Girls’s Generation‘s Sooyoung and former TVXQ! member Kim Jaejoong looked back on their trainee days together on the latter’s internet collection Jaefriends. As seniors from Ok-Pop’s second era, they revealed how a lot the tradition amongst idols has modified at music exhibits.

During the years Jaejoong was lively in TVXQ!, he remembered personally handing CDs to their seniors at music exhibits.

Even in the event that they weren’t delivering CDs, the rookie teams at all times went out of their method to greet their seniors. He mentioned, “Or we have to line up in front of the senior’s waiting room and say ‘Hi’ to them.”

That was not the case for newer idols. Jaejoong mentioned, “But these days, they don’t even give CDs nor say ‘Hi.’ Or they meet in the corridor to film challenge videos together.”

Sooyoung confirmed that newer idols had been “becoming more American style” at music exhibits. Rather than following outdated traditions, they had been extra relaxed about Korea’s seniority hierarchy.

You know, in America. Just like Rihanna and Beyoncé. They don’t contemplate a hierarchy, however they regard themselves as buddies.

— Sooyoung

Jaejoong even shared the a number of occasions when youthful idols greeted him formally and instantly switched to appearing informally. Although Sooyoung and Jaejoong had been protecting of the outdated traditions, they acknowledged the brand new era’s adjustments and accepted they “should get used to it.” As Ok-Pop retains evolving, the tradition amongst idols is a part of these adjustments.

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