Monday, March 14, 2011

Fan behavior: limited to Korea?

I came across this article on Justin Bieber when I was looking for information about the reaches of globalization. Justin Bieber's concert in a mall got canceled of thousands of fans that mobbed the mall. Or hospitalization of fans gathering for Bieber Sorry, don't know too much about Justin Bieber, but this reminded me of something in Kpop so I decided to blog about it really quickly.

Sound familiar? It sounds like a similar situation to when B2st temporarily stops concert due to fan stampede or Kara's concert in Tokyo.

I know I only used Bieber as an example, and I have some friends who passionately dislike/like him, but I don't think that he is an exception. If I researched further, I could probably go back into Nsync or even more recent artists where this has happened. I am just focusing on Bieber because I didn't know and I saw parallels.

Here is one more parallel:

Threats of females romantically linked to Bieber v. Backlash of revealing a couple actually dating (Shinee's Jonghyun and actress Shin Se Kyung).

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