Becoming a Kpop idol is the dream of many people, including BTS members in the past. Likewise, the entertainment company becomes a place where many young people must to compete to get in. Even they know that behind this door, there can be "hell".
Recently, the topic of idol abuse has become a trend after the former management company continued sueing and destroying the reputation of OMEGA X - the group that was abused by the previous female CEO. It quickly became a hot topic where fans discussed what the idols had to endure and what solution was needed for this case.
Along with that, many ARMYs also recalled the case Jungkook was abused by his manager when he was 18 years old. Big Hit Music also received a lot of criticism for their weak personnel training system, but fortunately, they have changed after that:
People often look at the lives of Kpop idols and admire them but do not know that behind the flashiness on stage are physical and mental injuries. In the K-pop entertainment industry, there have been many scandals about the harsh actions of managers or CEOs towards idols for a long time. Perhaps many K-pop fans cannot forget the incident of Kim Jong Kook being brutally beaten and not paid by his former management company...
Or not long ago, the female CEO of Spire Entertainment acted violently and ѕєχually abused OMEGA X members ѕнσ¢кed many people. Even though OMEGA X won the lawsuit at that time, recently, their former company continued to defame by releasing a video accusing Hwichan of ѕєχually αѕѕaulting the female CEO. Then their new management company has to speak out that the above information was fabricated and provides evidence to prove the allegation was false. However, the most important thing is that they continue to suffer mental trauma when abusive videos are spread again.
Even when they have gone through that difficult time and can face what happened in the past, the obsession still does not go away. Therefore, netizens realize that this problem will only be resolved when the female CEO completely disappears from the entertainment industry or faces a heavier penalty. Meanwhile, ARMYs recalled that Jungkook himself was also a victim of νισℓєи¢є by his manager.
Specifically, about 8 years ago, netizens were extremely angry when they discovered that he was threatened by his manager in a video. At this time, Jungkook was just a teenager but the man who was supposed to be the manager raised his hand and intended to αssault him, making him scared. Luckily, Jungkook dodged that person's attack and no physical damage was left. But it is inevitable that he will be psychologically haunted because he is a teenager.
After watching the video, most αѕѕumed that this person intended to αѕѕault Jungkook and this could happen frequently. While some others thought that maybe Jungkook felt so hungry at that time that he went to look for food, but this manager prevented him with impolite behavior. However, no matter what his intentions were, threatening or intending to beat others showed his lack of ethics and professionalism.
The incident that year angered many of the group's fans, who asked the company to give their statement on the situation. Then, the representative of вιg нιт spoke up via official Twitter, accordingly they prosecuted and fired this manager while this man also admitted his mistake. Since then, вιg нιт has also vowed that they never let the same α¢¢ι∂єитs happen in the future and affirmed that the company trains artists based on the principle of ‘respect and trust for artists’.
Compared to what OMEGA X encountered with their former management company, ARMYs feel sorry for the young Kpop idols. Some people also expressed that Big Hit has shown its commitment to protecting their idols so they continue existing in the industry as giants while Spire Entertainment is at the bottom due to the lack of ethic of CEOs. Fans also hope that similar unfortunate cases will not happen in the future.
Netizens have left their comments on this hot topic:
- They should have taken care of things better….they let such things happen but they only officially release statements after such an incidence happens..
- luckily he was fired, it seems bigḧïẗ is not good at finding the right manager
- Things like this have to be shown to the world. Poor innocent children being a̷b̷u̷s̷ed like that. They can't even eat a comfortable meal without thinking about the consequences. I wonder what if these managers beat their own children...
- They're exhausted after releasing two albums and dozens of foreign shows, so why would their manager be*t them like that just because they want to eat? He's the one who gets paid with the money they've earned.
- Now i understand why JK work so hard, first scene is the hamburger video, then this one physically and verbally slap by this manager. But JK grows a humble and soft hearted person as he can be, without revenge. Abusive people don't have a space in this world. Fly high JK so that no one can mistreated you. In your hands the world will bow to your goodness.
- Disgusting!!! They should not be allowed to touch them or be verbally abusive! They were kids then!!!! It irks me to see these angels getting any negative treatment!!! They are beautiful souls!!!
- You can tell how JK work out so hard to become stronger is because of this situation. Not only ḅüŀŀÿ by the employees or manager he doesn't want to be seen weak so of course seeing him now he can literally do anything to achieve his goals, even if its just simple sports game. It's such a pain to watch these type of behavior from someone who suppose to give you protection, and became aggressive just because he's the manager or CEO. Disgusting humanity
- That's stupid behaviour that he wanted to implement to BTS which cannot be acceptable even before up to this moment... Hope BH will do a very tough action behind this..and I don't think this incident will happened again they're surely know what will gonna comes back to them if they mistreated one of our boys again... I mean they will not gonna like it if they will put in a hot water with Armys they will burn out.... Army's will not stood to BTS for nothing... This video really breaks my heart for jk and v