The trainee also suffered from depression, anxiety, and a knee injury as well, caused by the arduous training sessions. 1,442 Views Just recently, South Korean news agency DongA released an article involving a small entertainment agency filing a lawsuit against a twenty-one year old former trainee, seeking compensation for the investment they made when the trainee made the decision to not debut. Coco’s rationale was to follow where more money flowed even if it meant overstepping what was agreed on the contract. The group has been confirmed to be INX, with members Junyong, Bonguk, Jinam, Sangho, and Win. We have provided Coco with various lessons she needed as a singer at the company’s expense and also arranged her with accommodations even when she did not have any promotional activity (until she voluntarily left the apartment provided by the company). She basically admitted to the following: Without directly saying it but referencing the fact that she is not in touch with any of her former group mates, we can assume she had a falling out with a certain someone...should be obvious as to whom, She got offers to join The Unit and Produce 48 this year but turned them down, She wants someone to put a ring on it within five years, She pretty much disliked the majority of the songs/concepts she did as a member of Blady. Read More : CocoSori Currently On The Verge Of Falling Apart Due To Internal Problems, this is just sad,cocosori was a great duo..I hope sori does well in her career and coco moves on from this, Holy... what a great companyy According to the former Blady star, it’s all about budgeting constraints. In addition, the K-Pop entertainment agency added that they will be filing a lawsuit against one of the members, Coco, for defamation and spreading false rumors against the agency and fellow former member SoRi. Holy shit did Tina ever spill tea. In fact, the actual complication with the Kickstarter rewards was due to Coco continuously postponing to provide fan services, such as shooting video messages, so much so that it took longer than three months to accomplish it. At one time Coco expressed that she wanted to release a single as an individual singer, not as CoCoSoRi. if that's the only way of getting their contact info, why shouldn't they? According to idol-turned-YouTuber Christine Park, formerly known as Blady‘s Tina, some groups actually do have to wear hand-me-downs. Wish more artists were honest like her. More than anything, this is creating a negative image of Sori, who always tries her best even in the midst of difficulties. Coco, a member of CoCoSoRi, has repeatedly posted false and defamatory statements about the company and Sori, the other member of CoCoSoRi, on her personal social media accounts. Member Profile – Coco (Former Blady) The agency settled their lawsuit with another former artist, Jun Hyosung, earlier this year, but stated that they intend to pursue another lawsuit against her. | SBS (left) if sure that idols are lonely and if this is how you can get in contact with someone, why would it be a problem. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful. Due to her actions, we have sent several legal documents pointing out a breach of contract for slandering the company and requested a public apology from her. Thankfully, Soobin confirmed that the clothes were washed before being passed down to other groups. Sori’s debut as a solo artist had been kept confidential in order to not to create unnecessary rumors as any other artists’ career is treated by the company. It is disappointing to know that Coco felt she was treated unfairly only because she was kept out the loop of Sori’s professional career decision. That is the reason why you might see certain styles or certain clothing pieces that a lot of different idols wear; it’s because they might have the same stylist. Apink 3. f(x) 4. Cookies help us deliver our Services. it's no different to someone asking their friend for someone else's number. This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages. Posts about Blady written by carolinw. However, even though we are a so-called “small company”, and we cannot afford to spend as much money as larger companies, we have never given up our obligations to our artists and fans, and always fulfilled our duties. Tag: Blady. LOOΠΔ 6. fromIZ*ONE, Makestar Monthly Roundup "Mod" | L.O.Λ.E Yoμ 3000 | ️. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. If we went to trial without any agreement we could get a bigger compensation through penalties for breach of contract, etc., but we thought that the reputation of the company and its artists is more important. In addition to music, K-Pop has grown into a popular subculture, resulting in widespread interest in the fashion and style of Korean idol groups and singers. Indeed, we are not as financially successful as other major entertainment companies, yet we fully understand that there are contractual obligations towards our contracted artists, including Coco, and we have supported her above and beyond what a typical Korean management company would have done. I am actually loving these content Grace is putting out and hope she doesn't get into any trouble (like companies not happy with the tea she's spilling or whatever). Once again, we sincerely apologize for this conflicting issue. Like legit, more than she has on her own channel. Being in the middle of a lawsuit was one of the factors that caused her to turn down The Unit and PD48. Earnings from Kickstarter pledges are never equivalent to a total cost of a project. The total cost ended up being more than what Coco had initially said it would be. The K-pop boy group who recently won a lawsuit against their agency to nullify their exclusive contract has been revealed to be INX. Because Coco makes her posts on social media in English, she thinks that she has more influence on the public opinion and also thinks that