"Everyone around the world thinks Kpop is all about BTS."

[satoori]

 

Phil Quartararo, American music executive (Virgin Records, Warner Bros, & EMI), was at Mu:Con and talked about BTS and Kpop. He said, “There’s good news and bad news about BTS' success. BTS can fill up the Rose Bowl in LA and sells many albums. They made good songs and built a good relationship with their fans. I hope everyone here doesn’t devalue that. It’s something to be proud of. However, what’s worrisome is that everyone around the world thinks Kpop is all about BTS. We have to make sure those stereotypes don’t form. BTS have opened the doors to the land of Kpop, so we have to let people know of other groups beyond them. In the future, there must also be more famous Kpop artists. We need to make Kpop not just a one-off wave, but a trend and a new beginning.”

 

Naver article: https://n.news.naver.com/article/001/0011114212 
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39 minutes ago, Viki131988 said:

https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2019/10/01/Ex-Virgin-Music-chief-BTS-opened-door-to-US-for-other-K-pop-acts/7861569916858/

"BTS is a great success story. But BTS broke the ice; it is not the ice," Phil Quartararo, CEO of Tripod Partners, said in a press conference on the sidelines of MU:CON, the biggest K-pop fair in South Korea.

"For BTS, it was opening the door. We can send a lot more behind BTS ... I believe there will be plenty of other opportunities for big artists that command this market very, very well," he said.

According to Quartararo, K-pop in general develops music's three core elements -- rhythm, melody and harmony -- very well, fascinating the fan-driven U.S. pop market better than other genres like EDM, hip hop or Latin.

"The fact that makes K-pop rave, it's not that it's Korean or it's pop. It works because it's good," he said, adding that "I hope to see not only K-pop ... but also K-rock and K-country."

"As long as these [K-pop] companies continue to produce quality, hit music, you will always remain competitive ... there's no constraints on what K-pop can do or should do," he added.

 

Edited October 1, 2019 by satoori

[satoori]

@Viki131988 thanks! added to the op