Concert Organizer KANZEN MUSIC today makes an important statement. Indeed for some time the walk explodes in Europe and little by little in the world, as for the music kpop.
Unfortunately and as highlighted by KANZEN MUSIC in its explanation, an abuse of activity can stifle and bring down this market, causing the cancellation of many events and the arrival of “trickster”.
We let you read the message of KANZEN MUSIC and make your own opinion.
Message of KANZEN MUSIC :
Dear K-pop Fans,
For the last 6 years we kept bringing K-Pop closer to you. This means that we consider ourselves as being as much a part of the K-Pop community as all of you are. Plenty of nice memories and good shows which we lived through together. Plenty of fans that we made happy with bringing the 1st K-pop show in their countries: Finland, Austria, Bulgaria, and now Greece! ❤️
We think that time has come to make an official statement regarding the current situation Europe is going through (but not only limited to Europe).
Concerts are possible because they are built together by 3 main parts:
➡️the Artist
➡️the Promoter
➡️the Fans.
One part cannot exist without the other 2 parts. Thus, we consider that the current situation is affecting all 3.
❓Are you a press member? Some of you grew up together with the industry, attended shows and wrote interviews with the artists. Some of you took pictures for the first time as press at a K-Pop show. Most of you are here from the beginning, others just joined. Will this affect you also? Of course, you`re part of this too.
When organizing a show some basics should be considered, among all these being also: the place and the timing. These two things also require another basic for organizers: research.
Of course, every promoter has his own business plan, every Artist has its own schedule and every Fan has his/her own favorite idol.
So it`s up to us as promoters to act like guardians of it, ensure the other 2 parts are safe and/or issue a warning sign when the basics are disregarded.
K-Pop turned into a worldwide phenomenon but when reduced to a certain market area it`s still a niche of entertainment.
❓Can the market absorb all this? Is it ok to have 2 K-Pop shows in 2 days in the same city? Is it ok to have 1 concert per week in the same city? Definitely not❗️
❓Is there enough space for everyone in this small market? Of course❗️ How ❓ We should go back to basics, proper planning and better communication. ⬆️
We cannot remain silent while we see this inflation of concerts that has risen to a level where it might become toxic for the entire market, for the industry that we all love and are proud to be part of: K-Pop!
We cannot remain silent pretending everything is good and expect fans to attend all concerts thinking that Europe has an infinite potential, and this applies to the rest of the world as well. We cannot remain silent about shows that are announced and sold without venues, which perhaps in the end will prove themselves as just selling illusions. We cannot remain silent for scams that happen in the market with shows announced which eventually never happened.
How is all this affecting K-Pop? Simple, you don`t get to see all the artists you wished to see anymore and the artists cannot enjoy their shows and audience`s energy at full potential. And promoters? Some will end their activity, some will cancel shows and some will keep pretending everything is fine and that this is normal to happen, because they have the resources to finance the madness for now, but on a longer term we can confirm it will not work well for the industry itself.
As a side note, rest assured, our tour will happen, because even if we`re not doing well we`ll strive to provide the best, as always, even though it might cause some scar tissue for the future. Besides every contract we sign and respect, there`s always the promise to ourselves, to you and to the artist, that we`ll give our best for everyone. Because this should be in the DNA of an organizer.
In conclusion we want to say that we`ll stay close to you, the Fans who helped us build so many memories with, we`ll continue to respect this industry by keeping in mind the basics. And we`ll always listen to your opinion!
Please don`t take artists for granted and respect their work, as you always did! And please be careful and start to sanction the ones that don`t treat you fair! Because you`re also part of this and your opinion matters!
See you all soon and don`t forget, love your artists and stand together!
This statement has been shared by the organizer BeatCraze Events and KSTATION TV also sends it to you. So that everyone, wherever you are in the world, will one day see your artists.
Journalist : Shawn
Source : KANZEN MUSIC
