Current Events > Goo Hara, K-pop star of Kara fame, found dead

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another one. one of many, sadly.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/24/asia/goo-hara-kara-dead-trnd/index.html

The South Korean singer and actress Goo Hara was found dead on Sunday, Gangnam District Police in Seoul told CNN.

Police would not comment on a cause of death.

The 28-year-old singer, once part of the South Korean girl band Kara, was found unconscious in her Seoul home in May, after she had posted the word "Goodbye" on her Instagram account. The post, which was later deleted, prompted comments from concerned fans.

On that occasion, Goo was found and taken to the hospital. She later apologized to fans for "causing concern to everyone and causing a commotion,"
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Terrible. Hara was a major part of Kara and one of the best Invincible Youth members.

Someone should probably punch her ex-boyfriend in the dick over and over again.

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Because their fans won't let them be normal people, didn't some Jpop singer shave her head and apologize for having a boyfriend?

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TheDreadedWave posted...

Because they're fans won't let them be normal people, didn't some Jpop singer shave her head and apologize for having a boyfriend?

sick if true
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tbf you know what you're getting into when sign up, but this is fucked.

Hanky_Bannister posted...

sick if true

I remember it too, so Im pretty sure its true

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Hanky_Bannister posted...

TheDreadedWave posted...

Because they're fans won't let them be normal people, didn't some Jpop singer shave her head and apologize for having a boyfriend?

sick if true

It's true.

Their managers and managing companies basically market them in a way that promotes them as an object that is "owned" by the fans, not a person.

Hell, it's not uncommon for groups to pretend that prior members never existed if they step down in less than ideal circumstances. Pretending not to recognize their names in interviews and such.

It's fucked.
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Hanky_Bannister posted...

TheDreadedWave posted...

Because they're fans won't let them be normal people, didn't some Jpop singer shave her head and apologize for having a boyfriend?

sick if true

It's true. It was Minegishi Minami from AKB48. It's more of a variety show girl group.

TheDreadedWave posted...

Because their fans won't let them be normal people, didn't some Jpop singer shave her head and apologize for having a boyfriend?

This actually wasn't her issue. She had rather successfully gotten through the girl group stage and was pretty successful.

Last year she got in an altercation with her ex-boyfriend who broke into her place started breaking stuff and attacking her. She scratched the fuck out of his face. Because South Korea has busted self-defense laws she got in a legal battle with him. All the while her name was being shredded in the media and she was fairly quiet about the whole matter. Then it comes out that her ex was blackmailing her with a sex-tape to try and keep her quiet. As it turns out South Korea also has dumb blackmailing laws. So the dude barely got in trouble. The whole thing kinda caused Hara's career to come to a halt.

She had attempted suicide earlier this year. The media response was sadly expected (a lot of people accusing her of being an attention whore). Then one of her best friends killed herself.


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Compsognathus posted...

TheDreadedWave posted...

Because their fans won't let them be normal people, didn't some Jpop singer shave her head and apologize for having a boyfriend?

This actually wasn't her issue. She had rather successfully gotten through the girl group stage and was pretty successful.

Last year she got in an altercation with her ex-boyfriend who broke into her place started breaking stuff and attacking her. She scratched the fuck out of his face. Because South Korea has busted self-defense laws she got in a legal battle with him. All the while her name was being shredded in the media and she was fairly quiet about the whole matter. Then it comes out that her ex was blackmailing her with a sex-tape to try and keep her quiet. As it turns out South Korea also has dumb blackmailing laws. So the dude barely got in trouble. The whole thing kinda caused Hara's career to come to a halt.

She had attempted suicide earlier this year. The media response was sadly expected (a lot of people accusing her of being an attention whore). Then one of her best friends killed herself.

Yeah, it's really tragic what happened to Goo Hara. Her ex is a piece of shit. The media and knetz were awful too.

Compsognathus posted...

This actually wasn't her issue. She had rather successfully gotten through the girl group stage and was pretty successful.

