How did you get into/discover kpop?

I was watching Hotel del Luna and said "let me see if the songs of this IU are any good". Now here I am.

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i was kid on tv there was wonder girls tell me, nobody and i used to sing and dance along

My high school English teacher showed SNSD - Lion Heart music video for a lyrics assignment and I thought it was cool. After that, my journey for KPOP began.

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i was kid on tv there was wonder girls tell me, nobody and i used to sing and dance along

it was discovery getting into was my friend introduced me bigbang when i was singing along tell me, nobody and i have listened lies and haru haru and emo sad mode on then stanned discovered 2ne1 later and other kpop groups

I knew and heard kpop before because a Taiwanese classmate was really into SNSD and played it for us. But I never got into it because it was too cute and I couldn't understand the language. Fast forward some years later and I saw that Drake had followed Blackpink on Instagram so I became curious and checked them out. I really enjoyed the raps and half the song was in English, been hooked since. I only enjoy Girl Crush though because most of my listening is done at the gym or in the car.

I should be a millionaire now after the amount of times I've answered this question. It was in 2011 through my daughter who was nine at the time got me into it. Funny thing is I remained a fan but she isn't anymore.

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You liked Super Junior before, if I recall correctly? I'm glad you still enjoy kpop.

I used to but don't anymore.

K/DA

Through SNSD when I first heard Run Devil Run.

Got into Twice and Loona in 2018

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That's pretty awesome honestly. Did your teacher make you analyze the lyrics, or...?

It's always the english teachers too, I got my high school english teacher into Day6 lol.

Yes, he did tell us to analyze the lyrics (English translation) and basically identify the meaning behind it.

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Cool! What was the song if you don't mind me asking?

I want to say it was Kill This Love - Blackpink that actually got me interested. I heard a couple Kpop songs a long time ago (like one 2NE1 song and one Big Bang song) bc I had a couple friends that stanned those 2 groups. I didn't pay much attention to them though.

In terms of what song made me commit to jump into the Kpop rabbit hole, it was Side Effects by Stray Kids. It definitely shook up any preconceived notions I had of what Kpop could be.

Got into Kdramas after getting into Jdramas.

Looked up edits of a kdrama couple on youtube, one had Butterfly by BTS as the music

Went looking for the same edit a few days later because I had the song stuck in my head

Looked them up, and here we are. 5 years later.

Boa. I was into jpop and and anime and a Boa song was used for a user made fan video for an anime. I loved the song so I searched her (it was really hard since YouTube didn’t exists at that point) and I fell for the whole thing. Boa then Mblaq then Beast, Infinite, etc.

Gangnam Style was first introduction.

Then while reading Korean history, Admiral Lee Sun Shin, threw up the IU's drama, ignored it.

Then my first k-drama was Strong Girl Bong Soon, just interesting title on Netflix, liked it.

Looked up Park Bo Young and noted that she was in a MV with IU, recognized the name from Lee Sun Shin.

Initially didn't know who was the singer between her and IU ..

Then looked up IU ..Bbibbi was the first hook, then on explored...

Blackpinkhouse showed up in my YT feed. I watched it and got hooked, watched Boombaya and the rest was history. From BP, i got exposed to the rest of Kpop. BP literally did pave the way for me!

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So kdrama was your gateway, interesting! How did you get into kdrama, was it always played on the tv nearby you?

I met a girl who was into K-dramas and asked her to recommend me one. I gave it a try and got into K-dramas. 2 years later, I watched Hotel del Luna and got into IU.

Back in the 90s there was a magazine called TokyoPop and it has a feature on kpop, I looked it up online and found an early kpop site that still exists when it was just an Angelfire homepage

not quite, but a friend showed me this back in 2003 on a vcd i believe. I thought it was cool and decided to delve deeper by going to a Korean music store in my city. It had a bunch of pop music that i didn't know existed in Korea...the rest was history though it was on and off with me. Saw vids of SNSD and Kara online here and there. I didn't get into it full time sort of speak until the WG appeared on SYTYCD.

Gangnam style -- it was a meme from early on, for sure. Influence was quite massive, knowledge pervasive.

my favorite youtuber reacted to BTS and i was like "yes I like this"

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Did you find this through your youtube feed or were/are you a League of Legends player?

SNSD was the first girl group I heard too. Where did you hear Run Devil Run?

Did a friend introduce you to the groups, or did you stumble upon them on your own?

Good taste, I like that song too. I'm curious, who was that kdrama couple...were they from Goblin by any chance?

Oh a long time fan! You listed some classic groups so you've witnessed some growth of kpop, pretty cool. It must've been hard to obtain east asian content in general back then I imagine...

Do you remember what BoA song was used for the fmv by any chance?

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They were actually the main couple of Cinderella and Four Knights

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Oh a long time fan! You listed some classic groups so you've witnessed some growth of kpop, pretty cool. It must've been hard to obtain east asian content in general back then I imagine...

Do you remember what BoA song was used for the fmv by any chance?

Of course! It was Atlantis Princess and it was for Fushigi Yuugi anime.

The power that song had on me. Me and Boa are the same age so I spent my fan years cheering for her as if she is a friend of mine. Looking back it’s kinda cute lol

Yeah it was. We had to use weird server things, torrent sites, people posted fandom translations on livejournal. It was hard but I remember to have a solid group of friends on Livejournal with different group favorites and we helped each other finding contents.

All in 144p quality. Lmao

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Did you find this through your youtube feed or were/are you a League of Legends player?

SNSD was the first girl group I heard too. Where did you hear Run Devil Run?

Did a friend introduce you to the groups, or did you stumble upon them on your own?

Good taste, I like that song too. I'm curious, who was that kdrama couple...were they from Goblin by any chance?

Oh a long time fan! You listed some classic groups so you've witnessed some growth of kpop, pretty cool. It must've been hard to obtain east asian content in general back then I imagine...

Do you remember what BoA song was used for the fmv by any chance?

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Through Kesha's demo. I was a huge Kesha fan at the time and was listening to her demo of Run Devil Run

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Did you find this through your youtube feed or were/are you a League of Legends player?

I found it on YT. I knew LoL existed but was never interested in every playing or following it. Although, I do like LoL related entertainment like the music productions and the new Netflix series, Arcane.

I was walking through my 6-story home when I saw Beomgyu oppa and he told me that TXT will be debuting soon and that I needed to stan or I'd regret it. So I said okay, and he gave me a box of custom Beomgyu soaps, which I STILL HAVE. Yeah, that's it.

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Ahhh so your introduction and getting into kpop were different time periods. Cool cool. Girl crush concepts gets me going for the gym too!

Gangnam Style was probably most of our technical introduction to kpop, lol. I'm glad IU's Bbibbi got you to explore a bit more. That was a pretty fun song. Also, Strong Girl Bong Soon is a pretty great introduction to kdrama land I'd say.

Wow so your username references to your kpop beginnings! Blackpink House was a pretty nice show, felt like I was on vacation with them sometimes.

Right? Visuals could intrigue people but I don't think they're the sole factor for stans to like or get into their favorite groups...

Dang that's way back, awesome. You remember the first group you saw/heard from that feature or that website by any chance?

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SES

That url is from 20 years ago. dont remember anymore

I became obsessed with blood sweat and tears by BTS back in early 2017.Much the same way I was obsessed with libido by onlyoneof this year. I was actually watching a video of the sexiest male idol music videos before I got to blood sweat and tears

By being Korean-Canadian. My parents used to rent VHS of 1st gen music shows from a immigrant rental store