SM ruining their own artists

Hey guys, I don't know if some of you already heard or saw this BUT, I just saw this news on my TL a while ago AND it really shocked me...

Some poeple say that it's 2010 interview. BUT the reaction on my TL say otherwise.. xD xD

 

The head of SM, Kim Youngmin's interview:


"SNSD will disappear someday, and another group will replace them. We used to view BoA and TVXQ as individual artists, but for this reason, we started to view them as SM artists. The SM brand now has its own profit value."

 

This is the link that they are talking about...

http://kpopkfans.blogspot.sg/2014/03/k-fans-are-fed-up-with-sm-ruining-their.html?m=1

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foreverwonha
#1
It's not suprising at all, its business. They wouldnt be at top forever but i already commited to my self that i will stick wih them until the end, screw awards, winning againts other group. I dont care about the awards actually bcs i just want to support them. Something like this its unavoidable so you dont have to bash youngmin anyway but somehow i disagree with this bcs as i learned in business, jt should be like this "company is only best when you push all of your products to their maximum profit driving stages and keep them there." Bcs i think snsd's time havent arrived yet. But idk its business, i mean other girlgroup should be out and i really poor fx bcs it will be so damn hurt if new girlgroup more famous than fx. Its ed up actually
beefbros #2
Okay, fine, maybe crappy is too much... I still love their songs but then, it could have been better, if only SM puts in effort for them/approves them of doing certain concepts. SJ's still you and it's you, EXO's music drama video and DBSK's something/spellbound/Before U go actually showed that SM is capable of producing amazing things, instead of shoving them into boxes... so yeah. (not to mention that they are such a huge company that they have so many choices, they can seriously just keep debuting new people without caring about those poor artists in SM the Dungeon).
beefbros #3
It's just a business strategy.. It might sound inhuman but SM is a money-making company so they would have viewed what we hold dear (THE GRACE, BOA, TRAX, TVXQ, SNSD, SJ, SHINEE, F(X), EXO) as products because their main aim is to squeeze the groups as much as possible to make money. Every group will have their prime but they will not stay at the top forever, even with exceptionally loyal fans since there are not many of them and SM keeps screwing the popular groups up by giving them crappy songs and crappy concepts because they are already famous so it's like SM doesn't bother to put effort in them. It is inevitable that they would have keep debuting new groups, though.
awethomest
#4
ps. Are you sure this is real?
awethomest
#5
Yah it's a bit too much but I think he is just taking business. It happens with every band. They have their golden years and then the company releases fresh faces because well they gotta keep earning. Fans aren't ready to let go but they never will be. It feels pathetic when a band you like breaks up but the contracts are such that it is inevitable.
Wonapham #6
Don't believe it...