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Edit; The title is a joke. And I’ll apologize if I offended anyone and as for my REAL personal thoughts on this issue, I’ll keep to myself to avoid an online battle. Sorry guys, feeling a tad bitchy.
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With the DBSK vs. SM deal, there’s a rumour out about the girls’ contracts too!
Yoona – 15 years.
Sooyoung – 5 years.
Yuri & Jessica – 9 years.
Taeyeon – 10 years.
Hyoyeon, Seohyun, Tiffany – Free agent, contract expires at the group’s dissolution.
Sunny – LIFETIME!!! Nah, actually, I don’t understand hers. It says free agent something. 자유계약, 계약 만료기한 본인의사 고려.
Rumor children rumor. But that sounds pretty damn long.
Recently with the DBSK news and how much the boys get..imagine the splitting with nine girls. lol 😛
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dang yoona has 15 years!?!? thats frekaing long!
and lmao! sunny is a lifetime cuz shes family x]
i would think w/ fany’s popularity they would want to keep her around for longer ^^
but DANG– 15 years?!?!?! that’s what gotten the DBSK boys in a frenzy so poor yoona T___T
i don’t even want to think about how little the girls’ each must be getting.
at least you hear of the wondergirls being able to afford cars and such and such
all this talk of money makes me sad.
just when i thought 13 yrs was long enough for the dongbang boys… now i read that yoona’s 15 yrs…my gosh that’s almost a LIFETIME… the best years of yoona’s youth are gonna be spent under SM…. i sure hope SM treats her well and lets her be active in more dramas, radio shows, guest collaborations… she seems rather passively active recently…doesn’t seem like SM’s focus is on her amongst SNSD
wow, 15 years? holy crap o___o
poor Yoona~~~ with a 15 years contract…
although it is only a rumor, it may be exaggerate…
i hope that isnt true for them, and also hope that SM entertainment isnt that mean to their girls…
whoa~!! 15 years for Yoona?? 15 years after debut or 15 years including training years?? And Tae got 10 years!!! o_O”
i’m still not sure if that’s a good thing or bad……
well….Sunny’s LSM’s niece…i dont think they’ll treat her badly. Asian culture does put alot of emphasis on family unity.
:O! Boss Lady went on JPHIP? “Don’t touch my tewitowwy” >:I haha jk.
Yeah, I read the articles. I knew some of the girls would definitely have long contracts (especially Jessica, Yoona, and TaeYeon). It doesn’t surprise me that Hyo and Seobaby have the ability to leave as soon as SNSD is over… but Tiffany? Hmm…
LOL Tama Mama and her silly jokes. “LIFETIME!!” I’m pretty sure Uncle Soo Man would never do that to her….
-sLaVe
Wow I am amazed because it’s almost like I imagined…
YoonA, TaeYeon & Sica – I imagined would be LONG, esp YoonA since SM seems to really promote her.
Sunny – I knew she would be different from all the girls since she is “family”.
Sooyoung – Her contract wouldn’t be too long…
HyoYeon – I can’t really see her successful in a solo career, so I KNEW her contract wouldn’t be long and possibly gone after SNSD.
Tiffany – I’m not surprised, Tiffany’s debut was very shakey and always left in the back.. (haha little did they know she’d become the most “infamous” and famous member!?)
I would have thought Seohyun had a longer contract and Yuri placed in same as Soo.. but i guess i’m wrong!
i wonder why only 3 of the girls’ contract whenever the group dissolves.
Why are some longer than others? Some are freakin long.
holy crap. that’s ridiculous. and I thought like 7 year contracts for athletes was long o.0
i understand why everyone’s contracts are what they are. its not surprising, but its still very saddenning knowing they’re gonna have to put up with all that for so long.
one question though, why would sica be up at 9 years? she doesn’t have a past in the entertainment industry like the others with definite contracts.
I think people need to calm down and stop bashing on SM & stop bringing other artists into this issue like SNSD, Super Junior, & SHINee. Even if the rumors about the contract years are true, they just mean that that’s the value that SM saw in each of these girls when they 1st got auditioned & started. They might have seen Yoona as a potential multi-entertainer, so it’s understandable that she would have a longer contract cuz most actresses have longer lives than singers. They saw that Jessica & Taeyeon were great singers, so again it’s understandable that they would have longer contracts too. About Tiffany, maybe SM didn’t see her potential as much at first, but due to her hard work, she improved alot, surprising SM & reaching where she is rite now. Again, these contract years are just rumors and might not be true. Korean netizens & bloggers are notorious for quickly starting & believing any rumor. so these are my theories.
and also, remember, most of these idols were still minors when they signed on, meaning that many of their parents probably saw the contracts too. Knowing Korean parents, I, being a Korean, know they check every little detail on stuff like this (unless it’s a bank loan). DBSK has 13 years because that’s the amount of potential SM saw in those boys.
