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How has your fandom spaces changed in the last couple of years? What were jokes, things, or pieces of lore that everyone knew but has now faded to time as new fans join and change things? Some forgotten pieces that nobody really talks about or general things that have shifted! For example: As the TXT fandom grows and shifts with time more and more people are asking why Huening Kai is considered to be a penguin and newer fans typically associate him with a golden retriever more. Likewise, more people are beginning to associate Taehyun with a cat more instead of a squirrel to the point where our largest translation acc has started to use both the squirrel and cat emoji for him. Back in the day nobody would say that Kai isn't a penguin or Taehyun isn't a squirrel so its just interesting to see how times have changed and how things fade. Whats yours? submitted by /u/Nynasa [link] [comments]

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I'm an older fan who grew up listening to BB alot and was going back and listening to old BIGBANG songs and it got me thinking. between Lies and Haru Haru, which one do you think was the bigger hit? Lies basically put them on the map and shifted the sound of K-pop at the time, but Haru Haru feels like one of those songs everyone in Korea (and even outside) knew, whether you were a fan or not. Which one do you remember being bigger back then? Or do you think they were equally impactful in different ways? submitted by /u/savingrace0262 [link] [comments]

One of my Unicorns is a friend with a guy at the label and was able to get a prerelease. A great 4 track EP from a singer (Vvviid) none of your friends have ever heard off should be up on Spotify this week. Give it a listen especially if you liked "soda pop", the first single is candylichious! Save on spotify https://preview.redd.it/szvj4b9ezqpf1.png?width=2048&format=png&auto=webp&s=36acb6cd3811f8f1d26883015ddb298f9731f9b7 submitted by /u/AwarenessDizzy6664 [link] [comments]

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I'll go first! Yuju – Born: April 10, 1997 Hael (Kim Yong Hoon) – Born: April 10, 2001 Choi Han – Born: April 10, 2007 Sui (Lee Soo Bin) – Born: April 10, 2006 submitted by /u/NoHost4553 [link] [comments]

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Let me start by saying that this doesnt pertain to all fans and that theres also nothing wrong with groups debuting under big companies This comes from me being a fan of a rookie group from a small company btw (< 3yrs in the industry, my fave being their 2nd group out of 2) There seems to be a growing number of fans though that do not recognize or just outright deny that groups, most recently the 5th gen ones, that debut under big or established entertainment agencies already have a leg up over those that arent in the same situation ** in a similar vein, they seem to also be the same ones to throw out words like flop (a quick search could easily deny this, having already achieved things that could be on par with rookies from established companies) and nugu (which they are, but you can quickly infer from the tone of their words that its not about actuality but rather to degrade) ** These days theres so many groups debuting left and right and almost always the ones that still stay in the public eye more than half a year in after their debut are those from big or established companies, while nugu (using this word to describe how these fans seem to think youre either from a well known company or youre nugu, the concept of mid tier companies has left the chat while the actual nugu groups remain unknown to most) groups have to work x times as hard to try and pierce through the chokehold a handful of companies have on the industry ...but then again, fans dont seem to realize that 'big company privilege' exists submitted by /u/Away-Guarantee-7383 [link] [comments]

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I’m 30f, white, and have been a k-pop fan since around 2018, although I’ve had friends who’ve been into the genre for a lot longer. In fact, it wasn’t until I got into it myself that a lot of my Asian friends told me they’d been listening to k- or j-pop since high school and I had no idea at the time (they thought it was embarrassing, which is sad and a whole other issue). Anyway, I work in a pretty small office of creative types. We all have our thing—2008 alt punk bros, hipster climbing girls, then there’s me—the k-pop girl 😅 They all know I’ve been to K-pop concerts and am into the music on some level. But the perception of a lot of my fellow white people is that k-pop is for kids/teens, and that k-entertainment is juvenile in general (yet it’s fine for my mom to be obsessed with Acorn British cozy dramas and the Royals?). And the problem that I’m dealing with now is that all my coworkers have young kids. And their kids are obsessed with K-Pop Demon Hunters. I watched it—it’s objectively a good movie, but it’s just…not really my thing. Not my humor, not my style. But every DAY, without fail, someone brings the movie up to me. And I say, “yeah it’s cool, some of the songs are good.” But then they double down and keep talking to me about it? Like they’ll even start singing songs around me expecting me to join in? At this point Ive told them that I don’t even really like the movie but they KEEP GOING. I asked one guy why he keeps bringing it up around me and he said, “well, you like k-pop!” Then someone went into detail describing how cute it is that his kid wants to be Rumi (?) for Halloween and I’m just like 👍 👁️👄👁️👍 It’s starting to piss me off because my interest is already seen by these white dads as “childish” and now that their kids are obsessed with this movie I feel that this perception has been reinforced ten-fold. I guess I’m not looking for advice but wondering if any other older fans feel the same 😅 I still think the movie is overall a good thing made by a great team, and the concept is super interesting. It’s just not my taste. And because I am a “k-pop fan” I am expected to like it and relate to their children… submitted by /u/systems_processing [link] [comments]

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