Sunmi’s “Gashina” Takes The Spotlight In The Feud Between Two Top Choreographer’s On “Street Woman Fighter 2”

It’s been six years since the song’s release.
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Serah S. Cherrie
Serah S. Cherrie

Mnet‘s dance competition program Street Woman Fighter is back with a second season where eight crews will fiercely fight against one another for the winning title. This season’s cast boasts multiple big-name contestants, including two popular K-Pop choreographers Lia Kim and Mina Myoung.

Lia Kim | @liakimhappy/Instagram
Mina Myoung | @minamyoung/Instagram

Some of Lia Kim’s notable works include BoA‘s “Fox,” MAMAMOO Hwasa‘s “Maria,” and TWICE‘s “TT.” On the other hand, Mina Myoung is the mastermind behind the choreographies of MAMAMOO’s “GOGOBEBE,” Suzy‘s “Yes No Maybe,” and Jessi‘s “Gucci.”

The two dancers were known to be very close as former crewmates at 1MILLION Dance Studio. While Lia Kim is the founder, Mina Myoung worked with her for a decade before calling it quits and starting her own crew Deep n Dap. But their fans didn’t know that their relationship has now turned sour. In the very first episode of Street Woman Fighter 2, Myoung and Kim aired their dirty laundry in a heated fight.

Lia Kim and Mina Myoung, when they were younger

During the episode, Mina Myoung expressed her annoyance at the tag of being a former 1MILLION dancer still being attached to her. Talking about her bad blood with Kim, she explained that though she saw Kim as her own family, her demand for a pay raise for creating choreography drafts was never respected.

 I thought of her as family. And I loved her so, so much. But I was never treated the same. I only asked for one thing. Just one. And that was to be paid more for the choreography drafts. But that never came through. I ended up thinking that I didn’t deserve the money.

— Mina Myoung

In response, Lia Kim said that the choreography fee was always divided equally between them, and she never took a larger share.

Apart from this issue, Mina Myoung also suggested that Lia Kim hadn’t credited her crewmates properly for creating significant portions of the choreographies that are tagged as her creations only.

Lia Kim responded by saying that clients usually request for her to be the choreography director, and so she found the accusations of her “stealing opportunities” from her crewmates unfair.

I participate as the director. It means that I play the role as controlling the quality. Is this choregraphy good? Or do they need any changes? I check these things out. Does this mean nothing?

— Lia Kim

When Myoung questioned why Kim’s name is mentioned as a choreographer, too, even though she just directed the performance, Kim argued that she puts her name because she participates in creating the choreographies as well.

This back-and-forth argument between the two dancers had created a divided opinion among viewers. Some felt that Myoung’s complaints were legitimate, while others felt that Kim’s actions were fair too. But a lot of the public’s opinion swayed to one side after 1MILLION made some edits in the description of Sunmi‘s “Gashina” choreography video after the episode was aired.

“Gashina,” arguably still the biggest hit of Sunmi, gained a lot of its popularity thanks to its unique and catchy choreography. Lia Kim was credited as the sole creator of the dance on 1MILLION’s YouTube channel. But a netizen recently noticed that the credits have added Tina Boo‘s name as the assistant choreographer.

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During the episode of Street Woman Fighter 2, Mina Myoung specifically pointed out the choreography of “Gashina” and stated that Tina Boo had created the hook step, suggesting that Lia Kim had falsely claimed it all as her own. Tina Boo is still a part of the 1MILLION crew.

The fact that Tina Boo got credited six years after the song’s release is being considered by viewers as evidence in favor of Mina Myoung’s accusations.

Some also defended Lia Kim, pointing out that she acknowledged Tina Boo’s contribution in a past video.

A third opinion on this situation is that Mnet, which is infamous for its “evil editing,” would certainly use this situation to drive viewership, and hence audiences should take everything they see on the screen with a grain of salt.

What are your thoughts on this?

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