We have always been vocal in our disapproval of South Korean entertainment companies (or K-Pop group labels) for their practices that take advantage of idols or neglect to promote them appropriately so that they don't reach their full potential.
This episode is kickstarting a series that dives deeper into what each of the major companies gets wrong or right, and the first at bat is YG Entertainment.
We want to let you know that some of these episodes might deal with delicate subjects like child labor, body autonomy, grooming, personal freedom, disorderly eating, prostitution, money laundering, body dysmorphia, and a lot of other serious and potentially dark topics, so please be alert to our content warnings to skip a section.
Today's episode probably has the most triggering content, so stay alert to our content warnings throughout the controversial sections.
Links or resources we discussed today:
36:30 Authentic: The Story of Tablo
01:01:37 XG Streaming Party
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Is YG Entertainment the Worst K-Pop Label? MIA2K Investigates
01:57 YG Entertainment 101
03:00 Establishing the YG Entertainment agency
06:21 Who is P
apa YG?
07:04 Who is YG’s wife? (Content warning: Grooming)
11:44 YG’s personal tax evasion scandals: passing nightclubs as restaurants
14:21 YG Entertainment’s Corporate tax evasions
16:19 What is the Burning Sun scandal at YG Entertainment? (Content warning: SA)
25:14 YG steps down from his roles at YGE in 2019, after B.I’s drug scandal (Content warning: drug use)
27:14 Park Bom’s Adderall controversy and misogyny at YG Entertainment
29:22 Should YG still be considered among the “Big Three” today?
30:19 Which artists have been signed to YG? Who left YG Entertainment and why?
30:57 Sechs Kies (1997-2000 / 2016 - Now)
31:47 1TYM (where Teddy came up) - went on hiatus in 2006 and never came back or disbanded.
32:28 Swi.T (2002-2004)
32:50 Se7en (until 2014 after enlistment controversy)
33:16 BigBang (their first idol group, debut 2006 and were signed to YG as a group and individuals until 2022)
33:45 2NE1 - girl group (Dara stayed signed until 2021)
35:30 PSY - signed from 2010 until 2018
36:10 Epik High - signed after TaJinYo until 2018
37:35 Lee Hi - signed after K-Pop Star 2nd place, left in 2019
39:28 iKON - 2015-2022 with YG, now under 143 Entertainment
39:57 WINNER - with YG since 2014, renewed in 2021 for 5 more years until 2026
42:02 Treasure - debuted 2020, lost 1 member before debut and 2 members in 2022
47:21 Will BLACKPINK stay signed to YG Entertainment? They debuted in 2016, contracts expire in August of 2023!
53:57 Which South Korean actors and models has YG represented?
55:43 YG Entertainment subsidiaries and sub labels
57:43 YG Plus and HYBE
01:01:43 Who is BABYMONSTER?
