Why Henry could be the GD of SM but will never be.
SM loves to show off or brag with their talented artists but they don’t love to promote them lol.
I think the business model that SM is using is the reason why Henry has not been promoted or given many opportunities in the last few years. I think what SM wants to do is pomote the brand of SM like SMtown and their pink bear SMile they wanna give SM a cute and fluffy image and also they wanna promote their groups of course EXO, SNSD, Red Velvet (not f(x) but that’s another topic).
Why ? They want this company to run like a machine the brand SM and the groups are what’s important NOT THE INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS. That way they can always say to their artists you’re not that important you’re dispensable. The name of the group is what’s popular not you etc. That’s how they always want to use leverage against their idols when the contracts are signed.
They say you’re just a part of this group you’re not that important we’re the ones making everything work we’re the ones behind the success etc. We can see this with the SNSD situation. The company with the most pink and fluffy image seems to be the most cold and malicious behind the scenes.
But if you have a solo artist that also wants to write songs then that doesn’t really work because he’s doing everything. Well he didn’t write this song alone but still he’s learning and he wants to make songs. But that doesn’t fit in with SM. They wanna be a machine a entertainment factory everything is done by formula. You take a bunch of kids train them till they’re perfect and slice them up if you need to and then push them and promote them until the group is popular.
I think solo artists are not really in their plans. With SNSD it took almost ten years until they started doing some solos and I think the reason why they like Taeyeon so much is because they think maybe some day they can dump the group and just use Taeyeon then they only have to pay one person instead of 8 so even if Taeyeon has more leverage then they’ll still save money.
But with Henry that won’t work because they won’t be able to “replace” the group with him.
Henry was pretty popular I mean his biggest video has almost 50 million views and it’s quite old. But why didn’t they build on that ?
YG saw the potential of GD and wanted him the company gave him freedom and gave him the chance to learn more about making songs etc. He has leverage and he gets paid a lot but it also paid off for the company too. They want to have talented people and promote them even if they put themselves in a worse situation when it comes to negotiations. GD has released solo albums and worked with BIGBANG and done duos or just worked on songs for other members etc.
I think Henry could be a person like GD who writes and performs and does solo albums etc. And is really popular. But SM doesn’t give him the chance. They kept him locked away for more than 2 years. They gave him a studio I heard but didn’t really plan on doing anything with him.
Letting someone release songs without promotion is not really “giving them a chance”. They will get some sales and some views from their fans and a few other people who pay attention and follow Kpop closely but they won’t reach the wider audience who just listens to the top 20 on the radio or so.
The same with Amber they made some videos but without promotion what can you really expect ? I mean maybe Henry and Amber also face some additional barriers because they’re not originally from Korea and there still seems to be a certain hurdle for non Koreans it’s not impossible but slightly harder.
SM could have kept pushing Henry and made him a real solo artist if they wanted to made him a real asset to the company but they would rather take his song and give it to EXO. He was already successful so the biggest job was done they just had to keep it going but they didn’t.
I think the best thing for Henry would be to leave tbh because I don’t think he can really do what he wants to do as long as he’s with SM. I think he could work with AOMG or Fanxchild people like that. I think they’d give him more freedom and more opportunity to actually be an artist. Maybe he should even go to the west although I think that would be very tough. But I’m sure there would be chances for him to succeed in Korea. Honestly I would love to see him work together with people like Zico, DEAN, Jay Park etc. I think that would be a real combination.
SM will not change so the only way is to get out. Maybe he can even go to YG lol it wouldn’t be the first time XD. That would be a fun experience as well ^^. I’m sure they could make some good songs. A SM diss track would be hilarious. (Idk if that would happen but whatever) Also YG could kinda shield him from the revenge stunts that SM always tries to pull.
When I heard this song I already had to think maybe it’s a message to SM :D I really like it though ! It’s a great song for dealing with shitty people ^^ or just a a good mood song to be positive about yourself :P.
I also want to put this song in here because I love Sunny so much and she’s another person who gets no chances to do a solo :( . I always write a bit much but I hope you got through it these are just some of my thoughts on this situation. I think Henry has a lot of talent and I hope he can find a way to realise his full potential some time.
Have a nice day Peace ! :D
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