Wanna One's earnings for 2017 revealed

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

Each Wanna One member will reportedly receive about 300 million won ($279,000) as payment for their 2017 group activities

Member individual activities are not factored in

This means Wanna One created an overall profit of about 13.2 billion won in 2017https://t.co/VlCQyOIhZS pic.twitter.com/Ws2uOr5mLf

— mes #TeamPinky (@OH_mes) March 26, 2018

sources: @oh_mes, naver

Comments

[angela-derp-otp.livejournal.com]

The exploitation is real.

[mewgical.livejournal.com]

Wow so they are have to give up 25% to CJ E&M, 25% to YMC Entertainment, and 50% to their original agencies. Wonder if this will make other idol's contemplate joining these produce shows? Two or so years of super fame is not worth getting this little and being worked to death.

[camified.livejournal.com]

'Wonder if this will make other idol's contemplate joining these produce shows? Two or so years of super fame is not worth getting this little and being worked to death.'

??

i know it's extremely disproportionate to what they brought in but that's still a huge earning compared to what any other group would get in their first 2 years. the exposure of those shows alone make them absolutely worth it.

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

Wonder if this will make other idol's contemplate joining these produce shows? Two or so years of super fame is not worth getting this little and being worked to death.

Imagine training for YEARS (up to 5, 6 or even more) under a nugu agency and when you finally debut nobody cares. Going on these show is much better to finally get your name out there.

[vintage-boom.livejournal.com]

I know I’m prob gonna get jumped on but their take home is prob 10x more than they’d make at their respective agencies’ projects.

Doesn’t make the cuts right but ultimately this is prob good for them long term as far as setting them up with a financial safety net. I hope they invest wisely rn cuz most wont have this kind of pay ever again as an idol.

[welljustguess.livejournal.com]

nice point of view

[chasing-thewind.livejournal.com]

:-//// is this the actual number the members receive or is this before they have to divide among the members from the same company and split with their original company? i never trust these reports because you don't know who's giving it to you. yes, some celebrities are living very well and making a lot of money, but it's too much to assume that every thing the media tells you (while being fed numbers from the companies who want to give less power to their artists) is true

[killua89.livejournal.com]

that money will probably go to pay their training debts and who knows what kind of contract they have with their companies

[bethmai.livejournal.com]

that seems like... a lot. considering they've only got a limited discography there are 11 of them. are we sure this isn't the whole pot cos I'm dubious

[misspoirot.livejournal.com]

man IF this is true, must have sucked for the staffs to hear them complain abt their earnings. esp since its a known fact that entertainment staffs are severely underpaid :/

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

The comments are confusing.. The boys got over 15 cf deals last year, held multiple overseas fanmeetings and concerts, tv show appearances, etc. 20% of this is so little for all the work they had to do..

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

mte. knetz were acting like they litereally earned millions but this is so little compared to all the schedules they had last year. they were EVERYWHERE and the biggest boyband in korea after exo and BTS.

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

Right? And they did all of that within the span of 4-5 months (immediately after PD101) with barely a week's break. I don't think people that don't know the full extent of their activities have any right to talk about what is and isn't fair pay.. :\

[vintage-boom.livejournal.com]

i think 250K+ for 7 months work is pretty fair considering Wanna One is pretty much plug in and play as far as the members are concerned.

Like yes it's tiring and they shouldn't be run into the ground but they don't really do anything except record the songs, learn the choreo, and be a personality. Emotional labour with fans is the most taxing thing asked of them imo.

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

Is that subtracting the 75% that all their companies get?

I don't really know what to say here... you make it sound like doing all that stuff is so easy...

[vintage-boom.livejournal.com]

my interpretation was that this was after company cuts so that MNET could save face with the leaked video. if it's not and that number is before company cuts than no definitely not fair wages. absolutely not.

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

Yeah my argument/concern is definitely talking about this being a before company cuts number. I don't think the boys would complain the way they did if it weren't this unfair though..

Like it sounds just about right for the amount of work they did, but with the 75-something percent cut, it's not great...

[vintage-boom.livejournal.com]

yes in that case I agree completely if it's pre-company cuts. It's really fucked up if that's the case and I hope MNET and the agencies clarify.

I've seen artists complain (complain is the wrong word choice here because a lot of them have a point when they do) the way they have about cuts when they look at the overall profits and realize their take home in comparison is tiny so that's where my brain went when they were talking about it.

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

they don't really do anything except record the songs, learn the choreo, and be a personality.

uhm.... you know that idols do much more than record songs, learn the choreo and "be a personality"? they have to get up early after only getting 1-2 hours of sleep (if they get any sleep at all), have to travel to schedules every day (in the car, by plane), have to do soundchecks + perform (which is physically tiring), put on a smile and be happy in front of the cameras even when they feel like shit, ... list goes on.

i know that korea is only a small market but kpop is huge, so their singers should earn as much as their western counterparts.

[vintage-boom.livejournal.com]

yes I do understand their schedules and I've worked similar ones before while tour with musicians in my country and while it's exhausting, the technical parts of Idols' jobs is singing the songs, choreo, and personality...everyone else on staff also has to do the travel and prep with a fraction of the pay and in most cases twice the responsibilities.

I'm not downplaying the technical skill it takes to do their jobs well I said the emotional labour should be something they get paid for (and paid well) because that's something not many people talk about but is something expected of them at all times but comparative to other artists, and even other idols, the creative/technical workload is different.