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‘Stunned’ by fans’ willingness to spend on K-pop idols: Giving a watch of half a billion is normal

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On their birthdays, K-pop beauties and beauties receive countless gifts from fans, including many expensive items.
1. Jungkook was given a whole gold bar

The youngest member of the international hit K-pop group BTS received a gold bar on his 20th birthday in 2017. The 9999 pure gold bar, weighing 50 grams (more than 1.3 taels), became a gift. gifts “unique” in Korean showbiz so far and not everyone dares to spend money to buy to give idols. However, the gold bar is not the most expensive gift Jungkook received on his 20th birthday. He was also given a sophisticated Rolex watch. From the photo, fans quickly found out the price of the gift was no less than 23,000 USD (530 million VND). Jungkook also received a bunch of other cool gifts, including headphones, a Canon EOS 5 camera that costs around $1,000, Louis Vuitton boots, and a personalized Tiffany & Co bracelet. 2. Giving a Rolex watch to Baekhyun EXO’s main vocalist was once given a Rolex watch by fans. While the cheapest Rolex costs around $2,000, the version Baekhyun gets is worth up to $10,000. This expensive gift comes from the male idol’s biggest fan site, called Polar Light. More importantly, the Rolex is just the tip of the iceberg as the site also offers many other luxury items to Baekhyun. 3. Bring the whole “department” to Mingyu Seventeen’s Mingyu received a “mountain” of gifts on his 20th birthday (Korean age) in 2017, full of high-end fashion brands Givenchy, Dolce & Gabbana, Saint Laurent and Louis Vuitton… So many gifts that Mingyu cannot be used up, and there is no room for storage. Then he divided it among the other members of the group. 4. Sana received a series of luxury gifts The member of girl group Twice once stated that she would not accept expensive gifts from fans. However, before that, the Japanese-born beauty received a series of luxury gifts from watches, wallets to clutches, with a total price of about 10,000 USD. While most of the expensive and bulk gifts are given to idols through fan sites, the gifts mentioned above come from a single fan. Even more shocking when Sana received a gift after only 2 months of debuting with Twice. 5. V and the Gucci collection Fans all know V (BTS) really likes Gucci. So, for his birthday in 2016, his fan site TAETAELAND is full of a collection from the French luxury brand. The total value of the “mountain” of gifts is unknown, but certainly not cheap. V is seen many times using fan gifts. 6. Kang Daniel also has a “mountain” of gifts Wanna One’s Kang Daniel also received a lot of interesting gifts for his 22nd birthday in 2019. The fan website has compiled a list of everything the male singer received before his birthday to no one is infected. On his birthday, the 1996-born male singer had a pair of Jimmy Choo shoes, a Saint Laurent poncho jacket, a pair of Adidas X Alexander Wang pants, a custom necklace, Sony WH-1000 X headphones and a Gucci wallet.