RIP KARA [2]

[frantastic.livejournal.com]

Local news source Sports Chosun is reporting that Kara member Kang Ji Young has no plans to re-sign with DSP Media. According to a source inside the industry, Kang Ji Young has made the final decision to leave Kara, and has sent a "I have no intention to re-sign" contents certification.

Sports Chosun also interviewed Kang Ji Young’s father, Kang Gun Wook through the telephone, who reported that “We have sent the contents certification. Before that, we notified DSP Media that we will send it. While we are separating, I thought it was right that we end on good terms so that is why we proceeded in that manner.”

Kang Gun Wook also stated, “Before we sent the contents certification, we expressed our stance numerous times. The agency has not shown any particular reaction to it. Truthfully, we thought that when DSP Media released its statement about Nicole, there would be something about Ji Young too. It may be that the agency still has some lingering attachment to Ji Young.”


Kang Gun Wook explained that his daughter made such a decision since she has other dreams beside group activities. He stated, “Ji Young had a hard time while promoting as Kara. Since she was in the group as the youngest for seven years, she couldn’t do things she wanted. She is still young, and has a lot of things she wants to do. Since she had to fulfill her duties as the youngest, Kang Ji Young couldn’t challenge new things or purse her dreams individually.”

Kang Ji Young’s father continued, “While she could certainly earn a lot of money as part of Kara in the next 2-3 years, money is not what is important. Because I thought I should help my daughter do what she truly wanted too, we decided to leave DSP.”

About Kang Ji Young’s future, her father stated, “It is not time to reveal future plans as there is still time left on the contract, but it is true that Ji Young has dreams of being an actress.”

According to Sports Chosun, a source from DSP stated, “There is still a lot of time until April. We plan to meet with Kang Ji Young towards the end of this month and persuade her.”

To Segye Ilbo, one source from the agency stated, “After confirming the contents about Kang Ji Young’s stance, we will release an official statement.”

Recently, DSP Media announced that member Nicole will officially be departing from Kara January 16 as her contract with the agency ends. It wrote, “As of January 16, the contract between DSP Media and member Nicole, who has shared the joys and sorrows as part of Kara for the past seven years, will end. While her activities with Kara will end, we ask that you will cheer on Nicole with us, who is preparing for a new start.”

Last year in October, DSP Media revealed that members Park Gyuri, Han Seung Yeon, and Goo Hara had re-signed with the agency in a two-year contract. Member Kang Ji Young‘s contract ends this coming April.

source: sports chosun, segye ilbo via soompi

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Comments

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

idk how to put this nicely, i don't see her or nicole having solo careers, it being singing or acting, after kara.

[4minutesluts.livejournal.com]

i think the point is that a solo career that risks being a total flop is a better prospect than continuing with DSP, which sends a pretty strong message that I doubt DSP are going to get, given that this is basically a repeat of what's happened in the past with their other successful groups i think?

[awsteven.livejournal.com]

): I hope the best for her and Nicole. I liked them and Gyuri the most so I'm pretty bummed about this.

[miuratenshi.livejournal.com]

IDK how I feel about a three member KARA tbh.

[twinkystar16.livejournal.com]

me too, Nicole is always the center of my attention during Kara's perfs and i have grown to like Jiyoung

[waterpulse.livejournal.com]

“There is still a lot of time until April. We plan to meet with Kang Ji Young towards the end of this month and persuade her.”

Lol that sounds shady.

As much as I like Kara as a group, I don't see either her or Nicole succeeding in their solo careers, mostly because Nicole hasn't had any solo activities and Jiyong got a lot of negative attention with her last few solo outings. Good luck to them both, they're probably better on their own than under DSP's shitty management.

[4minutesluts.livejournal.com]

more desperate than shady imo

[girlsday.livejournal.com]

honestly it's amazing that kara made it as far as they did with their limited talent. even for an idol group their vocals were extremely questionable.

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

Lmao I did an ISU on kpop one time and I dragged them so hard, it's actually a model for other companies to follow when promoting limited talent groups.

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

If DSP had treated them right from the beginning I doubt this would've happened.

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

even know, with kara being everything they had, they still don't give a fuck or tried to keep them together, it's depressing.

