“Well over 100 million” Park Seon-jooman? Young K, Soyeon, Kim Min-seok, idol copyright rich 'big smiles'

While singer Park Sun-joo confessed that she receives hundreds of millions of won in copyright fees annually, group Day6's Young-K, group (G)I-DLE's Soyeon, and duo Melomance's Kim Min-seok also smiled happily while mentioning their copyright fees.

Park Sun-joo, who appeared on Channel A's 'Best Friends Tocumentary Table for Four' broadcast on the 26th, was asked about her copyright fees, "Isn't the annual copyright fee in the hundreds of millions?" and answered, "It is much more than billions."

Actress Kim Hyun-sook, the host of the day, said of Park Seon-ju, "She is a genius girl." She added, "She holds the largest number of copyrights among women in Korea. Nearly 300 songs." Park Seon-ju said, “Among the well-known songs, there are many that I don’t know whether I wrote them or not.” Park Sun-joo wrote and composed songs such as singer Bobby Kim's 'Love.. He', Yoon Mirae's 'Gift', group DJ DOC's 'Superman's Sorrow', and singers Kim Beom-su and Park Sun-joo's 'Man and Woman' sung together.

DAY6's Young-K also appeared on MBC's 'Radio Star' in the past and surprised people by revealing that "only 175 songs have been registered with the copyright association," and that "as of January 2024, the number of songs registered as copyrighted by idols ranks 4th." However, Young-K caused a surprise. “I can’t use the copyright fees as I want,” said his father, who asked him at the time of his debut, “Do you want to get an allowance or would you like to manage it yourself?” and said that he would receive an allowance, and he still receives an allowance.

In addition, (G)I-DLE's Soyeon is one of the idols who holds many copyrights, including having recently been promoted to a full member of the Korea Music Copyright Association (hereinafter referred to as 'Han-eup Music Association'). Soyeon recently appeared on KBS Cool FM's 'Park Myung-soo's Radio Show' and said, "Because I am a rapper, I wrote lyrics since I was young and then learned composition." In response to Park Myung-soo's question about the royalties, saying, "Are they salty?" Soyeon confidently answered, "Yes. To be honest, I would be lying if I said I don't earn much."

Melomance's Kim Min-seok also appeared on MBC's entertainment program 'Point of Omniscient Interfere' last year and was asked about copyright fees. He said, "I don't know the exact amount because my parents are managing it," and "My allowance is 5 million won a month, but I don't really pay copyright fees." “Even if you come in, three times your monthly allowance will be deposited,” he said. Minseok Kim composed Melomance's hit songs himself.

Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr