Asian Junkie Asian pop. Without discretion.
Well, you learn something new everyday about how things work. For example, for over a decade now I just assumed that legal action on behalf of an idol or group against hate comments would be paid by the company. After all, even from the dystopian worldview of looking at people as controllable things, it’s their asset that they need to protect to profit off of.
But as former MOMOLAND member Daisy recently revealed on Twitter, apparently I wasn’t being cynical enough, as at least MLD Entertainment charged the idols themselves for doing this.
totally get the ppl saying well who else's money would it be coming from
— Daisy 정안 (@_daisiesforyu) September 3, 2023
but like it would've been nice if there was an option to just not?
Obviously we don’t know if this is the industry norm or not, but at least one company did it and they were at least a mid-sized one. I would hope they at least allow artists opt out of it instead of just adding debt to stuff without their consent, but little would surprise me at this point.
So anyway, that adds a potential new twist on all the calls for protecting artists.
Fans yelling at companies to protect artists and the artists are probably telling them not to do it cause they don't want to work debt off for longer.
— Asian Junkie (@asianjunkiecom) September 3, 2023
idols when the company explains that their check is short because their fans sent in a new email template and protest truck asking them to sue for mean comments pic.twitter.com/el4rDGURga https://t.co/AS1iH2KDQ9
— Ciera 씨에라(@cierabyul) September 3, 2023
