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YG Fans Fighting over Favoritism

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Written by On January 3, 2011

You would think, that with all the albums, all the concerts, all the awards, the MVs and the TV shows the fans of YG Entertainment would be the last people to have something to complain about. However, if you think that, you haven’t been in k-pop fandom for very long.

Only in Korean music would you have fans of the two biggest idol groups in the same company at each others’ throats:

Big Bang fans, are said to be the head of conflict, by saying that YG Entertainment CEO, Yang Hyun-Suk has “2NE1 favoritism.” There was mounting frustration against YGE when they declared that no YG Family member would be attending the December 30 “KBS Gayo Daejun,” by declaring a boycott. Because of this, rumors that Big Bang sub-unit composed of G-Dragon and TOP, who are doing their promotional activities for their “GTOP” album, may not be appearing in KBS2 “Music Bank,” because of the situation.

Big Bang fans have posted their discontent on various entertainment-related bulletin boards, saying things like, “Last year, the most active group from YG is 2NE1, and they went to all music programs. But now because of their boycott against the KBS Gayo Daejun, G-Dragon and TOP’s promotions might suffer damages! Why is Yang Hyun-Suk, the president of YG Entertainment, showing favoritism towards 2NE1, last 2010?” expressing their dissatisfaction.

All I have to say is that the fans are very lucky Yang Hyun-Suk took a break from counting his money to calm the peasant rebellion:

Conscious of the backlash against their December 30 boycott, YG CEO Yang Hyun-Suk made a statement through their blog, “YG’s reason on refraining artists from TV appearances.” In this article, it was stated, “The reason behind why YG reduces TV appearances is because of our concern for our artists. Especially for 2NE1, if they are set to appear in a show, they have to start early in the morning, at two o’clock, just to get their hair and make-up ready, and then have to rush to the studio for rehearsals, causing them to have little sleep. And if they have other schedules the night or the day before, then it gets more tiring,” he said.

Everything cool right? You must be new around these parts, because that couldn’t more patently untrue:

But this article brought more dissatisfaction for Big Bang fans. Fans said, “So it’s because 2NE1 needs elaborate hair and make-up. So because of that, Big Bang’s 2 members’ activities will become endangered,” they retorted.

Oh for crying out – you know, I expect this kind of nonsense between fans of rival companies, but fans of artists under the same label? Unbelievable.

Now, the general argument of 2NE1 favoritism is a whole other controversial post (that I will not be penning anytime soon) but Big Bang as a whole have  not even released their album yet. For all intents and purposes, G-Dragon and TOP seem to be treating this collaboration as a fun side project more than anything else – the hair alone kills any serious intentions to gather from this promotion.

Again, like most things in k-pop, this is cyclical. Before 2NE1′s new position as Papa YG’s favorite pets, fans crowed that he was neglecting them because of the uncertainties surrounding their album release.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. I have a feeling that upon Big Bang’s 2011 album release, any and all negative reaction for YG will be replaced with cries of “Best Music Label Evar!” And Big Bang will proceed to decimate and incinerate all rivals in their path. But only if TOP changes his hair.

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  • Justdance

    Put 2NE1AND Big Bang on a year hiatus. The original artists like masts wu, gummy, se7en, jinusean and 1tym need their time.

    • Lively

      Agree! But YG’s being realistic, BB and 2NE1 are the biggest moneymakers in the company right now. They won’t put aside their two most popular and active idols to give more time to their other talented, but not so “hot” artistes.

      • Justdance

        They aren’t getting that chance so how would you know that any of the senior groups or solo artists would do better?

  • Maddy

    Wouldn’t be fighting over favoritism if they’re from different companies.

  • leyla

    2AM?!? you do not need 2 start that early for hair and makeup..SMH

  • noman

    How is this type of behavior new? Cassie’s and ELFs have hated Sones from the beginning.

