Hero

These are some images of Hero from the as-of-now broken up TVXQ :(. Basically, three members; Hero, Xiah and Micky were fed up with the way they were paid (or lack thereof) and the way they were treated. These three members sued their Korean record company SM for unfair and unethical treatment and to fix their contract (in summer 2009). A huge controversy erupted because the other two members of TVXQ, U-know and Max refused to sue SM.

So TVXQ conducted more activities with their Japanese record company, Avex, which holds joint ties with SM.

In the fall of 2009, The court ruled that the three members (Hero, Xiah and Micky) had the right to conduct individual activities FREE from their record company, but the battle was still not won because SM refused to claim that their contract was unfair. So now SM, in a SECOND suit is suing the three members for libel and damage to their reputation for MILLIONS of dollars. Who knows how the courts will rule in this second suit.

The three members (Hero, Xiah, Micky) signed a separate contract with their Japanese record company Avex. They will tour Japan and put out a new single or album within the year. I don't fault their decision to sue SM, but it breaks my heart to see the broken ties between them and U-know and Max. I wonder if they will ever be able to mend their relationship.

This just emphasizes the unfairness of the music industry and abuse that abounds just so that people can have achieve their dream of being singers. TVXQ's story is not that uncommon. It happens in the industry quite frequently, but not many people dare to speak out because the record companies are backed by HUGE stock companies that invest millions into that company.


WHOA got way off topic of this blog, but it's just something I wanted to express for a year now because I am still one of the biggest supporters of TVXQ, whether they just decide to do individual activities or decide to rejoin as TVXQ (although the chances of that are not large).

Always keep the faith! Here are pictures of Hero to distract you from the depressing entry.




This image as solarized with different colors





I added the green and rain droplets. It looks like he's super depressed.



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This is a metallic effect






This last one was taken from a TVXQ CD.



I realize that this isn't technically a "original photo" post nor were any of the photos taken by me. They were simply customized with different effects. Please don't sue me!