The 2,000 tickets for the two performances of the show Permission to Dance, from the South Korean band BTS (Bangtan Sonyeondan), They sold out in the first minutes of sale on March 6. Until an hour before 5:00 p.m. on this Saturday, March 12, several young people walked along the line of those waiting to enter the cinema, hoping to find a seat (they did not succeed).
The area to redeem digital tickets was full until after the time to enter the room. Some arrived at the last minute. They came from far away, just like the first people in line for the second performance, Karina Moscoso and her daughter Daniela, who they traveled the day before from Esmeraldas, dreaming of seeing artists perform their favorite songs, Permission to Dance, On and microcosm.
“We like their music, both in English and Korean, and everything it means,” says teenager Karina, who is learning the Asian language through an online course.
They have been following BTS for several years. Getting tickets ($15) “was total madness”, they say, but lucked out after trying the Cinemark website. Very committed to the group, they assured that they would be waiting for another online broadcast, which could be seen from home, this Sunday, March 13.
Much younger fans also arrived, such as cousins Alejandra Ramírez and Dayana Medina, who like many other boys made friends when they arrived at the doors of the cinema. Alejandra explains that she discovered BTS by watching a music video on TV. “I looked for her and became an ARMY (the official name of the group’s fans).” They arrived with images of the singers, for lack of a Army Bomb, the light wand or light stick, According to the young women, it can cost up to $90 in a specialized store.
A larger group of friends, between 17 and 18 years old, who also had the good fortune to get tickets for all of them, described the broadcast of the concert as a good experience, “although we did not know each other, we sang, we got excited and we talked as if we were We’ve known each other all our lives.” for some of them this is the fifth time they go to the cinema to see their beloved group, between documentary films and concerts, “but it was pre-recorded; It is not the same as having them almost present”.
A few meters away, another group was watching them: their mothers, who were accompanying them. Due to the young age of many of the spectators, the presence of adults was a common factor.
The desire of adolescents and adults is that show organizers realize the influence that BTS has in Latin America and this results in a regional tour. “As they (the singers) say, there is another kind of energy here, more overwhelming.”
In Ecuador, Cinemark exclusively screened the shows of about 180 minutes long that the K-pop group gave in Seoulat 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., in four rooms, two in CityMall (Guayaquil) and two in Paseo San Francisco (Quito). (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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