Sleepy ranting…

I used to think that JTL boycott and SM bad treatment might have been just speculation among fans.

Then I found these…

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The Increased Number of Successive Cancellations of JTL Broadcasts—The Power of the Giant Entertainment Agencies?

The three members of H.O.T. Jang Woohyuk, Tony An, Lee Jaewon left their agency, SM Entertainment and released a new album through their new agency, JTL. However, even two weeks following the release, their songs could not be heard on any of the broadcasts. Even the showing of their new music video with JTL that had been scheduled to air on the 6th during the show, “Inkigayo Live” by SBS, suddenly got cancelled. It was stated by SBS that “We will play it too if other stations play it first. Because a new show starring Kangta, Moon Heejun, Jun Jin and other SM artists as the MC’s, will begin to air on the 19th, there is still need for us to be able to cooperate with them. There’s no reason for us to provoke them.”

(SM’s boycott, disruption of activities of artists that have ended their contracts)

By: Popples Day

Sources: Ohmynews, Osen News, Hani News, Newsen, fnnews (Note: This is not an exhaustive list)
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Article Source:918
Chinese translation:Better@season-hot
English translation:Patyushka@DTH

“During H.O.T times got once close to disbanding because of a fried dumpling?!”

Tony An on April 25 during recording of MBC program “Come To Play” told a story that happened during H.O.T times, how he with other H.O.T members ate “fried dumplings full of tears”.

Having a dream of becoming singers Tony and other members entered the entertainment company, their families weren’t really wealthy, so they had to cook themselves in due time and had many other difficulties.
Every day after 8 hours of heavy dance practices they stomachs always felt hungry, and the members, eating only instant noodles, were slowly getting thinner and thinner.

Right before their debut, their company noticed that the members were getting thin and changed their meals for fried noodles.
Because they often ordered noodles in one Chinese restaurant, that restaurant from time to time sent them some fried dumplings, but the problems was in the quantity of those dumplings.

For the members who got sick of eating fried noodles every day, the dumplings were like meat in sweat & sour sauce (TN: there’s this kind of dish in Chinese cuisine).
When the members saw dumplings, they happily started eating them, but after a short while there were only 4 dumplings left.
When one of the members couldn’t restrain himself and leaned to take a dumping, he met the glances of other members and they stared at each other, who knew that at that moment one member would bravely take one.

But Tony found out that in one of the members’ fried noodles was hidden one dumpling, and Kangta haven’t eaten dumplings at all.

Angry Tony yelled at that member “You should first eat the dumpling that you hid in your fried noodles! Kangta haven’t eaten at all yet!”. Tony said that the atmosphere stiffened then, the members got very hurt because of a little fried dumpling.

Tony’s story made everyone at the filming site laugh.

Reporter: Lee Jung Ah happy@ newsen.com 

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From Times Asia Interview
http://205.188.238.181/time/asia/covers/1101020729/money.html

When they were at the height of their popularity, members of the Korean boy band H.O.T. began to suspect their golden fame was dross. The contracts they had signed with production house SM Entertainment called for each band member to receive royalties of less than 1 for every CD sold; members of other groups were getting 17. Arithmetic revealed the ugly truth: whenever one of their albums reached the magic 1 million-copies-sold milestone, each H.O.T. member could count on payment totaling a paltry $10,000. Heck, U.S. pop diva Mariah Carey earlier this year was paid $28 million by music label EMI to not record four albums. After fruitless renegotiations with SM Entertainment founder Lee Su Man last spring, three of H.O.T.’s five members split from the company, killing the band and breaking the hearts of millions of teenage fans. “We would complain that we never had enough money,” says ex-H.O.T. singer Tony An, “and Lee Su Man would say: ‘I even pay for your gas, what are you complaining about?
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But An says his resentment of his former employer, SM Entertainment, doesn’t stem from greed. An is sore that he was treated like a perishable commodity rather than as a person. If Lee had been willing to address their contract concerns, “we probably wouldn’t have left,” An says sadly. “It was more about the human touch than the money.”

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Then I found this post in Omona…it’s about SME blocking JYJ in Korea.

“they already did it..
Can’t you see the amount of promotion that Junsu got for his musical and any other SME or even, idol artist? Junsu got his coverages because he is a miracle and change the stigma about idol going into musical and the magazine got no choice but covering him.

That’s why Yoochun took the smart way by coming back through drama.
And it breaks my heart that they have to label their album as ‘international album’ to be able to sing in their native languages and sell their album in Korea again.”

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Thanks for AVEX and who ever decided to keep their trust in Jaejoong, Yoochun, Junsu. I have no idea how far they can go but I know that they talent and passion for music is true. It would be sad if they are wiped off their homeland.  Like JTL who were so successful in term of sales. (They sold more than 1,000,000 copies) However, with almost ZERO korean television and other media exposure, they just become a taboo and practically be wiped of korean entertainment industry.

I love Micky’s new tattoo. My Jaejung caught my eyes first…I was like…are you serious? My soulmate ❤  Even with Yuhwan and Junsu name…I still stun how he put Jaejung before his own brother.

People should read all news, everything that could be hurtful before summarise the situation. I feel like some fans still try to believe that their relationship doesn’t change at all. While some only expect from JYJ to show their love for Yunho and Changmin all the time. They still see them as DBSK, not 5 individual grown-up men who can do anything they want. *sigh*

Some are like this…

– Oh I doubt that member A’s tears were from his sadness toward the situation. I think it’s more about overwhelming. Then reading another interview of member B…his depression is truly because DBSK situation for sure.
– Member C and D should not use DBSK name because they are not DBSK when they are not 5. If they use DBSK or THSK, that means they are taking advantage over the group name. Then, a few months later, when member E introduced himself as DBSK E…Oh I’m really grateful for that, and I wish member C and D should do sth like that too.

(Basically, this post just sum up all my rant today.)

Well, I shouldn’t be this serious…so let me put some cuteness here.

Question: How many time Jaejoong said “Samui” (It’s cold) in 3hree voice DVD?

Answer: Here you are…

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