(via K-Pop stars rocked Clarke Quay as part of Music Matters Live | herworldPLUS)
These guys and Yoon Mi Rae gave me the best week of my life this year! I had a lot of fun with Rebecca shouting and jumping at the concert. And yes, I did watch it on Youtube the day after but there’s really nothing like being in the crowd and watching them live.
I tried my hardest to sound like an objective reporter and not a fangirl but I think I didn’t do too well with that ^^ And I wanted to add in a lot more things but the article would have been too long. Becks and I were at the panel discussion the day after with Tiger JK and some music “experts” who were giving their opinions on why K-pop is so popular.
He was saying on Twitter that he doesn’t know why he got invited to the panel, he doesn’t know much about K-pop etc. But he said the one thing which made the most sense — “I used to clown K-pop too. But I saw that fans of K-pop come from difference races and cultural backgrounds, intelligent — from Harvard professors to regular people. It’s a form of escapism, to see something beautiful, fresh. Like a fantasy. The world is crazy right now. We thought we were better than these people just because we write our own lyrics but I’ve stopped judging.”
Anyway, for those who still don’t understand why K-pop is so huge and why otherwise normal people go nuts over it, please read this article K-pop is my escape by one of my former superiors at work (who’s really pretty enough to be a K-pop idol herself, no joke). She captures the sentiments of all K-pop fans perfectly.
P.S. Can I just say, I’m super duper excited that Bumkey tweeted about my article, even if all he said was two words?! Also, we’re bummed we didn’t know about the Rhythmking gig at Keong Saik Road or we would have gone and watched!
