In past few years, more and more kpop groups are headlining major/big festivals all over the world.
Blackpink in Coachella.
Jennie in Lollapalooza Chicago and Governers Ball.
TXT in Lollapalooza Chicago.
Twice in Lollapalooza Chicago.
Ateez in BST Hyde Park.
Stray Kids in Lollapalooza Paris, Lollapalooza Chicago, Rock In Rio, Governers Ball, BST Hyde Park, I-Days Milano.
Headliners are said to be paid 500k to upwards of 1 million dollars (some rumours also go up to 5-10 million dollars). I know the rule-of-thumb is headliners are paid the most and the rest of non-headliners are paid less. It also depends on your star power – like obviously the A lister like Lady Gaga will be paid likely in millions compared to the less but still popular artists as headliner.
I am truly curious if Kpop headliners are paid the least or at least around 1 million because in the most logical sense – to fly their whole team from manager to band to to idols themselves across the world for a performance is probably not cheap and if they are paid, say, 500k, is it still worth it? Or do they accept lower payment as they take it as a form of advertisement or promotion to get an audience beyond what they already have in kpop sphere.
Group like SKZ is headlining so many festivals I am wondering if they get what they hope for. I also see lots of other groups who also do international festivals despite not being headliners. Some likely due to the headliner bringing in their fellow company mates eg SKZ with NMIXX and Twice with Kickflip.
I remember multiple girl groups in older generation have mentioned that local Korean festivals like university festivals is one of the way for them to get money. So if Korean festivals are good enough to earn money, does international festivals pay the idols enough as compared to say, their Western counterpart?
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