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Why fans pay over $300 to watch Blackpink through an iPhone screen

Superstar K-pop girl group Blackpink performing at the National Stadium last Saturday. The audience can be seen holding up their cellphones to record the group. PHOTO: YG ENTERTAINMENT
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SINGAPORE – Near the end of the first night of superstar K-pop girl group Blackpink’s concert at the National Stadium in Singapore last Saturday, member Jennie remarked: “I’m seeing more cellphones than faces today. I don’t know if I like that. So, for the last two songs, I want everyone to connect and interact with us and sing and dance and just party, okay?”

Following the quartet’s two-night gig over the weekend – part of their Born Pink world tour – there was a slew of social media posts and news articles about Singaporeans’ undesirable concert etiquette.

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