Former A Pink member Yookyung’s father fires back at A Cube Entertainment

[frantastic.livejournal.com]

Yookyung‘s father has once again fired back at his daughter’s former label A Cube Entertainment, stating that her departure from A- Pink did not happen the way the agency insists and leaving a warning that he will reveal the process of how they had come to sign the agreement.

If you remember, the situation was left off last time with Yookyung’s father asking fans to help his daughter gain an apology from the agency and be restored to her position. A Cube Entertainment had tried to sweep all the rumors surrounding the departure under the rug when they denied Yookyung’s father’s claims, emphasizing that her leave was agreed upon by the former member and her parents.

After a few days of silence, Yookyung’s father took to his twitter, writing, “Again, they used the media play about Yookyung having discussed this with her mother.. If they had simply apologized and asked us to hold back for the sake of the other A Pink members, we could have… I guess I will have to write about the process that took place in the signing of the negotiation.”

“Early last year, Yookyung went through much emotional stress due to the ‘rich daughter media play’ but she endured it for it helped get A Pink’s name out there. They even did media play about how this was a case of her getting what she wanted and abandoning ship…” said Yookyung’s father in reference to A Cube’s press releases about her deciding to leave the group on her own to pursue an ordinary life and attend college.

When contacted about the latest tweets, A Cube commented, “The company’s position is the same as last time when we revealed our official statement… There is nothing else to say. It’s the truth that [Yookyung] left after settling on an agreement, and we have no intention to bring her back in.”


source: akp + TVDaily, Seoul Paper, Mydaily

Comments

[confuqued.livejournal.com]

Acube done really messed up, & I don't see how they can fix it. My poor innocent girls ;~;

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

i cannot help but believe on yookyung's dad side of the story, mostly because to me i don't see why a dad and business man would but his child and his work in the line like that just because.

also i find weird that a cube is not fighting back his claims of them using his daughter for money and the press it brings.

if they did use yookyung to get apink a fancy dorm, press and everything else i suspect her father's money could have bought i cannot help but side eye them and think they are shady as fuck.

[lettace.livejournal.com]

mte
it would be a losing battle if he mouthed off for no reason

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

everything about cube is shady as fuck and i realized this early on so luckily i don't have to think much about this lol, what you said is 100% true.

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

i was never very found of cube, this only gives me more reasons to dislike the company.

[supplanter.livejournal.com]

At first I was kind of wondering why he was basically admitting his daughter got kicked out, because it doesn't save her much dignity, but it made more sense when I realized ppl were criticizing her for supposedly using her idol status to get into university or whatever. Whatever the truth is, his statements in this post seem pretty well-tuned on the PR front (if A Cube had only apologized we would have restrained ourselves for the sake of the other girls, etc).

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

I remember watching Birth of a Family and thinking it was amazing they stayed in the same fancy dorm as Infinite when they were still rookies but assumed it was because Cube was a bigger company and could afford better for their artists. But now I can't help but believe that Yookyung's dad did fund the group and now that they got what they wanted from him they're getting rid of her. I'd love to see how A Cube gets themselves out of this mess. IMO they shouldn't have announced the possibility of adding a new member so soon. They made it seem like it was Yookyung's decision to leave and didn't even pretend to feel sad over the situation and releasing a statement (however bs it may be) about how Yookyung can't be replaced etc.

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

And while I support Yookyung and her father, nothing good will come out of her returning to A Pink.

[hearttaek.livejournal.com]

I dont think they're doing it to get yookyung back with the group. I wouldnt want my nonexistent daughter to join a company that just kicked her out.

Her dad probably would have just remained quiet and let yookyung have her peace if there weren't any backlash regarding her college admission. It's probably because she got so much hate for leaving the group to pursue college and her dad felt wronged because she was clearly kicked out.

[ceecile.livejournal.com]

You're right he pretty much said as much

http://netizenbuzz.blogspot.fr/2013/05/yookyungs-father-to-go-head-to-head.html

Tweets: "Even after they put out articles of her withdrawal, they were media playing about her joining the group purely to get into school for special treatment..."

[tothechangmin.livejournal.com]

if it were my daughter i'd be so angry rn. i don't blame him for lashing out like this if that's the case.

[hearttaek.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Like one of the netizen comment that said even a any dad would be angry over a daughter being taken advantage of, obviously he is a person with financial means and influence so why not use it to protect his child.

