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ANOTHER K-pop artist between the age of 25 & 30 died recently.
"Yohan’s death is the latest in a string of K-pop stars to lose their lives in the past year."
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K-pop boyband star Yohan dies aged 28 https://news.yahoo.com/k-pop-yohan-death-094515200.html
"Yohan’s death is the latest in a string of K-pop stars to lose their lives in the past year."
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K-pop boyband star Yohan dies aged 28 https://news.yahoo.com/k-pop-yohan-death-094515200.html
"[BTS] held its much-anticipated Bang Bang Con on Sunday, drawing in 756,600 viewers, marking what the band’s label claims to be the largest paying audience ever for a livestreamed concert."
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BTS Just Proved That Paid Livestreaming Is Here to Stay https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/bts-paid-livestream-bang-bang-con-1015696/
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BTS Just Proved That Paid Livestreaming Is Here to Stay https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/bts-paid-livestream-bang-bang-con-1015696/
"In music, sajaegi has a more specific meaning -unethically and/or illegally boosting a chart ranking. For example, entertainment agencies bulk-buying their own CDs; or using bots or computer farms to repeatedly stream songs and hike up chart numbers."
3/ https://www.npr.org/2020/02/21/808049441/inside-sajaegi-k-pops-open-secret
3/ https://www.npr.org/2020/02/21/808049441/inside-sajaegi-k-pops-open-secret
February 24th:
"Big Hit Entertainment, the music label of South Korean boy band BTS, has chosen JPMorgan, NH Investment and Securities and others to handle its IPO, according to media reports.
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K-pop sensation BTS’ label picks JPMorgan, others for IPO https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/24/reuters-america-k-pop-sensation-bts-label-picks-jpmorgan-others-for-ipo-media.html
"Big Hit Entertainment, the music label of South Korean boy band BTS, has chosen JPMorgan, NH Investment and Securities and others to handle its IPO, according to media reports.
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K-pop sensation BTS’ label picks JPMorgan, others for IPO https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/24/reuters-america-k-pop-sensation-bts-label-picks-jpmorgan-others-for-ipo-media.html
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More K-pop artists team up with US labels to expand careers http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200311000775
More K-pop artists team up with US labels to expand careers http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200311000775
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March 31:
K-Pop Industry Moves Forward as South Korea Controls Coronavirus Spread https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/9347980/k-pop-industry-moves-forward-south-korea-coronavirus
March 31:
K-Pop Industry Moves Forward as South Korea Controls Coronavirus Spread https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/9347980/k-pop-industry-moves-forward-south-korea-coronavirus
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April Fools! K-Pop star pranks his fans that he has coronavirus https://reut.rs/3aAE7jR
April Fools! K-Pop star pranks his fans that he has coronavirus https://reut.rs/3aAE7jR
"The 2nd morning at this year’s NY:LON Connect conference focused on ‘emerging international and influential markets’. 3 territories in particular: South Korea, China, & Russia/Eastern Europe."
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Music’s global evolution: K-Pop, China, and Eastern Europe https://musically.com/2020/01/20/musics-global-evolution-k-pop-china-and-eastern-europe/
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Music’s global evolution: K-Pop, China, and Eastern Europe https://musically.com/2020/01/20/musics-global-evolution-k-pop-china-and-eastern-europe/
"The seven-man K-pop sensation, which accounts for $4.65 billion of South Korea's GDP and rivals The Beatles on the charts...opens up about their future, performing in Saudi Arabia, looming military service and a possible Grammy nomination."
10/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bts-is-back-musics-billion-dollar-boy-band-takes-next-step-1244580
10/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bts-is-back-musics-billion-dollar-boy-band-takes-next-step-1244580
"A wave of scandals has brought unwanted attention to South Korea’s squeaky-clean music industry."
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Assault, prostitution, suicide, and spycams: A wave of scandals has brought unwanted attention to the K-pop industry https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-11-06/k-pop-s-dark-side-assault-prostitution-suicide-and-spycams
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Assault, prostitution, suicide, and spycams: A wave of scandals has brought unwanted attention to the K-pop industry https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-11-06/k-pop-s-dark-side-assault-prostitution-suicide-and-spycams
From 2011:
"Some of K-Pop's biggest success stories were built on the back of so-called slave contracts, which tied its trainee-stars into long exclusive deals, with little control or financial reward."
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The dark side of South Korean pop music https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13760064
"Some of K-Pop's biggest success stories were built on the back of so-called slave contracts, which tied its trainee-stars into long exclusive deals, with little control or financial reward."
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The dark side of South Korean pop music https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13760064
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Eight of the most shocking scandals to rock the K-pop world https://www.insider.com/controversial-k-pop-scandals-since-2013-2020-2
Eight of the most shocking scandals to rock the K-pop world https://www.insider.com/controversial-k-pop-scandals-since-2013-2020-2
"Dallas PD asked [Twitter users] to submit video of "illegal activity from the protests" to its IWatch Dallas app - instead K-pop fans flooded the app with fancams.
