Stephan Lee > Quotes

“Most of the vendors’ faces are tanned and worn – so far from the dewy, white ideal that’s S.A.Y.’s standard. After so much time locked up in a K-pop trainee building, normal faces have become unusual to me. Unusual but beautiful. Interesting. Friendly. ‘You have such a lovely daughter,’ many of them say to Umma, and we bow our thanks.”
― Stephan Lee, K-Pop Confidential: the must-read novel for all K-pop fans!

“Do you know what you just did, you little brat?! Do you know how many millions you just cost me?”
― Stephan Lee, K-pop Confidential

“female idol who died last year, after being dropped by her company and harassed by trolls over nonsense “scandals.”
― Stephan Lee, K-pop Confidential

“We’re not on a broadcast show. I actually want you to be honest. If I had to cut one member of Team Two today, who would it be?”
― Stephan Lee, K-pop Confidential

“I try to pass her quickly, but her hand flies out. She’s backhanded me across the face.”
― Stephan Lee, K-pop Confidential

“multi-billion-dollar corporation,”
― Stephan Lee, K-pop Confidential

“The cellos are the sexy,”
― Stephan Lee, K-pop Confidential

“Tch, look at this shameless ssagaji behavior,” Madame Jung spits in disbelief, packing away her stones. “This is why of all the things I do for ShinBi, marketing idols is my least favorite task. I have to convince the public that you kids are special, deserving of worship and adoration … when in reality, idols—and the trainees who desperately want to be idols—are the losers of this country. Bottom of the barrel, like my youngest son—I had to pull strings just to get him a junior-level job at this company. Most idols are just empty-headed losers who never had hope of scoring in the top percentile on the national university entrance exam.”
― Stephan Lee, K-pop Confidential