Lee Seung Gi gains attention for his consistently uploaded singing covers after it was revealed his agency gaslighted him by telling him he is a "minus profit singer"
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Lee Seung Gi gained attention for his consistently uploaded singing covers after it was revealed his agency gaslighted him by telling him he is a "minus profit singer".
On November 21 KST, one netizen took to an online community forum and created a post titled, "Lee Seung Gi, who consistently uploaded singing covers since making a personal YouTube channel". Here, the netizen included various Tweets made online that expressed frustration at Lee Seung Gi's unjust treatment by Hook Entertainment during the last 18 years of his career as a musician. The Tweets discussed how until just recently, Lee Seung Gi has been consistently uploading singing covers on his official YouTube channel 'HumanMade' since setting up his one-man agency. Through his consistently uploaded singing covers, Lee Seung Gi touched many fans' hearts as he proved his undying love and passion for singing, making his unjust treatment by Hook Entertainment, his agency of 18 years, that much more heartbreaking for many fans.
One Tweet read, "[Hook Entertainment] gaslighted Lee Seung Gi by telling him he's a minus [profit] singer and that none of his fans would buy his albums. Then, they would gaslight his fans by telling them that if they did a certain act, Lee Seung Gi would be sad and placed into a difficult situation. When fans asked him to release an album, [Lee Seung Gi] would tell them that he doesn't have the capacity to do so TT. That's why after setting up his one-man agency, [Lee Seung Gi] made a YouTube channel to at least be able to sing through this [platform]."
Another Tweet read, "Everyone seemed unaware that on his 'HumanMade'official YouTube channel, Lee Seung Gi would consistently upload singing cover videos. There are a ton of really good singing covers [there]."
Below is a link to Lee Seung Gi's full 'Table Concert' video on his YouTube channel:
Netizens commented:
"I can't believe he's been thinking of himself as a minus singer all this time TTTT."
"How can they possibly do this to him? I thought that the only reason for his rare music releases was that Lee Seung Gi was more interested in acting. To a person who loves [singing] this much, how can they do this [to him]?"
"Lee Seung Gi seriously loves singing so much. How can this happen TTTTT."
"I really wanted to listen to a lot of Lee Seung Gi's songs..."
"Lee Seung Gi is seriously amazing when he sings rock ballad."
"This is all so unfortunate."
"I thought it was only because he was more interested in acting and variety shows TTTT."
"Wow. This is seriously shocking. TTTT."
"Lee Seung Gi is seriously so good at singing, it's such a waste."
"How can it be real that we can only listen to a top singer's voice through YouTube..."
What's even more shocking is, despite his company robbing him blind, Lee has been a consummate philanthropist throughout his career.
per wiki: Lee Seung Gi has involved himself with various philanthropic activities.
Since 2009, he had donated 1 million won weekly to families who appeared on KBS's “Field Report Companion,” for total of 100 million won. In addition to the donations, Lee Seung Gi also volunteered to personally seek out the families and help them.[122]
He had also participated in a charity fan signing event for world
hunger relief. The event was held at Seoul Hongdae branch of Pizza Hut
on October 28, 2012.[123]
In 2013, Lee donated 5.88 Tons of Rice to Nowon-gu, Seoul. According to Nowon-gu, the 5.88 tons of rice donated by Lee Seung Gi is enough to feed 50,000 children. Nowon-gu
plans to distribute the rice to underprivileged groups in the area,
including people receiving national basic livelihood security,
lower-income families, and single-parent families.[124]
In 2014, Lee collaborated with CJ E&M to provide assistance to an education contents donation event for low-income female students in the US.[125][126]
Lee was awarded the 2018 Korea Sharing Volunteer Award for the
100 M won donation to DongHaeng, volunteer work repairing House of Love,
and talent donation to Severance Hospital.[127]
In 2019, Lee Seung Gi donated 100 million won to Severance
hospital for rehab hospital patients’ medical expenses. The donation was
used to support wheelchairs, prosthetic legs, prosthetic limbs, and
posture aids to 23 children and adolescents with spinal cord injuries.
