It’s not even sufficient to cowl one members’ charges.
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Relating to Ok-Pop stars, together with live shows and releasing albums, one of many greatest methods idols acquire recognition is by acting on weekly music reveals, together with the likes of M Countdown, Music Financial institution, Inkigayo, and plenty of extra.
Reporter turned YouTuber Lee Jin Ho launched a video the place he spoke all about idols’ appearances on music reveals.
Throughout the video, Lee Jin Ho revealed that there are many totally different concerns taken relating to the charge idols are paid after they seem on reveals. As anticipated, most of them base it on the celebrity and recognition of the celebrities fairly than the scale.
In the event that they aren’t a well-known idol, they don’t obtain greater than ₩500,000 KRW (about $343 USD). Solely ultra-popular stars obtain ₩500,000 KRW (about $343 USD). Regular idols solely obtain ₩100,000 KRW (about $68.60 USD)(on main networks). Mnet’s M-Countdown pays ₩50,000 KRW (about $34.30 USD) and asks for tax concerns.
— Lee Jin Ho
If that doesn’t appear sufficient, the music reveals additionally don’t cowl the opposite prices, together with the outfits, employees, and different elements of the efficiency. Particularly, recording often takes a very long time, and the entire course of, from getting hair and make-up achieved to the precise efficiency, can take over 12 hours.
In the identical video, Lee Jin Ho revealed that though the artists are paid, when it’s considered with the prices, the idols and firms must pay to arrange, plan, and carry out on the stage, and it doesn’t even scratch the floor of the funds.
It prices well-liked teams round ₩60.0 million KRW (about $41,200 USD). Since they promote a brand new album for 2 weeks, outfits will price them ₩120 million KRW (about $82,300 USD) for 2 weeks. Different idol teams spend round ₩30.0 million KRW (about $20,600 USD).
— Lee Jin Ho
But, for many idols, the pay isn’t as vital relating to music reveals. Even with the excessive prices, there are at all times enormous strains of idols ready to carry out as a result of they know that the publicity will assist them get the funding again sooner or later, together with gaining followers.
Additionally it is the right alternative for idols to work together with followers as, together with the efficiency, most will maintain fan conferences on the similar time to greet these attending.
Though the charge idols are paid looks as if nothing, the publicity gained advantages them in so some ways, particularly as music reveals now attain world audiences by means of streaming.