K-pop fans call for SMTOWN concert and hold flashmobs throughout Canada

After the successful flashmob in Paris held in May by K-pop fans who wanted a second SMTOWN Live concert, K-pop fans all over the world have gathered together in large groups to get the attention of SM Entertainment in hopes of getting their own SMTOWN concert in their city. Fans in Europe were rewarded with a second additional concert in Paris after their successful flashmob, which attracted both Korean and local media. Super Junior Leeteuk himself also showed awareness of the Paris flashmob by releasing a parody video of the flashmob in June through his Twitter.

K-pop fans all over the world then began to trend their own cities in hopes to attract the attention of SM Entertainment. Multiple SMTOWN-aimed flashmobs have been appearing throughout the world including Los Angeles, New York City, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Columbia, Spain, Thailand, the Philippines, and more. Most recently, Korean news media covered the New York City flashmob as well as the nationwide flashmob in Canada.

The official Facebook for SMTOWN Live in Canada was started over two months ago and has already accumulated over 2,000 fans. Through the Facebook page, flashmob pages have been created for different cities throughout Canada to organize flashmobs with surrounding K-pop fans.

Isak, formerly from the duo group Isak N Jiyeon under SM Entertainment, tweeted her own support for SMTOWN Live in Canada in early June and said, "Wow~~~ #smtowncanada sounds like a GREAT idea~~ I wanna go too~~~^^."

On July 2nd, over 200 fans attended the flashmob in Toronto at the Nathan Phillips Square and screamed for SMTOWN to visit their city. Fans were armed with banners, posters, and of course, their dancing skills. They performed several SM Entertainment artists' songs including SNSD's "Gee," f(x)'s "LaChaTa," SHINee's "Lucifer," Super Junior's "Sorry Sorry," SNSD's "Run Devil Run,", SHINee's "Ring Ding Dong," TVXQ's "Mirotic," and TVXQ's "Why(Keep Your Head Down)."

Super Junior-M's Henry Lau was also scouted by SM Entertainment during their yearly auditions and was from Toronto, Canada. Known for his amazing violin and dancing skills, Henry quickly became a favorite when he made his unofficial debut with Super Junior through their song "Don't Don" in 2007.

A flashmob in Montreal was also held on July 2nd with over 250 fans attending. 

Other flashmobs that were held in Canada included:

Ottawa - July 3rd at the Parliament of Canada
Vancouver - July 3rd at the Pacific Mall Center
Winnipeg - July 5th at Kildonan Park

Super Junior's leader Leeteuk seems to also pay close attention to flashmobs over the world and recently tweeted about Canada's nationwide flashmobs.

 

While the majority of these flashmobs have been aimed towards SM Entertainment and SMTOWN, fans are also targeting other Korean agencies such as JYP Entertainment, YG Entertainment, Cube Entertainment, DSP Media, and more, with hopes that these agencies will visit various cities and countries throughout the world so that K-pop fans will finally have the chance to enjoy a K-pop concert up close and not simply through their computers.

Cube Entertainment has already expressed interest in having their upcoming Cube family concert known as "United Cube" in Europe and South America (Brazil). Will more agencies answer international K-pop fans lovecalls?


Source: KoreasOutsiders, archerling245, DavidandFilms and SMTownCanada (1)