BigHit Music and UMG are Planning Something Huge! 

Big Hit was established back in 2005, making them almost 16 years old, but before Big Hit’s steady rise to the top, they almost fell before they could even get started. Rewind to 2012, when the entertainment company had just debuted a new girl group called Glam. This group consisted of five members: Zinni, Trinity, Jiyeon, Dahee, and Miso. They were the first group under Big Hit entertainment. Over Glam’s short career, two of the members would be caught in a scandal. Trinity was the first member to make her departure on December 31st, 2012. Big Hit covered it up as personal issues, but that was not the case. There was more behind the scenes...

Not long after Trinity’s departure, news released about Trinity being a sasaeng of Leeteuk, a member of the boy group Super Junior. Sasaengs are fans who lack morals when it comes to someone they like in the music industry; they are basically the K-pop version of a crazy fan. Trinity was trying to get in contact with Leeteuk for a very long time, and she even went as far as pretending to be the daughter of an entertainment company to attract his attention. While Trinity's case was not super serious, there have been cases where sasaengs have done pretty questionable things that would raise eyebrows. Glam would continue as a four-member group until the girls disbanded in 2014. 

On September 2nd, 2014, more scandals unfolded when actor Lee Byung accused two women of blackmailing him. For a while, people had no idea who he was talking about, but to the surprise of many, the two accused women would later reveal themselves as Dahee of Glam and model Lee Ji-Yeon. They aimed to use a suspicious video of Lee Byung saying inappropriate things to get 5 billion won (approximately 4,407,231.50 in U.S dollars) out of him. The two women tried to escape South Korea and flee to Europe but were quickly caught. Both women would face a jail sentence of one year, but Lee Byung requested for Dahee to face a two-year suspension instead of a one-year sentence. Shortly after the incident, Big Hit released a statement stating that Glam would be facing disbandment. A year later, they would debut a new group, BTS, which would become a hit sensation. 

Universal Music Group (UMG) is one of the biggest entertainment companies in the world. Being the managers of Taylor Swift, Kanye West, and Jay-Z with some Kpop artists such as Momoland, IU, and Got7, UMG has it all.