Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "MARTIAL LAW IN SOUTH KOREA: WHAT TO KNOW AND WHY K-POP FANS WERE RAISING CONCERNS"

Episode Date: February 12, 2025

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticIn this segment, Analytic Dreamz explores the unprecedented martial law declaration by President Yoon Suk Yeol on December 3, 2024, and its profound impact on South Korea's political landscape and K-Pop industry. Yoon's attempt to impose martial law to counter "anti-state forces" was quickly overturned by the National Assembly, showcasing the country's democratic resilience amidst widespread public protests. The K-Pop sector faced immediate disruptions with cancellations of major events like BLACKPINK's showcase, BTS concerts, and fan meetings by SEVENTEEN, leading to potential billions in lost revenue. Agencies like HYBE and SM Entertainment canceled public appearances, while artists publicly opposed the move. Politically, Yoon's subsequent arrest and impeachment have led to significant turmoil, with the Constitutional Court now in session. This segment delves into how these events could affect South Korea's soft power and the global perception of K-Pop, highlighting the intricate link between national politics and cultural exports.Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

South Korea's impeached president, Yun Sukhail has become the country's first ever sitting leader to be arrested. The massive law enforcement operation involved more than 3,000 police officers at the presidential compound. Yuen is being investigated for criminal insurrection after his botched attempt to impose martial law at the end of last year. Juno Moon, with our partners at the BBC News, is more from Seoul. This is the first time in the country's constitutional history that a sitting president has been arrested. Youen is now at the corruption investigative office. All right, analytic dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio because we definitely have a lot to get into. Now, I knew there was some reason that I wasn't seeing big hit entertainment a lot as far as the top albums, as far as the top singles.

Because if you don't know, back in December 3rd, 2024, martial law was declared. Now, who was it declared by? well that's a great question because as the video just said president you know sook yo i think that's how you said probably messed it up with that being said he's the one that declared martial law citing all type of threats from anti-state forces and parliamentary yeah probably um yeah i think i said that right parliamentary disputes as far as the duration of this uh martial law within hours by the National Assembly highlighting Democratic resilience. So why would he declare martial law if he knew that the public backlash was going to be so intense,

right? Literally the protesters erupted nationwide, not only in that area, but nationwide, with fears of a return to authoritarianism. And that is That is where I wanted to turn the focus to what I cover a lot as far as the music industry. Because Big Hit Entertainment has some of the biggest, have some of the biggest artists in the world. And not only Big Hit Entertainment, but then you have agencies like SM, Y, Y, Y,P, of course, Hib. And then with that being said, they were immensely affected by this martial law, even K. pop's events such as Black Pink's comeback, BTS concerts, and 17 fan,

the 17 musician, like the name of the group is called 17. Their fan meetings were postponed. I did not realize how much of a confusing name 17 would be until you start reading off their name as just an artist's name. But it's not 17 fans. It's the 17 music artists. uh seven yes it's it's confusing they got changed your name i ain't gonna lie to you all right so with that being said um as you can tell the k-pop industry was immensely affected by martial law

now bt s is something i also wanted to focus on as they are expected to regroup because if you don't know they're basically serving mandatory military time right and they're set to make their full come back in June 2025 and all members will have completed their mandatory military service by this time with sugar being the last to be discharged on June 21st

2025. Now of course what does that mean? We're about to get a huge marketing rush of BTS content because they ran basically because even individually with sugar with John Cook.

I mean, John Cook really had probably the better run individually out of all the BTS members combined, right? And when we're talking about artists like

Cheyenne and Steak, it's like Stacey, so steak, how have you pronounced it? Those specific K-pop musicians obviously spoke out

about martial law and they talked about how a lot of people were not liking the fact that authoritarianism could have happened. And that is the main cause for the outcry and it going so nationwide because obviously I heard about it.

