There is an old saying, "When the cat is away , the mice will play".
BTS' conquest of the world and rule was nothing short of legendary, and every singer on the face of the world, except a certain singer in her 1,340s, had to kneel before them.
But its empire was destroyed by enemies within, and although its most dogged and stubborn enemy had been distracted by other stuff like filming a couple flop movies and traveling to Japan with an actor,
A far more stronger and organized foe became entrenched in the United States of America.
Morgan Wallen completely eradicated the empire of KPop in United States.
Like Napoleon's foes learning from his strategy , the country fans learned the practices from KPop and began to use Kpop strategies to promote their own champions.
Jason Aldean, who was somewhat popular in the country scene but not much so outside of it, Luke Combs, who was a bit better known since he had a peak 2 song in the Billboard Hot 100 (behind Ariana Grande's Positions) is also doing strong in the Hot 100.
That will not be the end of the country backlash against KPop.
#1s in Hot 100, 2023
Mariah Carey - you know what song it is - 1 week. Special case, not counted.
Pop
Taylor Swift - Anti Hero 2 weeks
Miley Cyrus - Flowers 6 weeks
(both have country background but for the purposes of this I will consider them to be Pop)
The Weeknd and Ariana Grande - Die for you 1 week
SZA - Kill Bill 1 week
Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 1 week
Total 12 weeks.
Country
Morgan Wallen- Last Night - 13 weeks
Jason Aldean - Try this in a small town - 1 week
Total 14 weeks.
KPop
Jungkook - Seven (featuring rapper Latto) - 1 week
Total - 2 weeks
So, country 14, Pop 12 (6 of them coming from country background), Kpop 2
Country is now entrenched in the Hot 100.
If BTS were there, vigilantly destroying any country singers before they got stronger, none of this would have occurred.
And I think at least a couple more KPop acts would have attacked #1 in Hot 100.
Country will always be popular among a segment of US population so it won't be easy to eliminate them, but now the forces of Country has become too strong to entrench and their fans are now strong enough to give a very serious challenge on KPop which I doubt can be overcome easily