I don’t know what people you’re referring to but here at this blog, I dont really think anyone here is bashing, maybe teasing a bit about the way SM acts. The way you look at the contracts works too, but it all depends on how we view it. SM has been known to be the toughest and roughest on its stars, unlike YG but just my opinion.
Course we’re not saying anything illegal went on with the contracts, I’m sure they were reviewed, but I think alot of us will agree that the years are pretty damn long. Even if you see potential, like Big Bang, they’re only signed for five but I’m sure YG saw a hella lot potential in them. It’s all about giving them a little wiggle room. We just feeled that its a bit of a big tie down. Not to mention the amount SM takes in the profits these stars earn.
oh, i didnt mean this blog, just some other websites and netizens/bloggers in general. im just tired of people believing rumors as if they were sacred laws and making speculations based on those rumors and bringing other artists and companies into the whole issue. maybe im just too serious & sensitive about this or something. but yes, i do think the years are a bit long, but i just think there’s good reasons for them. even though she was young, im sure yoona understood the risks & benefits before signing on.
If you look at it from one side — a successful girl group’s side — you miss too much.
From the company’s side…
What if the young artist turns out a loser? The company still has spent time, effort and money on grooming the artist.
What if the artist proves successful — for a short time? The company is still obligated for the term of the contract.
The big money comes in on those few who achieve success. The others bring more modest profits — or even losses.
Now — what is the ratio of big successes to modest success and failures? As in many business (eg, the book business, the old Hollywood movie studios) the few successes pay for the rest. If they don’t, the companies won’t continue — and the resulting KPop might be something we’d never tune into.
sunny=Free contract, the contract expiration of your doctors
=D google translator always comes in handy
LMAO @ the translator! I dunno wth that means!
It’s not like SM forced these girls to stay that many years. A contract was signed, which means both parties agreed to the deal and they’re both happy with it. It’s like those long ass hockey contracts that superstars are signing now. The organization makes sure they have their talent long term and the person gets stability.
Rofl, the way it’s written makes it sound like jail time.
Uncle SM wouldn’t put his little niece on a slave chain for a lifetime, would he? Lol, the complications of having blood ties..
if sunny’s contract is lifetime, i bet there will be family war soon. lol
Doesn’t it work both ways? I guess we would need to see the details to determine if it is a reasonable agreement.
Anyone who signs a contract for 15 years for anything except government work is crazy.
Anyways, wasn’t DBSK driving around in Audi R8s? Don’t tell me they aren’t loaded, hell I work my ass off and I’m driving a Honda Accord.
Plus, right now what can SNSD really spend their money on? They live in an apartment that is most likely free, company transportation, constantly working, they don’t have time, space or need for spending money now. Its all savings = profit
yonna is longer because she can do many things. LOL! poor her..
hyoyeon, seohyun and fany are damn smart =D
oh gosh. Yoona and Taengoo have it tough. Hyo, Seobaby, and Fany were smart to have a free agent contract. And I wonder what Sooyoung would do with her contract if the girls last more than 5 years together. I hope the girls’ contracts are at least more humane than how the situation with DBSK sounds.
I think Sunny’s means that she can leave when her agents says to. Oh Yoona….:(
poor yoona and taegoo!!!
haha, seo, hyo, and tiff are smarties!
& sunny’s says “Free contract, the contract expiration of your doctors” but i don’t know what the heck that means…
We don’t know how long these contracts have been in force. When the term of contract started. In other words, how far along is Yoona in her contract? Posters here act as if the contracts began today.
I hope the title of the article, referring to “slave chains” is a joke. The girls probably didn’t feel it was so when they or their parents signed. They probably don’t feel so now. They have been taken in and trained and given an opportunity that many wannabe entertainers envy (and which Americans don’t have).
They may feel stifled down the road (eg, Nam Gyuri, DBSK maybe), but a lot of those people wouldn’t be in that position if they didn’t eagerly seek out the company and sign the contract.
loll..
Yes the title is of course a joke, I know that without sm there would be no snsd.
your question bout when the contracts started, i have no idea. some say it was the second they joined sm, some say it was signed as the group started.
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“Free contract, the contract expiration of your doctors”
Come on guys, extrapolate a little. What are doctors related to? Um…health? So “contact until expiration of your health” or in other words “until death us do part”. I guess that means that she has been given a lifetime contract which in this case is likely to mean that as long as she wants to be in the entertainment industry then SM will be behind her.
Oh I wanna be their slave..
Being an sme artist is my wildest dream..
if im correct, the contract starts when they sign in to the company, that means before debut, hence if yoona spent 5 years training, then thats 10 years actually in SNSD. but wasnt hers actually 13?
altho that still seems pretty crazy to me