What’s keeping you on AKP?

i must spread cravity agenda

This is how I keep up with kpop and also to promote my own faves

bad habits

I'm bored

Here people are in general quite nice. Twitter is horrible, and I don't like reddit.

My friends, and converting people into Stays!

I am not really that active on akp anymore with my faves being dead, but I come here when I have time for ggs comebacks

I wonder

I'm new since two nights ago. Ask again in a month.

Seriously ... my impression after two days of membership:

Short version:

If you have some time to read: One of the most relaxed music communities I have ever visited. No toxicity I noticed so far. Very nice people. If they are less nice people here, they know how to hide.

It's crazy: This is the biggest English K-Pop forum in the world? It's hard to descripe, but this community doesn't feel like a forum with over 200,000 members. It feels more ... familiar?

However, it was a freeing experience to enter a music community where I wrote "I'm listen to Rock, Metal, and I love Dreamcatcher". And no one answered "Huh? What catcher do you love?".

Nope, Germany. You aren't ready for K-Pop yet. But K-Pop will get you soon enough!

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I'm new since two nights ago. Ask again in a month.

Seriously ... my impression after two days of membership:

Short version:

If you have some time to read: One of the most relaxed music communities I have ever visited. No toxicity I noticed so far. Very nice people. If they are less nice people here, they know how to hide.

It's crazy: This is the biggest English K-Pop forum in the world? It's hard to descripe, but this community doesn't feel like a forum with over 200,000 members. It feels more ... familiar?

However, it was a freeing experience to enter a music community where I wrote "I'm listen to Rock, Metal, and I love Dreamcatcher". And no one answered "Huh? What catcher do you love?".

Nope, Germany. You aren't ready for K-Pop yet. But K-Pop will get you soon enough!

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And I thought Germany was way ahead of Spain in terms of Kpop

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And I thought Germany was way ahead of Spain in terms of Kpop

How many members from Germany are registered here? And how many members from Spain?

Dreamcatcher had one relatively small concert in Berlin this year, but they was the first K-Pop band at Primavera Sound in Barcelona! It seems that Spain woke up regarding K-Pop, while Germany continues sleeping. Music Journalists and public media in Germany seem to know two bands and 1 song: BTS, Blackpink, and 'Gangnam Style'.

While South Koreans have K-Pop, but virtually no Heavy Metal music scene, we have a large Metal scene, but no K-Pop communities. Or in other words: 'We' Germans know more prejudices against K-Pop than K-Pop bands.

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I'm new since two nights ago. Ask again in a month.

Seriously ... my impression after two days of membership:

Short version:

If you have some time to read: One of the most relaxed music communities I have ever visited. No toxicity I noticed so far. Very nice people. If they are less nice people here, they know how to hide.

It's crazy: This is the biggest English K-Pop forum in the world? It's hard to descripe, but this community doesn't feel like a forum with over 200,000 members. It feels more ... familiar?

However, it was a freeing experience to enter a music community where I wrote "I'm listen to Rock, Metal, and I love Dreamcatcher". And no one answered "Huh? What catcher do you love?".

Nope, Germany. You aren't ready for K-Pop yet. But K-Pop will get you soon enough!

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Welcome to AKP! I’m really glad you have such a great impression. I see you already got your first badge, which is great.

Technically, we have that many members, but very few of those 200,000 actually ever post, it’s mostly a couple hundred or so of us doing all the posting, which is why it feels so cozy.

Also, have you gotten a chance to meet any of these fellow Insomnias: Jichu  fdblink  Derpcatcher ? They’re all pretty cool.

I don't like trying new things and this has been my way of getting kpop news for many years now

The conversation I have with a friend and the Monsta X Song Battle going on right now.

it's fun to confuse people with absurd thread titles

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Welcome to AKP! I’m really glad you have such a great impression. I see you already got your first badge, which is great.

Technically, we have that many members, but very few of those 200,000 actually ever post, it’s mostly a couple hundred or so of us doing all the posting, which is why it feels so cozy.

Also, have you gotten a chance to meet any of these fellow Insomnias: Jichu  fdblink  Derpcatcher ? They’re all pretty cool.

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I'm new since two nights ago. Ask again in a month.

