Save Evol & Topp Dogg: Stardom Entertainment revealed to be the shitty company it truly is

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

A Topp Dogg fan decided to reveal what's been going down at Stardom and yeah...someone needs to get them out ASAP

Summary of her post:

• Stardom artists aren't being paid (no surprise there)
• They use a lottery system instead of first-come-first-serve for fansigns. The former is usually meant for more established groups - this results in less than 100 fans buying more of their albums to enter fansigns so more money goes to Stardom.
• Their ill-fated first concert which was overpriced and in a venue they could never fill - staff tried desperately to fill up the seats. They ripped Japanese fans off with the promise of a special fanmeet which never actually happened.
• Stardom sent Evol to Malaysia to perform at malls to dismal crowds with no pay
• They have concerts planned in Milan, London and Paris and below is an example of how badly they're selling their Milan and London shows.
• Kidoh has lost a lot of weight which is obviously worrying
• A lot of corrupt shit is happening in their company and lots of fansites have closed down because they simply refuse to support the company

the grey seats are the seats they've sold







Hansol's instagram post: My dream (on image - Topp Keul/Topp Dogg)



source: abeautifulfish + kidohgangdol + ticketone + eventim + butterfly930615

I know it's easy to ignore this because they're just another nugu group but please read the full story at the source and spread the link. I've seen a lot of complaints from people who attend their events and pretty much everyone is done with their bs so I believe this 100%. There's a part 2 to this expose by another fan. Stardom is honestly the worst and I hope they burn to the ground.

Comments

[tsubaki874.livejournal.com]

When there's a longer list of former artists under the agency than currently active there's a reason why :/

[kwonddochi.livejournal.com]

Man, i don't know who they are but that's awful to hear.
Esp. Evol performing in malls. Hope they get out of the company soon and find another that can treat them better.

[http://users.livejournal.com/psychedelico_/]

stardom is full of shit. they let underdogg members go on dream team to talk about how they have no managers and they have to take public transport to their schedules, so it's obvious they don't give a shit about their reputation. and that mino kid had the guts to mock toppdogg and evol when he was just lucky to get out of there

[hitthoselightz.livejournal.com]

dont even get me started on mino

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

Inner Circles/Mino fan focusing on that one liner about him in the post and crying over the excessive hate for him is so hilariously sad. Twist his god damn rap around all you want, he meant what we all know he meant. Zico laughing made me want to sock him in the face but Cho PD made it worst by tweeting about it fjsdlkafdfkfjgelq I want to pull his hair out.

[miwa201.livejournal.com]

Ugh I love mino but I seriously don't understand him calling out toppdogg and evol. Why not just focus on cho pd, who supposedly fired him? Anyway, winner fans are really annoying in general tbh.

[kanbinayume.livejournal.com]

mino's line was such a low blow and it was a shitty rhyme too

[magicpineapple.livejournal.com]

What did Mino say?

[http://users.livejournal.com/psychedelico_/]

link (http://onehallyu.com/topic/193474-mino-dissing-topp-dogg/) to his diss (warning that onehallyu links to porn ads on the first click. i couldn't find another source i'm sorry.)

sorry for messing up the html T_T

[hyungmoney.livejournal.com]

Mte

[blowfishprince.livejournal.com]

I first noticed Top Dogg during their Arario promotions and i'd say they became relevant at that point cuz i kept seeing them on my twitter timeline. And now suddenly, they're gone on the face of kpop promotions. I was a big fan of Block B during their debut up until Nilili Mambo, and was blinded by all the media play of how Cho PD is awesome and blah-blah. But now, I wholeheartledly agree how much of a bastard Cho PD and Stardom is. Top Dogg once was promising, as well as EvoL, but now, their careers are beyond salvageable. Top Dogg had so much potential, but management destroyed it all.

[jjang-intae.livejournal.com]

I'm not even surprised anymore. I couldn't trust them after the whole Block B mess and I used to always see angry tweets from the TD fans I follow whenever they were promoting. I don't know whether it's just my imagination but Hyosang has been really out of it these days. I always wondered why he left Bighit/Bangtan to join Stardom but the second part of the expose kinda explains why he'd choose to move to Stardom. They've always been a trash company and Evol + TD deserve so much better, I don't think there's hope of them sticking together but I hope they move on to better companies if they do choose to continue being idols. I'm really glad fans have been exposing their shit, a lot of people including non-fans have been spreading the posts and leaving nice messages for TD/Evol after reading the posts on tumblr.

[supersunshiner.livejournal.com]

evol is so talented they need to get out

[kanbinayume.livejournal.com]

evol's basically gone at this point :( say's contract expired and she left, and I guess the other members are just waiting until theirs expire too. at least jucy was on smtm4

[allegsiseu.livejournal.com]

and she got like 5 seconds of screen time before she got the boot.

