Sexy concepts: whore-clicking, or click-whoring? Also Girls' Generation's breaking sex controversy revealed!

I hesitate to write on the topic of sexy concepts at all, because it seems like such incredibly obvious territory.  However, I keep getting asked about Stellar's "Marionette" video and sexy concepts in general every day about 10 times, so I thought I'd better tackle it.  You don't mind, do you?

Chocolate Love - marketing 101 for deluded k-pop fans

 Lately I've been fielding a lot of questions like this:

and this:

So for those who wonder:

1.  How much money idols make, and
2.  How much fans and idols alike are being played like suckers by entertainment companies

This blog has the answer, in both short and long form.