Why Kpop Idols Don't Make Money. 1322020 Even successful acts have to continue working to pay off all the debt incurred during training and the new debt that builds up when youre an idol. So while agencies take care of the upfront cost the price ultimately falls on the idols themselves.
1162019 This is why album sales and digital sales usually dont earn idols a lot of money especially female idols who only holds the singing rights to their songs as their songs are almost always written by someone else since the profits have to first be applied to paying for the promotions and all types of costs then split for the composer lyricist and company before the income can even be split amongst the group itself. 1322020 Even successful acts have to continue working to pay off all the debt incurred during training and the new debt that builds up when youre an idol. 1422019 Why Kpop Idols Dont Make Money - Duration.
Its actually really difficult to make money.
Passing out cold on stage is a common occurance in kpop. But money is not the biggest issue. They do make alot of money its just that they dont make that much money at the start of their careers bc of debt debt is the amount that has been spent on them by the company in order to train them well and after they debut for an year or two they dont get. 1122020 At the end of the day the K-pop music industry is all about profit.