Yesterday’s KGMA awards show looks like an all-time demand forecasting fail
The empty seats got fans talking, with many blaming KGMA’s steep prices, weak lineup, and extremely short idol stages.
They opened up 16000 seats and couldn’t even fill 3,000.
People said the tickets were way too expensive for Gocheok, and there weren’t any boy groups with fandoms big enough to fill the seats.
More to read
Popular right now
The current Melon chart situation, where an AI song could reach No. 1
Wait, do people in Seoul really tap their cards when they get off the bus, or is that a joke? I genuinely don't know
Let me explain why Seoul has gone beyond being a car-fucked capital to being a fucked-fucked capital, so they're like, “Uh, guess we should charge the bastards who ride longer more lol,” and they make you tap off to measure? how long you rode and charge an extra fare. If you don't tap off, the next…
20 comments
What's your take? Share it with other fans.
Seeing this makes me think K-pop really is dying.
It’s not even a solo concert, it’s a joint awards show where my faves would perform for 10 minutes at most, maybe barely over 10. The weird ones are the people paying that much to go lolllll. Before COVID, awards shows like this cost 10,000 or 20,000 won and even resale tickets were around 50,000, so at least I’d think, “Should I go check it out?” lol. Unless you’re in the front rows on the floor at Gocheok, you’re basically paying to watch your faves’ faces on the big screen, so why would anyone pay that much?
I was in B4 and couldn’t see a thing, so the longer the show went on, the angrier I got, and I wanted to cry. They could’ve at least planned the routes so everyone went around the extended stage during the all-artist stage, but they didn’t even do that. I’m never coming to an awards show like this again. I hate it most when they treat the audience like a joke.