In order to increase my confusion, I see that, according to Generasia,* Bang Si Hyuk, a.k.a. "hitman" Bang, is president of Big Hit Entertainment, a JYP subsidiary — BUT GLAM are listed in the category "Former Artist," and if you go to the Generasia page for GLAM, their company is identified as "Source Music," the entry for Source Music consisting entirely of this useful information: "Source Music (쏘스뮤직) is a South Korean record label," followed by a short list of artists and some links. Clicking the links, I see that GLAM's vids are among the "favorite videos" on the Source Music YouTube page, and that the Source Music Website has as its front page a massive embed of the YouTube vid for GLAM's "Party(XXO)." Clicking on "Artist," we only get three of the five (Kan Miyoun, 8Eight, and Lee Hyun, the latter being a member of 8Eight but currently serving his mandatory stint in the military). Unfortunately, the little text there is on the site is part of picture embeds, so I can't copy and paste into Google Translate. Source Music Twitter gives all five artist: "Source Music 공식 트위터 / Artist_GLAM / Artist_간미연 / Artist_8eight / Artist_이현 / Artist_Eden Beatz." The link to the Source Music Facebook page takes you to the Twitter page instead.
Returning to our untrustworthy friend Wikipedia, "Big Hit Entertainment" is a subsection under "JYP Entertainment." Both GLAM and 8Eight are listed as artists, but 8Eight, unlike GLAM, has the note "left the company (2012)." The Wikip entry for 8Eight identifies their label as Source Music, which gets no entry on its own. Wikip's list of Korean Idol Groups puts Big Hit Entertainment and Source Music as GLAM's label. Finally, Allkpop told us last May, "On May 25th, Big Hit Entertainment announced that 'GLAM' will be making their debut on July 16th in collaboration with Source Music. 8Eight and Kan Mi Yeon are housed under Source Music, while 2AM is under Big Hit Entertainment. For the past three years, the two companies have been working together to produce GLAM." And "hitman" Bang offers these happy words: "I actually feel sorry calling GLAM a girl group because they have genuine musical talent and passion. As opposed to producing them, it's more accurate to say that I helped them realize their hidden musical potential and helped them foster that as a partner by their side."
So, I can't tell if Source Music is an independent entity that collaborates with Big Hit or a subsidiary of something, ultimately under JYP. And that's where I'll leave it, as I now kinda like need to stop gallivanting around the Web for the rest of today.
Speaking of T-ara — and when am I not finding a way to speak of T-ara — "hitman" Bang wrote "Like The First Time," one of my very favorite T-ara tracks. My little bit of shuffling about in the rest of his oeuvre gives me a lot of sap that doesn't interest me, though I should probably go and search more. I like the rhythm but not the melody for "Party(XXO)." "I Like That" hits me as better, though I'm not sure yet how much better. We'll see in a few days how many points I give it. To further confuse matters, GLAM's leader, Park Jiyeon, has the same name as T-ara's biggest star, Park Jiyeon.
*Wikipedia isn't yet on the case for GLAM, and Generasia gives only sparse information and no sources and may not be up-to-date.
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Returning to our untrustworthy friend Wikipedia, "Big Hit Entertainment" is a subsection under "JYP Entertainment." Both GLAM and 8Eight are listed as artists, but 8Eight, unlike GLAM, has the note "left the company (2012)." The Wikip entry for 8Eight identifies their label as Source Music, which gets no entry on its own. Wikip's list of Korean Idol Groups puts Big Hit Entertainment and Source Music as GLAM's label. Finally, Allkpop told us last May, "On May 25th, Big Hit Entertainment announced that 'GLAM' will be making their debut on July 16th in collaboration with Source Music. 8Eight and Kan Mi Yeon are housed under Source Music, while 2AM is under Big Hit Entertainment. For the past three years, the two companies have been working together to produce GLAM." And "hitman" Bang offers these happy words: "I actually feel sorry calling GLAM a girl group because they have genuine musical talent and passion. As opposed to producing them, it's more accurate to say that I helped them realize their hidden musical potential and helped them foster that as a partner by their side."
So, I can't tell if Source Music is an independent entity that collaborates with Big Hit or a subsidiary of something, ultimately under JYP. And that's where I'll leave it, as I now kinda like need to stop gallivanting around the Web for the rest of today.
Speaking of T-ara — and when am I not finding a way to speak of T-ara — "hitman" Bang wrote "Like The First Time," one of my very favorite T-ara tracks. My little bit of shuffling about in the rest of his oeuvre gives me a lot of sap that doesn't interest me, though I should probably go and search more. I like the rhythm but not the melody for "Party(XXO)." "I Like That" hits me as better, though I'm not sure yet how much better. We'll see in a few days how many points I give it. To further confuse matters, GLAM's leader, Park Jiyeon, has the same name as T-ara's biggest star, Park Jiyeon.
*Wikipedia isn't yet on the case for GLAM, and Generasia gives only sparse information and no sources and may not be up-to-date.