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To preface: This is a positive post! I love kpop, and I have for a long time. I am talking about my experience from seeing it go from 0-100 in the West, and I’d love to know if anybody has had a similar experience. Hello! I’m an old kpop fan (1st/2nd/3rd gen) and I’ve been a fan since I was a kid in high school. When I was in high school, I was teased relentlessly for it. It was around 2010-2015, so before it was really well known in the UK. I had kpop pencil cases, bags and trinkets so people knew what it was through me. The other kids were absolutely befuddled by it. People would call it ‘gay-pop’, say the guys all look like girls, and constantly question why I liked it. One girl even got scissors and cut up my revision card with SHINee on it right before my German speaking exam, just because she hated kpop that much (context: we needed to show images of things we loved). Others would deface my pencil cases by scribbling over the band member’s faces and write nasty things on them. And don’t get me started on the racist remarks, to which I would always defend and dispute. I once drew Taemin in art class as we needed to choose a celebrity we admire to draw, and I don’t even want to repeat some of the things the kids said about him. Since it was before and during Gangnam Style or anything that really brought kpop to the mainstream in the West, it was just such a foreign concept to them. The hatred just felt like such unwarranted overkill. It didn’t affect how much I liked it, I just put up with it because I love kpop and that was never going to change, and never has. Cut to today - kpop is absolutely everywhere. Please don’t get me wrong, I am absolutely elated that kpop has found success in the West. It’s all I ever wanted, because now I can enjoy it with people, and I have been! At work, with friends or out and about, I’m able to chat about kpop and meet awesome people who love the same stuff. It’s awesome. But there’s just this little feeling inside me like ‘Guys, I told you so! I told you it was good, and look at it now! You gave me such a hard time and I was right all along’. Obviously, kids will be kids, but the hatred for kpop back then was incessant, and it wasn’t even a trend to be hated at that time, like Justin Bieber (which the boys all hated lmao). To be honest I’m really glad kids get to enjoy it nowadays without the same amount of teasing, since it’s generally more accepted in the West now. That’s not to say they don’t get teased, but man, I had to put up with so much back then. I’m not salty about anything, and it’s nothing to do with kpop, moreso the growth in audience. I’m just trying process my conflicted feelings, considering I’ve seen it go from 0-100 in terms of love over the years, and I guess I’d feel comforted if somebody has been through similar. I still love kpop, and I’m always so excited to meet new kpop fans so we can enjoy it together. Especially with the new Kpop Demon Hunters film, I’m so happy to see it be a success. But I just want to know, has anybody else experienced anything similar? submitted by /u/lazkqnai [link] [comments]

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I’m talking about appearance. I’ve always thought Lisa resembles a young Britney Spears from the late 90s and early 2000s quite a bit, just Asian. I can’t be the only one who thinks this. I’m surprised I haven’t really seen anyone talk about this! submitted by /u/queenwisteria24 [link] [comments]

is anyone else lowkey obsessed with the Kpop Demon Hunters tracks esp 'Your Idol'? JUNHEE just dropped a cover yesterday & it’s fire.🔥🔥🔥He made this cover in I think about a week since ppl were saying he sounds just like Jinu from the movie... so I thought that was pretty amazing It's my current favorite song now 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqbsfcvuqUQ What are your favorite tracks from the film and why? submitted by /u/cbc_tiffany [link] [comments]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQYFXraAjF8 This is probably be the most random mashup you'll ever see submitted by /u/Medical_Republic5677 [link] [comments]

I'm trying to make my own stan list but i find it hard as there are too many groups i like so i would like to get to hear from other fans their stanning experience when it comes to spending time and money. How do you decide which groups to stan? Is it possible to go for more than 10 groups with a limited budget? How do you distribute/spend your time on your favs? submitted by /u/lemon3bread [link] [comments]

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Psy was my very first introduction to Kpop. it was around 2013 I think. I was into Cpop and Jpop and then made the switch to Kpop after Gangnam style was released. Then I went on to love red velvet, blackpink, bts, new jeans etc. Back then, everyone in school was loving his youtube vid and all the kids were hopping around in the hallways doing the Gangnam style dance. Just a few days ago my friend brought up Psy and called him a 'one hit wonder'. Was he realli that? Coz I saw he had other a few other fun songs too after gangnam style. I can't quite remember the names but I think Gentleman and Daddy. Then I kind of thought about what happened to him afterwards? is he doing songs anymore or is he retired now? submitted by /u/cbc_tiffany [link] [comments]