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BTS' discharge videos were viewed by , on average, a few hundred thousand people.
That's the number of people who still pay heavy attention to them.
My philosophy with KPop is, basically, 'whatever Koreans say'.
Koreans can say whatever, but their behavior showed a marked hostility against Kpop as seen in this
Top 9 KPop Artists
BTS, BlackPink (incl. Lisa), Twice,
Stray Kids, Seventeen, Itzy,
aespa and Psy.
Top countries where KPop is popular (for whatever reason china is excluded)
Korea 10.3%
Japan 7.5%
Indonesia 6.8%
India 6.0%
Thailand 5.4%
Mexico 4.9%
USA 4.7%
Philippines 4.7%
Vietnam 3.3%
Brazil 3.3%
The rest of the world 43.1%
With China included, the share of K-O-R-E-A in Kpop is less than 10%.
So it is revealed that Korea, with less than a 10% share in…
In the year 2022 the Koreans watched more IU than BTS although IU did not doo too much at all, except a featuring in Jay Park's song.
That might be a protest vote by Korean males over BTS and they supported the most available figure, IU, even though she didn't do aanything
And in 2023
Koreans voted New jeans' Super Shy over Jungkook's Seven, although the latter is probably the last Kpop song to achieve international fame (again, for the 101st time, APT., involving no Koreans, is not KPop)
That was a final verdict. Whatever Koreans might say is just empty words, since BTS will not regain international prominence again.
There is nothing for them. At most they will do one tour, which won't beat Taylor Swift's record so will be a footnote, before 'pursuing their separate interests'.
Korean males talked about BTS members beefing up. Well, that means away from the younger fans, and just catering towards the remaining fans, a path ironically pursued by BTS' archenemy IU, who has given up trying to vie for national domination and only maintaining her own fans just like most mature acts do.
