FIFTY FIFTY rose to the top of the K-Pop industry faster than an arrow from Cupid himself... and then everything fell apart on June 2023. What happened? Why are they suing their company? Who are The Givers? Is it true they only paid $9,000 USD to the writers of the hit song Cupid? Why didn't FIFTY FIFTY record a music video for the Barbie movie soundtrack song they released? Why are Korean fans disillusioned with the members of FIFTY FIFTY?
We answer ALL of these questions and MORE in today's Summer Short focused completely on ATTRAKT Creative Group, as part of our small companies episode!
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
01:14 Why are we talking about ATTRAKT and FIFTY FIFTY?
02:36 A brief history on ATTRAKT Creative Group
03:47 What group is signed to ATTRAKT?
03:55 What is the ATTRAKT and FIFTY FIFTY controversy about?
05:07 How did ATTRAKT create FIFTY FIFTY with Ahn Sungil/SIAHN?
06:24 What is the timeline of events of FIFTY FIFTY and ATTRAKT’s disagreements?
06:36 Who paid the $9,000 to the three Swedish students who wrote Cupid?
09:07 When did the conflict between FIFTY FIFTY and ATTRAKT begin?
10:48 Why was FIFTY FIFTY’s fancafe shut down?
11:19 Why did FIFTY FIFTY leave their company ATTRAKT?
14:33 Did FIFTY FIFTY’s song for the Barbie movie get released?
17:48 What did Dispatch’s investigation into SIAHN/Ahn Sungil/The Givers reveal?
18:27 Why did the KOMCA decide to withhold the royalties from the song Cupid from FIFTY FIFTY?
21:48 Why did Korean fans turn against FIFTY FIFTY?