SM struggles with ticket sales at LA concert

Article: [Exclusive] SM loses pride at SM concert in LA... less than 50% sales, empty seats

Source: Munhwa Ilbo via Nate

[+121, -2] That's reality

- [+2, -0] For real, I'd rather go see a Dodgers game than an SM concert ㅋㅋ

- [+7, -1] I assumed the concert was 50,000 seats but it's only 20,000... and it was still empty even with all those line-ups?? ㅋㅋ Groups like BTS and Stray Kids can sell out 20,000 seats all week long... I suppose this is what happens when you're an agency that only focuses on the Asian market

- [+12, -1] Not one downvote ㅎㅎㅎ

[+102, -2] They don't really have a headlining artist anymore

[+79, -7] I can always tell when an SM song is playing because it sounds old and behind the times... no different from the generation when Yoo Young Jin was making songs...

[+70, -2] SM idols just don't do well overseas, especially the US

[+32, -2] Well, it's always one or the other, either the artists aren't popular enough or the tickets are needlessly expensive

[+16, -0] SM nowadays is only SM in name ㅋ

[+13, -0] This is just SM's reality... they totally threw all their household names on the backburner and keep pushing out rookies, why would anyone pay expensive money to see names no one knows?

[+10, -0] SM needs a complete overhaul of their marketing team. K-Pop itself was only ever popular in South America.

[+8, -0] SM groups are always so tacky.. same old songs..

[+8, -0] SM was good right up until SNSD, SHINee, EXO...

[+5, -1] SM is no longer SM since Lee Soo Man and Yoo Young Jin left...

[+4, -0] If BTS had put their name up, that would've sold out

[+3, -0] SM has been focusing all their efforts on China... and back then, it was Japan.. 

[+3, -0] This is the problem with creating idol groups specifically for fandoms and not the public. Why would anyone go to a concert like this unless you're a fan...

[+3, -2] Need groups like Soshi, EXO, SHINee to sell those tickets

[+2, -0] SM has lost their visuals and people are sick of the huge groups. They need to do something simple like three members who are absolute talents and put out singles (but they don't even have the talents for such an idea anymore). They're only ever looking out to see how they can rip their fans off next. No wonder their fans are sick of them.

[+2, -1] Wow, IU's LA concert was 290$ and it was still sold out immediately. Looks like IU, one person alone, can stand up against an entire SM concert.

[+2, -0] The US has always been a difficult market for SM

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