Whose achievement seems to be greater ? Stray Kids selling 5 million vs IU having a concert in Korea's biggest venue? 2
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Stray Kids (0) 0%
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IU (2) 100%
Stray Kids had a concert in K-O-R-E-A on Sep 17-18, 2022, in the Gymnastics Arena (no one in K-O-R-E-A calls it with its official name , KSPO dome) , holding 11,000.
On the same day a 1,343 year old singer had her concert at the Olympic Stadium , holding around 44,000.
So in K-O-R-E-A, at least, Stray Kids had a drawing power about 1/4 of that of the former owner of Edam Entertainment.
The mayor of Seoul, Oh Sehoon (yes, his name is the same as a member of EXO - Korean names sometimes have several spellings), who has the authority to allow acts to have concerts in the Chamshil complex, should have not allowed the domesticist to have the biggest concert by a female in K-O-R-E-A-N history on the basis that she had no history of stadium concerts outside of K-O-R-E-A, but it is in the past.
To the eyes of the K-O-R-E-A-N-S, The domesticist is 4 times as relevant as Stray Kids.
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Stray Kids mostly did arena tours in its recent tour. It only did one 'stadium' tour, the BMO 'Stadium', a half-stadium where Twice had performed before.
JYPE always had the 'conservative' approach, and the 'Second-place' mentality. After Wonder Girls, JYP became a bit shy and he never adventured again, always following some other act which opened the way.
Stray Kids will top IFPI record for the best selling album of the world in 2023, but JYPE has not graduated it from arena tours.
I think it is a good time for SKZ to have stadium tours to solidify its position as the top selling act of the entire world, but JYPE will continue to have it do only arena tours, because JYP is too timid to try stadium tours for acts which are less than 7 years old.
At least in K-O-R-E-A, because SKZ's concert was much smaller than someone who can't sell an arena outside of K-O-R-E-A, it will be seen as being less powerful than the domesticist.