    • sam

      I believe the real hate started after several somewhat disrespectful acts on snsd’s behalf and their violent male fans who beat up cassies/elf and some other male group fans during a concert. But it’s not so bad anymore I suppose.

      • caili

        in all fairness elfs and cassies did the silent treatment for snsd and it wasn’t because of the “things” that supposedly snsd fans did it was because jealous fangirls got mad over the haptic cf. Also both snsd fans and elfs and cassies ripped banners of the groups.

        • iris

          hey “silence” is peaceful. Beating up girls is not. And in actual fact, there no evidence of cassies/elfs ripping banners- only soshis ripping banners of boygroups because they didn’t cheer for a girlgroup they’re not fans of- Even SS501 fans released statements and photos of male soshi fan abuse of girls during that concert- and they didn’t even have anything to be jealous about since SS501 weren’t in any contact with snsd cfs or otherwise.

          • caili

            really then how about the evidence that the sones beat up the cassies and elfs where is the evidence in that? Im not in any a fan but you cant blindly say that cassies/elfs/whatever else hormonal fangirl club that time that boycotted snsd is 100% innocent, and sones were the spawn of the devil. And no it was not peaceful they were chanting wonder girls while snsd performed that is beyond rude.

        • jieun

          The things I suspect where the disrespectful things they did to their elders? Not just elder sm members but much older people in the entertainment industry- and there are videos of their disrespect on shows/radio so it’s not “supposed” at all. The silent treatment wasn’t just preformed by elfs and cassies. As I recall everyone except for the Soshi’s gave the silent treatment leaving only pink balloons/lights at the concert. So this comparison is completely irrelevant since fans of other company acts also gave them the silent treatment.

  • eh

    Oh please you think this is ridiculous? Jeez.

    Look, Big Bang are more popular than 2NE1 on any given day. The things is all the guys have their own thing going (except GD, bless him). They’re on an official break, now if they weren’t then I could see some angsting about it. I do agree about Gummy and Se7en. I’m not sure why their performance comebacks were so short? However, I doubt that had anything to do with 2NE1 either.

    Though, I do think YG should be looking at his other, older and successful acts too. I adore 2NE1 — but I always assumed YG was more than BB and 2NE1.

  • swtijam

    pfft if the Big Bang fans are pissed, 1Tym fans must be livid

    • Kat

      Damn right!!! I haven’t seen Taebin for the longest time!!! But I don’t think it’s favoritism though. But I do think Papa YG is micro-managing that’s why he can only handle two at the same time and right now BB’s the hottest act around the 2ne1′s the newest so both are creating buzz. He has to learn to delegate I’m sure he has some good people around him who can look after the other artists as well. :)

  • becka

    haha YG family my arse.

  • chui

    Blackjacks and VIPS going at each other? That’s just scary!

  • hapcalgirl

    The funny thing is while all the fans are fighting I don’t think any of the YG members give a darn about the whole favoritism thing. For one thing , Big Bang are VERY SUPPORTIVE of 2ne1 especially GD since they are like GD’s/teddy’s/ and YG’s group. GD always has a hand in 2ne1 productions so I highly doubt he is pissed about favoritism. YG has always been good about giving Gummy her freedom to release music when she wants to, Gummy is a perfectionist and doesn’t release music often because she makes sure it is up to her standards before a release, any delays in her releases were of her choosing. Se7en, I don’t know what to say about him to be honest because I was expecting a full album from him and longer promotions. Jinusean, Sean has been focusing on his behind the scenes role and his philanthropic endeavors, Jinu has also been more focused as a producer. Not all of the 1tym members are itching for a comeback, Teddy likes producing and the other two guys are more behind the scenes type. The only person I think wants to promote is Taebin but noone has any idea what he has been up to lately. If Teddy wants to be an artist again then we probably will see a 1tym comeback but until then I wouldn’t hold your breath.

    Fans need to chill for reals.

    • yg-fan

      i 100% agree with your comment!

