Turns Out YG is Just As Arrogant As He's Rumored to Be

Thug Velvet. I like.

Unlike most authors on this blog, I don't have some pent-up hatred toward YG. I treat them as I would any other company in the sense that when YG releases a gem, I'm just fine with them, and when they don't, I'm not. However, I do find YG in general to have the most delusional fans of any company, along with having some artists in way over their pretty little heads.

But as always, the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree.

Candy Jelly Hate - understanding k-pop business decisions

It doesn't matter what the situation is, everybody's got an opinion about how k-pop agencies should run their artists.  Surely with such a wealth of business knowledge coming from both Korean and international netizens, it's a wonder that any k-pop agencies ever lose money and have misfortunes at all!  If only k-pop agencies took heed of the plethora of free advice and popular opinion out there on the Internet, nobody in k-pop need ever fail at anything ever again!

So why do k-pop agencies continue to act like they know what's in their own best interests?  Why don't they just listen to us and do what we want?  Read on as Kpopalypse demystifies the mystical mysteries of some of k-pop's more mysterious business decisions!

[Review] Zhou Mi "Rewind"

Watch as Zhou Mi solos it.

Apparently SM is being accused of massive tax evasion lol

The website segye.com is reporting that SM has been evading a shit load of taxes through creative loopholes such as creating a singer named "SM Entertainment" in Hong Kong and funneling money through that, among other stuff. Apparently this isn't the first time such accusations have been made against the company such as in 2003 but nothing really came of it. The 19th Seoul Regional Tax Authority and the IRS have been investigating SM for a while now and have discovered that over 30 SM employees have been evading taxes worth a couple USD tens of millions of won.

There are rampant rumors regarding the SM Annual General Meeting being held today/tomorrow (3/21). It does seem convenient these rumors would show up now of all times. 

At any rate we can only speculate what effect this will have on the Suju M comeback. 

SNSD's comeback will now be on the 24th of February

As reported earlier, SNSD's release of their single was delayed due to their being "loss of data" of crucial parts of the Mr.Mr music video. SM stated that it could take up to three weeks for SNSD to have a comeback, but now they have announced we'll only have to wait five more days!

“The new single was supposed to be released Feb. 19 through online music stores, but it has been rescheduled for Feb. 24.”

“The music video is one of the most important parts of promoting the new mini-album, so in order to ensure a better result, we decided to rearrange the girls’ schedule,” SM added.

Lol, what did I tell y'all about SM wanting to CRUSH 2NE1 so YG stops running his mouth off about how 2NE1 are some sort of "top" girl group, and survive against SNSD? What did I tell you?

To be honest, I think SM are playing right into YG's hands, because if 2NE1 flops then YG finally has an excuse to disband them and bring out his SNSD-esque, hip-hop rappin', pussy-poppin' girl group! 

To be honest, YG has some weird obsession with SNSD, I bet he prays to the shrine of TaenGod, so Bom doesn't sound like she's taking a dump every time she's singing a line.

Of course, this is all speculation, SM really could have lost the crucial data but I still don't buy it. To me, it's like somebody labelling crystal meth as some sort of sugary product and expects me to buy that shit. No thanks. 

Coincidentally, YGE has also changed the date of 2NE1's comeback by mere hours to February 25th. I am sorry, but there is no stopping the war that you already called.

This is goin' be messy, this is goin' be good.

UPDATE: YG have moved the date of the comeback yet again, this time to Feb. 26th at 12AM (00:00:00 27th Feb) so it can be closer to CL's birthday! Who you think you're foolin' YG?

SM delays SNSD's Comeback due to "loss of video data"

After dropping several teasers and confirming the date for the release of SNSD's new song and video "Mr. Mr", SM have announced that the comeback could possibly be delayed up to three weeks due to "loss of data".

SM told Dispatch:

"We are currently discussing all the alternative possibilities related to Girls' Generation comeback. However, we are still in the middle of the discussion, we are planning to proceed the promotions for the comeback as scheduled" (this means, they will still have promotions AFTER the release of the music video, unlike what some people predict that they won't have any promotion week).