k-pop

I've discovered k-pop in 2013 when i was barely 16 y/o, searching for toradora anime and vocaloid videos on YouTube I've stumbled upon some misheard lyrics kpop videos, the first song in the video was "infinite - man in love" and the second was "ftisland - severely", the actual first encounter was the known psy's "gangnam style" song actually
the song that really made me say "damn im too deep now and can't go back, I'm a kpopper" and honestly everything looked magical was "shinee - colorful"

the shrine will be more "hallyu wave" than k-pop itself, related topics and genres like k-rock, modern revival 2010'strot i may say i've started to like after watching the drama "trot lovers" watched mainly because starred as main character eunji from a-pink and soundtrack from crayon pop, k-dramas, k-indie, ecc...
nowdays don't follow anymore the kpop trends (4th gen kpop honestly I've never listened to it and late 3rd gen of last years was kinda uh boring) because i simply left the kpop fandom itself (especially distanced myself from the twitter "stan" part of the fandom) but i still listen to some music, more toward discovering random k-rock, 1st gen k-pop, whatever i can find that keep me listening, a tiny part of being a kpopper still exists in my heart

(edit: in january 2023 i'm again active in the kpop fandom see details clicking on arrow)

at least in the 1/2/2.5/early 3rd gen side of it and 4th gen music look way nicer than late 3rd gen even if can be quite souless, for not abandon again kpop still avoiding the stans, elitists, akgae, btspop or bts toxic post-i-need-you 2015 army and company "insert label name family"
before any bts stan will eat me alive for the previous statement i still like bangtan boys/bangtan sonyeondan former fans they was cool friendly dear friends and fellow rookie fans then army and kpop fandom itself turned in a trashy dumpster fire despite liking their music almost being army fan of them when still was nugu rookies at Dark & Wild album danger comeback and V/taehyung being one of fav singers i avoid them at all costs
about company stans yep unfortunately are a thing and as b.a.p fan aka babyz i hope your fav group will never end up mistreated to the point of collapse and disbanded like mine from ts ent and other like for example nu'est did
the monopoly capitalistic labels game and is ruining kpop since forever look at 2009 "JYJ law" history of JYJ aka former TVXQ members and wasn't even the first, it isn't a new thing and is just 1% of the problems in the kpop world, jyj got in my mind as one of the most important pieces of it especially regaring censorship and artistic freedom
i should do an article instead of overwriting here, last time i was active in the fandom the fanwars ,bad terrifying (see jonghyun and sulli was both my bias in shinee and fx) and creepy (i'm ex-ot12 exo-l and ex-ot6 now ot5 babyz, who stan those criminals nowdays where are your morals, not just to them but even jyj/tvxq and bigbang fans) news that divided the fandom in multiple factions dried all the fun, it happens with everything even not kpop related if is see negativity i run away in lurker mode like a slug or turtle, hope will never happen again

my fav groups are b.a.p (ot5) and exo (for political reasons ot8), there's many groups and solo singers (fav is jung daehyun aka the former main vocalist from b.a.p) i loved but this 2 always stayed more in my heart i guess, the latest fav group is the trax (yes the early 2000's k-rock mixed with visual kei band from sm entertaiment with the funny name taken from members name, "typhoon rose attack xmas", the best part of the band honestly)

august 2022 playlist

  1. the midnight romance - midnight romance (new!)
  2. the midnight romance - nightmare (new!)
  3. ftisland - unthinkable (new!)
  4. shinee - Y si fuera ella
  5. tvxq!/tohoshinki - utsuroi (new!)
  6. shinee - romantic
  7. sm the ballad - hot times
  8. girls generation - lion heart
  9. u-kiss - neverland
  10. b.a.p - what more i can say

b.a.p

the trax

fav member/bias: rose (no minwoo) and typhoon (jay)

first song: paradox

fav songs: over the rainbow (rock ver.), scorpio, total eclipse, tri-angle (tvxq!/dbsk's song ft boa and the trax)

exo

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