Seriously ... my impression after two days of membership:

Short version:

If you have some time to read: One of the most relaxed music communities I have ever visited. No toxicity I noticed so far. Very nice people. If they are less nice people here, they know how to hide.

It's crazy: This is the biggest English K-Pop forum in the world? It's hard to descripe, but this community doesn't feel like a forum with over 200,000 members. It feels more ... familiar?

However, it was a freeing experience to enter a music community where I wrote "I'm listen to Rock, Metal, and I love Dreamcatcher". And no one answered "Huh? What catcher do you love?".

Nope, Germany. You aren't ready for K-Pop yet. But K-Pop will get you soon enough!

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We're a small bunch and don't have our own guild here but feel free to visit us at the the Dreamcatcher thread to talk anything Dreamcatcher

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☽⋆⋆⋆𝓓𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓻 (드림캐쳐)⋆⋆⋆☾ Artist Thread

WHO IS DREAMCATCHER?
Dreamcatcher is a 7 member group formed originally under Happy Face Entertainment in 2017. Originally, they were a 5 member group under the name Minx from 2014-2016. With the addition of two more members, they transitioned from the typical cutesy KPOP concept to a unique poppy rock metal one we are lucky to witness today!

WHO ARE THE MEMBERS?


Jiu (지유)
forum.allkpop.com/suite/attachment/527/
Full Name: Kim Min Ji (김민지)
Positions: Leader, Lead Dancer, Lead Vocalist, Visual
Birthday:…

Jichu

Jan 13th 2021

AKP gives me something to do while I'm on the toilet

Very good question, my daughter and I were discussing this yesterday. I have been almost 7 years and am the 2nd oldest here at 54. There's only one other 50 something and they don't post much. I don't follow K pop much anymore and don't really stan anyone passionately anymore so what's the point of being on a K pop forum? To tell the truth, I really only come on for The Lounge but even that's dying. I'm surrounded by a bunch of young ones who I don't have a connection with and find myself more mothering them as they are so young. If there was just a delete button, it would be so easy to leave and never come back. This forum isn't as good as the old one anyway in my opinion. I must be strong and say goodbye!

Users and badges

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I'm surrounded by a bunch of young ones who I don't have a connection with and find myself more mothering them as they are so young.

I'm here since two days and I'm 40. And I planned to stay for a while. There's no age limit for hearing good music, and finding new good music.

Regarding the 'young ones' around us: I don't feel like I'm in the 40s, and I often feel even younger when talking with people in the 40s about music. Many of them are ultraconservative, listening only to the music they already heard in their youth and in their 20s. To each his/her own, but I always searched for new interesting music. Thanks to YouTube it has never been easier to go on musical expedition. The old legendary bands was great and will be great forever. But there is so many new good music out there, and a day is only 24 hours.

I found to K-Pop, because I listened to a band with a sound I never heard before: Dreamcatcher. As for me, K-Pop can touch my heart deeper than most US-Pop songs that I know. I can listen to Rihanna. Great voice, good songs. But I never got tears in my eyes when listening to her songs - because I didn't feel her music so deep. But when I discovered Dreamcatcher, I stumbled across Siyeon's cover of 'Speechless'... oh my goodness!

I listened to the original song after that. It was no comparision. There's something in Siyeon's voice that touches my soul. And she's not the only K-Pop singer that has this effect on me. K-Pop hits different indeed. When I first listened to Taeyeon's 'Siren', I just melted away like a snowman in the first sunbeams of spring.

Some months ago my brother asked me: "Why do you listen to K-Pop?". I answered "You enjoy being a wanderer between worlds in computer games. I enjoy being a wanderer between musical worlds."

I probably don't stan Dreamcatcher the way many younger people stan them: I con't buy special editions of albums. I have a bias (SuA), but I don't collect photocards of her. The way I stan K-Pop groups may be different, but I don't think there's an 'age-dependent' way to enjoy their music.

Do you remember this article?

The age demographics of the people who bought BTS concert tickets

BTS is known to be one of the biggest artists in the world. They have fans of all ages and from across the globe. The bo…

www.allkpop.com

BTS has older fans too. I read somewhere that some Hollywood stars stan BTS. It seems that two of them are John Cena (45), and Ryan Reynolds (46). If they can stan BTS, I can stan Dreamcatcher!

