Top 10 Reasons Why the K-Pop Industry is Horrible

1It has caused depression and even suicide


2The K-pop artists often live in cramped dorms and have barely enough for one meal


3The K-pop artists are forced to get plastic surgery and advertise it to kids and teens in Korea


4A lot of times, the artists lose a shocking amount of weight in the name of beauty


5The artists and trainees have to work 18 hours a day


6The executives have far too much control over the artists' personal lives


7Managers blackmail artists to keep them from breaking contracts


8The industry takes advantage of rising trainees


9The artists are forced to do extreme food diets to become skinny

The artists are forced to do extreme food diets to become skinny


10No creative freedom

No creative freedom


11Being LGBT is taboo


12It's misogynistic


13The artists cannot eat whatever they want


14The idols are like slaves to the company


15Idols with darker skin get bullied


16Racism towards black people


17Sasaeng fans


18The music is often uncreative and boring and all the same

The music is often uncreative and boring and all the same


19Crazy, stalker fans who go berserk over the smallest bad detail


20They play the same notes over and over


21Idols cannot be fat or the slightest bit curvy


22Female idols are forced to wear summer like clothing even in cold weather


23Female idols wear heels to the point that their feet are deformed


24It is too bright and sparkly


25It is very addictive to some people


26Idols aren't allowed to date or get married