What year did you get into Kpop and how? (1 Viewer)

[mirella]

For me, 2013.

I was scrolling through YouTube and stumbled upon Fantastic Baby. It was strange at first (GD's hair oml) but interesting.

Then I read an article about an almost-lesbian kiss in Brown Eyed Girls' Abracadabra. Naturally this piqued my interest, so I had to check it out.

Then I found EXO's Growl somehow.

Then I fell down the rabbit hole.

 

[taemkitten]

2001 for me.
I can't remember the exact instance when my happened, but my friend showed me a song she was listening to at some point in 2001 while we were both in 7th grade. It was one from BoA and I became hooked after that.

 

[Pigeon]

became a casual listener/fan in 2012 (gangnam style and ring ding dong were my first songs)
stanned my first group 2017

 

[mirella]

2001 for me.
I can't remember the exact instance when my happened, but my friend showed me a song she was listening to at some point in 2001 while we were both in 7th grade. It was one from BoA and I became hooked after that.

I probably should've added more years before 2009, I'm so sorry! : O You've been a long time fan.

 

[OnlyCalB]

I knew/heard of K-pop in 2012 due to Psy and checked out some groups like TVXQ and SNSD. I liked some of the music but I never stuck around.

However, around April/Easter of 2014 I was at Uni and someone linked Girls' Day's 'Something' and I really like it. I looked into more K-pop groups (including TVXQ and SNSD again) and was hooked since then. Never looked back, especially when RV debuted that summer of 2014 etc.

Red Velvet became my first official "stanned" group.

 

[CrunchyLegend]

Late in 2017 watching livestreams on Twitch. DDD, Likey and Peekaboo were all over the place on Korean streams and even got songrequested on some western streams. Eventually I gave in and looked up more on Youtube. RIP my whole life.

 

[Panda]

2014, I was watching the FineBros reaction video with BB, TVXQ, and SNSD. Then I watched some other groups. I never really become interested until I somehow stumbled upon VIXX's Voodoo Doll, then I watched all of VIXX's stuff and became hooked. I stand them almost right away lmao. From there, I just became a casual listener to many other groups ^-^

 

[Wingfrost]

I had first discovered K-pop in 2013 (Fantastic Baby was what caught my attention) although I didn't really get into the genre at first as I mainly just listened to a few Big Bang and Exo songs.

Near the end of 2017 was when I got really into K-pop and started stanning Exo and finding other groups that I enjoyed.

:llama_prance:

 

[QueenB]

It was around late 2009 so I say 2010 cause its easier lol.

I had watched amvs on YouTube and some used kpop songs so I started looking them up or getting suggestions. Then I got into SHINee and did a deep dive into kpop

 

[Hajima]

probably around 2004 or 2005!!! i am not exactly sure but it was definitely during middle school... Bi rain, the wonder girls, bigbang, mblaq and 2pm were the first groups i liked.

 

[emptycup]

My friend brought me into the kpop realm in 2008.
I truly believe she only did it because I kept asking her to return my book (which she never did).
Can't blame her though, soshi saved me.

My book though...
:hmm:​

 

[Darkseid]

A Mirella thread? Is this a miracle?

2013 for me too. Fine Bros made YouTubers react to Kpop- it was Fantastic Baby, IGAB and Lucifer. I was in.

Although other than SNSD, I was more of boy group stan for a while but now

 

[mirella]

A Mirella thread? Is this a miracle?

2013 for me too. Fine Bros made YouTubers react to Kpop- it was Fantastic Baby, IGAB and Lucifer. I was in.

Although other than SNSD, I was more of boy group stan for a while but now

I can't imagine Senpai being a bg stan :oof_tea:

 

[Darkseid]

I can't imagine Senpai being a bg stan :oof_tea:

Dark days

Not anymore, plus my ult bg has just gone up in flames now so

 

[bulletproof]

2011. I was warching kdramas since 2009 so at some point I was listening to OSTs. I think I was watching Dream high or God of study at that time and I discovered T-ara. And then BIGBANG stole my heart

 

[Bara]

2010, I started listening to some BOF osts like almost paradise and because i'm stupid

 

[blueberries]

2010, one of My friends sent me lot of kpop to listen i got hooked, especially to big bang.

 

[Yolks]

Before 2009, I'm Korean, so I guess I've been listening to kpop my whole life??

I listened to Girls Generation the most when I was really young, and I remember I especially used to love T-ara's Bo Peep Bo Peep lol
I didn't stan/ really favor any groups until like 2014ish

 

[joshuaology]

In 2010, Wonder Girls were like the biggest thing in my region (other than Justin Bieber) and I sort of started listening to groups from them. I think I became a full on fan in 2013 or 2014

 

[yeji]

2010
one of my favorite youtube editors made a SHINee video and I randomly clicked on Lucifer after that edit. Eversince I am loyal to SHINee and will never stop loving my 5 boys. They still are my everything.
Fun fact: I never thought another boy group could come close to my love for SHINee yet iKON did it. I was someone who followed them since WIN ( watched it for my homeboy Mino since I am a fan of Block B since debut and always cheered on Mino). Just during tje start of New Kids era, after the years they spend in japan, did I fall deeper and deeper in love with my ikonic sons and literally got obsessed with Bling Bling/BDay and I am serious when I am saying that I watched their first Weekly Idol episode 3 times in the week it got released.