https://sports-chosun-com.tran…&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc (Machine translation)
Son Heungmin became the co-winner of the Golden Shoe in the English Premier League Soccer 2021-22, but among the youngsters of K-O-R-E-A, he is still just #3 in popularity.
A recent poll done by a children's educational course company revealed that the following people were the youngsters (under 14 years old) wanted to befriend.
5. Doti, a youtube creator, 8%
4. Dr. Oh Eunyoung, a well known children's behavioral coach. 9%
3. Son Heungmin. a soccer player. 10%
2. BTS, world famous boy band, 21%
and , lo behold,
1. IU, a singer, actress, real estate speculator and the owner of Edam Entertainment, 26%.
How can IU be more popular among the under-14 population than the acts which debuted more recently?
The respondents were not born when Lee JIeun debuted in Sep 18, 2008!
Her popularity among the younger-than-14 population means she is likely to be in the upper echelon of Korean Pop for at least 10 more years, since she, not acts from 3rd and 4th generations, is gaining fans who will support her in the future! Even though they might move on to some other acts, she will always remain in their minds because she is likely to be release more songs as they grow up.
But it is amazing the more recently debuted acts, who are younger and are more likely to relate to the newer generations, are not making rounds into the newer generations, making the future of KPop cloudier as the youngters' first choice is the singer who had purchased a $11.7 million house, not other, more internationally famous acts.
