Dong Bang Shin Ki

Ok I said I was going to talk about Asians so here I go!

My favorite Korean boy band was a group called Dong Bang Shin Ki (their Korean name). Now when I became a fan of theirs (around the end of last November), the band was actually on hiatus. They had been around since 2006, but here in America we don't here about all that stuff. Why? Cause we're so caught up with ourselves, being stupid, conceited and selfish (of course I don't mean everyone).  Anyway, my Tomato sent me an e-mail that said "Here's a new Asian band (JYJ) we can follow (all of their songs were in English)." I checked the e-mail and checked out their songs and enjoyed them. Now I never looked back at that e-mail (or the band -.-) or anything, but then my Best Friend had one of their Korean songs on her Facebook and I fell in love with that too. My slow self didn't even realize the song Best Friend had posted and the one my Tomato e-mailed me about were actually the same band (I did end up making the connection >_<).  Anyway, I watched their YouTube videos and I saw these comments saying stuff like "Always Keep The Faith," "TVXQ/Dong Bang Shin Ki Forever," and whatever and after reading all these comments with all these different names, I decided to do a little research.  Now after researching, I found that those 3 Asians were part of a Korean band named Dong Bang Shin Ki (DBSK/TVXQ/Tohoshinki) which cleared up that little name misunderstanding I had.  I also found out that their were originally 5 guys in the band and those particular 3 left the agency they had a contract under. So I looked up one of their music videos and automatically fell in love with it! Then I looked up more songs and just kept falling in love! ^-^ Have you ever heard a person say "I have never disliked a single one of his/her/their songs?" Well I'm saying it now! I like all of their songs (I do have a list of favorites but I don't dislike any of their songs). All 5 of the guys have their talents that they contribute to the group and each of them is special.  After doing more research I found that the 3 who formed JYJ (the band Best Friend and Tomato found) filed a lawsuit against the agency and left to go on their own path, but the other 2 stayed under the agency.  Because the other 3 didn't come back to the agency, DBSK was put on hiatus. =( Why did they file the lawsuit? Good question! According to some source (don't remember where I read it -_-) the agency was like "You can't work with any other company," they were under a 13-year contract, and getting paid 30% of the money while the agency got 70%. Sounds unfair right? Sure. But I really don't know what to think anymore.
  Yes 13 years is a long time, but why did the guys agree to this long-term contract in the first place? I want to know what happened there. -__- Second, if the agency pays for everything they do, I can kind of understand them having to make more. But I've had some sources say the company pays for their travel expenses and all that other crap, and then other sources say that the boys in the band had to pay for their own stuff (they traveled back and forth between Korea, Japan, and most of the Asian countries a lot). Some people say the dispute was because the 3 were investing in a Chinese cosmetics company or something to earn more money and the agency restricted them from doing that.

I really don't know what to do anymore. =/ This is a band who is in the freaking Book of World Records for having the biggest fan club! (or something like that >.> I just generalize the information I read so I might be getting something wrong.) But now this fan club (we call ourselves Cassieopeias or Cassies for short) is kind of splitting apart because their siding with the 3 who left the agency or the 2 who stayed.  I love all 5 of them so what do I do? If we (speaking as a group of Cassies) choose not to support one band over the other or don't support them at all, then they may be completely removed from the market.  If we support both bands, the competition for our favor may grow and they may never get back together.  And now I'm hearing all these fans who constantly check the artists Twitter accounts or whatever, and now other artists under that same agency are commenting on the problem and some fans aren't too happy about that. Is it right for other artists to comment on these problems? Does it make sense if they've been with them longer? Technically speaking, they're probably closer to the guys than any of the fans will ever be and since they're directly involved, can't they get a better understanding of what's going on? Can the fans really comment on things when we don't even know the whole story? We don't know why these people act the way the do or why they are doing what they're doing. We're just stuck in the middle, arguing back and forth, without even knowing what's going on. We'll soon all look like idiots -_- (if we don't already).

Is it possible that the agency wanted this? Ever since I saw the Cheetah Girls (first movie), I just think it's hard to figure out what producers and whoever else is involved are thinking. In Cheetah Girls, the girls wanted to become popular, they met a producer, and apparently the producer tried to break them up and get one to go solo, break up their friendship, or something (it's been a while since I've seen it). Anyway his plan didn't work and the 4 girls stayed friends. =) *which led to a 2nd movie* Like what if this was the plan all along? Have the boys be popular for a good amount of time, they reached Number 1 in Asia, and then something has to go wrong to get them out of the picture. Maybe they think, "They'll be done for as artists but we'll have new talents coming in so it doesn't really matter to us.  Once they get old, they can't make us anymore money so why keep them around?"

We all say we're offering them support, but what can we do when we don't even know half of the situation? We leave our comments on YouTube, on blogs, and whatever else can be commented on but are they reading them? We scream in their concerts "You can count on us to support you!" but then we turn around and start fighting with each other. Aren't we all supposed to be there for all 5 guys to lean on because they are all suffering right now? We're all just lost and confused and I honestly don't know how things are going to work out. _-_ I am praying for them though and hope everything works out in the best way.  I feel ridiculously depressed right now sitting here typing this. >_>

I think we're all just trying to find somebody to blame (me included -_-) and looking for the best solution possible (for most, that would be all 5 guys getting back together). I think I'm going to step back from the subject, just keep praying, and stop stressing myself out over something that's technically not my problem. I will keep praying though! (encourages you all to pray too -_-)

Just a random thought (and I'm not trying to give anybody any ideas or be a terrorist type person) but: what if a fan was so obsessed with all the guys that she went to the agency's main building and threatened to blow them up because she thought they were really suffering because of the agency? (I'm talking about somebody who is actually psycho enough to do it >_>) Would they let the group get back together again because they didn't want to die? O.o *this is too much drama >__>* We're all going to die! _-_

Goodness this was long...=/