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How a love story happened when hard rock met K-pop
Just like a romantic song, K-pop made its way into the country because of love. Vernon Go, meanwhile, was known for championing rock and roll, specifically heavy metal.
Through the 2000s, Vernon’s ultra-cool and edgy Pulp Magazine featured true-blue rock stars, their music and lifestyles. As an extension of this, he brought in international musicians for mega-concerts and wild rock shows, including one with the legendary Aerosmith.
From rock concerts, Vernon’s company pivoted to the unexpected genre of K-pop, when he met future wife Happee Sy in 2007. Happee was a K-popper, an early fan before the trend even blew up globally. One day she showed Vernon a video performance of Super Junior and he asked her who of the 12-member boy group was Super Junior; he was that clueless when it came to K-pop. Since he was smitten with her, he wanted to get Super Junior to do a concert here.
Vernon says now, “I fell in