Last year she got in an altercation with her ex-boyfriend who broke into her place started breaking stuff and attacking her. She scratched the fuck out of his face. Because South Korea has busted self-defense laws she got in a legal battle with him. All the while her name was being shredded in the media and she was fairly quiet about the whole matter. Then it comes out that her ex was blackmailing her with a sex-tape to try and keep her quiet. As it turns out South Korea also has dumb blackmailing laws. So the dude barely got in trouble. The whole thing kinda caused Hara's career to come to a halt.

She had attempted suicide earlier this year. The media response was sadly expected (a lot of people accusing her of being an attention whore). Then one of her best friends killed herself.

That's just pathetic, and the guy needs to be torn to shreds.

Physically or otherwise.

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how tthe fuck do people live with themselves doing shit like that.

Korea in general has some awful dating culture too
It's normal for korean boyfriends to be super possessive and violent
they even glorify it in k-dramas

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Not gonna pretend to know who that was, and not a fan of K-pop, but it seems like a lot of people involved with it are killing themselves lately.
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https://imgur.com/WguuOxG

Bump
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It'll be okay. Japan has machines that pump out generic J-Pop stars on a daily basis in case these types of things happen.

but it seems like a lot of people involved with it are killing themselves lately.

Seems logical to me. These bands are created by music companies who recruit and market the girls and control every aspect of their looks, sound, maneurisms and probably their diet. I have a feeling we'd be pretty appalled to see what they go through. I have no doubt this atmosphere is horrible to the girls who probably just feel like a piece of meat since that's how they're presented and seen. Every one of these girls look like an automatron who is completely the same as the last one. There's no way this stuff is healthy but folks support it because dumbasses love these garbage girl and boy bands, mostly for the sex appeal.

The_Freecs posted...

tbf you know what you're getting into when sign up, but this is fucked.

Don't they get them when they're really young? They really don't know the full extent of what they're getting into.
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That's why I don't support Kpop

It's manufactured corporate entertainment & pandering at its worst


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konokonohamaru posted...

That's why I don't support Kpop

It's manufactured corporate entertainment & pandering at its worst

it seems quite disgusting, yes.
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Don't they get them when they're really young? They really don't know the full extent of what they're getting into.

Of course. We've seen similar stories of bands in America, especially some of the groups in the 50s and 60s. Just young kids who want to be a star and are sold this bill of goods by some shady adult to get them to sign a contract. And, of course the kids and their families have no idea what they're getting into until it's too late.

-That's why I don't support Kpop
-It's manufactured corporate entertainment & pandering at its worst

Agreed. None of these are independent artists who are writing and publishing their own music. They're all just faceplates for corporate music created by algorithms. About as soulless as music gets.

Though, I've been saying that the music industry hasn't been about music for years. Just another example.

The irony of people bashing idol pop as if that's the solution.

It's certainly valid to criticize the industry, even some aspects of the culture. There are plenty problems that should be addressed. But just saying this whole thing is stupid and shouldn't exist isn't helping, if anything you're making it worse. In a way you're justifying everything that's wrong with it, as if it's to be expected.

In any case as commented previously Hara being an idol is incidental to her problems.

Again, a lot of it does come from the culture and society, unfortunately, and it's not particular to idol pop or even one country or another.

But I'll agree that the companies themselves encourage bad ideas and behaviors with their marketing and what have you. For sure.

Highwind07 posted...

Also I dunno if other KARA fans feel this way but I have several of their songs on my devices and it feels weird AF to listen to them now with Hara gone.

I haven't listened to Kara in a while but like Gheb was saying Kara and Hara in particular really were huge, she was a big part of that early thrust of Hallyu. I mean she was still just one girl, but yeah. It's also crazy to think that was 10 years ago. But yeah, it's weird.

On the other hand I mean, this is harsh but people commit a lot of suicide in Korea. Public figures aren't immune to it, on the contrary.

Highwind07 posted...

Also I dunno if other KARA fans feel this way but I have several of their songs on my devices and it feels weird AF to listen to them now with Hara gone.

You'll be fine i still listen to Nirvana, Linkin Park, and KARA too now. Still going to jam to some Mamma Mia.
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