Further revelation about 3 minor members of band Rose Motel receiving unfair treatment has come to light.

On November 15, 3 former members of band Rose Motel, Im Kyeong-Seob, Yoon Jang-Hyun, and Bae Sang-Jae appeared on a live podcast show “Jung Young-Jin and Choi Wook’s Every Friday Show.” During the show, the three took the liberty to come forward with truth behind the disbandment and argued for the unfair treatment they received as members.

Yoon Jang-Hyun began, “when the discussion of contract renewal was first brought to the table in February, Yook Joong-Wan expressed his exhaustion about staying as a group. At the time, we consoled him and agreed to “do better” as a group. 4 months later in June, Kang Joon-Woo got into trouble with Im Kyeong-Seob while performing together, and Kang asked me and Bae Sang-Jae to perform without Im. When we all turned down the offer, Yook and Kang told us to leave the group in August.”

Im Kyeong-Seob added, “Yook had a hard time splitting his profit from promoting by himself. We saw the problem from his point of view and decided to change the portion of the profit we would receive. However, Yook Joong-Wan eventually ended up taking it all by himself. We thought it was only fair, but still, they asked us to leave the group in August.”

Image Source – Im Kyeong-Seob’s Facebook
They continued, “the two first argued that they would like to continue using the name Rose Motel, so they wanted us three to leave. However, we were still contracted to work with them until October, so they offered some money as a penalty for breaking the contract.”

“When we repeatedly turned down the offer, they made a new one,” continued Im. “The new offer said they would give us 100 million won (approximately $90,000) in exchange for their right to use the name. It wasn’t 100 million won each, but for all three of us together. We were shocked at the fact that that was how they were kicking out the members, with whom they spent the last 7 years promoting as a group.”

At the end, the three took time to apologize to their fans. They said, “we are truly sorry for making things ugly at the end. We would like to take a moment and say that we are thankful for you and we love you very much. If we are given the opportunity to meet with you again, we hope that we will be able to smile and laugh.”

Original Article
Translated by Dasol Kim

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