Is 20s too old to be a Kpop stan? (1 Viewer)

[SnowWhite]

Tbh I don't follow each and every group like I used to some years ago. But while Gfriend (and to some level Apink) are active I can't completely forget about it either. I listen to Gfriend music the most still, almost everyday.

But seeing how Kpop forums, youtube, twitter are all filled with teen stans I feel so old and think my era is past. A lot of my friends who were huge Kpop stans in school now quit. It feels even worse when new debuting idols are now mostly younger than me. When my mom sees me scrolling through Gfriend photos sometimes, she says about how I still have't matured smh.

I am gonna be 21 this December.

 

[blurryface]

i actually think, its okay to listen whatever you love whenever you want, it doesnt matter how old you are. if you love and enjoy to listen them, do it and dont feel bad for not listening. and dont keep yourself away from these bops

im supporting you

 

[MinMint_Swagist]

HELL NO u know some say if some say ur to old for this
"I DON'T GIVE A SHIT WHAT U WANNA DO OR GONNA DO"banna_Leamon Gone WIld (it a jpop)

 

[rubytrack]

Nah you're never too old, I turn 21 in September and here I am

Although I agree that I feel old now especially since stan twitter and kpop forums are filled with younger teens these days asdvhjfvg

 

[MinMint_Swagist]

HELL NO u know some say if some say ur to old for this
"I DON'T GIVE A SHIT WHAT U WANNA DO OR GONNA DO"banna_Leamon Gone WIld (it a jpop)

EXCEPT FOR UR FAM ONLY LESS U PLAN ON BEING LABEL AS A BAD GIRL

 

[Skinnny]

You're never too old for music in a certain language. If you're invested in toxic twitter stan culture, then maybe 20 is a bit too old. But you don't seem like the type to be ^^
There's no age limit for enjoying anything.

 

[Belgizen]

No
I'm 22 and I have no signs of leaving it/getting bored of it.

There's no age on music.

 

[LeeHoseok]

I've got a decade on you and I work at a kpop site. I wasn't even a fan of kpop until my mid-late 20s Never, EVER let anyone tell you what you can and can't enjoy based on your age. I've seen grandparents who are kpop fans. Music doesn't have an age limit, it's universal.

 

[Mew]

.... So we're complaining about 20's being too old...
I shall just walk my 30 year old butt out then..

Lol but seriously, I've been listening to kpop for a good 12 years now. I think as you get older (and hopefully focus on your real life) you start to kinda fade from the fandom stuff. Like for the first 2-3 years of kpop for me I had time to keep up and invest myself into more than the music, variety and concepts use to be such a big thing for me in my early days. But as life went on I stopped being into everything but the music..
Ive never been much of a Stan general I only solidly ever Stanned one group (still do SHINee through and through well previous to that it would been DBSK too but my hope was shattered lol) but I'm a music junkie so I even if I don't stan a group I do listen to their entire discography there's always something for me there.

But if you really like kpop and are happy with it, age doesn't really mean anything, you invest your time in what you chose to and even if you feel you don't want to really participate in the fandom culture like the young ones, you don't have to but that doesn't me you have to drop your interest in the music itself.
Yes kpop caters more to those younger hence younger idols, more visual based concepts, fun songs but with each generation the fans tend to grow with there idols, so the relatability is more apparent to them,
Rather than let's say a 40 year old jamming out to NCT dream per say (i jam to NCT dream proudly so idgf lol)
I'm 2nd Gen, I had 2pm, 2ne1, Snsd, fx, big bang, ss501, rain, dbsk, suju, kara, sistar.. Etc most of them are gone.. Or just not putting out music like they use to cause we grew up, both idol and fans, however my interest in the music hasnt wavered as its the music that interested me in the first place.
So I still be jamming to kpop probably into my old age, my grandkids will probably think I'm super hip or super lame so be it, I like what I like. ^^

 

[Tickita]

Nope. Like what you like.

"I DON'T GIVE A SHIT WHAT U WANNA DO OR GONNA DO"banna_Leamon Gone WIld (it a jpop)

No you better back off

The bitch is back on

 

[Ahsoka]

You're from Russia right? We have the same ethnicity and age, I turn 21 in December too

And no I don't think there's an age limit. In some kpop communities I'm on the older side but there are actually servers and communities where I'm one of the younger ones still, so it's definitely not as universal as it may seem.

 

[DrowningFishy]

Please I shot past 20 a long time ago and it's far to late to turn back now. That and been to kcon and a kpop concert I gaurentee fans know no age.

