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FTISLAND member Lee Hongki left some serious messages on his personal Instagram account that may be directed toward the group’s management agency, FNC Entertainment.
He wrote in the afternoon today, October 22, while uploading a picture of FTISLAND’s Japan concert poster, “I’m (or It’s) going to explode soon. Are you doing your job correctly? There is no one doing anything correctly in our family. Since it is always the same no matter who I talk to, I am writing here.”
In his second message, he wrote, “You said I’ve changed. But those painful words change me. In these days when I have felt I have become the most human out of all the days I have lived…Those words change me. Apologies for the mistakes we both made…It’s obvious for me but you…say nothing. This painful day…
These messages have since been deleted.
Lee Hongki has previously spoken out in the past with similar messages through his Twitter account. Read about it here.
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Date: 2014-10-22 05:34 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2014-10-22 05:44 pm (UTC)poor FTI...they deserve so much better.
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Date: 2014-10-22 06:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-10-22 06:14 pm (UTC)IDK wtf is going on, but I worry for FTI. 2014 has been too much already. I hope his reason for taking them down was bc it got the attn of the person it was meant for and things are being worked out.
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Date: 2014-10-22 06:21 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2014-10-22 06:43 pm (UTC)Not to disregard though a lot of good work people in FNC do either, but clearly they misstep in a lot of things.
I might get a lot of flack here butI just wish he didn't make all these vague, dubious statements every few months, which have already lasted years on end =/ Let's face it, the main reason there's a lot of animosity towards CNB from some Primadonnas is because of these types of statements he releases. I know he doesn't mention CNB directly, but he also doesn't directly pinpoint what's wrong every time. oh well.no subject
Date: 2014-10-22 06:44 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2014-10-22 08:37 pm (UTC)no offense to fti, but they're just not fresh in the industry anymore. they were declining even before cnblue debuted. hence why fnc was in debt during that period.
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Date: 2014-10-22 07:54 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2014-10-22 08:17 pm (UTC)1. [+1,094, -30] Honestly, FNC set up their foundation with everything FT did for them but they put them on the backburner as soon as CNBLUE started doing well...
2. [+936, -35] FNC's founding contributor is FT Island but I remember them saying they've never been once properly paid since their debut five years ago. They worked them so hard when they were popular but now they're on the backburner because they were shoved out by CNBLUE.
3. [+766, -28] I'm surprised Lee Hongki even has the physical stamina to handle a drama schedule on top of going on a five concert Japanese tour.
4. [+45, -7] I remember watching Hongki's agency on a cable show and the way Hongki talked to the CEO, you could tell he had beef with him in the way he looked at him. There were thorns in his words so I expected this discord to surface... I understand him, though. *patpat*
5. [+42, -13] Hongki pretty much paved the road for FNC today
6. [+39, -9] FNC Han Sung Ho is busy trying to get listed while forgetting that he's left FT Island on the backburner, the very group that has even allowed FNC to exist today. Look at SM, at least they look out for all of their veteran artists. Kang Ta's a director now. FT Island kept them afloat, shouldn't they be given the proper treatment? They wouldn't even be looking to get listed right now if FT didn't do as well as they did. Han Sung Ho CEO, don't lose your roots...
7. [+35, -5] Fans know very well what kind of treatment Hongki had to put up with and yet fans are still surprised that he's expressing it now like this. We know that he held back and is now coming out strong. Hongki's always told his fans what's been going on with his agency and even fought the agency himself but FNC refuses to listen and continues to act as its group's own anti.
8. [+19, -3] It's not only the fans that have noticed that FT Island is on the backburner because of CNBLUE. You better get your act together.
source: netizenbuzz (http://netizenbuzz.blogspot.com/2014/10/hongki-expresses-discord-with-fnc.html)
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Date: 2014-10-22 08:20 pm (UTC)It's not like anyone doesn't know FTI's situation
I actually think he had to do Modern Farmer for reasons beyond himself since he clearly stated he didn't want to be the main lead again...and suddenly FTI got to release the music they composed overseas domestically
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Date: 2014-10-22 08:40 pm (UTC)That's just them making dumb marketing mistakes as usual, yet you've got a bunch of people blaming fnc for only focusing on cnblue. idgi, cnblue doesn't even promote much in korea anymore so where exactly is the bias..? shouldn't they direct their complaints to AOA instead now since they're fnc's main korea group these days.
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Date: 2014-10-22 09:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-10-22 10:04 pm (UTC)"Something will surely happen sooner or later, has the job been done properly? No one in our family can get a job well done. It's the same no matter who i talk to."
He should had been straightforward about what's happening instead of being all dramatic...all this is because FNC made a mistaken when they listed FTI album as an overseas album and they didn't noticed the mistake until fans pointed it out so that means that their album wasnt able to rank the first week of release in korea. Fans of FNC artist know their management team is crappy "No one in our family can get a job well done" ...yeah, that's true...other FNC artist get screw too but they don't go whining about it on SNS.
