Japanese magazine “Real Live” speculates on the end of SNSD

Lately, with the legal troubles surrounding KARA, the Japanese media have been looking critically at the Korean music industry, which is such a dominant force in Japan (SNSD!). The Japanese magazine “Real Live” recently ran an article entitled, “Was it just KARA? SNSD may also disband.”

The article said that because the group was too diverse–consisting of college students, high school graduates, and Americans, and seven out of nine are 21 years old–there is a lot of rivalry. “Real Live” talked about rumored controversies over Yoona lifting Tiffany’s skirt and Jessica cursing Seohyun. Then, “Real Live” pulled out the big guns–they talked about DBSK’s disbandment.

This article has attracted a lot of negative attention from kpop fans: all groups have personal difficulties, to not have any problems wouldn’t be human, and also, DBSK disbanded because of contract issues, not a rivalry within the group. What do you think?