Being on K-Pop twitter/tiktok/insta I keep seeing this recurring theme of complaints about things being “money grabs” or fans wanting their idols to skip touring for a year to take breaks, and while I understand what people are trying to get at, I think a lot of fans (not all) forget that K-Pop is a BUSINESS. Albums and Singles cost money to produce (just for tours you need to pay for - VCRs, Costumes, Plane Tickets, Visas, Audio, Visual, Merch, Mics, iPads, Security, Cars - you name it). Merchandise costs money to be made, Albums, production teams, equipment, all of it costs money to be made. OF COURSE the fans end up footing some of the bill. If you think about these companies, whether they’re big or small, they need to generate money to keep the lights on in Korea, pay the idols, the people work WITH the idols and everything in between. EVERYTHING is a money grab. That’s the whole point… But touring in particular, that’s one of the ways that idols make THEIR OWN money. In a lot of these contracts, idols get to take more of the profits than they do from their albums. So yes, while tours are exhausting, this is how idols can pay off their families’ homes, open businesses, buy apartments, go on vacations. Yes, the economy is shitty in a lot of places around the world, and each person has the ability to decide how they want to spend their money. But if you want your groups to keep promoting, to have money for new projects, new tech, new costumes, and to keep funding their dream… The fans help contribute to that with the stuff they buy and the shows they attend. submitted by /u/Old-Pomegranate1199 [link] [comments]
The Money Actually DOES matter…
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