One thing I learned from being a part of ‘’fan base’’: it’s not obsession, it’s dedication. Whew—K-pop related tweets remained in full force last year, reaching a new record of 6.7 billion, as reported by Twitter Inc. on Thursday, 3th January 2021.
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The social media company highlighted that Indonesia ranked as the top market (aka the first in the list) to tweet about K-pop by volume, followed by Thailand and South Korea in third place. In terms of unique users tweeting about K-pop, Japan topped the list, followed by the United States and Indonesia.
According to Twitter, the BLM movement contributed a lot to the impressive numbers, “The #KpopTwitter community’s involvement in the #BlackLivesMatter movement gave fans another way to stay connected and express their views on broader issues in society,” said the blue bird app in a blog statement. Last June, BTS expressed support for the movement on Twitter, and the tweet has since been retweeted nearly a million times. Impressive.
우리는 인종차별에 반대합니다.
우리는 폭력에 반대합니다.
나, 당신, 우리 모두는 존중받을 권리가 있습니다. 함께 하겠습니다.We stand against racial discrimination.
We condemn violence.
You, I and we all have the right to be respected. We will stand together.#BlackLivesMatter— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) June 4, 2020
And due to the matter, BTS became the most mentioned K-pop artist last year, while NCT, EXO and Blackpink were next on the list. It is truly not a surprise since their songs grabbed six spots on the list of 10 most-mentioned K-pop songs, with Dynamite, ON, Black Swan and Life Goes On playing on repeat on every radio station across the globe.
Anyway, Malaysian fans… keep tweeting!
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