Sunflowers and white roses filled the table at the makeshift memorial for the late K-pop star Moonbin at the entryway of Choice Music in Koreatown.
The record store is in a tucked-away third-floor corner of the Koreatown Galleria at Olympic Boulevard and Normandie Avenue, but all day on Thursday grieving fans stopped by to leave small notes of appreciation for the 25-year-old singer, who died this week.
Moonbin, a beloved younger member of the veteran boy-band Astro and older brother of Moon Sua of the group Billie, died at his home in the Gangnam district of Seoul, where he was found Wednesday. Inside the store, 22-year-old Gigi Hamar cried and consoled a friend who had come to pay respects. Others stood quietly in front of the memorial table and remembered a star known for his close friendships with other artists.
Though K-pop fandom mainly circulates online, when tragedy strikes, fans still yearn for a physical place to congregate. On Thursday, the staff of Choice Music, a small store selling records, merchandise, magazines and posters of K-pop stars, tamped down their own sadness to provide some solace for fans.The hip-hop mogul and son of Universal Music Group CEO Lucian Grainge on the demise of the major labels, his fiancee Sofia Richie and the whole nepo-baby thing.
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