[hearttaek.livejournal.com]

Yes this is the drama i've been waiting for. Since t-ara was a disappointing because the girl was helpless and doesnt have the means to go against ccm!
So it's nice to see people who are getting screwed over by the entertainment companies stand up for themselves.

And im inclined to believe yookyung's dad cause obviously no businessman in his right mind would do this knowing it will affect his company's image and the backlash that is bound to happen.

I just hope this doesnt ruin apink.

[bunica1990.livejournal.com]

Shady company is shady....

[steelsigns.livejournal.com]

FUCKING A CUBE. I don't even follow or stan A Pink (Hush was terrible tbh, but My My was my jam) but if they really used YK to get her father's money, smh. That's such an asshole thing to do. Why don't they just get B2ST's earnings from their parent company? Or maybe, if you don't have money, did it ever occur to them that maybe they shouldn't debut a girl group?

Why get and spend on a fancy dorm when they're just starting out, whereas there are groups like Secret and Infinite who had shit conditions when they were rookies and had to actually earn the fancy dorm. At the same time, I can imagine YK's father helping with the dorm if he didn't want his daughter living in terribad conditions. If that's the case, A Cube is a manipulative mofo.

I'm sorry, I sound like I have a lot of feels for this, but actually I don't. I just think the company's management are really jerks if what YK's dad is saying is true. I don't believe in wrecking others just to help your own business, businessman or not, if you shit on others, somehow, somewhere, there will be shit on you.

[aigyu.livejournal.com]

still upset that this had to happen since i was so fond of apink as a whole group...;A;
but i hope acube will get what they deserve

[footballfina.livejournal.com]

What a mess :/

The father is obviously telling the truth, he has NO reason to lie. I don't love A Pink, but the girls seemed super harmless and adorable (unlike the vibes I got from T-ara)

A Cube deserves whatever backlash they get from this - just praying it doesn't blowback on the girls :(

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

A Cube clearly used his money to fund their activities and then just dumped her and tried to use it as media play on top of it. Ass company.

[sayitisso.livejournal.com]

i'm a butthurt apink stan who doesn't want to believe her dad's side of the story, but just because he doesn't have a reason to be lying it doesn't mean he's not. tho no one can deny that acube's management is just as shitty as cube's, so everything is really shady. initially i thought acube was doing this as a huge conspiracy to somehow get attention for their new member/ comeback, but then i realized that makes 0 sense and acube doesn't work like that :'( my poor babies

[hearttaek.livejournal.com]

Her dad doesn't have a reason to lie. But a reason not to lie. If that makes sense.

He's got something to lose by going after Acube when he could opt to keep quiet and not bring anymore attention to this. His company's image could get a massive hit and stocks might drop if the company is in scandal or some drama. But he still does it to clear up his daughters name knowing fully well of the damage it might bring his to his business and family.

[sayitisso.livejournal.com]

lmao omg i'm sorry i meant to say what you said, thank you

idk part of me thinks it's crazy that he's actually doing this only to clear up yookyung's name, considering exactly what you said, that his company's image could get a massive hit (though i doubt it), and it's not something commonly done. but i also understand very little about how this corporate world works, so i will trust your words. though however, at this point, it's starting to feel like he's going after acube to basically end them :|

[hearttaek.livejournal.com]

He's probably made it his personal mission to end the company that made his daughter miserable. This is going to be really juicy.

[tothechangmin.livejournal.com]

jfc a cube is shady as hell. it sucks that the entire group's gonna be dragged into this shit when it's the company's fault. poor girls.

[kazu-kumaguro.livejournal.com]

they're totally messing the wrong person.

and I'm happy that for once the top netizen's comments sound sensible.

[kazu-kumaguro.livejournal.com]

though I don't think I've read the full story? never seen the a cube using her dad's money article.

[hearttaek.livejournal.com]

They probably meant that the company used the fact that yookyung's family had money and had a bunch of articles written about it.

But people have been suspecting since forever that her father has been helping them fund apink's activities and provided the fancy dorm for them.

[fallingstarryuu.livejournal.com]

from what i've read, yookyung's dad paid for a pink's old dorm (after eunji hit it big they moved to a new one or smth) and probably helped finance a lot of the girls activities.

also a cube took advantage of her family situation and constantly used it to mediaplay about yookyung and a pink in general to get them attention.

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

i always joked that her dad bought all of apink's awards, but now i cannot help but think that maybe my joke had a little bit of truth in it.

