I was dismayed to learn about this
I predicted this last yeaer
I have a higher appreciation of Minnie since she decided to opt out from paying Filial Duty to the Singer who contributed nothing to KPop.
IN Korea, there are cases of estranged parents , usually the mother, coming out from woodwork to collect compensation or property of her child which she has not heard about for years and didn't really care anything about, because, the Korean (yes, I want to hypernate it) courts tend to side with the parents because of its Confucianism.
Younger Koreans are outraged about it, although the politicians, themselves kinda older, do not seem to care too much about parents who did NOTHING to raise a child collecting compensation for it.
But the younger Koreans show a logical fallacy when they tend to treat someone who contributed NOTHING to KPop's worldwide expansion with those who did.
I think KBS was wrong for people who didn't even meet IU to do a cover of her. IU is not relevant to the global population, and while Annie Chanmi "Chungha" Kim (who has never changed her legal name and is now the only Kim Chanmi since the AOA member with the same name changed her legal name to Lim Dohwa) had been invited to a music festival in Texas, where she lived at for 7 years, thereby contributing something to KPop IU was never invited to any festival not run by Koreans.
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No one really cares who is the top local singer in France, Germany, etc outside of their home countries, since there is a clean break between who is popular locally and internationally.
Korea is virtually the only country on earth where domestic singers are allowed to mingle and compete with internationally relevant singers.
Next year, the Revenge of 2nd generation is likely to take place. Whenever iU returns, they tend to follow her and create a havoc among the younger generations.
While NewJeans' position among the 4th Gen seems to be the highest, it is not secure and there are still challengers, and it is the only thing standing between IU and the domination of Korean pop scene.
My doubts about whether the 4th gen can withstand what would probably be the final assault of the 2nd Gen are growing day by day.
Because of Korenn culture honoring the elders, their tendency to support older singers and the obligation of the younger generation to honor the older ones, even those who did contribute nothing for the industry,
They are going to fight the 2nd Generation with one hand tied behind their backs.
What would happen if the Revenge of the older generation succeeds?
KPop once again returns to the size of 2011 when it was mostly confined to Korea and Japan.
