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How Much Now? K-pop Superfans Can Spend Up To $1,400 On Their Idols

December 2, 2020
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We all know how devoted K-pop fans can get, but has this ever been quantified or measured? Well, iPrice Group, Southeast Asia’s leading e-commerce aggregator, just did.

With iPrice’s aggregated data, they found out how much a K-pop superfan spends (on average) if he/she bought at least one merchandise per shopping category, purchased all their idols’ albums, and attended one concert a year. The results may surprise you.

Which K-pop fan group can spend the most?

If you have an undying love for BTS, then you know how much you need to save up to stay in the ARMY. A ARMY must have spent an average of US$1,422. It’s a huge number, but that person has collected at least 15 studio albums/EPs and attended 5 concerts aside from having numerous merch. Worth it!

BLACKPINK fans, or “Blinks,” have also spent a huge sum on their idols. A devoted Blink can spend up to about $665. Although this amount is much lower than how much a BTS army or Twice fans, aka “onces,” would spend, it’s important to consider that BLACKPINK is a younger group than the others. Hence, BLACKPINK has fewer albums and concerts available.

TWICE stans, on the other hand, have been existing longer. A TWICE superfan can spend up to $824 after purchasing a whole lot of merch, 14 albums, and attending 4 concerts.

The breakdown of K-pop fan kits

Apparently, merchandise can bankrupt superfans as much as concert tickets can (unless of course, they’re tycoons). There are so many different kinds of merch available for each K-pop fan, from home & decor items to lomo cards to phone cases to clothing, you name it!

If a superfan is devoted enough to purchase one item per shopping category (i.e. buys one light stick, a shirt, a lomo card, and so on), that person can spend up to $545 if he is part of the BTS army. A blink would spend about $349 on merch, while a once would spend $173.

Surprisingly, purchasing albums is the least costly. This is good news for fans who solely appreciate these groups for their music. Purchasing all albums may cost $336 for BTS fans, $161 for BLACKPINK fans, and $205 for TWICE fans.

Lastly, we all know how attending a K-pop concert can be so much fun. What would stand in the way between a K-pop superfan and seeing their idols in the flesh? Well, sold out tickets. But that’s beside the point. If a super fan was able to buy one concert ticket a year to see their idols, it would cost them an average of $541 for BTS, $155 for BLACKPINK, and $446 for TWICE.

In conclusion, you must be pretty devoted to burn cash for your idols. To put things in perspective, the latest iPhone 12 Pro can cost about US$1,000 – 1,500 on iPrice; this is about how much BTS superfans can potentially spend on their idols! To non-fans, it seems ridiculous considering the things you can buy with that amount of cash, but for these superfans, it is money well-spent.

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