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The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

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Li Shengli's melon began to go global, and yesterday a Chinese female clerk admitted to drug use, but denied providing drugs to nightclub VIPs, saying only that drugs were brought by Chinese customers.

I don't know if there will be Chinese stars involved in the follow-up.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

Li Shengli himself also began to deny N Company.

Don't do the old bustard, don't participate in overseas gambling, and chat in the group is just for bragging.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

It was only a few days before there were signs of a reversal, and the "dung picking campaign" in the Korean entertainment circle ended?

In fact, the Korean entertainment circle with mature industry and exquisite artists is a suffocating big workplace, in addition to Zhang Ziyan, who was forced to die by the "unspoken rules", actresses such as Cui Zhen and Zheng Duobin, whose cause of death is mysterious, the survival of tainted artists, actors, and especially trainees is not optimistic.

In the face of the dark abyss of the unknown, some of them even felt that it was better to die than to live.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

Idols with rising careers, actors who have been...

Each has its own suffering

On December 18, 2017, Kim Jong-hyun, the lead singer of SM's SHINee, suddenly committed suicide by burning charcoal in his apartment.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

In 2005, Kim Jong-hyun became a trainee under SM, and in 2008, he officially debuted as a member of the singing group SHINee, serving as the lead singer of the team

As the lead singer, Kim Jong-hyun's popularity is still quite high, and his suicide shocked the entertainment industry. Many domestic celebrities also sent microblogs to mourn.

Lu Han, who once belonged to SM, sent a microblog to commemorate it, but was dissed by netizens to delete Weibo.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

In fact, Lu Han's relationship with Zhong Xuan before returning to China was not bad, and the relationship between the various groups of SM Company was also very close

Yan Yalun posted that he was also plagued by depression, and was accused by netizens of rubbing heat.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

What happened to Kim Jong-hyun and chose to commit suicide is still a mystery. One can only guess that he suffered from depression.

Before committing suicide, he had texted his sister saying "it has been too hard so far", "let me leave and tell others that I have suffered a lot so far", "This is my last greeting", and other texts.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

The sister realized that she did not call the police at 4:42 that day, and the police found Kim Jong-hyun at 6:10 a.m. and confirmed his death after being sent to the hospital

Neine, the lead singer of the band Dear Cloud, released Kim Jong-hyun's suicide note, which mentioned that "melancholy slowly eroded me, and finally swallowed me in one bite, and I couldn't win it." "

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

Everyone found that he expressed his melancholy side in many songs.

His filler song "Let Me Out" expressed his pain to the core; "Lonely," which he sang on stage for the last time, said he was "so lonely."

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

He once said that he "can't find a way to be happy", which makes it difficult for many fans to let go, and some people still can't accept that the music lyricist has been dead for two years.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

Two fans committed suicide when he died

Kim Jong-hyun is already an entertainer in the ascendancy of his career. And male stars whose careers are going downhill may not be more relaxed.

Yesterday we mentioned Choi Jin-hyun and An Jae-wook's popular work "Star Dream", and in 2002, there was a Korean drama that was no less popular than "Star Dream", that is, "Miss Mermaid" formed by Kim Sung-min and Jang Ri-hee.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

Kim Sung-min was born as a model, and in 2002, she was originally just playing soy sauce in the "Bad Girl" drama, but she was selected as the male lead by "Miss Mermaid"

"Miss Mermaid" is a collection of idol dramas "revenge", "destiny" love routines, once broadcast, it was very popular, CCTV and TVB have been introduced, and CCTV network also specially introduced this drama and the "Korean drama marathon" effect it brought.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

The Taiwan version was called "Betrayal of Love", which was later changed to "The Most Loved One" and broadcast again

The version imported from Taiwan also featured the opening credits "Spring Mud" and "White Moonlight". Kim Sung-min and Zhang Ruixi CP have also become the "white moonlight" in the minds of many people, and the two also won the Best Screen Couple Award at the MBC Acting Awards.

After that, Jin Chengmin brushed out the representative works "Flower Fairy" and "Dream Couple", etc., and won a lot of careers and reached the golden period.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

There is also Park Han-sung in "Dream Couple"

But in 2010, Kim was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison for smuggling and drug use, but only pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 4 years of probation and 2 years of protection observation. He then married dentist Hannah Lee.

