K-Pop is Leading 'Twitter Spaces' Globally; 3 of The Top 5 Most Listened-to Twitter Spaces Are K-Pop Artists
- Written by Media Outreach
- NCT, the first K-pop artist who hosted a Space, was the most listened-to Space before launch
- GOT7 BamBam set the record for the most listened-to Space since launch with his interactive Q&A
- Global K-culture festival 'KCON:TACT' created a series of Spaces with talk show format
- K-culture like movies and webtoons also use Spaces in innovative ways
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - Media OutReach - 8 July 2021 - K-pop fans come to Twitter to talk about what's happening. While K-pop fans already flock to Twitter for their favorite artists' Tweets, Spaces now gives fans a way to listen to their favorite artists' voices - live. Joining K-pop artists' live audio conversations brings them to life in a completely new way and helps fans to feel closer to their favorites.
Many K-pop fans have already used Twitter Spaces to hear directly from their favorites. Fans of artists like NCT (@NCTsmtown), TWICE (@JYPETWICE), BamBam (@BamBam1A), LOONA (@loonatheworld), and MonstaX (@OfficialMonstaX) among many others, have been able to listen to their favorites via live audio.
Worldwide Top 5 Twitter Spaces (Jan 1~June 30, 2021)
● GOT7 BamBam (@BamBam1A) set the record for the most listened-to Space since launch, with his Space on June 9. BamBam's Space was noteworthy for including an interactive Q&A with fans, where fans were able to ask BamBam their questions themselves.(https://twitter.com/BamBam1A/status/1402624948124798976)
● NCT (@NCTsmtown) was the first K-pop artist to host a Space, and set the record for the most listened-to Space before Spaces launched to the public. NCT's Space was also the most liked Tweet for live Spaces, despite Spaces still being in beta at the time on March 11.(https://twitter.com/NCTsmtown/status/1369945981567922176)
● TWICE (@JYPETWICE) was the first K-pop girl group to host a Space and connect with their fans, when they led an 'After Party' Space of the comeback premiere live-streaming of 'Taste of Love' on June 9.(https://twitter.com/JYPETWICE/status/1400829738793332742)
As more and more artists continue to use Spaces, fans have a chance to join artists' Spaces as they set noteworthy firsts for K-pop artists in Spaces. In addition to the firsts set by the above artists, other firsts include Sandara Park (@krungy21, 2NE1) becoming the first K-pop artist to join a Space as a speaker, to have an interactive Q&A with fans on March 8. #KCON:TACT became the first series of K-pop talk shows on Spaces, as KCON (@KCON_official) established the Spaces with two K-pop artists with pairings like ONF (@WM_ONOFF) & ONEUS (@official_ONEUS), SF9 (@SF9official) & P1Harmony (@P1H_official), to talk about KCON (@KCON_official) events.
K-pop artists also use #TwitterBlueroom to connect with their fans via livestreamed Q&A. Now, artists are using Spaces in tandem with #TwitterBlueroom to make their live connections with their fans better. ENHYPEN (@ENHYPEN) went live on Spaces immediately before going Live on #TwitterBlueroom, giving fans who were waiting for the Blueroom a fun way to connect with the group. ASTRO (@offclASTRO) used Spaces as an after party instead, going live on #TwitterBlueroom, then switching to Twitter Spaces after the Blueroom finished for a quick surprise to delight their fans.
Even the next wave of K-pop artists can be found on Spaces. As Twitter's recent research "K-pop Generations Analysis by Twitter Usage" shows, K-pop artists are now utilizing Twitter even before their debuts to drive excitement and gain fans, like new K-pop boy group JUST B (@JUSTB_twt), which debuted at the end of June 2021. JUST B opened its Twitter handle in advance on May 21, but everything about its debut was kept confidential. JUST B utilized Twitter Spaces as the first time that the world heard its members' voices, which fans were able to share live with each other.
Other parts of K-culture see the benefits of Twitter Spaces, and are starting to use them more as well. Cine21(@cine21_editor), the most influential film magazine in Korea, hosted a Space for six prominent movie journalists around the 2021 #Oscars, where the journalists shared their predictions and analysis live, as well as discussed major moments like 'Minari' star Yuh-Jung Youn's win. In another K-culture Space, before the #TwitterBlueroom live-streaming for the K-movie 'The Book of Fish', actors (Seol Gyeong-gu, Byun Yo-han) and film director (Lee Joon-ik) joined a Twitter Space to drive up excitement. Hip Hop artist Simon Dominic and popular webtoonist Jongbeom Lee are among others that have had conversations with fans on Spaces.
K-pop fans also have used Spaces proactively to share their stories among fans and to show their support towards their favorite artists, since Twitter launched Spaces on May 4 globally. On July 2, EXO-L (EXO's fandom) and IGOT7 (AHGASE, GOT7's fandom) drove an 'EXOxGOT7 Streaming Party', hosted by fan @exo9sh, creating a 'playlist' together on Spaces for about 8 hours, helping the hashtag #EXOxGOT7 trend worldwide.
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K-pop and K-content related Twitter Spaces
● GOT7 BamBam: https://twitter.com/BamBam1A/status/1402624948124798976
● NCT: https://twitter.com/NCTsmtown/status/1369945981567922176
● TWICE: https://twitter.com/JYPETWICE/status/1400829738793332742
● LOONA: https://twitter.com/loonatheworld/status/1409783712955330563
● JUST B: https://twitter.com/JUSTB_Official/status/1395575110250110980
● Sandara Park (2NE1): https://twitter.com/krungy21/status/1368924818821685254
● ASTRO: https://twitter.com/offclASTRO/status/1379786395246465024
● ENHYPEN: https://twitter.com/enhypen/status/1390283685807628292
● KCON:TACT: https://twitter.com/KCON_official/status/1404755569890766850https://twitter.com/KCON_official/status/1402158455251628032
● Kmovie - Cine21 about #Oscars: https://twitter.com/cine21_editor/status/1386207798963302400
● Kmovie - The Book of Fish: https://twitter.com/TwitterKorea/status/1369959546819506179