It was such a big deal. And I don't live there. So, you know, you kind of realize how big of a deal some things are when it starts to get nationwide. Not even just like the U.S. It's just nationwide. So anyways, uh, BTS back in the 2016 run, um, really saw their biggest numbers in 2019 when nearly half of the entire music market's physical album sales in Korea um well they had

and they accounted for half of the entire music market's physical album sales in south korea bt s also sold around 10 million out of the 24 million total albums sold that year so we're talking about btas of the flagship artists of k-pop so if you think of k-pop think of btops think of bc as the mascot of k-pop sort of like how i say drake is the mascot of hip-hop because if you look at it from an objective standpoint is either drake or as m-and-noe objectively speaking both of them are the most consumed hip-hop rappers if we're looking at pop is either taylor swift or taylor swift there's really nobody else who's competing with taylor swift when it comes to numbers wise talking about rock obviously you could say zach brian or morgan wall you get the point right there's mascots for every single genre and for k-pop that is by far in a way bt s so because of them having to serve mandatory military time and now they had to disband and go on their individual solo careers junk cook went insane as far as solo wise and he really put up numbers that was very apparent that he was about to take over i mean we had jack hollow feature from junk cook we had a lot of feature from junk cook uh who else hopped on a junk cook

like junk could i probably wanted a better um individual just k-pop careers like forget just btsk um k-pop careers so yeah yeah oh even central c and the kid le roy jumped on junk's wave this is all the way back in 2023 junk cook in 2023 was as hot as fish grease but because of him being from where he's from and then being under big hit entertainment you probably didn't know that because if it's overseas impact, it's so big that it just bled over into like nationwide. So anyways, they're set to make the full comeback as far as BTS June 2025. Why is that big deal? Because, of course, when it comes to BTS, they've won over 250 awards, including several.

How do you pronounce it? Desang A. All right. They sang. They sang. They sang and they, no, I just want to lose you. All right, so several day singing awards in South Korea. There are songs like Spring Day Dynamite Boy Would Love Butter

have all been recognized as Song of the Year at the Mellon Music Awards multiple times. So when it comes to success, BTS is obviously the top dogs when it comes to K-pop. Also, when it comes to this martial law, getting back to that, right? Eun's arrest is historic. He's the first sitting president ever to be detained, right?

charged with rebellion and facing potential life imprisonment. They are not playing around with this declaration of martial law. Also, the arrest followed failed earlier attempts involving standoffs with presidential security. And Yunn impeached following the martial law declaration, of course, with the constitutional court reviewing the case. Political disarray led to the impeachment of the prime minister and acting President Hahn Duxel. And of course with their protesters, they were definitely hoping that this would end as far as the martial law. And they clashed near Eoun's compound and detention center. And in slogans, it signs underscore the divided public sentiment.

So it came to the public when it came to the martial law declaration, obviously you just heard why he did it. but still a lot of people took it as a reason for him to be impeached. And now he's impeached and currently in custody. So with that, going back to the K-pop aspect, because I covered the music industry, so this had a huge impact on them as far as them having to have a stoppage of work. I mean, major K-pop events, like I once said, Black Pink's comeback showcase, BTS concerts,

and their group named 17. And their fan meetings were postponed. So with that, year-end festivals were also affecting the K-pop industry. So if you're wondering why we're not seeing more artists from big hit entertainment come up and blow up on the scenes, well, that's specifically why because martial law was declared and they had to make an example out of the president, making him the first sitting president ever to be detained and charged with rebellion and facing potential life imprisonment. Now, when it comes to the global impact, obviously a lot of people are influenced. but a lot of things where whether it's caritos tambados whether it's country whether it's hip-hop

whether it's reggae tone whether it's uh what's it called like the rave music i forget with this but apparently people have been saying i need to cover them more as far as the raved music apparently that's like a whole genre in the stuff that's very popular so i'm gonna look at it but can't make no provis this especially those people be wild and but i guess hence the name So anyways, that's all I have about the Marshall Law Declaration. It was definitely a big deal. It happened all the way back in December 3rd, 2024. But of course, we're seeing the repercussions as they're taking serious actions against their president.

And culturally, K-pop as a symbol for South Korea, you know, had to have a tarnish on his reputation for the simple fact that they had to have a stoppage of work, which threw a lot of things out of order as far as every. everybody being affected by the martial law declaration. So with that being said, click my link to my bio. Let me know one of my social media's. What do you think about President Yun declaring for martial law, citing the threats from anti-state forces in parliamentary disputes, and overall that getting into him being the first president ever charged with rebellion and facing potential life? What is your biggest takeaway from this event and which car which k-pop musician are you most excited to see jump back into the billboard hot 100