World Wide KPop Day

[5-01-pm-girl.livejournal.com]

What fun event do you have planned for August 13th this year? Will you gather with strangers to dance and sing or will you invade your local electronics store to take-over the television and computer screens? What, you may ask, am I talking about? Is there a special occasion or holiday that mysteriously slipped your mind? Fear not, you have not temporarily lost your memory just yet. August 13th ushers in a brand new world holiday, a day of celebration for the glorious genre of music known as KPOP. So, where will you be for the first World-Wide KPOP Day?

The brainchild of two American KPOP fans, Kim Walker and Kristin Koffel, World-Wide KPOP Day manifested from one adventurous trip to their local Best Buy electronics store.

"I turned my back to talk to a store employee and when I turned around, Kim had TVXQ's "Why/Keep Your Head Down" MV playing on the largest web TVs there", Kristin recalls. "That is when we really got the idea to spread KPOP to the general audience".

One day, Kim decided that, instead of spreading the word about a mass-invasion of electronic stores in the name of KPOP, she should mark one day on the calendar to spread her favorite music.

"I really had no clue it would catch on so fast", Kim says. "I created a world logo, made a Facebook event page, and spread the events page through Tumblr. I was shocked to see within a few hours that the event had been reblogged hundreds of times and to see everyone already discussing what they were going to do on that day. It made me very happy and proud to be a KPOP Fan".

Already, the hashtag #WorldWideKPOPDay can be found everywhere from Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, WordPress, forums and blogs. Netizens are already gathering to make plans for the special day, with such comments as "Who wants to start a flashmob with me?" and "My neighbors are in for a treat!" KPOP fans the world over are encouraged to blast KPOP from their cars, create flashmobs, hold parties, and change the display on every TV and computer screen they encounter, then upload photographic or video proof online with the #WorldWideKPOPDay hashtag so that the whole world will take notice.

"We are so happy to be a part of this day", says Kristin.

"We want the KPOP industry to take notice of their fans, and to finally acknowledge that they have a large following all over the world, not just in certain areas that get a little media coverage here and there", Kim emphasized.

Kim and Kristin are avid KPOP fans and like to keep other fans informed of the most current KPOP news, videos, and gossip on their Facebook page AmericanKPOPFans.

Links:Facebook Event AmericanKPopFans Facebook Page AmericanKPopFans Website

Per the event page: This is for everyone everywhere. All and any KPop fans can get together to do things, perform actions alone, or whatever you want! If you do some searching, there are some sub-events that are more like flash mobs, depending on your location. This day is mostly about promoting KPop to the world, but I have a feeling that it will grow to be bigger in future years.

This from the even page info:
August 13th this year will be WorldWide KPOP Day!!!! Help spread the awesomeness that is KPOP by:
- Making the TVs and computers in your electronics stores play KPOP
- Post nothing but KPOP on your personal websites
- Organize large Flashmobs to perform KPOP songs/dances and load them onto Youtube with the tag "WorldWide KPOP Day"
- Have "WorldWideKPOPDay" trending on Twitter the days leading up to the BIG DAY!
- Blare KPOP in your cars with the windows down and take pictures of the reactions of others and Tweet/upload them with tags about KPOP
- Let's make this a BIG Event, all over the world, every race, nationality, gender, country!!!!!!!!!!!

I wasn't sure how many livejournal peeps knew about this, and I wanted to spread the word so that you could at least know and promote KPop to the world! The main event already has about 14,000 people committed to it! Please pass the word along and celebrate the KPop love!
♥
Sources: Hancinema

Comments

[woohyun.livejournal.com]

Hi Woohyun ^__________________^

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

- Making the TVs and computers in your electronics stores play KPOP

lol i bet they will kick me out of the store if i try this

[ladysohma.livejournal.com]

Doesn't mean we can't try 8D
Sounds like fun haha

[eccentricvibe.livejournal.com]

lol

[walkin-siesta.livejournal.com]

(http://tinypic.com?ref=5o6tm0)

[jelly16.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking of them yesterday

[maximumtimo.livejournal.com]

OmG I wIll Go To ThE aPpLe StOrE aNd PlAy KpOp MVs oN tHe iPaDs LoLoLoL

but no, I won't

[obeytheempress.livejournal.com]

ngl i would make a tv play the "oh!" video if i could for the lulz. but i think i'll just limit myself to scrobbling lots of k-pop tomorrow.

[harbour-jane.livejournal.com]

this is a terrible idea

[5-01-pm-girl.livejournal.com]

I'm a bit confused but all the negative comments. Sure, not everybody is going to spaz out, but why not promote in some way? Some fans are *cough eventmakers cough* more exuberant than others, but it's not bad to be proud of kpop and try to expose the world to it.

[http://users.livejournal.com/reminisce__/]

"change the display on every TV and computer screen they encounter"

I was okay with everything else, but this honestly makes me lol with amusement, are people really gonna bombard Best Buys and Circuit City?

[5-01-pm-girl.livejournal.com]

lol probably not. That would be a bit much. I just quoted the article/event page. I'm looking forward to the flash mobs; hopefully there will be some =]

[kawaiiairbender.livejournal.com]

i don't think it's a bad idea but i can't say i'll do anything.

[5-01-pm-girl.livejournal.com]

what to you mean to ask all of a sudden?

=]

[kawaiiairbender.livejournal.com]

happy early bday :)

[kyuhyunss.livejournal.com]

EVERYDAY IS KPOP DAY FOR ME! <3

[vardagaladhiel.livejournal.com]

MTE ^^

[luckhoney.livejournal.com]

psh i already do most of this stuff~ /hairflip

[eccentricvibe.livejournal.com]

I can't...this all just seems lulzy.

[hauntedwood.livejournal.com]

this sounds dumb and embarrassing

[baboboy.livejournal.com]

mte

[jjjinyoung.livejournal.com]

I would do the changing the tvs to kpop mvs thing for kicks any day tbh.
...Though I probably wouldn't deliberately go to a Best Buy or something just to do it.

- Blare KPOP in your cars with the windows down and take pictures of the reactions of others and Tweet/upload them with tags about KPOP</i This one sounds like it would be fun, ngl . - .

[blacksoul12012.livejournal.com]

Well, I'll be going to a Dir en grey concert so....no!

Sounds a bit like what overhyper, obsessed fans would do but we'll see what really will happen.

[shintotchi.livejournal.com]

A+ for dir en grey 8D

pass

[annhh.livejournal.com]

what are we children? was my first thought but people should do what they want to do

[purring-feline.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't go as far as making TVs play KPOP and such but I would love to make a shirt saying a bunch of groups names just to see how many people are going to get it!

HEART FOR ME NAMSTAR? OH, YOU SHOULDN'T!

[bumie.livejournal.com]

I can't do this in Ramadan :\ but i think its cute idea

[wish-u-were-moi.livejournal.com]

going to my friends house tomorrow...

but ill jack my mom's ipod-connector-thingie
and blast k-pop on the radio with the windows open :D

[lindeyyy.livejournal.com]

negl, me and my friends once went to that shop and there was this massive tv with internet connection and we played kpop mvs for about 3 hours...

[miki-831.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't mind blasting kpop from my car :D

[shintotchi.livejournal.com]

lol seems fun but it has great potential to annoy quite a few people. I'll celebrate by sharing a kpop video on someone's wall lol. Non intrusive, but still sharing the love. <3

[maple88.livejournal.com]

But I already blast kpop from my car with the windows down....
and I'm working tomorrow lol