If he had a problem with their management then why in the name of god he renew his contract?! And i'm also sick of his fans bringing CNBLUE into the mix everytime with the said special treatment. Has CNBLUE promoted in Korea since Cant Stop? NO. The only reason FTI korean album is getting pushed it's bcs of AOA...they are even having a comeback AGAIN next month i think. And CNBLUE doing dramas while FTI doesnt, in ''In Bed with the Boss' Seung said FTI is preparing to do drama and getting lessons bcs before they werent interest but now that they see CNBLUE got popular with them they want that too....so it was their choice not to do dramas all this time.
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Date: 2014-10-22 11:15 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2014-10-23 12:43 am (UTC)i think he have a right to be whiny because he is working with them and they don't do their job properly.we don't know the real situation because we are just an outsider looking in. i don't like stupid fanwars between Pri and Bioce either, i hope both fandoms can have more understanding of each other and be more sensitive of the issues facing those boys instead of accusing them or call them names.
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Date: 2014-10-23 07:45 am (UTC)CNBLUE also gets screwed by FNC but no one ever knows bcs they never talk about it on SNS, NEVER, even when fans notice FNC screw ups and complain to no end they say nothing and deal with it their own way...well mostly YH deals with it. Why fuel fans? You and i know FNC gives no shit about fans, they are seriously the weirdest company ever bcs they dont treat fans properly so what's the point of creating drama among fandom if fans complains to FNC about it wont solve anything? He complained in 'In bed with the Boss' that fans bashing CNBLUE makes things awkward between them but who is the one who starts creating this disconfort with his ambiguous tweets?
I have nothing against FTI but this situation is geting old and some of their fans, thankfully not all, are just crossing the line blaming it all blindly on CNBLUE whenever Hongki makes an ambiguous tweet...i'm just sick of it bcs it's a never ending story since CNB debuted.
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Date: 2014-10-23 01:51 am (UTC)Or other artists don't feel as victimised as him therefore they don't need to do that.
At least cnblue gets to promote their own songs ever since debut. In korea i mean.
Of course fti managed to do that but after how many years? And it wasnt even promoted properly.
It's frustrating to see as a fan let alone the band.
i'm not blaming cnb ofc. Just fnc.
As hongki had said, it's not that he never said anything to the company. They just don't listen to him.
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Date: 2014-10-23 05:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-10-23 06:21 am (UTC)It's true they didnt play for the first album but they could play.
Maybe they did not have the talent but over the years jonghun and jaejin had written numbers of very good songs. Only in japan they're allowed to showcase them. I guess it's not a bad thing.
Hongki's songs are pretty good too.
They are a band after all. Shouldnt they be producing their own music? I know they want to.
Obviously the ceo needs someone to promote his own songs.
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Date: 2014-10-23 06:47 am (UTC)fti: emotional rock ballads
cnb: upbeat songs. a lot of scatting. also image-wise: tall models, suits, etc.
juniel: tried to make her IU 2.0 and when that got her backlash, tried to turn her into some cutesy taylor swift esque singer
aoa: miniskirt & short hair were literally the same song
all their singers promote songs written by fnc in house composers. even cnblue. they used "self compositions" for their title tracks (I'm Sorry & Can't Stop) starting from last years but if you check the credits, it's usually one of the fnc composers listed first. the other songs on their albums are usually composed only by yonghwa or jonghyun with no other outside involvement, but they will never use those tracks as a title track. Juniel is also more than capable of composing her own title tracks but she isn't allowed to use them either.
they can use their own songs in japan because they aren't under fnc in japan, but warners jp. FNC is strict because they think they've found the formula to debut successful idol bands (and so far they're the only ones in korea who have seeing as how terribly TRAX failed) so now they feel justified in the way they treat their groups even though fans are obviously dissatisfied.
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Date: 2014-10-23 07:05 am (UTC)I think most of fti's songs were composed by the ceo. From what I can remember anyway. His songs suit hongki's voice i guess so maybe that's why they were given a lot of ballads. Not a bad thing ofc.
Cnblue has that band image more because they have a lot of self composed songs in their albums. I really wish fti can have that image one day.
Fnc didn't even promote the All About album properly which has their self composed songs so what else to expect? I understand hongki's trustration.
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Date: 2014-10-23 07:26 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2014-10-23 11:58 am (UTC)I wouldn't say cnblue has a band image. they took a beating in the media last year for the crying nut issue, and they also still get hate to this day for the loner plagiarism case. both incidents were handled terribly by fnc. I don't think either groups get much recognition in korea as 'bands' tbh, hence why you'll never see them performing at rock fests there. they do in japan but in korea, the idea of idol bands (aka a group put together by a company) is a no-no. I guess fnc just sees korea as some kind of dead end which is why they don't really care to fix their groups' image there.
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