A massive congratulations to 2NE1 and BIGBANG, two of
the finest Kpop groups alive on being recognised by YouTube and becoming two of
fifty other groups to have over 164
million subscribers and 47 billion views (wow!), alongside mainstream
artists like Lady Gaga, Beyonce and Ariana Grande.
YouTube released this video 2 days ago. I think Kpop fans
will realise that they used clips from 2NE1’s Come Back Home and GD x Taeyang 's (part of BIGBANG) Good
Boy, both such incredible songs.
I am truly so happy and emotional whenever people recognise
Kpop, especially like this and I really couldn’t stand not sharing this with
the rest of the world, which I assume is what many Kpop fans are feeling right
now.
Girls’ Generation won a YouTube Award back in 2013 and I
think BIGBANG was part of YouTube Moments 2014 (I’m not quite sure...). But the
point is that, I really hope that our Kpop community grows as a result, not
only in the US but in the UK (where I really feel is lacking some Kpop spirit –
come on, there are less than 10 students in my whole entire school who pays
Kpop any attention), as well as the rest of the world. Fighting!
Okay, reading over what I just wrote...it’s not that deep.
Some of the comments on YouTube were questions on why EXO
was not chosen. I think that EXO has great potential...no scratch that out...massive potential in becoming big like
BIGBANG and 2NE1. But unfortunately, they don’t have their own YouTube Channel.
They are incorporated into SMEntertainment’s channel instead. They have an
EXO-K channel but sadly that only has 426,420 subscribers and a total of 184,032 views
to date – I’m not even sure if that is created by fans or if it’s official.
Well, there’s nothing we can do but hope...
