Thread by @sisu_sanity

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 news.yahoo.com/k-pop-yohan-de…

"[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 rollingstone.com/pro/news/bts-p…

"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."

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npr.org/2020/02/21/808…

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
cnbc.com/2020/02/24/reu…

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More K-pop artists team up with US labels to expand careers koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20…

March 2nd:

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Coronavirus takes heavy toll on K-pop bit.ly/2PHDCfE

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March 31:

K-Pop Industry Moves Forward as South Korea Controls Coronavirus Spread billboard.com/articles/colum…

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April Fools! K-Pop star pranks his fans that he has coronavirus 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 musically.com/2020/01/20/mus…

"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."

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hollywoodreporter.com/features/bts-i…

"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 bloomberg.com/news/features/…

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 bbc.com/news/world-asi…

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Eight of the most shocking scandals to rock the K-pop world insider.com/controversial-…

"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."

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cnn.com/2020/06/04/us/…

"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..."

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finance.yahoo.com/news/k-pop-fan…

"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."

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insider.com/kpop-stans-has…

"...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."

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vox.com/2020/6/8/21279…

"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 a.msn.com/07/en-my/BB15k…

"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."

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variety.com/2020/music/glo…

"The rise in K-pop activism has coincided w/ a resurgence of the hacktivist group Anonymous, a group known for launching digital protest campaigns."

['silence'👇? - see #17 👆]

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K-Pop fans flood QAnon Twitter hashtags to silence conspiracy theorists newsweek.com/k-pop-qanon-an…

"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."

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theguardian.com/world/2018/nov…

March 2018:

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Here are the K-pop acts performing in North Korea qz.com/1241406/

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 - 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? scmp.com/magazines/styl…