Kpop Idol Contract Rules. According to Vox K-Pop is a global phenomenon that brings billions of dollars to South Korea each yearLaunching its so-called idols into superstardom K-pop allows performers who rise to the. You must bow and respect your elders.
Your browser does not support video. Under most contracts trainees and K-pop idols are required to pay back their management agencies for the cost of singing and dancing lessons their wardrobes and living costs among other things. According to the pop star Prince Mak you might sign a contract that says for the next seven to 15 years you have to stay with the group and do exactly what youre told.
This system would come to be referred to as a slave contract.
Typically if an idol joins a group later on after the group has been created your contract might end at the same as the other members. Since the early days of Kpop many groups have fallen victim to this curse largely due to the period of their contracts as well as strong competition. JYP Entertainment has a strict three-year ban on new idols dating trainees are forbidden from using their phones or meeting members of the opposite sex and Twices Momo was once ordered to lose. As a result K-pop idols may not make large profits.