I think it was the Gangnam Style. But it didn't really get me invested even tho I started to casually follow PSY. But then many years later I saw the MV of Blood Sweat and Tears by BTS and the production really surprised me. I started to follow BTS, Blackpink and other groups more casually until (G)idol came to existence and then they did the KDA collab. I've been a Gidol fan since then and I'm becoming more and more invested into Kpop. I'm currently a fan of Kard too.
I haven't really been following zerobaseone, but I thought the dog in their 'Back to ZEROBASE' Film was quite cute :) I think I'll tune in on their debut, I hope they have good songs too!
I didn't watch Boys Planet but I did read some news about it while it aired. I'll check out their debut MV when it releases. Do they have a debut date yet?
I started to listen to BigBang around 2008 when Haru Haru came out. I was introduced to the song by a friend. I really didn’t pay attention to Kpop at the time and didn’t even know that it was this whole big thing back then. After listening to them for a year or so, I had stopped and moved on to other genres of music to listen to, since my mood for music changes often.
I didn’t listen to Kpop for another few years until around 2013/2014. I was browsing YouTube and stumbled upon the Girls Day/Boys Day performance of “Something.” At first I was really confused thinking “Why the heck are they making boys dress up in long dresses with feathers on their pinky fingers and dance seductively?” I got more intrigued and ended up looking up other performances of this song realizing that was just a special instance.
At the same time I learned of the different daily music awards shows they had, realizing that Kpop was a whole big industry in Korea. This really piqued my interest. Learning that groups make multiple comebacks a year with LPs, EPs, mini-albums, full albums; there’s fandom names for each group; there’s meet & greets and fan signings; there’s lightsticks; fan chants; point moves in choreography; variety shows with idol appearances. Finding all this out and more, I ended up just digging myself into a bigger rabbit hole that is Kpop. I was pulled into the whole charm of detail and dedication of it all, for lack of better words, just because of one YouTube video.
I have been listening to Kpop ever since but I admit I briefly took a break when news started coming out that many third generation groups I followed were either breaking up or having members leave. And I didn’t really pay attention to fourth gen groups as they started debuting. Today I still listen to some singles here and there, watch some variety shows and continue supporting some third gen groups that are still around.
I really got into kpop around 2010 but only really listened to SISTAR. Nobody I knew was into kpop though so I eventually stopped listening after a few years and basically stopped when they were disbanding.
I started listening to Itzy during the pandemic because I had a few friends into kpop. But then I discovered Twice and I gotta say they're the GOAT for me. But I really like GIdle (Soyeon is amazing) and Mamamoo as well.
I do also listen to Japanese and English K-Pop songs. But I tend to only listen to those who were written in that language rather than translations, since I always get confused and expect the Korean lyrics for translated songs.
since I always get confused and expect the Korean lyrics for translated songs. Hahaha yeah I have this the other way around, where I'm so used to the Japanese version that I get confused when I run into the original 🤣.
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