"The CEO of the agency and the producer were so bad about it" Epik High Tablo recalls his days as a broadcaster in the Age of Barbarism ('Sweet Brother')
Dec 03, 2024
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On the 2nd, on the YouTube channel 'Salty Brother Shin Dong-yeop', 'Epic High {Salty Brother} EP. 70 Ransomware in the hip hop world, N Pick High! I only saved what I could saveA video titled ' was posted. During the broadcast on this day, Epik High and Shin Dong-yeop candidly shared the atmosphere of the broadcasting industry in the past and their experiences.
Recalling his past days on MBC radio, Shin said, `At that time, I gave a lot of CDs and drinks to producers from singers and agencies. There are even cases where companies without money pick up mineral water at dawn and hand it over to the PD, expressing the fierceness of the industry. "It was a small company, but in the end, there were some cases that went well."
Epik High also announced that it had been running CDs in person since independence. Two-cut is "MBC Radio Station, holding up the CD, 'This is Epik High with this album released' and the producer 'Did you come empty-handed? He said, 'You should give me Bacchus at least ' and confessed his sorrow at the time. Tablo "It's only been four years since I started singing, so everything was bad. I had to run on my own feet," he said in sympathy.
There were also stories about the atmosphere inside the broadcasting station. Shin Dong-yeop said, `In the past, I was really scared of the PDs. Actor Kim Hee-ae also described those days as the era of barbarism." In response, Two Cut "At an award ceremony, I saw a producer being criticized by a senior singer or the CEO of an agency. He recalled, "There were really random words."
Tablo also revealed the reality of the backstage of the ceremony. "When I receive the award, celebrities are applauding on the show, but behind the scenes, officials often hurled abusive language and fought," he said. "There was a time when a CEO of an agency threw a kick at the producer. But it was even funnier because I fell awkwardly like Tom and Jerry."
There were also talks that PDs would bait singers and officials with awards. Tablo promises "PDs will give everyone 'the grand prize', but only one team will receive the grand prize in the end. Therefore, there is no choice but to have conflict every time." Misura said "It felt like the PD's lives were shortened at the end of the first part."," he added.
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