Same here. But I do know how K-pop sounds like and I'm 100% confident that I won't become a fan. I'm generally not thaaaaaaat into music as well. As for Produce 101 and whatnot, I'm so indifferent to K-pop that I don't have an urge to watch those shows at all. I can hence declare that I'm completely immune to it.

Yeap do not start. It’ll ruin your social life lol. Mine’s already ruined. I’m a produce 101 trash. Except nowadays I follow the ones that didn’t get to debut with wanna one more haha

Don't watch Product 101. It started out as a casual thing because there was nothing else to watch, and it changed my life. lol. Now I'm a NU'EST fan and I can't remember what my hobbies used to be.

she definitely Kang Daniel's fan..the puppy lookalike & raise cats gave me away

we should be friends...

Like you i was just starting maratoning all BTS shows... then PD101 happened.. like i need to get my life back!!

Nuest-W, JBJ, Rainz is debuting around the same time (my one pick dongho looking hawt in his teaser) this week.

same, that's what I say to myself so that I don't get tempted watching younger idol groups --- I'M TOO OLD FOR THIS LOL

BTS & GOT7! Both groups full of silly dorks whose videos FB constantly keeps suggesting I might like... videos I can't stop myself from watching. Damn you, FB-- I, too, am too old for this!

This is how I feel about BTS too...the hours I have wasted but it's been SO worth it!

No You're not, Not, Not!!! I'm a 76 year old BTS Fangirl who hasn't enlisted in the ARMy yet. But it's something I share with my mid twenties. granddaughter...and it's fun.

Kyuhyun's voice is melted chocolate. <3 Junsu's voice is amazing too! I love his solo songs a lot. Good choice of biases.

It's the best opportunity to get yourself hooked on k-variety. Kyuhyun was in Na PD's New Journey to the West Seasons 3 and 4. That show is a wonderland, especially with Kyu in it. (He sings his songs before bed... and any time he feels like it)

Kyu's voice is like butter on hot toast. My fave. I miss him.

Oh Rain... he caused the awakening of my teenage thirst lol A middle schooler shouldn't watch Love Song's lives.
I can recognize Junsu's voice in any OST <3

Same. K-dramas are the gateway drug for k-pop. There should be a warning label.

My pill came in the form of Hong-ki and Yong-hwa in You're Beautiful.

I started following EXO after seeing D.O. on It's Ok That's Love. At first I only knew him and told myself that I wouldn't be able to tell the members apart. Now I recognize each of them and their voices just by listening to their songs.

I loved SPICA!! Still sad they disbanded (although they say they didn't but we all know they're never going to release a song together again). :'(

This sounds eerily similar to me. Had previously only listed to jrock and OSTs. Then somehow I saw Fantastic Baby and BAM! I am now a crazy kpop lady! Big Bang gets you every time. 😉

Fellow Big Bang VIP here! It's funny 'cos I'm so guilty of No. 8! My young sister got into Kpop first - she'd dance covers with her friends and I remember her watching the MV for Fantastic Baby and was dissing her for liking something so ridiculous.. I mean the hair, the makeup, the over-the-top setting. Then look at me now. Haha!

For me it was my foray into variety shows after a drama slump in 2013-ish that started with 1N2D, then I went on to Family Outing where I saw Daesung being so adorkable ♥ He started it for me. Then I did the merry-go-round of going from Dae to GD to TOP to Taeyang...etc. It just goes on and on. lol!

Fantastic Baby is such a VIP anthem
and I love it! 💕

Ditto! Fellow VIP here. I like a few of the other groups, but nothing close to BigBang. And I'm a new-ish fan (just found them this year) and the looming enlistment makes me sad. I've been trying to convince my husband we need to go to Japan to see their final dome tour (without TOP sadly). So far he's not biting :)

Fellow V.I.P <3 My profile pic gives away who my bias is :p
It's rare to see a Seungri biased ! You can see him more at least.

