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John Yoo AKA oniontaker and noted K-POP INSIDERRR (as Koreaboo would say), has recently revealed some insight into SM Entertainment‘s upcoming NCT boy group that I hope to hell is true because it’s sorta hilarious.
Had a chat. Can confirm NCT kids will basically have no job security – SM are free to add/change teams of/exclude members at will.
— John Yoo (@oniontaker) March 22, 2016
Intended to lessen impact of members quitting. Also no limit on team size. Expected to promote same songs, localised.
— John Yoo (@oniontaker) March 22, 2016
NCT is not so much a "group" as it is a "platform" (quotes are exact words). Platforms rely on the whole rather than components, apparently.
— John Yoo (@oniontaker) March 22, 2016
Lot of debate on whether Seoul and Tokyo should be split into two. Third Chinese unit's city still not confirmed.
— John Yoo (@oniontaker) March 22, 2016
No, oniontaker is not repeating what LSM said. They didn't talk about China being Beijing, Shanghai +1 for starters.
— John Yoo (@oniontaker) March 23, 2016
YES YESSS YESSSSS
You can choose to believe this or not, but I choose to believe because it would be an amusing response to basically all of EXO‘s Chinese members leaving.
“Should we re-work the contracts that always end up being ruled unfair? Should we actually treat our artists like humans like we say we do instead of assets? Should we not work our artists to death until they’re hospitalized? No, FUCK THAT SHIT, just put 60 of those motherfuckers in a group and say it’s ‘rotational’, so 50 of them can literally drop dead and we still have a viable group left over! YES!!!”
In a way, maybe this is like The Hunger Games or Battle Royale, except it’s the final 10 that survive who get to be the new genetically perfect super group.
EXO MERELY ADOPTED THE PAIN
THE NCT 10 WERE BORN IN IT
MOLDED BY IT
This is potentially THE most K-pop company response to a problem involving their labor I’ve ever seen.
I can’t wait.