Unexpectedly, in 2015, he was arrested for drug abuse...

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

He still smoked high concentrations of methamphetamine, and his wife was also nearby when he was arrested

This time, he was sentenced to 10 months in prison, and after he was released from prison, he had almost no drama appointment, and he could only rely on his wife to support his family, and he quarreled with his wife all day.

After a quarrel, Kim Sung-min hanged himself on a tie in the bathroom.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

After being discovered, he was sent to the hospital as soon as he was found, but was not rescued, and he was declared dead on June 24, 2016

Later, Li Hanna cried and said that after Jin Chengmin's career was frustrated, she often said that she was going to commit suicide after a quarrel, and this time she also left home after the quarrel, thinking that she was afraid of an accident before reporting the case, and she did not expect that her husband was really born.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

In fact, his stepson had called the police when the two were arguing that Kim Sung-min had abused Lee Hannah, but Lee said that it was just a child making a fuss and did not let the police enter the door (Source: Xingguangyun)

In 2010, the year Kim was arrested, another depressed Park Young-ha also committed suicide.

In "Winter Love Song", Park Yong-ha plays the male number two Kim Sang-hyuk, and is constantly abused by Choi Ji-woo and Bae Yong-joon. Although it is not a big hit, it has also brushed a familiar face overseas.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

It's just that he didn't develop well in Korea. It is also popular in Japan, and as a singer, he has won four Japanese Golden Disc Awards. As a result, this became a mockery, and some people said that he was "an actor specifically oriented to Japan".

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

Japanese concert clips

He did not have to perform military service because of the diagnosis of "corneal abnormalities", but this also became the reason for South Korean netizens to attack him.

Emotionally, he and the actress Liu Zhen who cooperated with "Mermaid Princess", and after the breakup, he also developed two relationships, but they failed to achieve positive results, and he once revealed that he was very sad to break up with his girlfriend outside the circle.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

Yoo Jin once hinted that the two broke up and had something to do with Park Mu

On June 30, 2010, Park Rong-ha was found by her mother committing suicide at home, suffocating her with a charging cable around her neck.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

Su Ji-seop and Park Yong-ha are close friends, and when they heard the news, they wept bitterly at the funeral

There are also many opinions about the cause of Park's death, some saying that he was out of control after drinking alcohol, and some saying that he was under financial pressure.

When he first debuted, Park Rongxia's father's company went bankrupt, and he had to work hard to pay off his debts. It was difficult to pay off the debt, in 2008, he and his broker Y jointly set up a brokerage company, which could produce a large number of peripheral products that were unsalable, and directly lost hundreds of millions of won.

Working with other companies to plan their own fan meetings, the cost was stolen; some of the money was squandered by agent Y; but Park had to pay up to 180 million won (about 1 million yuan) a month to treat his father who had changed stomach cancer.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

The night before the suicide, Park Rong-ha, who had drunk a lot of alcohol, also apologized to her father while crying, saying that she hoped that she could bear her father's cancer.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

The most heartbreaking thing is that after Park Rongxia's death, the agent Lee (not the same person as Y) also tried to take away the inheritance of 230 million won from Park's account, and after being stopped by the bank, Li simply stole all the albums and records in the office and fled to Thailand.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

Li Mou also came back as the agent of the boy band VIXX... Of course, he was finally arrested by the police, which was retribution

These three male stars, the road to acting is completely different, but the dilemma they can face is the same.

From a trainee to a high-quality idol, Kim Jong-hyun can not relax for a moment, too tight life has brought him great psychological pressure; from the fall of a popular star to rely on his wife to support the family, Kim Sung-min's mentality has also become distorted; Park Rongxia has never experienced the taste of popularity, everything is everywhere hit the wall, but also face huge economic pressure.

They are similar to Cui Zhenzhen and Zhang Ziyan, who are forced into a certain human life and death corner and cannot save themselves.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

Trainees who can't walk out of the forest of suicide

The stars are all under pressure to commit suicide, and the trainees are even worse.

