Really, to what extent do looks play into your stanning?

Do you find yourself stanning a group purely for their visuals? Are visuals the first thing that attracts you but after that it doesn't matter? Do you find yourself unable to stan a group if you don't find them attractive, despite liking their music? Are there any groups that you don't enjoy visually but you stan them anyway?

For me, I wasn't super impressed with any idols looks when I first got into kpop tbh. I used to think Monsta X was downright funny looking. I now think all the members are attractive in their own way to varying degrees and find more idols attractive in general. I guess their looks have grown on me. Still, I find that I usually have to become familiar with an idol before I really start liking their looks with a few exceptions. The only group that I felt compelled to check out based on a member's visuals was probably Got7 due to Jinyoung. Fortunately, I also really like their music.

Quote from NEO

Zero.

Looks are nice, but I'm here for the music at the end of the day, otherwise I wouldn't have left Kpop years ago.

Would you stan an "ugly" group?

Quote from MY-Kwangya

I can't lie and say visuals don't play a part in me stanning a group but it really isn't the number one factor for me. In my honest opinion, fans who just stan a group because of a bunch of good looking faces and fail to see their other attributes seem shallow to me. There really is more to a group's success on how handsome/pretty they are. Sure, it can help them get there but if they don't have the voice or a likeable personality then I'm not interested.

There's a variety of factors for sure. It's best when a group has the total package

Quote from dummi

One thing about me is that I love visuals, man I just love to stare at beautiful faces. It helps my eyes, clears my vision... etc. So yes to stan a group I have to love their songs AND find them extremely beautiful, or else what is the point of buying albums that have photobooks?

Lol, I never got the point of photobooks anyway. Like I can stare at jinyoung *in motion* on my computer

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they barely matter to me.

for example, i found no one cute from iKON but i still stanned them bc i didnt actually care about how they looked~

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Quote from Minazuki

I think I'm a bit weird. Before stanning I thought a couple of my faves were average at best. But after they caught my attention for other reasons and I started to have affection for them, I just think they are all extremely beautiful.

I don't think that's weird at all or if it is, then we can just be weird together, cuz that's basically what happens to me too. (Though there are still a few from my faves that I don't find attractive )

Quote from Taehunk

I never stan a group for visuals. If their music is bad and the members don't interest me, I won't stan even if they're Apollos.

What about the reverse? Their music is good but their visuals are bad. Would you stan?

Quote from superyeah

Looks play a role for me, but not in the superficial, lustful way people often assume. I think it's interesting how K-pop idols, their clothing stylists, their makeup artists, and their hairstylists work together to create aesthetics and depict attitudes, concepts, and character archtypes.

I see it as part of the art. Not everyone has stunningly handsome or gorgeous visuals without the right styling, but everyone can do something to enhance their physical appearance and I'm not talking about plastic surgery.

True, natural good visuals aren't necessary for creating striking looks.