Two female K-pop stars took their own lives within the span of a few weeks, after each found themselves at the center of a maelstrom of media coverage and online commentary about their personal lives. Is K-pop to blame for their deaths? vicjkim reports:
Oct. 14 at the age of 25. “It’s undeniably deeply linked to a popular culture that views young female celebrities as ‘dolls’ or ‘sexual objects’ to be consumed. In that respect, Sulli was special ... She wanted to live as a free woman without paying attention to how people see her.”Both women had entered the K-pop industry as teenagers.
Many companies forbid their trainees and new pop stars from dating or even having personal cell phones, and often require that they live together in company housing. A 2014 K-pop convention in L.A. One genre executive says agencies must manage stars’ images to keep up with the whims of fickle fans. Park Cho-a quit the group AOA in 2017 after five years, saying she was struggling with insomnia and depression. Later that year, Kim Jong-hyun, of the group SHINee, died by suicide, leaving a note that said: “I’m broken inside. The depression that slowly ate away at me eventually swallowed me whole.”On Wednesday, 22-year-old Kang Daniel of the group Wanna One said he was taking a break from his career because he was suffering from depression and panic attacks.
K-pop girl group Kara performs in Seoul in 2013. Goo Hara, second from right, died by apparent suicide in November.
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