Everybody thinks the kpop stars life is so easy, simple,they can get what they want, they have tons of money & for the big travelers can also be jelly of they can see most parts of the world. They are perfect, with a perfect body shape, with face without pimples; they're always polite & smiley & each they of theirs is a big adventure. Or not? I don"t think you know what kind of things are happening in the background.


Apart from the hard training & sasaeng fans, let's see what do the idols have to face mentally. I bet after this post you won't find them as lucky & won't be that jealous as you are now.


In Korea popstars are trained at a very young age, nowadays more likely at the age of 16-18, so they can got on the market early. Before this "quick method" they joined the company at the age of 12-14. (Nowadays approximately 60-80 bands make their debut in a year.) So yeah, they made it, they got in, get your stuff from your home & move to the dorm. Then comes the fun! The trainees aren't some mommy cooked food eater- in the afternoon dance practising people. They aren't allowed to go home, only if their schedule let's it, and many agencies even take their cell phones [ next to the dorm].





In their contract there are clauses like how long cannot they date. It's known, Park Bom & Sandara Park, the members of 2ne1, who'll be 27 & 28 year old still cannot date. Marriage?? They can't even have a boyfriend! The prohibition of dating is not unique, many agencies use this method 'cause the idol either cries because of his/her partner, or get's him/herself done to the date but (s)he is not doing what (s)he has been signed: and this is moneymaking. Apart from dating distract their attention, there's another heavy reason they are not allowed to go out anybody: those crazy [ more likely mad] fangirls who can even quit their fandom, just because she know her idol dates with somebody. Conclusion: HUGE money loss for the company. Still there're some exceptions who can confess they have a girlfriend: fro example: Super Junior's Shindong, & there's Se7en who told his fans she has a girlfriend after 7 years. But the last case had it's result.  100 thousand fans had quit his fandom right the moment they knew the news. (Again money loss to the agency.) So the idols don't complain they're lonely, near at the age of 30 for nothing. Of course they are! They are humans who have the same feelings, dreams to raise a family but they can't. It is known JYJ member Jaejoong is always complaining about it on TV shows, at home he's crying into a bottle of wine, and even Rain leaves some hints about  it'd be awesome, however... If not the agency is who forbids it, then it's the artists schedule- which is made by the agency. Programs after programs, tons of variety shows to attend, they get up in a different country everyday, MV filming, photo shooting, interviews here & there, fanmeets- do i have to continue?  They're happy they can get 3 hours of sleep at the backseat of their van, they neither have energy nor time to even think about dating. Of course you can always find exceptions, but if you compare the "dating ones" with the non dating ones you get a minimal percentage, and usually it's not the famous part.


And here's the look topic. These people have to be superperfect. Of course, like in every case, there're exceptions like the world famous Psy or Shindong but their image is based on their "chubby being". Who doesn't own exceptionally good sense of humor or funny look has to own a flawless body. Continuous diets, endless training doesn't matter if you like it or not. For the boys there's the must have six packs, for the girls pretty legs, wasp like waist and if their faces are not pretty enough, just some minutes and they are at the surgery.

What about the unbelievably high suicidal rate? In the case of the stars the main reason is the depression, everybody has it in different parts of their career, some of them can get over it, some of them not. Kim Hyunjoong's case is well known: how his best friend Jajejoong saved his life. Some gosipp says: Hyunjoong wanted to take medicines in- however some says he just couldn't fall asleep that's why he needed the pills but he took more than the necessary. The only one who knows the truth is him. But it's a 1000% sure fact most of the kpop idols live on medicines & tranquilizers. Jaejoong's Come on over DVD proves this. You can find cartons of medicines in his home. Wonder Girl's Sunye had thoughts about suicide during her trainee years, 'cause she had been training oner years but the company didn't let her to make a debut. The "always trying to correspond" status is indeed a unique asian psychological condition let's add some freaking hard training system where you either live up to the expectations anyways there's the street. Also let's correspond to some intentional screwing by your manager and heyehoo the suicide candidate is ready.


It is also true for the established stars, they are extremely OVERWORKED. There's no month without  news like somebody collapsed during practise or performance, the infusion stand is a regular part of the idols' tour stuffs. To make it even harder, going to a psychologist in Asia isn't a really accepted thing. The live by the motto: If you have problems keep it for yourself which is especially true for the stars 'cause their lives are followed by millions of fans. What would happen if it would fade out XY is going to a psychiatrist? Mad scandals, humiliation and the decrease of the shares. The problems are accumulating, they have to keep more and more pressure inside and then some of them can't bear it anymore like Park Yongha. There are who are a part of sexual harassment  like  Jang Ja-yeon. Also there is actress  Choi Jin-sil's case, where she divorced from her husband who had beaten him and his agency sued her saying that the woman has to give a happy and respectful image but she couldn't do it with her beaten face and gave a bad look to the company's image.  The  Supreme Court's answer came after months of the actresses death: they agreed with the company. [ WTF? ] Kim Yuri supermodell's reason to committing suicide was she couldn't bear the continuous diets to keep her super slim figure anymore.  Song Ji-seon  host jumped off from her flat 'cause she told her agency she's dating with a baseball player while the agency told her to take leave of absence. 



                                         

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