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In addition to having their talents cultivated, idols are mostly promoted by their company. This helps idols have a higher public recognization. However, the K-Pop industry is a strict environment - not all groups are developed equally by the company, as some even get mistreated.
Here are 5 extremely talented Kpop girl groups but are said by Korean netizens to have been treated badly by their company.
PRISTIN
Debuting in 2017, PRISTIN and one of the most successful rookie groups of the year and won many rookie awards. They had great success with 'We Woo' and 'We Like'. However, it's hard to believe that that was the last time fans could see PRISTIN working as a group. KyLa left the group early due to health reasons. The other members Kyulkyung, NaYoung, EunWoo, Rena and Roa formed a small group under the name PRISTIN V.
The small group did not perform very well and did not release any music later. Pledis Entertainment put the group on hiatus and didn't have any updates about the group, and they soon announced that the group would disband, which shocked fans. During their short active period, it is not difficult for fans to realize how badly the group has been mistreated. Pledis even did not post a congratulation to celebrate the group's two years anniversary.
CLC
Launched in 2015, CLC has also been considered a promising group as their debut song 'PePe' received positive feedback from the public. However, the group's subsequent activity was not as expected. It took 4 years for the group to get their first cup on a music show. However, up to now, CLC is still not very familiar to K-Pop fans.
With sufficient qualities to grow their careers, CLC, however, still could not get bigger under CUBE Entertainment, which made fans raise a big question as to whether the group has been forgotten by the company. Even the members have repeatedly expressed their frustration with the agency. A fan's YouTube account compiled some of the moments when the members explained that they were mistreated in the company - they repeatedly received delays for each of their comebacks.
Gugudan
Gugudan debuted in 2016 and was quite actively developing their career. However, the last time they released a music product was in 2018. It has been nearly 4 years, but Gugudan is still a faint name on the K-Pop scene.
Sally, a member, accused Jellyfish Entertainment of basically chasing all the members out of the group, "Earlier, in 2019, the company let me go home. And when I wondered when I would be allowed to return, they said that I don't need to go back in. Even when everyone was home, I stayed and didn't dare to go home because if I go home, my parents will know about it...”
2NE1
2NE1 was one of the major YG Entertainment's girl groups at the time of their debut, but that didn't stop the mistreatment they had to receive. The head of the company when 2NE1 was still active, Yang Hyun Suk was the one who often made rude comments aimed at 2NE1 members.
"YG came to one of our rehearsals, while we were rehearsing without makeup. He looked from afar and said, 'They are ugly', in front of all the staff! I was quite disappointed "- the leader of the group, CL shared.
During 7 years of their activity, the 2NE1 girls have been very successful thanks to their own talents. However, releasing only 2 full albums during 7 years is a small number for such a famous group. YG Entertainment were constantly making promises, but in the end the member Minzy announced that she would leave the group and 2NE1 would work with the remaining 3 members. However, the company later announced that the group would disband. The incident so far is still a great disappointment for the fans.
T-ARA
MBK Entertainment is famous for mistreating its artists, and T-ARA is one apparent example. In their early days, members were forced to leave their companies. HyunA (a former 4Minute member), even once exposed MBK for their bad actions towards the members of T-ARA.
T-ARA members eventually left the company in 2018 because of the bad treatment. However, it was not easy for them to leave peacefully, as MBK Entertainment registered the name 'T-ARA' as exclusive to them on December 28, 2017, just a few days before the announcement of the group's contract termination. So, the girls were no longer able to promote themselves under this name.
Other talent are still struggling in their own company on the path of career development. Korean netizens thinks if these groups were not mistreated by the company, their talents would be much more well received by the public.
