The Gap between Big Hit Entertainment (HYBE) and Edam Entertainment grows further

    Will the gap between Big Hit and Edam be closed? 27

    1. Yes (1) 4%
    2. No (3) 11%
    3. They have different structures and run differently. Why do you care about their gap? (6) 22%
    4. Only Whyknock writes something comparing Big Hit and Edam (17) 63%

    At the height of his power, Napoleon installed his brother Joseph as the King of Spain, his son (with the same name) as the King of Rome, his bro-in-law Joachim Murat as the King of Naples and other siblings as the King of Holland, etc. He also installed Jean Bernadotte as the King of Sweden, although Bernadotte later betrayed the Emperor and went his own way.


    At the height of his power, "Hitman' Bang Sihyuk acquires Ithaca Holdings, gaining Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and others.


    Big Hit also acquires J. Balvin, who is a huge Latin Pop star, meaning BigHit now enters Latin Pop as well!


    Since BTS has a presence in Latin America, it is possible a BTS member and J Balvin would do a collabo.


    Whyknock wrote this less than a month ago

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    Will a coalition against BTS be viable?
    The Kingdoms of Europe formed 7 coalitions against Revolutionary France.

    At that time (1800),
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…ies_by_population_in_1800
    France was the most populous European countries, with 47 million people. (The figure in the wikipedia article is misleading because the "British Empire" includes territories in India, which was not fully incorporated into Britain until 1857.)
    Russia had 35 mil, Holy Roman Empire (Austria) had 29 Mil, Turkey had 26 mil, Spain had 24 mil, Britain (and…
    WhyKnock


    Out of BTS' 8 remaining foes,


    Taylor Swift

    Drake

    The Weeknd

    Billie Eilish

    Eminem

    Post Malone

    Ariana Grande

    Justin Bieber.


    AG and JB leave the coalition and now joins BTS' side, leaving only Taylor Swift, Drake, the Weeknd, Billie Eilish, Eminem and Post Malone. Out of these, TS, Drake and Eminem are not BTS' direct competition, leaving only the Weeknd, BE and PM to handle the BTS-AG-JB coalition!


    Meanwhile, the most dogged enemy against KPop, Edam Entertainment, becomes smaller. Unlike Big Hit (HYBE), Edam Entertainment lacks the power and influence to attract foreign singers, and Edam Entertainment's effective owner/producer/singer lacks the foreign experience to sustain a long term campaign outside of Korea.


    It appears the gap between Big Hit (HYBE) and Edam will grow much bigger as time goes on.

  • AllKill VIP

    LOL. I always find your threads funny. ^^


    But then, IU might be following a different model


    This was discussed in the 2017 episode of Happy Together, the links between

    IU and Yoo Hee Yeol - association is too long to list

    IU andJung Jae-hyung - is also long, from Good Day to Lilac

    IU and Peppertones - The Red Shoes- Modern Times

    IU and Sam Kim - Ending Scene, Palette

    IU and Jung Seung Hwan - 2 songs,

    So the talk was about getting IU joining Antenna Music, joking that they can't afford her etc.


    Since then,

    Jukjae from IU's team signs up with Antenna for his solo career, of all the agencies he could have chosen.

    Recently, IU's first composition for another artist, beyond just lyrics, is to Jung Seung Hwan


    In The Game Caterers episode, another conversation, but this time about IU buying Antenna Music, and she turned down the offer from YHY.


    Finally Kakao M acquires shares of Antenna Music in May.


    Since WhyKnock proposes that IU is the effective owner of EDAM, then does it not lead that she has stakes in Kakao M as well and hence has pushed for this investment by Kakao M in Antenna?

    Then is IU building a Queendom if not an Empire, all behind the scenes.


    A different model from HYBE or the 3, a network of smaller but resilient actors.


    In real estate, location is the core, everything else is secondary. In entertainment, content is the king, everything else is secondary. And IU is in a pretty good position, to be the leader of the "Rebel alliance", i.e. everyone who is not in the Big 4. That would give her/EDAM control over the majority of content, Kakao M would be happy counting the profits, taking care of the technology side.


    From veterans to the newbies, everyone wants her imprimatur, so she might as well replace YHY via Antenna and the Sketchbook position in a decade or so, a sort of Anna Wintour of fashion, the arbitrator of taste in kpop industry.

    Who knows, she might replace MAMA, GDA etc., start giving out her own Bonsangs and Daesangs. :)

    The problem is she has to divide her time in music and acting, something few people now do. Idols who began to act made a full transition to acting, and it was kinda rare that people in the position of IU spent a sizable time acting.


    So she can't really run any long term tv shows.


    It is said that KakaoM might buy SM, since Mr. Sooman Lee might have doubts on his sons' management acumen. That will change the game but that is somewhere in the horizon.


    It is true that since IU will stand no chance fighting people like BTS directly she is going for a long term strategy, build enough network of supporters who can continue the fight for quite a while.

    Another think piece writer? The more the merrier.

    Is he.....you know?

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