You have to be perfect if you want to be a K-Pop group member

Korea has one of the largest Music industry in the world and K-Pop groups take huge part of in there. In Korea, They call them as an ‘Idol’. However, In order to success as an idol you have to be perfect. It is almost harsh that audience want from them. I will give a few needs that every idol have to go through.

First, You can not drink in public. Nowadays, it became flexible compared to old days but Audience are  still very conservative about their drinking issue. If you caught middle of drinking in public, you could get a lot of comment that the they disappointed at you. It doesn’t matter that you are adult. They just think It is not a good thing that role-model could do.

Second, You can not smoke. I know smoking is bad for your voice and it could harm their career as a singer. However, It is just matter of choice. You can not force someone to smoke or not. This problem becomes much more serious when you are a female. Audience never wants female celebrities to smoke. I know some audience want them to be healthy but some are just throwing swears at them. Again, It is choice from an adult. Why care?

Third, You can not love someone proudly. In a relationship, it is a critical thing for idol’s career. Fans doesn’t accept their lover. Furthermore, If you are not successed enough, You could lose a lot of fans. Fans wants to be their only lover. If you are succeeded enough to ignore leaving of fans, It doesn’t matter. However, There is a lot of new idols who just debuted. They need fans in order to success. Even their company banned their loving if they are not success enough. Even Though you got famous, There is another problem. Audience are keep compare between you and your lover. Basically, you get unpleasant evaluate about who’s better then who.

Lastly, You must be in perfect shape. It is probably most harshest thing. If you gain few weights, Audience will notice and starting to sneer at you. They want perfect shape, face and voice from idol. So they have to eat strict diet every day unless you are lucky. Every year the average weight of idol is keep decreasing. If you get plastic surgery to gratify them , you get another sneer. I mean, give me a break. They asked for perfection but they will never get gratified? Idols are working hard for their appearance but it seems to be never enough.

Idols are human being as well. You can not ask for perfection to them because humans are not perfect. You can Judge their performance but you can not banned their normal life. One of the member of Girl’s generation said at interview. “What would you do if you are not an idol member in your next life” / “ I want to be normal. I miss just normal life when i used to have”