How Did I Get Into KPOP?

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Topic: How Did I Get Into KPOP?

Somewhere in 2010, my aunt asked my sister and I to watch a Korean drama with the title 'Boys Over Flower'. I'm pretty sure most of you or all of you know this drama as it was one of the must watch drama if you're a K-dramas' fan. At first, I think it was weird for me to watch drama that I didn't understand the language because I'll not understand to whole story. But, that's not the case here. After watching the first episode, I couldn't stop myself from watching the next episodes. From what I could remember, I watched four to five                                                         episodes on that day.

From the drama, I had my first K-drama bias which was Kim Beom. Although his character in the drama made me mad most of the time, I thought that he had a charming voice and good visual. My sister's bias was Kim Hyunjoong which made her a SS501's fan that time. Besides, I think the drama is interesting to watch even until recent. If we're to exclude the handsome guys, the whole story itself is good. If you haven't watch it, please watch! So, the K-drama made me knew about South Korea and KPOP. As you can tell, SS501 is the first KPOP group that I know.

Which group was my favourite that time?


It's 2PM and Nichkhun was my bae! The fact that they made me a Kpopper is true! Without them, I don't think I'll have interest in KPOP. Maybe(?). I should thank my aunt for asking me to listen to 'Heartbeat' and made me a 'hottest'. In late 2011, after I sat for UPSR, I watched a TV program called, KPOP Hitz. Since I love KPOP songs, I decided to watch it and I found my other half. His voice made me loved the whole song. It was ZE;A and the guy I fell for was Kim Dongjun. I thought he looks like an actor from an Indonesian drama that I loved to watch and I gained interest to know more about him and the group.



Then, in June 2013, I heard a roar from a cute blonde boy. I remembered it clearly. I was watching Music Bank like always and there's a group making a comeback. At first, I thought that the song was weird and criticized a guy with a long braided hair. I knew that guy. I remembered him when he's performing a song with other members. I enjoyed the song 'MAMA' but I don't have a full interest towards them like 2PM and ZE:A. From here you can tell that the group I described is EXO which is my ultimate bias group until now and hope it will be forever. Back to the story, the uptempo song suddenly soften and they kept on singing to their part.

Suddenly,
'Neol meotgeunkesseo keunillasseo, Yeahh~ Yeah!'

I was shocked. His voice was awesome. At the very moment, I became a fan of EXO. I became a fan of Baekhyun. The voice I want to hear singing into my ear. The voice that I want my life to be filled with. It has been three years since I became a fan of EXO. I've been there through a lot with them. Fortunately, I'm able to stay loyal although that's not the case with 2PM and ZE;A. It's okay. I still support them since I love KPOP. However, I am proud to say that I'm an EXO-L.

There's something I need to tell here. I was an A.R.M.Y too. It stopped when BTS changed their music style. I was kinda disappointed but there was nothing I could do. I was a fan since 'No More Dream' era but stopped when they started 'HYYH'. I really like how they talked about school and dream and life in general in their song. The rap lyrics written by them made me love hip hop. I respected them a lot. When I was stressed about grade all the time, their songs sooth my heart and mind. I don't think any A.R.M.Y have any rights to judge me because if you want to compare seniority as an A.R.M.Y, you couldn't compete with me. I have rights to support any group and not to support them. BTS and my ex-bias V, failed to flutter my heart now. I may sing to their songs but my thought of them are definitely different from before. I do like BTS but they're one of the lowest in my list now.

As conclusion, this is a short story of how did I get into KPOP. It's been six years since I started to know KPOP. I have more to write but I think I should stop here. I will write more about my ultimate bias group, EXO and my ultimate bias, Baekhyun in my upcoming post. By the time, you're reading this, I guess I already wrote many stories. I hope you will enjoy reading this. Thanks for spending your time to read this. I really appreciate it.
XOXO from me.