AKP is pretty dead but where else would I get my kpop news? I'd miss all comebacks without akp.

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I'm here since two days and I'm 40. And I planned to stay for a while. There's no age limit for hearing good music, and finding new good music.

Regarding the 'young ones' around us: I don't feel like I'm in the 40s, and I often feel even younger when talking with people in the 40s about music. Many of them are ultraconservative, listening only to the music they already heard in their youth and in their 20s. To each his/her own, but I always searched for new interesting music. Thanks to YouTube it has never been easier to go on musical expedition. The old legendary bands was great and will be great forever. But there is so many new good music out there, and a day is only 24 hours.

I found to K-Pop, because I listened to a band with a sound I never heard before: Dreamcatcher. As for me, K-Pop can touch my heart deeper than most US-Pop songs that I know. I can listen to Rihanna. Great voice, good songs. But I never got tears in my eyes when listening to her songs - because I didn't feel her music so deep. But when I discovered Dreamcatcher, I stumbled across Siyeon's cover of 'Speechless'... oh my goodness!

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I listened to the original song after that. It was no comparision. There's something in Siyeon's voice that touches my soul. And she's not the only K-Pop singer that has this effect on me. K-Pop hits different indeed. When I first listened to Taeyeon's 'Siren', I just melted away like a snowman in the first sunbeams of spring.

Some months ago my brother asked me: "Why do you listen to K-Pop?". I answered "You enjoy being a wanderer between worlds in computer games. I enjoy being a wanderer between musical worlds."

I probably don't stan Dreamcatcher the way many younger people stan them: I con't buy special editions of albums. I have a bias (SuA), but I don't collect photocards of her. The way I stan K-Pop groups may be different, but I don't think there's an 'age-dependent' way to enjoy their music.

Do you remember this article?

https://www.allkpop.com/articl…ought-bts-concert-tickets

BTS has older fans too. I read somewhere that some Hollywood stars stan BTS. It seems that two of them are John Cena (45), and Ryan Reynolds (46). If they can stan BTS, I can stan Dreamcatcher!

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As I've said many times previously there is an age limit on how old you can be a K pop fan. I'm far TOO OLD to be on here for a start as K pop is mainly geared for the younger generation and as I was a teen in the 80's, my daughter who is 20 and got me into K pop in the first place says I should listen to "real" music which is that. Please stop contradicting me everytime I mention this. I will be 55 next year and with all due respects am a lot older than you so if I want to stop listening to k pop and take my daughter's advice and listen to proper music then I will OK? Plus this is one of the reasons I want to get outta here, people telling me I should still be listening to K pop until I'm 80. LOL. I'm just not into it anymore, it has changed too much since second gen and never going to be as good as 80's bops.

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As I've said many times previously there is an age limit on how old you can be a K pop fan. I'm far TOO OLD to be on here for a start as K pop is mainly geared for the younger generation and as I was a teen in the 80's, my daughter who is 20 and got me into K pop in the first place says I should listen to "real" music which is that. Please stop contradicting me everytime I mention this. I will be 55 next year and with all due respects am a lot older than you so if I want to stop listening to k pop and take my daughter's advice and listen to proper music then I will OK?

As you wish.

Its the feeling that everyone here is about to say Oh my gosh, don't you know I'm a Savage.

the people i interact with here the most

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the people i interact with here the most

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SHH PRETEND YOU DIDNT SEE THIS

Literally, only the people.

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Literally, only the people.

I better be on the list! /j

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I better be on the list! /j

You are, I have a Terrorist Blink Watch list I maintain for the FBI.

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You are, I have a Terrorist Blink Watch list I maintain for the FBI.

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Blinks act all evil but it's the Onces I keep getting memo's about.

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Welcome to AKP! I’m really glad you have such a great impression. I see you already got your first badge, which is great.

Technically, we have that many members, but very few of those 200,000 actually ever post, it’s mostly a couple hundred or so of us doing all the posting, which is why it feels so cozy.

Also, have you gotten a chance to meet any of these fellow Insomnias: Jichu  fdblink  Derpcatcher ? They’re all pretty cool.

random thought but i rlly love tht fandom name