K-pop fans are creative, dedicated and social - we should take them seriously
- Written by Joanna Elfving-Hwang, Associate Professor of Korean Studies, University of Western Australia
The phenomenal success of K-pop (Korean pop music) and its biggest export bands such as BTS, EXO, Blackpink, MONSTA X and Red Velvet can largely be credited to their highly active and dedicated fandom. This is a group not to be dissed, as Channel Nine discovered recently after airing a segment on “global crazes” featuring BTS, a...
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