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(via 3D Justin Timberlake Remix Lyrics - Jung Kook ft. Justin Timberlake)

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The Goose That Laid the "Golden" Egg

When Jungkook's Golden album came out I have to admit I was really confused about exactly who the songs were supposed to appeal to. The explicit lyrics in Seven and 3D really didn't fit with your average BTS fan. The collabs were strange, too. Usher and Justin Timberlake? Was this album geared towards old Millennials? Jack Harlow and Latto (who, by the way, is hardly a household name here in the US) - rap enthusiasts? DJ Snake and Major Lazer - EDM fans? Was the album geared towards men or women? Young or old? Like who the heck was the target market?

And then one day it hit me. I was asking the wrong question! The target market didn't matter one iota. The right question was cui bono? Or rather, who stands to gain? This got me started digging into the song credits on JK's album. And here's what I discovered - every collaborator has writing credits.

Let's break it down.

3D featuring Jack Harlow. Harlow has writing credits. Justin Timberlake has writing credits on the remix.

Closer to You featuring Major Lazer. Diplo, a.k.a. Thomas Pentz, has writing and producing credits.

Seven featuring Latto. Latto, a.k.a. Alyssa Stephens, has writing credits.

Standing Next to You Usher Remix. Usher Raymond IV has writing credits.

Please Don't Change featuring DJ Snake. DJ Snake, a.k.a. William Grigahcine, has writing and producing credits.

The features are paid up front for their collaboration, and then, because they have writing credits, they will continue to earn royalties from streams and sales. Not a bad deal for the folks listed above. The same goes for the well-known song writers and producers on the album, like David Stewart, Andrew Watt, Jon Bellion, Shawn Mendes, Ed Sheeran, and many others. Here's an article about how royalties work for those who care:

I shudder to think how much was spent on marketing Seven/Golden. I assume HYBE America paid for marketing expenses since Scooter was the one doing A&R while leveraging his extensive web of contacts in the music industry. I don't know this for certain, though, without seeing HA and BH's expenditures. Either way, someone paid iHeartRadio (among others) for media play and radio airplay. And then there were paid advertisements all over social media platforms, including forced adverts on YouTube that counted towards Billboard charts.

So much money was spent on Spotify. Paid playlists, paid playlist positions, Spotify Discovery Mode. I know Spotify also modified the search algorithm so JK's Seven would pop up first in the results when one searched for Jimin. If I remember correctly, this happened in YouTube as well (such a dirty move). Like, somebody got paid to rewrite code to override the search function.

More money was paid for media play with Billboard, Rolling Stone, Forbes, and I'm pretty sure NME and Consequence of Sound, too. There were probably many adverts I didn't notice. And then there were performances, awards, and his ad campaign which I won't discuss but I've definitely wondered who paid whom for that endorsement deal.

I don't need to go on and on rehashing 2023, but what I want to point out is that BIG MONEY was spent on the roll out of Jungkook's first single and subsequent album. Was Seven the most expensive single in pop music history? And cui bono? Not Big Hit, since essentially none of the in-house writers and producers were involved. Streams don’t yield big payouts and the digital singles and albums were often sold at a discount. Jungkook didn’t make huge bank since he had zero writing or producing credits. But Scooter Braun's clients and industry friends seemed to do pretty well. And just about every company that's related to the western music industry received payments for pushing and playing the songs from Golden.

So, I see two potential scenarios here.

Number One! HYBE used Golden as a means to, shall we say, line the pockets of the western music industry (cough...bribe...cough) so that releases from HYBE labels will get treated favorably in the future. Also, given the scope of marketing, media play, playlisting, and radio play, Golden could have been used for market research to determine where the company gets the most return on investment in terms of reach and charting. I think you can see this with the rollout of Illit's Magnetic, which has heavy Spotify Discovery Mode and a huge focus on TikTok, but very little standard media play via the traditional music media outlets. And no posters.

Number Two! Scooter Braun saw this album as an opportunity to financially enrich his friends, colleagues, and the companies he has investments in, like Spotify. Was he siphoning money out of HYBE by promising to make Bang PD's dream of western validation come true? Can't you see Scooter whispering sweet nothings into Bang's ear? "Mr. PD, give me a big budget and I will make you the biggest music mogul in 1,000 years!"

Whatever the grand scheme was behind Golden, one thing's for sure, the western music industry and social media platforms made out like bandits.

FYI:

HYBE America lost more in 2023 than Big Hit earned.

HYBE America Sales: 226.3 billion Net Profit: -142.4 billion won

Big Hit Music Sales: 552.3 billion Net Profit: 140.3 billion won

142 billion won is just under 105 million USD. Yowza.

In other news, HYBE Corporation was designated a conglomerate today. I'll try to unpack the implications of this if anyone is interested.

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MASTER LIST

For self-organizational purposes...but you're welcome to look through if you'd like...

NON-BTS POSTS

Disclaimer about my viewpoint/expertise

Tumblr Cultural Knowledge

SERIES MASTERLISTS

Run BTS

Desert Island Disc Tournament (via @bts-polls)

Are You Sure?!

FANDOM THOUGHTS

LIKE CRAZY LYRIC DIFFERENCES

WHAT MAKES A FAN SONG

SOLO TOUR MATH

Jimin's Production Diary: a rambling review

GOLDEN QUALITY INTERVIEW

Fake Love era

Jungkook Audacy Performance

GCF in Budapest

FACE, LETTER, & CLOSER THAN THIS

Some LIKE CRAZY thoughts

I Am Still: a Reaction

MUSIC REACTION POSTS

TOO MUCH

3D: Justin Timberlake Remix

STANDING NEXT TO YOU: Usher Remix

FRI(END)S : The Song

FRI(END)S : The Music Video

Smeraldo Garden Marching Band

Musings on MUSE

QUICK COMBOS

What's a Quick Combo? My personal recommendation of just a few songs for easy insertion into a playlist. This mini-combination makes an interesting transition or story when played in this order.

EUPHORIA | FACE-OFF | FAKE LOVE

TOMORROW | 24/7=HEAVEN | SEVEN

WHALIEN 52 | ABYSS | AMYGDALA | DON'T LEAVE ME

LIKE CRAZY | LOST | LIGHTS | LIKE CRAZY

PROMISE | LETTER | TAKE TWO

ON | SET ME FREE | D-DAY

JK's B-Day: FALLING | EUPHORIA | SEVEN

RM's B-Day: REFLECTION | CHAMPION | WILD FLOWER

3D | 134340 | LIKE

JM's B-Day:FACE-OFF | PROMISE | LETTER

WHERE YOU FROM | OUTRO: HER | TOO MUCH

DREAM GLOW | YES OR NO | STAY

JN's B-Day: ABYSS | EPIPHANY (demo ver) | MOON

LETTER | SPRING DAY | YOU NEVER WALK ALONE

HOME | FOR YOU | CLOSER THAN THIS

V's B-Day: SNOW FLOWER | INNER CHILD | FOR US

JH's B-Day: EGO | BOY MEETS EVIL | MORE

YG's B-Day: D-DAY | INTERLUDE: SHADOW | AMYGDALA

HOME | FRI(END)S | IT'S DEFINITELY YOU

134340 | FRI(END)S | LET GO

SO 4 MORE | GO GO | SGMB

MISSING BTS

Sads about Yoongi

Sads about Jimin

First in and Last out: YoonJin