Why does SM town con still exist

No Sehun no concert

To convert more people to SM stans.

Also, they make money from it.

I never knew there was an sm town con, the k-pop industry still amazes me

Edit: Oohhhhhhhh the concerts, I thought you meant conventions like K-con

At least we are going to get concert pics which are my favorite kind of pics

The artists don't interact as much and the collabs don't hit the same.

(Personally I think they're also not as close as SuJu-SNSD-SHINee-f(x) who all trained together)

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Wait what is this?? Why is he saying he wanted to see the fans but he couldn’t do so

Because it’s great as a fan of multiple SM groups I love it. Though they need to do more collabs and interactions or it’s pointless.

I like most sm groups, so its cool for me

I think to give chances for people like Boa and Kangta to perform in big venue because its impossible for them to carry out solo concert in medium-big venues. They had big legacy and as a result too ashamed performing in much smaller venue also knowing their high positions as SM Board of directors.

You get the point.

LSM: "money is the best"

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I don’t think it’s interesting even if you’re a fan of multiple groups.

As a concert it’s boring and lack luster. Not particularly about who is participating.

I refuse to blv there’s anyone who actually likes these boring ass concerts 😭😭

That’s probably because you’re not a fan of multiple sm groups so you won’t understand. It’s like saying “why the groups I don’t stan make a concert, it’s boring”. I used to excitedly watch lq fancams of SM dancers collab for years.

But as I said if it’s just like music shows structure with no interactions and no special stages then obviously it’s going to be boring and pointless but only because of that structure not because it’s a company concert.

To satisfy company stans and sooman oppa

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It’s been delayed 30 minutes because people are collecting their tickets. If it’s true they are letting others enter without it means they want to speed up the queue (assuming the statement is true)

Anyone else watching? Yeah it's been delayed for over 30 minutes for some reason

This is the first time I’m watching and I love it. You get to see so many talented artist for $45 and it’s been 4 hours. It’s worth my money. You can say what you like about SM but there is no denying all their acts are top tier. I’m going to try my best to watch the Tokyo one too.

last time i watched an sm town concert super junior got to perform like 10 songs while everyone else got 3 or 4 max. i'm not sitting through that again.

i just skimmed through the concert on Twitter. It is actually fun this time around and they had their mics on. Definitely better than the online one they did. As long as SM sees there are people interested, they will keep doing it. I hope they bring the collabs back. That was one of the best things about the SM concerts. I heard they will have another one in Japan. Hope they will be interesting collabs there

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last time i watched an sm town concert super junior got to perform like 10 songs while everyone else got 3 or 4 max. i'm not sitting through that again.

They are singing medley... So the duration are still the same.

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last time i watched an sm town concert super junior got to perform like 10 songs while everyone else got 3 or 4 max. i'm not sitting through that again.

Well, unlike literally everyone else in SM, Super Junior actually always bother to perform new remixes and brand-new dance breaks for SM Towns while everyone else does the bare minimum. So it's always very well deserved stage time with them.

It has always been funny for me seeing SM stans complain about SJ putting in effort instead of complaining about their faves not putting in effort.

i was thinking too why sm is doing smtown in korea and japan when all their groups can hold own concerts there. Atleast bring smtown to europe and south america where kpop fanbase is small. Even many kpop festivals happened this year in various countries why cant sm do it

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Well, unlike literally everyone else in SM, Super Junior actually always bother to perform new remixes and brand-new dance breaks for SM Towns while everyone else does the bare minimum. So it's always very well deserved stage time with them.

It has always been funny for me seeing SM stans complain about SJ putting in effort instead of complaining about their faves not putting in effort.

their music is unenjoyable. that they put in more effort than other sm groups means zero to me.

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They did do it in South America before COVID so probably they will!

Yeah smtown chile. Hope they will organize it and snsd will join too. Instead of attending award shows or year end festivals

I dont understand your question.

its simple, they make money from it.

also, I think its a great way to expose certain artists to other fandoms.

for example, key got new fansites after smtown (which he deserves).

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I never knew suju got any extra time eye- but then again I repressed most SM town so maybe that’s why I don’t know

It's relative. I don't think they as a group necessarily get more time (maybe only if you add up all the subunits and soloists), but they usually perform medleys of several songs together so it looks to non fans like they performed more than their faves. So it's like snippets of 5 or 6 songs mixed together versus 3 or 4 entire songs from other groups.

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No I disagree I don’t think the money for organizing so many acts in a 4 hour long concert is worth it. It’s more like investment in the brand name. Which I actually think is unnecessary.

I dont think you understand how business works.

artists and the companies make generally more money with concerts than album sales.

they also sell special merch.

so where is your point?

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their music is unenjoyable. that they put in more effort than other sm groups means zero to me.

It's perfectly fine if you don't like their music, I'm just saying there's a reason they get the stage time they get. Every time they participate in a joint concert they end up getting lots of praise from non fans for their music and the energy the bring to the stage. I have literally seen wholeass antis lose their shit over their performances in kcons and smtowns 🤷