QUOTE(evelyn168 @ Oct 31 2006, 09:51 PM) [snapback]4046702[/snapback]
A while ago, I read in the thread about comparing Chae Yeon's old group Ultra Cats and Vivian Hsu's Black Biscuit. I've watched interviews of Vivian saying how difficult it was for her during the BB days in Japan. She was like they have strict rules of respect. During the debut times, they weren't even allowed to choose their costumes, the other group that debuted before BB, got to choose their clothes and what was leftover was given to them, newbies. Also, they had to do all these task in 2 days but through out the week, they were training themselves and it was really difficult. I can't believe both Chae Yeon had to go through these hardships. Those tasks were crazy and they weren't really given actual directions as to how to complete them.
Also, because of the language barrier, sometimes they were treated really poorly. I feel so sad that CY had to go through all this and sometimes ppl have to attack her for minor reasons, like the KJK incident. I think ppl should look at how much effort that artists put in their work and not just look at what's presented on tv... Anyways, Chae Yeon fighting!
I know Chae Yeon suffered a lot in Japan.... they especially look down on Koreans... maybe not as much now, with the Hallyu wave and ever since Boa became a big star there.... but before that, it was really hard for Korean artists in Japan to become successful with all of prejudice and discriminations against Koreans.... I was watching CY's episode of Happy Shares Company and CY's mother cried everytime CY's time in Japan was mentioned. Cy's even said that there was a point in time at Japan that she was so poor she slept on the streets. That's when she realized that she need to go back home, and she had failed.
Also... CY has a tendency to smile all the time when you see her variety shows, even when people say mean things to her, like when they make fun of her age, she still just smiles.... but that doesn't mean she's not hurt by what they say.... CY's said when she was in Japan, her manager always told her to smile in front of the camera, always smile, and keep smiling no matter what.... she said that even now, when her korean managers tell her, that she doesn't always have to smile all the time like that, she still does that naturally, every time she's in front of the camera, because it became a like a natural reflex, and she can't get the words "always smile in front of the camera" out of her head.... think about how much pressure she must have had in Japan for her to be like that....
She definitely didn't have the connections and promotions like k-artists in Japan today, like Boa and Se7en... even though she didn't become successful there, I think people should give her props for her effort, and her anti's should stop bashing her just because their jealous of her and Kim Jong Gook...