[notyourgeisha.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I haven't logged in for a while...

I'm proud of what they have done and will always love them for who they are. They're all grown ass adults now and can do what they'd like. And DSP I hope you rot in the deepest pits of hell.

[konichiwacobra.livejournal.com]

what does DSP have left????? They need to get their shit together.

Damn...Seven Years...You did your time ladies

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

I never thought Jiyoung was resigning...the very fact DSP kept saying Nicole is leaving in January but Jiyoung is still deciding made it clear she was out...why mention her otherwise except to pressure her.

Alot of former idol are respected actors these days so you have to take that first step

Even if you're leaving the industry to go to school or be normal that's cool

Good luck to the other three...Gyuri being my primary concern and then Gooey...unfortunately in Kara Seung Yeon has always been #5 on the bias list

[footballfina.livejournal.com]

ok so I knew like next to nothing about the management at DSP until things with Kara started to fall apart and then I heard that their old CEO was in a coma and his wife took over and basically ran the company into the ground and then the CEO woke up from his coma but is like still really weak??? So his wife is still running the business and obviously doing a piss poor job at it.

But like seriously, talk about kdrama realness o_O

[loveariddle-16.livejournal.com]

yeah i read about that too, and how the first contract issue happened was after she took over and was overworking them

[illustratedd.livejournal.com]

idec anymore, i am/was only here for gyuri tbh

[kneekalies.livejournal.com]

what is your icon from?

[uledy.livejournal.com]

well...

[kneekalies.livejournal.com]

so this is the exit. sad.

[toshi830.livejournal.com]

DSP you fucked up big time, RIP KARA

[porcupinegloves.livejournal.com]

now i only have hara =/ (if they plan to keep kara as a 3 members group, that is)

[loveariddle-16.livejournal.com]

welp my two faves gone

[hellociara.livejournal.com]

welp, this is probably the end of kara.
dsp, you screwed up. big time.

[sergel02.livejournal.com]

This makes me so sad.

Wonder Girls, Kara, ayu, all the legends are falling down =(

[aeries-amethyst.livejournal.com]

Do you mean Ayu as in Ayumi Hamasaki, and if so what happened to her? :O

[bob-dabuilda.livejournal.com]

Hey guys, do you even think dsp will try with a 3 member Kara? Or that they will even succeed? They are all weak singers, but Nicole was the most stable.

[4minutesluts.livejournal.com]

i think they'll have to try, they don't have much else, but i don't see it doing very well

[angela-derp-otp.livejournal.com]

I think its amazing the amounts of no fucks DSP gave to KARA.

Like they didn't even try to keep them together lol.

And yes, I know people is saying how Nicole or Ji Young won't have careers, but lbr is not like the other 3 are actually relevant or have any more talent than the girls leaving the group.

Maybe Gyuri stands a chance, maybeeee....

[kimishim.livejournal.com]

so many feels... first of all i was a HUGE fan of the original 4-membered kara. i was so disappointed when they added two members that couldn't sing when the original three are only ok singers. but somehow they made it and became one of the biggest girl groups.

but now... they can't add new members. people won't like it. they can't keep just three members. so i suspect gyuri, seungyeon, and hara will rot in dsp for two years since dsp never fucking lets their artists do solo work or any of their own shit. it's a wonder why anyone would stay with such a bad company.

[4minutesluts.livejournal.com]

the only reason they stayed with DSP after the initial shitshow with nicole trying to leave was basically due to the threat of being blacklisted in the industry imo

[bubblyshades.livejournal.com]

Welp. There goes another one. Best of luck, Jiyoung!

I'm still rooting for the girls. Get your shit together, DSP.

[lightframes.livejournal.com]

I realize that companies have to try to keep employees from leaving, but if they know they can't or aren't willing to give Jiyoung what she needs to be happy and successful, they really need to let it go. It's not going to work.

[kaila-09.livejournal.com]

I forgot that Jiyoung is actually the youngest member of the 3 girl groups that debuted in 2007. I'd like to see members of WonSoKa together again someday though. Idk when DSP would ever learn. Many groups wasted

[dreameth4.livejournal.com]

Best of luck to her! But that's so sad :(

Kara is the only group whose every single promotional song I've liked.