JYP stocks are down 28% YTD

Quote from tetetete

Album sales are tanking

It's a big loss in revenue for all kpop companies

It only makes sense, I guess. Albums are really only valuable when you can't listen to songs any other way besides in-person. With streaming and YouTube, you really don't need to buy an album. You can just download the song from YouTube or torrent it (though the former is much easier to do for casuals). Eith downloading for offline play, it's even easier than downloading. Even the physicals like photobooks can just be scanned.

Touring and appearances really are the bread and butter for groups going forward.