Kpop Idols Nda Contract. The music might be groovy and the dance moves peppy but peek under the surface and the K-Pop world is swarming with all kinds of metaphorical maggots. It differs from idol to idol and agency to agency.
They share their profits by the ratio of 5 to 5 4 to 6 3 to 7 or 2 to 8. This system would come to be referred to as a slave contract. Ladies Codes Ashley once revealed she made no money during her entire stint with the group.
Slave contracts are normal.
Additionally the contracts required trainees to pay back the cost of their training and living experiences during the period meaning most would debut with a debt. But there have been a few groups whov. Hence why theres a 7 year curse in the Kpop world. In South Korea the term slave contract became a hot topic a few years ago when a certain idol sued his management company for locking him way too long in a contract that gave him next to.