KPop's potential to conquer the world - is it dead or alive?

    Twice's stadium (and some arena) tour in USA is quite significant, since it shows there is an act from K-O-R-E-A not named BTS who could have a stadium tour in the West.


    They are mostly one day affairs, but JYP probably made the correct decision to go for stadiums.


    I do have some doubts about whether 4th Gen acts might have a chance to do stadium tours in countries not named K-O-R-E-A but hope always springs anew.


    In the boy group field Hybe has cornered the market, but in the girl group field JYP and YG are still competing. And, given Hybe has shown cost-consciousness in the last couple years,


    (txt's next concert venues are not announced yet but they will have a 2 day event at Belmont Park, NY state, in Long Island. Belmont Park only has one decent venue, the UBS Arena, which has a concert capacity of 19,000 so it will be a 38,000 people event if they can fill it - which means their one day venues will average around 40,000, short of a stadium)


    Twice and BlackPink are still keeping the dreams of KPop conquering the world for now.


    However BP's re-signing is in doubt and if Twice falters before a 4th Gen act could have stadium tours, then the hopes for KPop will probably die at that point.


    BlackPink had stadium concerts in Southeast Asia and Twice does have 2 stadium concerts in USA. Both achievements are very commendable, more commendable than the stadium concert at Seoul by someone who can't fill an arena outside of Korea.

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    but there are a lot of 4th gen groups doing really well both in terms of charting and album sales - maybe they can carry on the hallyu wave?

    They will have to do large concerts outside of Korea to prove themselves since a lot of their sales are the same person buying dozens of albums

    The awards will be dominated by Hybe idols so much that they will probably change these awards to Hybe Awards A B and C

    exciting to see how twice sales will go.


    bp still hasnt announced their encore dates but they'll definitely be announced after coachella.


    their headlining status is not helping coachella and bst to sell out though. yg should give them new music.

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    at the end of the day we know bts is the standard so where we go from here...

    Until end of last year, and to some degree now, Korea , out of every single country on earth, had a dual system. Outside of Korea BTS was the standard, but in Korea someone who never could fill an arena outside of Korea was the standard.

    Kpop has been going strong for a long time

    i think it really really started to gain traction for more fans after Gangnam Style was dropped cause i listened to that song on repeat when i was little, i didn't even realize it was K-pop until many years later

    i thought the song was German...

    but either way kpop is one of the most known genres out there so i dont think it will ever fade out

    it's still very much alive


    take it with TWICE & BlackPink doing their tours + Stray Kids also doing their ongoing tour (which they have encores in LA which are sold out at a stadium i can't believe im going to day 2 of their encore in LA )


    then anticipation for BaeMon debuting which should cause a global stir


    then there is JIMIN debuting as a soloist with FACE + J-Hope releasing On The Street which will be noticed


    then there is THE FACT THAT DUE TO A FREAKING HUGE ASS DEMAND OF TICKETS, MANY FANS WILL NOT GET A TICKET TO SEE AGUST D ( suga of BTS ) ON TOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and i remember some saying they would never be able to do solo tours and while yes they are not doing stadiums, it is only a matter of time they do stadium stops, both in K-O-R-E-A & outside of korea


    so in conclusion, the potential to conquer the world is still very much alive and going strong

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    exciting to see how twice sales will go.


    bp still hasnt announced their encore dates but they'll definitely be announced after coachella.


    their headlining status is not helping coachella and bst to sell out though. yg should give them new music.

    It's truly a shame BP is headlining these festivals with only 31 songs, YG sucks 🚶


    BST will likely get new music tho 🤞

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