For example, Su Zhen, a female trainee who participated in "Kara Project - Kara The Beginning", was once panicked because of her age. But she still seized every opportunity and vowed that she would succeed.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

She is really super invincible effort, but the final debut quota is not her, on the stage she not only did not cry, but applauded and comforted the partner who successfully debuted

She once said on stage that even if she did not debut, she would stick to the dream of becoming a singer.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees
The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

But in the end, she was terminated by the company, and suffering from depression, she chose to jump off a building and commit suicide.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

Last year, another trainee also chose to jump into the sea, for reasons similar to Su Zhen, who failed in the stage of debut. Coupled with hearing the news of Kim Jong-hyun's suicide, he jumped into the sea and took a life without thinking about it.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

Good to be saved

Why would these talented trainees choose to commit suicide?

In the end, it is still a cruel trainee mechanism.

Wang Jiaer once mentioned that making an artist is like making a machine, and the pressure and inner torment make many people unbearable.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

The cheerful Gaga had low self-esteem when she first arrived in Korea and had thought about committing suicide.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

Can you debut, can you become popular after debuting... This constant insecurity about the future is a boulder that weighs on the hearts of all trainees.

Coupled with the extremely unreasonable salary distribution system, the trainees lying at the bottom of the Korean star-making industry are almost the "brick-moving migrant workers" in the Korean entertainment circle, and the day and night announcements and exercises are only much higher than the average middle class.

"Stress" is a word that every trainee will mention repeatedly.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

The picture shows Hou Minghao, who used to be a trainee in South Korea

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

And not respected, corporal punishment to exclude the pain of these are more unbearable for many people

Many people can't stick to it in the practice stage, and the rest are very able to endure hardships; but if they can't debut in the end, it will bring endless psychological trauma. For example, Sori, who has been practicing until the age of 28, is still trying to become a star.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees
The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees
The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees
The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

This kind of practice career of three or four years, or even more than ten years, is completely surrounded by loneliness, and the tolerance of the profession of trainees is very low, and the practice at the age of sixteen or seventeen has been considered "older", and more children have given up normal further education from junior high school and begun to learn song and dance.

This lonely and uncertain life will smooth out the children's personalities, and gradually they will not be able to find themselves.

Many children who have not made their debut and have no education basically cannot accept the ordinary real world, and it is difficult to find a normal job in the ecology controlled by the chaebol.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

Kyla who can't be an artist ends up choosing to be a conductor

If you go to a dark company as a trainee, it is even more tragic.

Forced by the company to undergo plastic surgery, if you fail, you will ruin your life.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

There are also terrible companies that use trainees as a tool for power and money transactions, and the South Korean "Survey of the Actual Human Rights Situation of Female Artists" report shows that 6 out of 10 actresses said they had been asked to provide sex transactions to those in power or the rich.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

Even if you want to leave the circle, tie you up and complete the company's arrangements before leaving

After paying so much, many trainees and artists have not been given reasonable resources, not red and poor, and the financial burden is large, it is not difficult to understand why so many people will choose suicide.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees
The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

Sister E Conclusion:

If "idol" is considered a role-playing game, then China is considered to be easy mode, and South Korea is probably hell mode.

Huang Zitao said at the scene of Tuchuang that his trainee experience in SM was that as long as he sang badly once, he was out of line. At that time, the audience was surprised, wasn't it because our idol industry was too primitive and too loose compared to South Korea?

High-intensity dance practice, strict elimination system... It's all home-cooked. South Korea, with a population of 50 million, has exported Hallyu that has influenced Asia and even the world through several major entertainment groups, and its industrial level is undoubtedly leading.

But for Aidou, especially trainees, the problem is that this industry is too advanced - the consequences of the creation and promotion of high specialization of the Korean group are also terrible, and very few individuals are "absolutely irreplaceable".

We all know that the frequency of Chinese girls "changing Oba" is very high, and South Korea itself is afraid that it will only be faster. The short life cycle of an idol's heyday means that the trainees need to use all their strength and seize the opportunity to meet those brilliant and beautiful blooms.

In other words, the power in the hands of the company means that for artists, especially trainees, it means that they are given a knighthood and abolished.

Compared with entertainment capital, the status of artists is absolutely weak.

Therefore, fans who praise their brothers as "excellent" are not all fan filters. In the korean entertainment system with a general gear, people who can shine must have undergone cruel polishing. The mere attempt is completely different from the "effort" that the koi people call it.