Spica are so good ! I read that them didn't disband actually. They terminated their contract with their previous label but are still together. They just don't have a new label yet.

There's also sitting glued watching youtube video while waiting for the next episode of the latest drama!! 😂

ah! Me too. Exo is the only music fandom that I ever got into. I'm still very much a proud Exo-L. Don't even ask me how many times I streamed their latest songs! *cries* Things we do for our oppas.

EXO is love, EXO is life. I am so glad I found my tribe here. I only became an EXO-l this year after The War album released but I've been following EXO since Chanyeol was on Roommate. I have an entire playlist dedicated to them on my phone and I'm thinking of buying The War: Power of Music album for an early birthday present for myself.

I'm like this too. But now I'm abstaining from K and J pop in totality. I dont unserstand why they are so addictive it's just mindblowing.

That was how i got into jpop - when i was curious about an actor and fiund out he was in a group.

Though for kpop i normally already know they are in a group- instead it may be through them i know the movie.

This! Although real life has caught on me and I had to drop most of the k-pop life, I still remain my first and most intense love for EXO that I caught because of DO's role in It's Ok that's Love. I loved that drama a lot, and I got to know that the group existed through it (I was completely isolated from k-pop until that moment). The rest is history and I'm still into it 3 years later, and following DO's acting career closely as well haha

SJ Returns on vlive started today! I'm the same as you. I like other groups but there's just no other group that can beat Super Junior.

Aww me too. I have been a fan of SJ before they even got famous through Sorry Sorry. Damn. I actually followed their every album, performance, variety show (Exploring Human Body needs a Season 2!!)... I have a digital library of all things SJ so I can definitely relate to this post.

I also like and listen to other groups but not on the same level as SJ. Got no energy for new, younger ones. Hehe! I am just happy that 10+ years and they are still here. /sniff

I even went and queued overnight for SuJu Super Show 3 tickets!!! An ahjumma in an ocean of young kiddos 😜

Kyaaaaa a fellow ELF 😍 I also love BtoB, Shinhwa (my highest respect for this legendary group), and I follow B1A4 literally since their debut but SJ is the only group that gives me all kind of feelings just by seeing or listening their songs. Like this morning I was listening to Good Friends and suddenly shedding tears because of its lyric 😂

I'm the same way with new groups. They look like such cute little babies that it's hard to stan them at my age lol. I think the group with the youngest members that I follow is AKMU and B1A4.

Oh my!!! For example when seventeen debuted and i realised im born the same year as the 3 oldest members (im still born earlier in the year than thise boys) it hit me that these groups are so young!!!

And ive always been the type to have a soft spot for younger boys. More like Noona-care not noona romance tho haha

I feel the same way - they are such babies! I can't quite fangirl over them...more like I just want to pinch their cheeks.

No break here too! Just adding more to the list!
Shinhwa, Suju, BTS, BtoB - notice that they are all the dorkiest 4D crazies!

I had listened/checked their songs on YT (but ultimately K-indie is on repeat) and yet I've watched all variety shows they were in hahaha , and watch YT videos of my fav members from time to time, so I'm not a stan *phew*

My babies BAP! I used to be a super casual k-pop listener with maybe a handful of k-pop songs exclusively on my running playlist and mostly from groups i recognised from dramas. Then I accidentally saw the One Shot mv. And then I watched it an additional 10 times. Suddenly I owned all of their albums, found myself excusing myself from lunch conversations to make “important phone calls" (= lock myself in the bathroom at work to live stream their music show performances) and I recently downloaded star pop just so that I could send Youngjae off to all the variety shows he'd like. And I'm an adult! I was never this into backstreet boys or westlife when i was an actual teenager...

