BULLYING AMONGST J-SOUL TRAINEES?
A Twitter thread has recently gone viral for revealing the dark side of J-SOUL Music, as the company supposedly harbors a harsh bullying culture amongst its trainees.
Twitter user @4meXoxo spoke all in their 23-tweet long thread, which has been paraphrased for the purposes of this article.
“Too long I have held my silence, but when hearing the news from my friend who’s still under J-SOUL, I’ve decided to speak my piece.
I was a trainee under J-SOUL Music for 3 years. I entered the company through an open audition, and I see now that that was the biggest mistake I could have ever made in my life.
I joined the company when I was 16 years old. I was very young and impressionable and had no background in singing or dancing like the other trainees. Most of them had taken singing lessons or dance classes before, so they were already skilled in comparison to me.
Because of that, I was bullied relentlessly. Verbal attacks, physical harassment. Every day there was like I living hell, and I only endured it because I worked so hard for my dream to debut.
I left the company and am now in university. Usually, I would keep quiet about this as I would rather bury my past and never have to think about it again. But it has come to my attention that the worst bully of all will soon be debuting in J-SOUL’s newest girl group.
Her name is Hyera. She was one of the more senior trainees there, but always got passed up for debut because she wasn’t talented enough. I guess that made her bitter, and so she took her anger out on newer trainees like me.
Even after 3 years, she tormented me, and I got it easy compared to others. One of my close friends, Yifei, is from China, and because she didn’t speak Korean that well yet, Hyera ridiculed her to no end.
Yifei is supposed to debut in the same group as Hyera, and though I am happy for her, I cannot stand by this injustice supported by J-SOUL.
None of the official debut plans have been released to the public, but if they are, I ask that everyone stand by my side and support J-SOUL’s newest girl group.
A bully like Hyera does not deserve to fulfill the dream I had to give up on because of her.”
J-SOUL Music has yet to respond to these allegations.
[ +531, -551 ] kpop has been so shady lately.......... [ +146, -644 ] how do we even know this is true????? what’s with people lately revealing all this stuff about trainees??? sounds like a bunch of bullshit to me. if you want clout, find it elsewhere. stop trying to ruin these poor kids’ lives!!! [ +161, -661 ] i also had a friend who was a trainee under j-soul and she mentioned the same girl. seems like she’s been in the company for a while and j-soul’s kept her just because she’s pretty. figures
