{"id":36896,"date":"2019-01-07T17:12:45","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T09:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=36896"},"modified":"2020-06-23T09:40:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T01:40:02","slug":"k-pop-fans-spend-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/k-pop-fans-spend-concerts","title":{"rendered":"K-Pop Fans Reveal How Much They Spend On Concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"
K-Pop fans go full force for their idols, it\u2019s never done half-heartedly. When they love and follow a band, they try their very best to attend all the concerts, fan-signings, and buy all the merchandise. It might sound like something most fans would do, but it\u2019s not.<\/p>\n
Merchandising is a huge aspect of K-Pop; and bands are known to release different versions of their albums for die-hard fans to collect. Some of these only differ in that they are packaged with different cards and photos of the band members; making them highly sought after collectibles.<\/p>\n
Fan meets are also a gamble. You have to buy albums to qualify for the fan meeting, and each album come with a unique code that will be chosen at random. Some fans have no qualms about buying 50 copies of the same album – so long as they get to meet their idols!<\/p>\n
We were fascinated by this and wanted to learn more about how much K-Pop fans are willing to spend for their favourite artists and bands. We spoke to three fans from different countries – and here\u2019s what they have to say.<\/p>\n
25-year-old Jessica Tjoa started listening to K-Pop back in 2000.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was only 7 then. I mostly listened to K-Pop, J-Pop, and Canto-Pop the radio; but for some reason, I was always more inclined towards K-Pop. I would also buy a lot magazines related to K-Pop. One day, my mom decided to install the internet – and that was it. I totally stopped hanging out with my friends and watched K-Pop videos all day,\u201d Jessica confessed.<\/p>\n
\u201cShortly after that, I bought my first ever K-Pop album. It was Genie by Girls\u2019 Generation. It was my most prized possession. I bought photobooks and all that too.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIn 2011, I attended my first ever concert in Singapore. It was Girls\u2019 Generation on their Asian Tour. My mom didn\u2019t allow me to go at first, for financial reasons and because I had exams. At that time, I had just bought a Japanese version of the Girls\u2019 Generation album, so I really had no more money. The album was about RM 300. In the end, I convinced my mom to let me go and she funded that entire trip. The tickets alone already costed $220 (RM540 \u2013 based on exchange rate in 2011).<\/p>\n
\u201cI usually don\u2019t use my parents money for K-Pop related things. But there was this one time I was short of cash and desperately needed to get a plane ticket – so I needed an extra cash boost. This was in 2013. Girls\u2019 Generation was about to lose a member, and it was my favourite member of the band. So I attended all three concerts to get a glimpse of her – in Indonesia, Singapore, and Bangkok. I took up a job in Chatime just to be able to afford the concerts,” she added.<\/p>\n
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Flight ticket to Jakarta <\/td> | RM200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Concert Tickets <\/td> | RM600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total<\/th> | RM800<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
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