He also participated in the ‘10,000-Won Happiness’ mobile donation.[122]
In 2020, to help with COVID-19
prevention and aid underprivileged children in Korea, Lee Seung Gi has
donated 100 million won to Good Neighbors, an international humanitarian
and development NGO.[128]
In 2021, Lee Seung Gi, along with the cast of Golf Battle: Birdie Buddies, has been donating scholarship money for every birdie scored on the show.[129]
For his 35th birthday on January 13, 2022, Lee became the first
charity fairy under the entertainment category on the celebrity ranking
service, Best idol Celeb. Countless fans, including his fandom AIREN,
joined forces and collected 61,105,486 votes, passed the charity fairy
cut line of 55,555,555 votes, making Lee Seung Gi a charity fairy. A
total of 500 thousand won is donated to the Miral Welfare Foundation
under Lee Seung Gi's name, it will be used as a fund for the disabled
isolated under COVID-19.[130]
According to his agency on January 27, 2022, Lee had donated 100 million
won to support the children and adolescents who are being treated at
the Severance Rehabilitation Hospital. A cumulative of 200 million won
sponsorship to the hospital as of Jan 2022. It is also reported that
Lee's fan club AIREN also joined the sponsorship move and donated 10
million won to Severance Hospital to celebrate Lee's birthday in 2020
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How to ensure you loose your biggest earning artist, call him a "minus profit singer". Guess that statement pretty much killed Hook Entertainment, not that it wasn't almost dead anyways
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What's even more shocking is, despite his company robbing him blind, Lee has been a consummate philanthropist throughout his career.
per wiki:
Lee Seung Gi has involved himself with various philanthropic activities.
Since 2009, he had donated 1 million won weekly to families who appeared on KBS's “Field Report Companion,” for total of 100 million won. In addition to the donations, Lee Seung Gi also volunteered to personally seek out the families and help them.[122]
He had also participated in a charity fan signing event for world hunger relief. The event was held at Seoul Hongdae branch of Pizza Hut on October 28, 2012.[123]
In 2013, Lee donated 5.88 Tons of Rice to Nowon-gu, Seoul. According to Nowon-gu, the 5.88 tons of rice donated by Lee Seung Gi is enough to feed 50,000 children. Nowon-gu plans to distribute the rice to underprivileged groups in the area, including people receiving national basic livelihood security, lower-income families, and single-parent families.[124]
In 2014, Lee collaborated with CJ E&M to provide assistance to an education contents donation event for low-income female students in the US.[125][126]
Lee was awarded the 2018 Korea Sharing Volunteer Award for the 100 M won donation to DongHaeng, volunteer work repairing House of Love, and talent donation to Severance Hospital.[127]
In 2019, Lee Seung Gi donated 100 million won to Severance hospital for rehab hospital patients’ medical expenses. The donation was used to support wheelchairs, prosthetic legs, prosthetic limbs, and posture aids to 23 children and adolescents with spinal cord injuries. He also participated in the ‘10,000-Won Happiness’ mobile donation.[122]
In 2020, to help with COVID-19 prevention and aid underprivileged children in Korea, Lee Seung Gi has donated 100 million won to Good Neighbors, an international humanitarian and development NGO.[128]
In 2021, Lee Seung Gi, along with the cast of Golf Battle: Birdie Buddies, has been donating scholarship money for every birdie scored on the show.[129]
For his 35th birthday on January 13, 2022, Lee became the first charity fairy under the entertainment category on the celebrity ranking service, Best idol Celeb. Countless fans, including his fandom AIREN, joined forces and collected 61,105,486 votes, passed the charity fairy cut line of 55,555,555 votes, making Lee Seung Gi a charity fairy. A total of 500 thousand won is donated to the Miral Welfare Foundation under Lee Seung Gi's name, it will be used as a fund for the disabled isolated under COVID-19.[130]
According to his agency on January 27, 2022, Lee had donated 100 million won to support the children and adolescents who are being treated at the Severance Rehabilitation Hospital. A cumulative of 200 million won sponsorship to the hospital as of Jan 2022. It is also reported that Lee's fan club AIREN also joined the sponsorship move and donated 10 million won to Severance Hospital to celebrate Lee's birthday in 2020