will preface this by saying im from seasia and my English isn't the best, so some things may come off weird. ive also attended a few kpop concerts of different groups from different agencies. thus this won't be targeted to a specific group or agency...but will point out that this started with one concert i lurk on twt a lot and recently, after svt had a concert somewhere in the us and members accepted gifts from the crowd (one even accepted alcohol), a huge discussion about how us fans get treated so well vs other places broke out. a lot pointed out that members accepting gifts from fans will never fly in seasia...and the few times they did accept gifts, it was so rare unlike what happens in the us, wherein fans can even sing with idols sometimes. also brought up how from the pricing to the quality of concert and inclusions in a ticket, seasia always gets the short end of the stick. a lot brought up how only seasia has fan etiquette notices,, when other places in the west don't, for example similar examples include how its common and acceptable practice to wait for an idol outside their hotel rooms during fashion week, how it's expectedand all. same with seeing them off in the airport. but the moment someone does that in seasia (or general asia for this case), its jail time others also brought up how even for other groups, the treatment for seasia fans is clearly different. vip tickets in seasia don't have anything to them except you being closer, no send off or anything besides a lanyard or band. and yet in the country's currency, they paid the same amount, if not more. some also mentioned that in some countries, there's less fan interactions vs the west. granted, it could be the organizers' faults as to why some concerts aren't the best and why inclusions vary. same goes for ticket prices and how each currency/purchasing power for each territory can be influenced by other things like taxes and government issues now since there's a lot of nuances to those, i saw them brought up less, and more about the discussion of how seasia fans just... get so much less while giving the same, if not more, basically. a lot expressed they felt like they were viewed as lesser, even when they contributed the most to a group's success (streams, albums, merch, etc). they felt like a lot of groups tended to want western fame more, and that they were even being considered as bad or dangerous or unsafe people, calling out how some things the us/west considers as normal is seen as unsafe elsewhere i have never attended a concert in a different country before, so i have no point of reference. also never attended as vip either, so i can't speak on inclusions and all. but seeing the discussion around it did get me thinking and wondering if others feel the same or have noticed that seasian fans get treated differently vs the western fans? this whole thing has me really sad tbh bcs the differences are pretty glaring, but i also do know some things just are out of the idols or management control like, again, governments and taxes and all. especially bcs my countrys politics is pretty corrupt, i get it. but yeah, curious about what others think about this... observation? event? yeah especially curious to those who have attended concerts both in asia and out of it!! submitted by /u/ayykaashi [link] [comments]