Under the large-scale star-making industrial system, except for a few who are born superior or have extremely high achievements, korean circle artists who are not tightening their strings to live their lives.

Strings that are tight are easy to collapse, and this truth is unchanged.

On the other hand, the outside world exerts too much force on the tight heartstrings of the artist. It is said that China's online violence is serious, the rice circle stinks, and South Korea is really professional. Organized black, illegitimate, heel flying... They are all "imported products" in the Korean circle.

The inner anxiety about the idol career and the harsh public opinion environment on the outside are the sources of Han Xing's depression.

On a deep level, the Korean circle itself is a dark deformed place.

The chaebols demanded public opinion buffers, well-known agents and sexual tributes from the entertainment industry, while the public saw the entertainment industry as an outlet for emotions. For the bad deeds of artists, the Internet has amplified the dissatisfaction of the people, no matter how small mistakes are big mistakes, or even the details of private life, there are hysterical attackers. What's more, fabricating rumors to smear ... Do those extreme fans gain anything from this? No, they just get catharsis and spiritual satisfaction.

Because it is not only artists, the whole Korean society is tense.

South Korea's modern history has created a rifted reality. During the reign of Park Geun-hye's father, Park Chung-hee, the "Miracle of the Han River" was famous all over the world, and in 1965 South Korea's per capita GDP was only $106, only half that of the Philippines, and by 1979 it was as high as $1745, three times that of the Philippines. With the implementation of the "technology for market" strategy, South Korea has received advanced technology from Europe and the United States to cultivate a large number of science and technology manufacturing groups, and the name of "Asian Tigers" gives people an illusion of "development".

But the dreamy growth of the Miracle of the Han River also masks many social problems.

Initially, the government and business operators formed a vertical management relationship, and the development of enterprises relied heavily on policy subsidies and low-interest loans. By the end of the 1970s, the chaebols had extended their tentacles to all walks of life, gradually controlling almost all industries in South Korea. It doesn't matter who sits on the Blue House, the capital group is the emperor of Korea. During the oil crisis of the 1970s, the Park Chung-hee government subsidized loss-making South Korean companies, converted loans into debt-to-equity swaps, and added low-interest financing, causing large groups to fall off and not to fall down.

That's why we think Korean movies dare to make anything, but they don't actually change society – because they can't do it. Neither the president nor the people can do anything about the chaebols.

During the period of rapid economic growth, people do not feel particularly uncomfortable. However, after the 1998 Asian financial crisis, South Korea's development was frustrating to the people. The shipbuilding, automobile, electronic components and other industries that Koreans used to be proud of gradually lost their advantages, whether Koreans admit it or not, the volume and development potential are there, and its living space is narrowed.

The development of the national economy in the gap brings about the anxiety of the whole people.

At the same time, the status of the chaebols has been improved, and limited job opportunities and resources have been put into their hands. Offend Samsung, LG, in which industry is not easy to mix.

The gloom and dullness of life, the lack of vitality of the industry, the high cost of living... The mood of the whole nation is "mourned", because of the lack of optimism about life, there are a large number of young people chasing phantoms, and there is crazy entertainment consumption. This is also the most primitive soil of the K-pop.

Therefore, the negative emotions of the people will be vented to those who are the most glamorous. As soon as there is a mistake, the whole people often shout to ban it, and even if they make up materials, they must splash dirty water. The chaebols are also happy to make the people throw anger and attacks on the artists, and guide the media to make entertainment the center of public opinion... The pressure on the artist can be imagined.

This is probably what Korean artists have to face, fame and fortune in the circle are like floating clouds, but people's nerves cannot always be tightened with high intensity. They have to endure the negative emotions of the people, and they have to endure the oppression and bullying of the capital group.

What we see from the victory melon field is only a few of the sentient beings in the circle, the sounds of those falling to the ground, the echoes of those disappearing lives, the strings of their spirits, broken.

The entertainment industry and love beans are placed at the center of national attention, and what they get is flashy and enviable.

But what did they lose?

Perhaps not just the normal rhythm of life, but the distortion of the whole value and the utter despair.

The Dark Korean Entertainment Circle (5): On the Source of Depression in Korean Artists and Trainees

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