In what appeared to be a thinly veiled reference to SM Entertainment's alleged requirement for their artists to get plastic surgery, F.T. Island guitarist and singer Song Seunghyun said he passed on a recording contract with the K-pop label when he was starting out, for fear of losing control over his body.
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"It was back in middle school," Seunghyun said on Tuesday's episode on the South Korean television program "Beatles Code 3D."
"I got lost at the fireworks festival when two women approached me, suddenly took a picture, gave me their card, and asked me to audition [for SM Entertainment]. The first person I saw when I went there was [Super Junior singer] Leeteuk. The very next day, Super Junior debuted."
"But in the end, it didn't work out," he added.
"What scared me was the contract, which contained wording that suggested things such as giving up rights to my body."
"Beatles Code" host and Super Junior singer Shindong couldn't resist having a little bit of fun.
"What do you make of our company?" he jokingly asked the crowd. "Do we all give up the rights to our bodies?"
Super Junior is still signed to SM Entertainment.
But not all of the interview was quite so confrontational.
Seunghyun, who was appearing on the show to promote his new single "Age Height" with his group Two Song Place, discussed the song's message of open-mindedness for older women.
"It's a song that advises women to not just solely look at a younger man's height and age," said the F.T. Island axman.
Although when he was asked if he could look past age and height in his own relationships, Seunghyun admitted it's difficult.
"Those things are important," he said.
Source : kpopstarz[dot]com
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