Slow Burn Stan (1 Viewer)

[Emanresu]

Slow Burn Stan

Anyone stan a group where their affection and ultimate stanning was a "slow-burn"?

By that I mean it wasn't an instant "love them". It took time. You may have known of them and liked a few songs or followed them casually for a length of time.... and then at some point your affection built up to the point you realized.... "Well shoot... I like these guys/girls too much. I guess I stan now."


Most of my stans are immediate or very quick in terms of assessment. For SNSD I fell in love immediately (spurned on by my Yoona obsession) and similarly with TWICE I loved them immediately (Tzuyu contributing immensely).

On the other hand....

RED VELVET was a slow burn for me.

I didn't have any members that I immediately latched onto emotionally to jump start an attachment. And while I loved a few songs, I didn't really become enamored with the group or its dynamic right away.

It took awhile.

After about a year of knowing of them and casually following them..... Around Rookie something changed.

I started to "get it". The whole group. Their themes and oscillation between their Red and Velvet sides. I started to feel attachment to the members, and just generally started to click with them.

The slow burn finally ignited into a glorious flame!

Reveluv I had become.



What about you? Any slow burn stanning stories?

 

[Soleski]

For me it was Bts.
When I got into kpop I was mostly into girl groups, but Bts was everywhere lol so I checked out Blood sweet and tears and to be honest I wasn't really a fan of it at first listen so I dropped them right away :D but later I was still curious about them so I went back to their debut song and watched all their mvs (well most, they have a lot mvs)
it took like 3-4 months for me to stan them actually, which we can consider slow burn

idk about my other faves, I know that exid was love for first sight

 

[VillageIdiot]

Stanning Red Velvet is a slow process.
Even the members I like, I don't feel much of a connection to

 

[Wingfrost]

I've only had this really happen with Day6.
I enjoyed a few of their songs and I knew Jae from ASC, but I didn't really get into them super fast like the rest of the groups I stan. I slowly listened to their discography and didn't really feel interested in the group until the end of their project that they did where they released a song each month for a year. I think it took so long because at that time I couldn't find a lot of Day6 content so I never really felt 'connected'' I guess with the members. But now they're one of my favorite groups.

 

[Ahsoka]

I guess BAP, when I first started listening to kpop I heard some of their songs and loved them, but I got distracted by other groups and didnt look deeply into them until months later. Once I did, I fell in love with their songs, and now, theyre my ult group. Same to an extent with Monsta X, though I only knew a couple of their songs originally.

 

[Kelly]

Pentagon. I heard their debut song when it was released (October 2016) and I loved it, but I didn't consider stanning them at the time. Then I kinda drifted away from them and it wasn't until September/October 2017 that I listened to Like This and their album. My love just instantly 'renewed' for them (accompanied by the "omg it's that group?? it's the same group???"), and they became one of my bias groups. I'm still a bit annoyed at myself for sleeping on them all that time lol but better late than never!

 

[Skinnny]

Loona was a slow-burn for me but now they are my ult group. I didn't feel any attachment with members and liked few songs from them but mortie kept recommending them and they eventually became my ult group.

 

[Belgizen]

TWICE
I found their songs catchy and they were my guilty pleasure.
I stanned Sana and respected the other members, the girls had my undying respect for their hard work.
It was only since Likey and What Is Love? that I decided I really like them