[farfacy]

Not just in Kpop.

"LITTLE MIX claim record bosses ordered them to flirt with men to get ahead in the music industy. The accusations from the quartet come after Simon Cowell confirmed the group have switched to RCA Records. Now the women have alleged they were advised how to behave to carve out chart success following their victory on The X Factor in 2011. Jade Thirlwall claimed: ‘We went to a radio event in America, full of VIPs. Someone from the label said, “Go and flirt with all those important men.” I was like, “F** off. Why have I got to go in and flirt to get my song on the radio?”’ The 25-year-old also alleged the singers were given no input into their own songs because they are women. ‘In the beginning, we were told we shouldn’t be involved in our music videos,’ she said. ‘One producer told us we shouldn’t be writing, we should just be given songs."