    • Eve

      Well said :D

    • AnAbAnAnA

      fuck, i agree!! (please excuse my language)

      • Meiguess

        I so agree with you. I dont think anyone can argue with this. Plus, I think even if BB wanted to do KBS, Mr. Yang guy wouldn’t stop them. What it comes down to is the fact that the BB fans want to see more BB–who could blame ‘em. But starting such a controversial thing as this is not the way. :)

    • C

      Amen to this.

  • wtf

    OMG. BB is my one and only kpop group but how come i never felt this? LOL

  • boom

    It’s getting blown out of proportion, I think.

    Honestly speaking though…if there’s anyone who I see complaining it should be Se7en’s fans. Anyway, I’m thinking of how YGE promoted BB’s solo/sub-unit endeavors alone and how much he spent on all those compared to 2ne1′s and you’d clearly see that BB still has the upper hand. Not that I mind, but some VIPs should think about this. And haven’t we all heard this before. It feels like it was only yesterday when 1tym fans were the ones complaining complaining back when BB are still rookies.

  • chamber

    Yg is just a slow promoter. They are acting like 2ne1 probably multiple albums last year, they promoted one album. Last year 2NE1 actually only went to one end of the year show, which was Inkigayo’s, so they never went to all shows and this year YG added one more.

  • huh?

    wait wait wait…
    forgive me if i’m wrong
    but isn’t the reason why YG boycotted KBS gayo daejun (considering that the arguments stemmed from said show)
    was due to the fact that if all YG artists that promoted new material only 2ne1 was nominated for the year award thingy??
    and they were asking why Taeyang and se7en weren’t nominated… thus, the boycott…

    • aquaricpassion

      ^^THIS!!!!!

  • http://madyjune.wordpress.com madyjune

    I also think this is ridiculous. Compared to Big Bang & 2NE1, how about other YG artists? I miss 1TYM the most. I like Big Bang a lot,but I want to listen to hip-hop/boyband type of music. I’m getting a little sick of electro-pop.

  • bubbles

    A family that fights each other, stays together?

    YGE has long had an history of favoritims. They threw 1TYM in the gutter. I guess they aren’t YGE ANYMORE.

  • LoL

    It’s not like the Big Bang members were being pushed aside for 2NE1, it’s actually the opposite. During the last year and a half or so, Taeyang has released two albums, GD released a BIG album, Big Bang released a Japanese album and a couple of singles or so, GD&TOP now released an album with a comeback stage that is so expensive no one’s done it before, Daesung released a single, and now Seungri is going to comeback with a mini-album. While 2NE1, on the other hand, only released one album, ONE ALBUM. Now, it’s true that Big Bang haven’t had any Korean promotions in a while as a group, but so? How are they being neglected by YG when all the BB members are releasing more music in a year than 2NE1 ever has?

    Also, Se7en and Gummy have both been in the business for how long, 6-8 years? They’ve already established themselves, while Big Bang is currently one of the top idols in Korea. 2NE1, on the other hand, has only been in the business for a little more than a year, so it’s a no brainer that YG will be putting his focus on a new group that is showing great potentials. He’s a business man after all, and not a daddy of his artists. But even if his favoritism towards 2NE1 can be justified, the whole issue is still not true, since he obviously prioritizes the BB members as well.

    If BB is taking a long time to make a group comeback, it’s pretty much their choice, since YG actually allowed the BB members to promote their own songs and albums. I know this whole thing stemmed from the YG artists’ absence in a Gayo Daejun, but no one really knows YG’s reasons for deciding to not show up in the event. There’s probably just a few VIPs who, for some reason, think YG favors 2NE1 more than BB, so it’s really not a big deal, because as we can see, the whole issue is invalid and stupid.

  • gigglegagaing

    its about time!!! both of them shall rest in autotune heavens and let other more talented singers to sing and shine.

    again, singers sing, they dont need help from autotune. hate the trend and whoever started it.

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