Blackmail

Source: http://www.crazydaysandnights.net

I remember back in the day when TLC gave an interview explaining how all three of them were broke despite selling so many records.

They were at the mercy of a one sided record contract.

Overseas, it is not so much about being a one sided record contract as it is, just plain evil greed.

Over the past few months I have compiled some stories that show how awful being an A list singer in Korea can be and how you can never hope to get out of a contract.

There was a group that disbanded a couple years ago.

(#1) It had been around for about a decade.

At first it was not a very popular group. The managers of the group thought they should get rid of an at the time a 18 year old female (#2) who they thought was the reason for lack of success.

Her parents demanded an explanation as to why she was being replaced.

They had been given assurances and guarantees.

The managers then told them to stop complaining or they would release a recording of their daughter in a threesome.

The daughter was drunk in the video and the men’s faces were blurred.

Things went well when that teen was kicked out and new teens were brought in.

A few years later another member left (#3).

She was forced to leave because she refused to keep having sex with who the managers ordered her to.

They found her replacement on a television show that was rigged to make the winner the teen (#4) that the managers thought was best in bed.

#1: Kara

#2: Kim Sunghee

#3: Kang Ji-young

#4: Heo Young-ji

Kara Project was a 2014 South Korean reality television programme starring the girl group Kara. It aired on MBC Music from May 27 – 1 July 2014.

The programme centred around the search to find a new member of Kara, following the departure of its members Nicole and Jiyoung.Seven trainees from DSP Media participated in the show, competing to become part of the group. The winner of the competition was Heo Young-ji, who became Kara’s new member.

On February 24, 2015, contestant Ahn So-jin was found to have died in an apparent suicide one month after DSP ended their contract with her. She had been a trainee for five years before participating in Kara Project.- Source