[soramai.livejournal.com]

Team father.

[annhh.livejournal.com]

lol +1

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

Whoever is in charge of A Cube must be hell of stupid considering Yookyung‘s family has probably power to end the company.

[yukahoo.livejournal.com]

Knowing nothing about the father or his business, I do wonder if A Cube assumed he would keep his silence to protect his company from scandal. If they did, big mistake...

[secretchord.livejournal.com]

nhft A Pube mess

Set 'em straight, pops

[ruddens.livejournal.com]

what a great dad tho keep on fightin the good fight sir

[kneekalies.livejournal.com]

I don't understand why A CUBE kicked her out? she's not useless..she's an okay singer and speaks English well. She has potential.

Everyone says it's because she was the least popular ..which is bullshit because everyone knows about the super rich girl in A Pink LMAO she's had plenty on articles written about her and her family

Seems to me like, Dad was footing the bill while the group was trying to get a fan base, now they have 2 members making money so the company is trying to cut all ties with him.

[cast-no-shadow0.livejournal.com]

I know A Cube isn't the same as Cube, but it was still surprising to me how this all went down. As far as I know, Cube has a good and close relationship with other groups' parents. I know Beast parents have monthly meetings with Cube to learn about their schedules, well-being, etc. and they all seem to get along well. I wonder what happened with A Cube and A Pink.

I don't know if I believe that they used her for her father's money. Usually the company puts up the costs to get them trained, etc. then the idols have to basically work off that "debt." That's how it was with Beast anyway. Why would A Cube put them in a nice dorm unless they could afford it? Unless her father didn't want them living in a tiny dorm Beast-style and was paying of it himself.

/unpopular opinion but I have to play devil's advocate

[supplanter.livejournal.com]

Well, not only is A Cube not the same as Cube and seems pretty independent as a subsidiary, but isn't Cube's actual CEO on his death bed or something? (I keep asking this randomly, but no one ever follows it up. XD) So even if normally Cube might do some more overseeing, they might not quite have it all together themselves, atm....

[cast-no-shadow0.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I sometimes forget how separate the two are. All the "United Cube" stuff makes me forget.

And yes, Cube's CEO is very sick. http://24.media.tumblr.com/c2b6c25c72bc5d70e409482af8739db1/tumblr_mlvan8XAgm1s35ssvo1_500.png That's a more recent picture of him. I think it's telling that he's sitting. I think it's a very sad situation as he seems like one of the few company CEOs that actually cares about his groups and has really positive relationships with him. And he wrote a very touching book.

[supplanter.livejournal.com]

(lulz, whenever ppl mention Cube as a factor for how A Pink can be doing better than their competition, some defensive Pandas I've seen around will counter with great indignation that A Pink never/barely ever get to participate in the United Cube concerts or whatever. XD;; (w/e, w/e, if you don't want to admit that being (thought of as being) from the same company as beast/4minute and doing occasional collabs with beast members isn't helpful at all... I dunno....)

[eishastan.livejournal.com]

Why does he want them to restore her position, they would make her life a living hell, just ask for an apology and the truth and hope she gets a chance in another agency or something.

[yeolcarp.livejournal.com]

from what I'm getting from this article is that he doesn't want her back in the group, but wants the truth out and an apology from A Cube as well. There were articles about her joining A Pink to simply get a position into a college and that ain't cool with him.

[eishastan.livejournal.com]

ohh i got confused over that "restored her position" part i thought he meant her position as a member.

[hearttaek.livejournal.com]

I dont think her father wants her back with the group. Just an apology and to clear up the fact that yookyung was kicked out because a lot of people have been bashing her when they thought she withdrew from the group as soon as she got into college. She apparently got into college with special admissions because she's an idol. Everyone got mad at her just jumping off the ship as soon as she got what she needed. Her dad wanted to straighten the story out.

[eishastan.livejournal.com]

Oh i didn't knew anything about that and i thought that he wanted her position (in the group) restored. ty for the info.

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

That's a good parent, goodluck (not really) trying to get yourselves out of this one ACube.

[jjang-intae.livejournal.com]

A Cube isn't even trying to do anything about this. It would suck to be her if the company did use her just for her dad's cash.

[oncloud999.livejournal.com]

I hope her dad kicks some ass. so sick and tired of companies walking over all their idols/families and taking their money without repercussions.