it is. This is TAEYANG’s second full album called <RISE> with a total of 9 songs,
the first full album in 4 years
since his 1st one <SOLAR> on July 1, 2010.
What can you tell us about the title track?
TAEYANG partook in composing and writing of several tracks in his 2nd album
but the sole title track is “EYES, NOSE, LIPS,“
a joint production of YG’s main producers TEDDY and DEE.P.
For the past few years most YG artists chose and promoted two or three title tracks
so what is the reason behind the decision to pick a single title track
for TAEYANG’s latest album?
As most songs in TAEYANG’s 2nd album were regarded as title tracks at different phases,
selecting joint title tracks was the hardest task.
This is why we chose “EYES, NOSE, LIPS” as a single title track
and decided to focus on it for early promotion.
We offered TAEYANG to be in charge of his solo-album production 4 years ago
and late last year, when the album was nearing completion,
we were about to make tracks #8 “LET GO,” #3 “1AM” and #5 ”BODY” the three title tracks.
However, TAEYANG was keen to work further on the album and at the end of last year,
YG actively got involved. As a result we added tracks #7 “THIS AIN’T IT,”
#4 “STAY WITH ME” featuring G-DRAGON,
and lastly “EYES, NOSE, LIPS”—
which eventually became the single title song of the album.
As mentioned, every time a new song was added, it was excellent enough to be the title
track, but “EYES, NOSE, LIPS” became the single title
because when TAEYANG sang the first line, it was so powerful that our plans of the past
few years simply evaporated.
The excitement was passed on to me as I watched him record the song,
I even suggested, “Young Bae, what about filming an M/V like this for this song?”—
this was the first time for me to propose an idea for a music video for a YG artist since
BIGMAMA’s “BREAK AWAY” music video 11 years ago.
That is how much affection I have for “EYES, NOSE, LIPS.”
The prominent feature of “EYES, NOSE, LIPS “ would be:
From “DON’T CHEAT ON ME” to the recent “RINGA LINGA,” most title tracks accompanied
dance—but “EYES, NOSE, LIPS “ is an R&B slow song that steers away from dance moves
and maximizes the strengths of TAEYANG’s sentimental voice.
Single title track means one music video?
Not exactly… We are unveiling 3 music videos.
The music video of the title track “EYES, NOSE, LIPS“
will be unveiled simultaneously with the online album on June 2nd at 12 a.m.
And the music video of “1AM” with the offline album on June 10th
at 1 a.m.
We recently decided to have an additional video with “BODY”,
the fastest-tempo song in the 2nd album, which we are considering as the follow-up track.
The current making process of “BODY,” to be directed by Seo Hyun Seung, indicates that
the release date is estimated around mid-June.
Thoughts on TAEYANG’s imminent 2nd album release as the producer?
Apart from “RINGA LINGA,” which was already released as a single last year,
there will be 8 songs in TAEYANG’s 2nd album, including the intro.
To fill you in with more details,
despite having 20 complete songs that TAEYANG recorded for the 2nd album,
we carefully selected 9 songs in respect of his wish to focus more on quality than quantity
but all songs are truly exceptional
that they could all be title tracks.
Although there are more I want to say about the latest album
I believe it is right for TAEYANG to do it himself when it is released.
TAEYANG’s 2nd album, fruit borne after 4 years of hard work…
Stay tuned, everyone!
P.S. This morning PSY’s news about new song was broadcasted by the American media.
I will be back soon with more details on PSY and YG’s new boy group “WINNER.”
Thank You.
PLEDIS is just one big mess... i'm really wondering what's next, the whole situation just seems to get bigger and bigger... This kind of scandal at this point of their carreer is not a good thing
Most of the netizens are blaming the After School members while the fans (the ones who are asking for more respect) are saying the problem is not related to the girls at all.
Physical fights taking stuff that was for the members the netizens are probably going to hate them forever, they always pick on girl groups
So all the After School fan sites are back and they all posted this message:
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“We sincerely apologize to any After School members who were affected due to our misunderstanding.”
“What started the boycott was the ‘Idol Futsal World Cup,” which happened recently, and it was before fans knew about what happened before and after the recording. Because we were just relying on what the agency had said, we became angry at the After School members. We have now found out that the After School members did try to meet us, but because of miscommunication through Pledis, it didn’t happen.”
“We initially expressed our position unilaterally, and realize there must have been a misunderstanding in our explanation of events. Because of this, the incident blew out of proportion, and we apologize for not catching this earlier and diffusing the situation before it got out of hand.”
TS Entertainment (Secret, B.A.P) announce new girl group with first member NaHyun
I'm honestly ready to stan for her...but but but...what does this mean for Secret? (Not that I've been here for Secret's cutesy comebacks lately...need those throwback singles again...or just Hyoseong full-time.
Article: Psy to comeback in June... To appear on American broadcast with Snoop Dogg
Source: Yonhap News via Naver
1. [+1,032, -138] Wait ㅋㅋㅋ Taeyang's comeback is June 2nd so if Psy's June too, is this another team kill? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ As always, YG unrolls another perfect plan ^ㅗ^
2. [+676, -78] #1 2NE1 in March, #2 Akdong Musician in April, pass in May, and Psy in June~ Looking forward to Big Bang's comeback in the summer too
3. [+616, -24] Imagine the pressure
4. [+576, -60] Looks like singers will have to postpone their comebacks in June ㅋ
5. [+115, -8] Please come out with a songer greater than Gangnam Style
6. [+108, -16] The pressure... He's so famous now, he probably knows how high up there he is.
7. [+89, -17] YG's team kill ㅋㅋㅋ back to back comebacks ㅋㅋㅋ The pressure's through the roof considering how well 2NE1 and AkMu did ㅋㅋㅋ
8. [+82, -14] Where is the Big Bang unit, Winner, and B team..
taking stuff that was for the members 