Btw, CN Blue was the first k-pop I listened to and they still have a proud spot on my running playlist and even upgraded to a couple of spots on my spotify playlist. Shinee’s Lucifer too is holding on to it's spot on my running playlist, still going strong after 4 years. Maybe i should check out your other favourites, you seem like you have good taste :)

Although I'm definitely not a die hard fan, I'm just wandering from genres to genres like a nomad & making a short stop at places that attract me :-P
The only kpop I know is BTS
(A couple of songs from EXO, & a bunch of hit songs from different artists/groups)

Ugh Ikr. I think it's mainly for profit/business. More merchandise to collect or more options for the fans to choose which member album they want, etc.

It boosts sales and right now, that's all that matters to fans. It's a wild competition out there.

where do you even watch andante though? i thought it would be on kbsworld.. but it wasnt there :(

I totally agree!! I'm still hoping for Andante's recaps!

Hahaha indeed! It's turning out to be a sweet, easy gem with a gently delivered message to live your life with as much positivity and make the most out of it, as you can. <3

3 episodes in and I'm already sold. I'll be watching it to the end, one episode a week.

I'd have loved to read recaps too, but I done think DB recaps shows that aren't prime time dramas. ^^

HAHAHA!

I can relate.

Lol, while I haven't gone as far as creating a new account, I'll refrain from commenting or liking any videos on FB for the sole purpose keeping my BTS and GOT7 obsessions a secret from my friends. No one can know... no one. 😛

LOL, GF, it's never too late to become a kpop stan (again). Your story reminds me of how I became interested in BTS. Mind you, I was a kpop fan before I was into kdramas, but it was a drama that drew me into a(nother) boyband yet again, even though, like GF, I knew better than to fall down that rabbit hole again after Super Junior. (I was and am still an ELF, but last year was a tough one with half of the members in military...).

I had just finished watching Splish Splash Love (and still waiting for that Doojoon/Seulgi reunion, kdrama gods) and was so enamored still by the otp that I searched up some fanvids. There was one that was really well done and it featured "Butterfly" by BTS as the bgm. Even the lyrics fitted. As I mentioned, I'm a kpop fan first and foremost, so I've had heard of BTS, or at least their popularity, though I wasn't curious enough to find out why they were popular. But after that fanvid, I was a little bit intrigued by their music.

Then some weeks later, I heard about Heechul being the substitute MC for Weekly Idol while Doni was taking a leave of absence, and BTS was going to be appear as guest for an episode. I tuned in mostly for Heechul's crazy antics (I convinced myself), but got endeared by BTS' dorkiness so much that I ended up searching for some of their music show performances after that (I blame Random Dance segment), got hooked by "Run", and the rest was history. *stare at my bookshelf with the few BTS albums right next to SJ ones*

Though in all fairness, BTS music wasn't my cup of tea at first, so it took numerous variety shows and random other shows, and also a rough spot in my personal life, before their music, or rather their deep lyrics, could entangle me completely.

Honestly, the different segments of the Korean entertainment industry are so intertwined with each other that I think it's very easy to get drawn into all of them. Or maybe it's just easier for me because I'm also Asian, and their content is both familiar and foreign enough that I just can't help but get pulled in ^^

LOL fellow Incle here. But I have been a Fan of them for long.

I love Winner! I watched them first in Who is Next and liked them enough to listen to their music. Then Song Mino sealed the deal so now I love them too!

They were so hilarious in the latest episode of Three Meals A Day. As expected of Shinhwa.

I second you on undyingly fangirling on Shinhwa ^^
There is youtube, but what sealed my love for them is Shinhwa Broadcast. This might be bad, but I admit to trawling Korean torrent sites by copy-pasting "신화방송" coz I need to see them in hi-definition!

ALL of them?? Like ALL of them? All the fanmade ones as well? Cos that's like... insane.

To be fair... I'd sooner do this for Kdramas than idols, but turns out I watch both raw anyway with only 30% comprehension so what gives :P

My kdrama and kpop fangirl lives were separated until Doojoon did dramas and Gikwang started acting too.

Welcome to the beginning of the end... ;)