VCHA‘s KG has introduced her departure from the group and has additionally revealed that she’ll be submitting a lawsuit towards JYP Leisure for abuse and mistreatment.
In an Instagram story, she describes how workers members have led to a deterioration of her psychological well being, an atmosphere that she says led to a member try suicide.
Yesterday, I filed a lawsuit as a result of I’ve determined to terminate my contract with JYP Leisure and exit VCHA after experiencing incidents of abuse and mistreatment by sure workers members. I really feel it was not a superb atmosphere for my psychological well being and I apologize if my depart disappoints any of you.
I’m not in assist of the working and residing circumstances that led a member to aim suicide. Nor do I assist an atmosphere that encourages consuming problems and has brought on members to self hurt.
I made this determination again in Could and am nonetheless ready for launch from my contract. I’m frightened for the ladies who stay in VCHA, my buddies, who I actually love and look after. I additionally realized if I stay at JYP Leisure, I’m not in a position to develop into the artist I aspire to be, as I actually take pleasure in songwriting and manufacturing. I’ve collected a large quantity of firm debt, whereas being paid little or no for the extraordinary work and excessive limitations on our private lives. Though such incidents occurred, there have been additionally lovely moments.
She does conclude by thanking Park Jin Younger and others, however blames the Ok-pop business at massive for the circumstances.
I’d wish to thank J.Y Park, firm executives, and workers for believing in me and the distinctive coaching. I don’t blame anybody for the remedy endured, however really feel this is a matter that lies deep embedded within the Ok-Pop business. I’m grateful for the friendships I made and the unbelievable alternative to carry out for a world viewers. Thanks V-lights on your love and assist, and I ask you to proceed to shine your assist in the direction of VCHA, no matter my absence. I’ve grown a love for Korean tradition and Ok-Pop music. Sooner or later, I’ll proceed making music on this style, however not underneath these circumstances.
I hope that my depart can encourage the Ok-Pop system to make adjustments for the higher, in hopes of defending the idols and trainees who stay in these corporations’ arms.
Following this, it was revealed the lawsuit was 77 pages, however was summarized to 4 pages. In it, KG describes members being brought on harm, being compelled to sing regardless of sickness, being verbally abused by workers, denied water and meals, being underneath 24/7 surveillance, compelled residency regardless of contract claims, an official intense schedule of eight hours a day however stress to work as much as 14 hours a day, a scarcity of sleep, being paid sub-minimum wage, and compiling a $500k debt (and extra as I proceed to sift by way of it). As well as, a member allegedly tried suicide by consuming 42 Nyquil capsules, when delivered to the eye of JYPE, they dismissed it as a result of consuming problems had been frequent and hid the try.
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Whereas this story is actually about VCHA, KG, and JYP Leisure, as KG says herself, sadly numerous what’s described might be as simply the Ok-pop business. Every little thing described is horrible, however what stood out to me was the workers response to a member attempting on her life. Even when they didn’t see it that method, the dismissal of an consuming dysfunction as simply one other day within the lifetime of a Ok-pop firm worker ought to make one notice how normalized all this stuff are.
And that is type of a development throughout the Ok-pop world as a complete, proper? Each time these lawsuits are filed, followers and netizens are successfully debating the suitable stage of abuse by an organization towards younger women and men that may find yourself making them cash, and since these norms are so woven into the business and what we’ve anticipated — and since issues was once worse within the first and second era — folks are inclined to lose observe of the people on the heart of it.
Anyway, wishing luck to KG and VCHA, however a part of me thinks the one factor they’ll conclude is that foreigners aren’t prepared to work as exhausting or one thing to that impact.