Another post about K=Pop, but not a happy one. I do not know if the situation is similar in the US music scene, but there is a lot of bad shit that goes on in the K-Pop industry. There is plenty of abusive behavior by management companies and very high suicide rates for idols. I posted about Sulli and Hara before, and just this morning there was news that Kwon Mina from AOA tried to take her own life. She claim she was bullied for 10 years by another member of her girl group, and was suffering from depression. There used to be seven (or eight if you count the drummer) members, but there is only three now.
AOA has a subunit called AOA Black where each member played an instrument. Mina was the bass player. I have only found a couple of videos on YouTube of them performing live with instruments so I do not know if it was just a gimmick. Since I kinda play bass, Mina was always my favorite member of AOA.
I used to follow her on Instagram, but after the bulling became public, it became difficult to see all the hate she was getting, and how her mental health was deteriorating. Every country has its share of assholes, but Korea seems to have a real serious problem of online harassment of celebrities. Mina also seems unable to get away from social media, despite the damage to her mental health. I believe she even slit her wrist before but seemed better recently. I also heard she does not really have a support group since her father passed away and her mother and sister are dealing with their own health issues. What do you do when Asian culture is so anti-therapy?
Here is more news about the latest suicide attempt: Geo News. 😟
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