https://www.scmp.com/rss/514691/feed Liew Kai Khiun is an assistant professor at the School of Arts and Social Sciences, Hong Kong Metropolitan University. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com If a K-pop fan were to pick an event that defines Hong Kong’s post-Covid reopening, it would be Blackpink’s sold-out Born Pink concert. Tickets for the three-night gig at the 15,000-seat capacity AsiaWorld-Expo venue starting on January 13 were snapped up within hours, with scalpers hawking them for as high as 22,000 yuan (US$3,200), more than eight times the original price of US$100 to US$380. The concert will delight many Blinks, as Blackpink fans are known, from mainland China as normal... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3206619/blackpinks-born-pink-tour-shows-k-pop-women-are-powering-asias-post-covid-reglobalisation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3206619/blackpinks-born-pink-tour-shows-k-pop-women-are-powering-asias-post-covid-reglobalisation?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Jan 2023 06:00:15 +0000