INTELLIGENCE REPORTS
Dispatches from the underground. Analyzing the machine from the inside out.
The Industrialization of Human Soul
How the K-pop factory system standardizes creativity and replaces passion with production line efficiency.
The Ghost Composers of Seoul
An investigative report uncovering the hidden composers behind K-pop’s billion-view hits—and the economic system that keeps them anonymous, underpaid, and contractually silent.
Idol Factories: Standardized Human Production in Global Pop
A critical report examining how idol training systems operate as human production lines—optimizing bodies, personalities, and labor for profit while externalizing risk, silencing dissent, and eroding creative autonomy.
Algorithms Over Artists: How K-Pop Bots Manufacture Global Popularity
An investigative report into how automated streaming bots, algorithmic manipulation, and data engineering are used by major K-pop labels to inflate stream counts, distort charts, and manufacture the illusion of organic global success.
Thirteen Hour Rehearsals: The K-Pop Cost
An investigative report on underage K-pop trainees subjected to extreme rehearsal schedules, physical strain, and controlled diets inside Seoul’s idol training factories.