Throwback Thursday – Kpop Concerts

K-Pop craze

Unless you have been living under a rock, you should the dramatic influx of Korean Pop Music, K-Pop, in Singapore as well as other countries. Singers with their porcelain and dolled-up faces dancing to the beat of Korean pop music began to infiltrate everyone’s minds. I, myself, has been following the K-Pop music scene and culture of the past 4 years. It has become a hobby that probably took up more of my time instead of studying. Yet i am not the only one to be that mesmerized by it.

We all have that particular K-group / singer that we all love. And among the members in a particular group, there are bound to be 1 or 2 group member that you’ll probably love more than the others. Those are our “bias”.

We love / follow them so much till the extent that their livelihood are more important than our own livelihood and our future. That’s how crazy this Korean music trend has overtaken our minds.

Concerts

Now if you’re an ardent fan of K-Pop, you would have bound to have attended at least one concert with regards to it. Generally, I have been to a few. Namely:

1. SNSD Girls’ Generation Asia Tour in Singapore (2011)
2. Straits Times STAR Concert featuring 4Minute as one of the guest performers (2012)
3. SMTown World Tour Singapore (2012)
4. Singapore Social Concert featuring PSY as one of the guest performers (2013)
5. SNSD Girls’ Generation Girls & Peace in Singapore (2013)

Some pictures I’ve took during these concerts:

Yoona, Yuri, Hyoyeon at SMTOWN SG

Taengoo at SMTOWN SG

Seohyun at SMTOWN SG

BoA at SMTOWN SG

Hyunah at STAR Concert 2012

Hyunah hugging SoHyun at STAR Concert 2012. So Sweet !

PSY at Singapore Social Concert 2013

Cons of attending K-Pop Concerts

By now, everyone knows that MBC Korean Music Wave in Singapore has been cancelled. Due to huge international success of these K-Pop acts, they command a very high fee. Exuberant at times. Being an entertainment company, it takes a hell lot of money to engage them to come onto our shores to perform. Not only do these organizers pay for their appearance, they might have to fork out additional expenses to every whimsical demands from the Korean management side. (P.S. you should know what if you’re a die-hard fan)

Now who is on the losing side of this funny game of monopoly? Not the local organizers, but the fans. Look at KMWSG, ticket prices skyrocketed! Judging that many of us fans are still teenagers that are still schooling, it is hard to fork out those prices just to have a glimpse of our favourite K-Pop biases and idols.

Why would I say the fans are at the losing end, just imagine. By placing high ticket prices, the money garnered would be paid to the Korean entertainment companies, after which further money would have to be allocated for their accommodation and other demands that the management might have. It’s very easy for them to just come down and sing, but it takes a truckload of money to plan and make sure the local organizers cater to their every needs. Money have to come from somewhere, unfortunately it is our hard-earned savings that would help to fund these operations.

Don’t be so harsh on local organizers. They are trying their best to each K-Pop event a success. But it takes 2 hands to clap.

 

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