VICTON's Hanse
Music shows are great, they're really fun, but they don't make a lot of profit.
It doesn't have a huge promotional effect, just like how it did in the 2nd Gen, and the cost for appearing on a music show for one week is like 10M KRW (~$7,000 USD; ~Rp117,000,000 IDR). While the appearance fee for each idol group per music show is like 50,000 KRW(~$36 USD; ~Rp586,000 IDR)ㅋㅋ
I don't know if it's gone up these days. But back in my time, the appearance fee for one music show was 50,000 KRW per team. That's how it was.
And if you're having a comeback, you'd want to look cool. So, you have to build a set and stuff, which costs extra on top of that. Plus hair, makeup, styling fees, on-site staff meals, snacks, drinks, etc. It can easily reach 20M KRW (~$14,000 USD; ~Rp234,000,000 IDR).
That's all debt for idols.
It's a game that doesn't work out for most teamsㅋㅋ
You can easily produce a better music video with the cost of going to music shows for 1 to 2 weeks.
These are the things that don't really need to be said, but since some of you were curious...ㅋㅋㅋ
But you still have to promote somehow
I really respect Kpop artists... They live in a really competitive world
I'm only saying this because fans keep asking us to go on music shows every time we release a song
I'm just telling them why we don't necessarily need to go on music shows
There are hardly any idol groups that actually get paid. They just end up accumulating debt until their contracts end, except for a few groups that are at the top of the festival lineup as headliners and few groups that are known even to the general public, not just Kpop fans.
You can be considered to survive well if you disband in the middle of the contract or safely finish your 7-year contract even without earning moneyㅠㅋㅋㅋ
You don't have to pay back the debt you accumulated during your activities when your 7-year contract ends.
It's over cleanly with no debt.
This is the standard exclusive contract, but I don't know if it's not the case for many seniors from other generations...?
Instead of paying back the debt, as long as you've been active for 7 years, you don't get paid a single penny. Unless if you have copyrights for the song you write or compose.
But even that don't amount to much.
Compared to the effort you put in, I guess...? It's surprisingly little.
theqoo
-Cheer up to all the small and medium-sized idols!!
-ㅠㅠ I liked VICTON's songs...
-I guess this is the reason why my idol only goes to music show once a week...ㅠㅠ
-It seems really abnormal. K-pop has become famous, but when it comes to singers, the appearance fees for music shows are really disappointing.
-My idol must be in debt tooㅠㅠ
-Wow, this is really realistic talk.
-So, why do people become idols then? Just an expensive hobby?
-I knew someone who was a member of an unknown boy group, and what he said is exactly the same. I didn't understand when he kept saying he was broke (He came out on TV and was on magazines...), but now I get it.
-It's sad.
-Oh... it's a fierce reality... ㅠㅠ
-Wow, so idols are burdened with even decorating the music show stage... In the future, instead of thanking the broadcasters, we should thank their company if the stage sets are pretty ㄷㄷ
-Even appearing on YouTube costs a fortune, they say it costs tens of thousands KRW.
-Even though it costs so much to appear on music shows, my favorite idol keeps appearing regularly, probably because it's also for promotion and because fans want to see them ㅠㅠ
-I had no idea about this. I've always been disappointed that idols have such short activities, but now I fully understand.
-I'm grateful to my idol for appearing on music shows for a solid two weeks... ㅠㅠㅠ It must have been all debt since their albums didn't sell much ㅠㅠㅠ
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