It's the same question you can think of in any fandom. The answer is YOU ARE NEVER TO OLD TO LIKE WHAT YOU LIKE!

 

[SnowWhite]

You're never too old for music in a certain language. If you're invested in toxic twitter stan culture, then maybe 20 is a bit too old. But you don't seem like the type to be ^^
There's no age limit for enjoying anything.

Ngl I used to be really toxic at some point lol. Quitting the previous forum and joining KS made me more peaceful ^^

 

[SnowWhite]

.... So we're complaining about 20's being too old...
I shall just walk my 30 year old butt out then..

Lol but seriously, I've been listening to kpop for a good 12 years now. I think as you get older (and hopefully focus on your real life) you start to kinda fade from the fandom stuff. Like for the first 2-3 years of kpop for me I had time to keep up and invest myself into more than the music, variety and concepts use to be such a big thing for me in my early days. But as life went on I stopped being into everything but the music..
Ive never been much of a Stan general I only solidly ever Stanned one group (still do SHINee through and through well previous to that it would been DBSK too but my hope was shattered lol) but I'm a music junkie so I even if I don't stan a group I do listen to their entire discography there's always something for me there.

But if you really like kpop and are happy with it, age doesn't really mean anything, you invest your time in what you chose to and even if you feel you don't want to really participate in the fandom culture like the young ones, you don't have to but that doesn't me you have to drop your interest in the music itself.
Yes kpop caters more to those younger hence younger idols, more visual based concepts, fun songs but with each generation the fans tend to grow with there idols, so the relatability is more apparent to them,
Rather than let's say a 40 year old jamming out to NCT dream per say (i jam to NCT dream proudly so idgf lol)
I'm 2nd Gen, I had 2pm, 2ne1, Snsd, fx, big bang, ss501, rain, dbsk, suju, kara, sistar.. Etc most of them are gone.. Or just not putting out music like they use to cause we grew up, both idol and fans, however my interest in the music hasnt wavered as its the music that interested me in the first place.
So I still be jamming to kpop probably into my old age, my grandkids will probably think I'm super hip or super lame so be it, I like what I like. ^^

Actually 30 isn't what I ever considered old haha, I suppose I just never expected myself to grow up to be an adult and that's what is disappointing me.
And I really agree with what you said, my interest about stuff like charts and everything keep fading.
You always seemed like a mature stan to me BTW, and you look pretty cute and young on top of that, I doubt it would look weird if you become a granny kpop stan someday lol

 

[Soleski]

I dont think it should matter. I was already an uni student when I got into kpop. Enjoy what you want!

 

[SnowWhite]

You're from Russia right? We have the same ethnicity and age, I turn 21 in December too

And no I don't think there's an age limit. In some kpop communities I'm on the older side but there are actually servers and communities where I'm one of the younger ones still, so it's definitely not as universal as it may seem.

YES lol but why did I think you were a teen

I'm not fully Russian but only for part, wish I was though since being full Russian would guarantee me being pretty

 

[Ahsoka]

YES lol but why did I think you were a teen

I'm not fully Russian but only for part, wish I was though since being full Russian would guarantee me being pretty

Well when we first met I was a teen
And I'm not 100% Russian either, I have some German and Jewish blood too. But I'm mostly russian

 

[Michael]

Too old at 21? I'm 55 and I don't think I'm too old for any kind of music. I'd call BS any kind of age limit for music.

 

[Suzy]

I mean, it's music. I only got into K-Pop when I was 17 and now I'm in my 20s and it doesn't feel unnatural for me to be a fan. I'm no longer as interested as I used to be but I still follow the genre. It's not like I'm doing anything weird anyway. I'm mostly here for the music and entertainment anyway and non K-Pop fans in their 20s also like music and entertainment. It's just in a foreign language but I don't see why that should be an issue just because I'm an adult now.

 

[lalaloving]

it's music so no, there's no real age restriction to liking it! it's just music in a different language and just because idols and the average fan get younger while you get older doesn't mean you should stop liking it. maybe stan twt will get on your nerves more when you get older, but that's not at all what k-pop is. i've only been into kpop for a couple of years and turn 21 this year too so i feel like i'm right in the middle: i'm not liking as many newer groups anymore, but i still love listening to k-pop a lot.

from a lot of 20+ k-pop fans I've met, this is the case for a lot of them too- they just stick to listening to the groups they loved for years for the most part. it would surprise me when people my sister's age and older than 30 that i used to talk to knew more about/stanned recently debuted groups than i do lol.