In the music industry, voices calling for mourning through music rather than canceling all performances during the national mourning period are also attracting attention.
On the 1st, musician Wonyoung Won posted an Instagram post saying, “Should I cancel all performances or is there some consolation and grief like music?” Several music industry colleagues are also voicing their agreement.
Summer of Thought (Park Jong-hyun), an independent musician, also announced on Instagram on the same day that the planned show would take place as planned, saying, “Art is synonymous with entertainment and entertainment in the eyes of state institutions, and are the artistic events in the hall called mourning? Since the concerts were all closed, I felt the need to carry out the given show more as planned.
He continued: “For those in the entertainment business, not only not performing, but performing can also be a way of mourning. It’s the method I have chosen (of mourning),” he added.
Singer Jae-in Jang rigram (citing) this post on his Instagram too and expressed his consent.
Music program writer Bae Soon-tak also posted this on Instagram, saying, “In a country where popular music is always the first taboo, should we say we’re comforted by music when we’re sad?” “We should be going through a period of mourning, but the way we cry is different for each of us, it is natural for us to be different.
On October 29, around 10:15 pm, near the Hamilton Hotel in Itaewon-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, a crowd of people fell before Halloween, resulting in a large-scale crushing accident. According to the headquarters of security countermeasures and central disasters, on the afternoon of the 1st, 156 people were killed in the Itaewon incident.
(Seoul = News 1)