she can make us appear as a bad company and herself as the victim. MAMAMOO’s Solar (left) and SISTAR’s Bora (right) wearing the same t-shirt in 2015. One of the fan services, having Skype video chatting with fans still hasn’t happened in spite of the company’s effort of coordinating schedules and contacting fans repeatedly; to this day the reward remains unfulfilled. You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings. besides, she said that the stylist or whoever the male idol asks would then ask the female idol so you can say no if you want. She straight up went right to the recording studio after she made it into the label. When Coco asked for CoCoSoRi to make a comeback, the company was in a rather financially difficult situation. To put it mildly, the problems of Coco have been so many for years, yet the company has been supporting her despite damage to the business. Just recently, South Korean news agency DongA released an article involving a small entertainment agency filing a lawsuit against a twenty-one year old former trainee, seeking compensation for the investment they made when the trainee made the decision to not debut. Thank you for reading this long statement to the end. Therefore, Coco’s protest against the company regarding Sori’s solo career does not make sense. The former trainee also claimed that having to deal with verbal abuse by staff members was also another difficulty she had to endure on top of the mentioned hardships above. MOLE Entertainment recently announced that K-Pop girl group duo CocoSori will be disbanding. MAMAMOO’s Solar (left) and SISTAR’s Bora (right) wearing the same t-shirt in 2015. As with ”Wishy Washy,” the result was an additional expense much more than what CoCo had initially discussed and, as a result, the company was left with no choice other than paying for it. Even then, we supported Coco’s solo debut with the song ‘Wishy Washy’, with a particular composer and a music video director that she requested. Please enable Strictly Necessary Cookies first so that we can save your preferences! For people who haven't checked out the video yet, some additional things that Tina spilled: She only trained for a month before debuting in Blady. K-Pop Girl Groups 101. Coco, however, wished to change the song to another one when recording/mastering of her original song was already completed. Read Blady Profile from the story Kpop Profiles by MiyHanStal (ミ☆) with 290 reads. We always put our artists and their fans before profit. Coco wanted to produce everything the way she wanted and we have paid as she demanded. Kpop Blady Crazy Day MV (Director's cut) 블레이디 미친날 . Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful. The same stylist for MAMAMOO (Moonbyul, left, 2018) also worked with SEVENTEEN (Hoshi, right, 2018). Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. Reportedly, TS Entertainment refused to carry out the certification of contents and Nahyun and Sumin filed a lawsuit in August to affirm the non-existence of their exclusive contracts. This, too, is a major breach of contract. A while back, Coco stated during a live streaming session that … Again, the company made a decision to support her by recording the new song and postponing the release of the original song that was ready to go. Soshi 2. why would you be creeped out? Unfortunately, we have learned that there is much more than what's left on her social media sites; her posts have been shared among her fans in various internet sites, not to mention a number of articles that have been published about this issue as well. She said she was a last minute additional to Blady. (“the company”), would like to thank all the fans for supporting CoCoSoRi until now and, at the same time, to apologize in advance for delivering a rather unpleasant statement. | SBS (left). Recently it has come to our attention that she has been working on her own as an interviewer without giving any prior notification to the company. K-Pop (Korean popular music) is a musical genre consisting of pop, dance, electropop, hiphop, rock, R&B, and electronic music originating in South Korea. We know that the image of the K-Pop industry is that the companies are exploiting the artists and that the artists are always the victims. Immediately after Mi Amor’s promotion activities ended, Coco expressed her intention of not being a professional singer anymore. Even so, we spent a necessary amount of capital so that she could go forward with her song and establish her equity as an artist. We will organize an official response as soon as possible.”. Of course, good styling can be expensive—and that’s where hand-me-down outfits come in. And what makes things look grim for the trainee is that a clause within the contract states that the trainee would have to pay up if she failed to debut due to personal issues. We, then, decided to start a Kickstarter campaign to fund CoCoSoRi’s third single in Korea “Mi Amor.” We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the fans that supported CoCoSoRi, Coco, and Sori through this Kickstarter campaign. While each group has its own budget for clothing, those budgets may not necessarily cover the cost of great outfits. This is the reason we decided to give our explanation in this manner and we will continue to tell the truth in the future. Being in the middle of a lawsuit was one of the factors that caused her to turn down The Unit and PD48. So super packed. Meanwhile, TS Entertainment is already involved in a legal dispute with one of their former artists, Sleepy. Some of the claims made against the agency included the members having to cover their own makeup and styling costs, as well as not providing monetary support for food and other living expenses, at one point telling the members, “You won’t die just because you skipped a meal.” The members also claimed that they had not been paid for any of their promotional activities.