...after the app crashed K-pop fans replied to Dallas PD's tweet with more videos."
14/ https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/04/us/kpop-bts-blackpink-fans-black-lives-matter-trnd/index.html
...after the app crashed K-pop fans replied to Dallas PD's tweet with more videos."
14/ https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/04/us/kpop-bts-blackpink-fans-black-lives-matter-trnd/index.html
"In subsequent days, users took the same tack with the Grand Rapids [MI] police department, which had set up a portal for "picture or video evidence" of violent civil unrest, and with the Kirkland [WA] police, who put out a call Twitter for tips..."
15/ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/k-pop-fans-became-twitter-212637972.html
15/ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/k-pop-fans-became-twitter-212637972.html
"Ellie said that Black fans' voices are silenced in K-pop fandom, most recently when she saw K-pop fans continuing to spread videos of George Floyd's death, especially without trigger warnings, despite Black fans asking them to stop doing so."
16/ https://www.insider.com/kpop-stans-hashtags-fancams-whitelivesmatter-bts-matchamillion-army-donation-2020-6
16/ https://www.insider.com/kpop-stans-hashtags-fancams-whitelivesmatter-bts-matchamillion-army-donation-2020-6
"...the 'white lives matter' hashtag was consumed with fancams, [music tweets], & tweets about people tweeting about music.
Paradoxically, the virality K-pop fans have gained for this stunt has kept 'white lives matter' trending as a topic for days."
17/ https://www.vox.com/2020/6/8/21279262/k-pop-fans-black-lives-matter-fancams-youtubers-protest-support
Paradoxically, the virality K-pop fans have gained for this stunt has kept 'white lives matter' trending as a topic for days."
17/ https://www.vox.com/2020/6/8/21279262/k-pop-fans-black-lives-matter-fancams-youtubers-protest-support
"Reactions to Kim’s apology have been divided on Twitter, with some accepting it as well-meaning and genuine while others took issue with his statement...as a fetishisation of African American culture."
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K-pop rapper samples George Floyd's final words http://a.msn.com/07/en-my/BB15kq3k
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K-pop rapper samples George Floyd's final words http://a.msn.com/07/en-my/BB15kq3k
"Big Hit Entertainment has apologized for BTS star Suga’s sampling of a speech by infamous cult leader Jim Jones.
Since it was released on May 22, “D-2”...has topped the Apple iTunes album charts in 80 countries and regions."
19/ https://variety.com/2020/music/global/big-hit-entertainment-apologizes-suga-cult-leader-jim-jones-1234622958/
Since it was released on May 22, “D-2”...has topped the Apple iTunes album charts in 80 countries and regions."
19/ https://variety.com/2020/music/global/big-hit-entertainment-apologizes-suga-cult-leader-jim-jones-1234622958/
"The rise in K-pop activism has coincided w/ a resurgence of the hacktivist group Anonymous, a group known for launching digital protest campaigns."
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K-Pop fans flood QAnon Twitter hashtags to silence conspiracy theorists https://www.newsweek.com/k-pop-qanon-anonymous-twitter-hashtags-protest-gobaldforblm-opfancam-black-lives-matter-1508909
['silence'
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K-Pop fans flood QAnon Twitter hashtags to silence conspiracy theorists https://www.newsweek.com/k-pop-qanon-anonymous-twitter-hashtags-protest-gobaldforblm-opfancam-black-lives-matter-1508909
"A TV network in Japan has cancelled an appearance by the popular K-pop band BTS, after a photo emerged of one of its members wearing a T-shirt that appeared to celebrate the atomic bombing of Hiroshima."
21/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/09/japanese-tv-show-axes-bts-performance-atomic-bomb-t-shirt-hiroshima
21/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/09/japanese-tv-show-axes-bts-performance-atomic-bomb-t-shirt-hiroshima
April 2018:
Members of Red Velvet, one of South Korea's top K-pop groups, sang their hits "Bad Boy" and "Red Flavor."
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South Korea's K-pop stars surprised by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's appearance at performance - ABC News - https://abcn.ws/2GrgYl2
Members of Red Velvet, one of South Korea's top K-pop groups, sang their hits "Bad Boy" and "Red Flavor."
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South Korea's K-pop stars surprised by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's appearance at performance - ABC News - https://abcn.ws/2GrgYl2
November 2018:
"Will South Korean K-pop sensation BTS perform in North Korea next year? The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) certainly wants it to happen."
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Will South Korea’s K-pop stars BTS perform in North Korea? https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/2172447/will-south-koreas-k-pop-stars-bts-perform-north-korea
"Will South Korean K-pop sensation BTS perform in North Korea next year? The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) certainly wants it to happen."
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Will South Korea’s K-pop stars BTS perform in North Korea? https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/2172447/will-south-koreas-k-pop-stars-bts-perform-north-korea
