All the Korean agencies embroiled in recent scandals may want to send thank you cards and gifts to the offices of SM Entertainment. KeyEast with Kim Hyun Joong‘s domestic violence case, YG with Seungri of Big Bang‘s sketchy car accident details, BH Entertainment with both the Lee Byung Hun blackmailed by Dahee and a model mess and Han Hyo Joo‘s little brother’s alleged army bullying, all of those lingering matters are going to take a backseat to the shocker that was just dropped by Jessica of SNSD (Girl’s Generation). I don’t follow Jessica Jung’s career but I know she’s one of the 9-member SNSD as well as Krystal‘s older sister and the two even had their own cute sisterly variety show this summer. Jessica posted this morning on her Chinese weibo page (rather than on any Korean SNS) that she had been unfairly pushed out of SNSD without a by-your-leave.
Fans immediately freaked out but most assumed her weibo was hacked and this was one of those lame jokes. As the hours went on without word from SM or Jessica refuting the post, the worry mounted and then blew wide open when the ladies of SNSD was spotted hours later at the airport boarding a plane headed to China for their first fan meeting in that country. Only 8 of the ladies were present and Jessica was notably MIA, not to mention a more depressed group of young women will be hard to find unless it’s at a wake with 8 sisters in mourning.
Jessica was then spotted shortly thereafter at NYC’s Kennedy Airport with her unofficial but totally everyone knows boyfriend Tyler Kwon. I like quite a few members of SNSD, the one who can act like Yoona and Sooyoung and the bouncy Sunny with her cute variety charm, but the group losing a member (and Jessica in particular) isn’t something I feel particularly upset about. I do worry a lot about Krystal who is super close with her older sister and this ordeal cannot be easy on her when she’s currently acting in her first leading lady role in My Lovely Girl. Oy vey, SM dropping Jessica because she wanted to get hitched might have outdone itself following DBSK splintering and Kris leaving EXO.
Apparently Jessica had been in NYC these past few days handling her personal matters and looking for fashion design schools and being pushed out of SNSD while she was abroad blindsided her. She had been planning to go back to Korea to rejoin her SNSD members for this China promotional trip until this all went down. Industry insiders explain that this is all due to a disagreement between Jessica and SM concerning her marriage plans reportedly for next year, which had been the topic of chatter last month when she was spotted with a ring and Tyler posted a bunch of wedding pics highlighting a wedding mood. There was also her starting a fashion label called Blanc backed by her boyfriend, with SM and her SNSD members reluctantly allowing but insisting that it not interfere with her SNSD activities which was to remain her first priority.
SM’s press release confirmed all the news and insisted SNSD will go forward as an 8-member group and SM will continue to manage Jessica’s solo activities.
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Eh, good for her. People in these idol groups need to look for exit strategies sooner or later.
Oh, no! I never liked Jessica acting, but I like her in SNSD (I'm in the middle of rewatching SNSD's RM episode and I like Sica+Gary pairing so this really shocked me) Is it in their contracts that they couldn't/shouldn't get married while they're in the group? SME really sucks if this is true. I still haven't forgiven them for what they did/are still doing to JYJ.
I'm not a fan of her, but as a women, I say "you go girl & get marry to your man." Love is a wonderful thing.
Don't really understand why she can't do her design thing while the other girls can do their own things. Wonder if it's a money issue more than anything. SM probably won't get a cut of her company, unlike they would with dramas. I seriously doubt the rest of the 8 pushed her out. It's totally an SM thing.
Honestly, she's been pretty sick of idol life for awhile, but so are the rest of the girls too. They barely even try lately.
I agree
Perhaps it's time for her to move on...i'm sure fans will be shocked but now she can lead a non-idol life and do all the things she wants to do on her own time...there's probably a contractual breech...but I don't like SM regardless (like making their idols go on that crazy Dream Team show), even though they may be justified in letting her go.
The hell with 2014????? Or Korean artist are tired of playing good and being controled all the time?? I've never been a fan of the "Ice Princess", actually never liked her because of her actittude. But denitely SNSD won't be the same without Jessica. It's not like Exo that only debuted 3 or 2 years ago. We are talking about the nations girl group. MOST iconic group of Korea. No one can beat her records. As a hallyu fan as a whole, this is reaaly depressing to me.
I feel like by now I shouldn't be surprised when SM screws one of their idols over because it's been happening forever, but considering the fact that this is the third time this year is rather staggering. I'm not a fan of GG, but this seems like a dumb move on SM's part since GG has been the top girl group for years, I can't see them throwing one of the members under the bus like that and thinking they'll get away with it. Hopefully this won't go the way of the Kris-EXO debacle and Jessica will come out unscathed.
Hah! Every now and again I'm reminded of the extent to which confirmation bias keeps me coming back to your blog, koala, and this was one of those times. My VERY FIRST thought when I read about the Jessica news was "I hope this doesn't affect Krystal too much filming My Lovely Girl". :)
same here
I can't believe SM, they are willingly destroying SNSD's OT9 image and they have to know this will be the end of their reign as the Nation's Girl Group especially they went so long with no changes to such a large group since debut.
The girls do look really unhappy in those airport pics, Hyoyeon looks like she just finished crying. I do not think the other 8 had any say in this at all....
Yup, the other 8 really looked woebegone.
So then, when Jessica said "My company and 8 others..." you don't think the 8 others was referring to the remaining members, right?
I really hope not, because if she was referring to them, that would feel like a major slap to the face on her part. I'd like to believe the members were just as shocked and in the dark.
I think she did refer to the other members of SNSD... :(
She felt betrayed by them, so her "slap in the face" isn't surprising if she was hurt...
Good for Jessica for actually trying to pursue what she wants! She's been an idol for soo many years now... I wonder why she posted it on Weibo instead of a Korean site though!
I wished SM had supported her decision though instead of doing this... At times like this I admire JYP for letting Sunye go despite the backlash of her leaving the group hanging...
I think is because the group is heading to china mines her!
Weibo was the only SNS account she had. Koreans follow it, too, though. Hell, I'm American and I follow it.