Kim Jong Kook Reveals the Reason Why Turbo Broke Up
Kim Jong Kook revealed the real reason why his former group, Turbo, broke up.
On January 26, Kim Jong Kook appeared as a guest on SBS′ Healing Camp and shared the real reason why Turbo broke up in the past.
Sharing what happened immediately after releasing Turbo′s second album, Kim Jong Kook said, "Turbo had too many schedules in the past. We used to go to 17 different schedules in one day. But the crucial reason was because we were conned."
"A different agency came and began creating trouble, saying that our agency was exploiting us. I also heard some groundless rumors saying that our agency was going to get investigated by prosecutors, and one day during a broadcast, detectives suddenly came and said we needed to be investigated. I believed those groundless rumors back then, and we all got into our dancer′s car and ran away for about six months. I say ran away, but it was really a vacation."
"The whole investigation was a false rumor and another company′s scam. But Kim Jung Nam, who was really exhausted, said he was going to start a business and left Turbo," explained Kim Jong Kook. "Compared to all the work, there wasn′t a lot of pay. There was no royalty agreement, so even though we sold a lot of albums, we didn′t receive more money."
Kim Jong Kook also went on to talk about how Turbo reunited for the Infinity Challenge ToToGa special, as well as his career as a soloist and a Running Man member.
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