[kanbinayume.livejournal.com]

:/ didn't watch, but I figured

[kanbinayume.livejournal.com]

ppl on twitter have been saying that her contract expired and she left the company

[hitthoselightz.livejournal.com]

i read this earlier on tumblr and wow stardom is such a shitty company, i feel sorry for the artists so much. i was a fan of toppdogg but never really looked into the situation. i was actually going to go to their concert in london and i feel bad that i cant go now even though they still wouldnt see the money :/

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

The organizers said they're still going ahead with the concerts even with the terrible sales so yeah...they won't be getting paid + performing in barely filled venues. Good job Stardom.

[hitthoselightz.livejournal.com]

i feel bad that i cant go because of a holiday abroad :(
if me and my friends went, at least that would be a few more faces in the venue

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

Aww :( but I read that some people who were planning on going want to boycott the event which is completely missing the point of these posts - I don't want them to feel like nobody cares anymore as lame as that sounds

[lolylen.livejournal.com]

i just searched them and wow at their former artists list
i feel bad for both groups but for fans as well
it sucks when u don't how support ur faves

More dirt on Stardom/Block B/Cho PD

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

http://jokepd.tumblr.com

[e-bone (from livejournal.com)]

How are these slimeballs winning lawsuits???

[secretkeeperr.livejournal.com]

Evol tho, I feel so bad for them. I remember when they debut during that tidal wave of rookies in 2012 and they stuck out for me during a time I was just focused on boy groups. I honestly wish the best for them, they need to be rescued, along with topp dogs, like yesterday.

[amandaplan.livejournal.com]

I was wondering what happened to evol, I really liked their debut.

[edanz-castle.livejournal.com]

I felt so bad reading about this last night. Both Topp Dogg and Evol must be gonig through a tough time knowing how much mismanagement is going on there at Stardom. What kind of company sets their group up for failure? Do they only care about the pennies they make now? I read they only spent about $100 on Kidoh's album too, like wtf? Kidoh's talents are going to waste because of this shitty company? Even Gohn,who I really really really like. I feel bad that they have to go to Europe and won't get paid. These kids can't even sue right?

[kanbinayume.livejournal.com]

read both posts a couple days ago and if I didn't already hate stardom enterntainment/cho pd enough because of block b and evol
no one deserves to be treated like this, and topp dogg has so many talented members that are basically wasting away under stardom. stardom itself has such a bad reputation that a lot of broadcasting companies refuse to let toppdogg promote, which of course means that they're never going to get enough attention/support to sue and escape.
I've never seen the seats for europe, damn....that's really sad

[magicpineapple.livejournal.com]

This is so incredibly heartbreaking.

[covermeblack.livejournal.com]

Oh gosh... So skinny...... T____T

[kyokomurasaki.livejournal.com]

I went to one of their showcases they did here in the U.S. with Jazzy and they were basically giving away tickets for free the day of the show because they had a bunch of unsold GA tickets... now it makes more sense why. :( It's really heartbreaking to know that they probably didn't see any money from those shows either.

[sra-interesante.livejournal.com]

it's always awful to hear about artists working for free :(
and plan overseas activities at this point is incredible neglecful

[suxaholic.livejournal.com]

so it's like the poor and unsuccessful version of SM

[huanyia.livejournal.com]

i haven't even heard from evol in such a long time...

[hyungmoney.livejournal.com]

omg noooo. I always wondered why the fansites were closing down, now it makes sense :( here I was hoping for a comeback soon, now I just hope they get out of there. shame on cho pd for taking advantage of their dreams like this

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

A European fanbase claims they're making a comeback in August but I'm just like ...... now. I'll probably still support it and them ;_;

[hyungmoney.livejournal.com]

same ugh ;_;

[achan123.livejournal.com]

topp dogg actually has some high quality songs

they arent my thing, but their videos look expensive tbh

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

OP, thanks for putting together a summary post. You did an awesome job! :D

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

Thank YOU for your helpful pointers Shanny ^_^

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

I featured your post on the latest update <3

[pbutterlion.livejournal.com]

i just dont understand how can people support companies like this even after what they know about prev groups (like block b, b.a.p and sm in some cases tbh)

i feel bad for the idols thought

[lazmy.livejournal.com]

i really liked topp dogg but got too busy w jjcc to keep up with them. my heart sank after reading the Tumblr post. its a shame that theyre getting the evol treatment :/

[ruddens.livejournal.com]

i love topp dogg and evol and i wish they could get out of this mess :(
all i want is for yano to keep releasing music, his music heals me
i read in this post that evol is basically disbanded? say it ain't so, those ladies are so talented
topp dogg and evol are both so talented and kind and they deserve so much better than this