Would you say that kpop is fundamentally an immoral business?

    The entertainment business is already a gray area, but kpop makes it more problematic by heavily relying on young people as both trainees and consumers. Companies capitalize on parasocial relationships for profit, encouraging fans to feel personal connections with idols that don't really exist. Idols are pressured to not date or pretend not to, normalizing habitual dishonesty in the system. Nearly every toxic aspect of Korean society, lookism, weight scrutiny, colorism, and class disparity is amplified in kpop. As we have seen, both fans and companies engage in hate, with companies appeasing the most critical voices as a matter of policy. And I didn't even mention the sasaengs, chart and bulk buying obsession, rigging, and other unethical practices just the sake of making kpop companies a lot of profit.

    I don’t think it’s any more immoral than Hollywood or the music industry as a whole.

    One of the reasons I was attracted to Korean industry (music and tv/movies) is that it’s more innocent than Hollywood.

    1. depends on what the definition of immoral is


    2. I've always said in kpop the idol is the product and you have to sell the product to the masses


    3. they say a fool and their money are soon parted


    4. Companies regardless of industry will start and sell product if there is a market for it


    5. I've said this before but in a different context


    "If I leave a bowl of dog shit out and someone comes and eats it - who's to blame? me for leaving the dog shit out or the shit eater?"

    THe honest answer. Both are responsible. You for putting something harmful out but also the person consuming it they know what they are doing. " Better the devil you know,than the devil you don't know "

    Not sure about the immoral but it’s the mass streaming that never makes sense to me. Bots or streaming activities. Since I left this one community on weverse I was previously called a bad fan because of stopping or posting photos of my weverse profile + the album that we ‘planned’ to stream that time.


    I understand wanting to chart well but sometimes even if the song is bad I don’t want to criticize it in fear of the comment section in general. Sometimes song releases are just bad and shouldn’t have millions of views but instead take a look at the valid criticism to change and improve.


    I recently stopped being active in certain fan communities and logging out of things like station head/ sites that allow you to mass stream. It always felt weird to me. Good music is good music no matter the language but bulk buying albums especially those for different events just doesn’t make sense to me.

    All music industries are evil, including the K-pop industry. The whole Seunghan situation is a great example: evil fans and an incompetent company.

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