I compared BTS vs IU war as Napoleon vs Wellington, but unlike 1815, BTS are vassals of Bang Sihyuk, while IU was a sovereign 2020-2022 and still has a huge input on running her own activities.
I have written extensively that it was FOOLISH for Bang to send at least the younger members to the military that early. If necessary he should have just run the tours with the younger four, to nip Taylor Swift's comeback attempt at the bud.
Taylor Swift has earned about $300-400 mil from her concerts alone last year, not counting any other income.
BTS' nemesis is expected to clear at least $25-30 mil from her world tour this year, probably more.
And, assuming that Min Heejin's case will end up with some kind of settlement, she will collect 100 billion won, or about $75 mil, from Hybe.
After conquering the entire world, they are still poorer than IU, who did NOT leave Korea until this year, and now they are going to be poorer than Min Heejin.
Whatever they might earn post-release is irrelevant. Taylor Swift will get richer, Lee Jieun will get richer, and Min Heejin will get her investment since there are quite a few people who are willing to bet big bucks on her.
Since MHJ was rather liberal on showering money to New Jeans members, it might have been possible that NJ members would have gotten richer than BTS members if this mess did not occur!
No matter what BTS might do from now, the singer who earned most in singing in the entire history of Korea will be IU. (Lim Youngwoong is still under the control of his company, who only has him, so a lot of his earnings are pocketed by his owner, a common practice in trot.)
That might be the greatest irony of the history of entire KPop where a domesticist becomes the singer who earned the most.
