Why do kpoppies these days stan so many groups? (4 Viewers)

[SaviorITZY]

Genuine question. I got into kpop about 4 years ago and social media was big then but you rarely found a person who stanned more than 5 groups.

Nowadays people, certain fandoms especially, have 2847228 groups listed as their "ults" and favs. What happened fam?

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[Lovely_Cornchips]

We become more diverse taste wise. Not as centric as we used to be-I kind of prefer it this way anyway it seems more unified than it used to be (even though the fanwars give me headaches)

 

[Day]

I don't get it either. It makes it hard to tell who they really care about.

 

[star_lord]

joined 7 years ago and kpop has changed a lot. I feel like the change was around 2016.

 

[Jimimis]

“Stan” gets used too loosely now. It’s like if you listen to some of the group’s songs you stan them even when you don’t really follow the actual members

 

[kuro]

“Stan” gets used too loosely now. It’s like if you listen to some of the group’s songs you stan them even when you don’t really follow the actual members

yeah that's true
which is stupid, stanning is when you follow the group and love them, ult is when you couldn't live without their music

 

[Lovely_Cornchips]

“Stan” gets used too loosely now. It’s like if you listen to some of the group’s songs you stan them even when you don’t really follow the actual members

Stan means something different for everyone there isn't a definitive definition for it.

 

[VillageIdiot]

The industry is so oversaturated now it only makes sense to Stan more groups.

It's harder to find stans that devote the time and money to dote on their faves like old gen stans used to. I really don't feel like I need to put in so much work to stan groups anymore. "Stan" is kinda meaningless now
2014: I had my solid 2.5 groups
Rn:

 

[lostinwvnderland]

I started listening to Kpop back in 2006 and I only stan DBSK, Suju & Big Bang, but not there so many different group that catch my interest.

 

[Jimimis]

Stan means something different for everyone there isn't a definitive definition for it.

Ik but I’ve talked to some people who say they stan like 50 groups, and when i started asking about the groups they could barely even name members. Imo that definitely is not stanning

 

[JoanaIsHere]

Ik but I’ve talked to some people who say they stan like 50 groups, and when i started asking about the groups they could barely even name members. Imo that definitely is not stanning

Lol that's me

 

[Jimimis]

Lol that's me

FIX YOURSELF

 

[QueenB]

stanning multiple groups is why i'm broke lmao
actually it's textbooks
A lot of people are still teens or in early 20's so they don't have the money just to throw away on kpop albums, merch, and concerts so I don't define stanning by what people are buying.

If you are listening to a group's music, like the members, and keeping tabs on them that's enough to define you as a stan, for me. Keeping up with groups isn't that hard anymore because of social media since companies put everything on some platform. Same with music cause you can just add everything to a spotify playlist

 

[Abeamus]

Kpop evolved is what happened, more fans got into kpop so the demand for it was bigger and therefore the supply came to be too so now you have more groups than there was before with more shows for them to be on than there was before and more fans for translating to make it even easier to connect with a group.

There is also what @Jimimis said though which ifans seem to use the word stan very loosely so you don't even need to really follow an artist any more you can just like their music and suddenly you're a stan but with no real investment in the group which is really what being a stan is about.

 

[SeulPika]

There's a lot of groups/soloists who's music I like and will check out when they release new music. But there's only a small handful of groups who's albums I will buy and keep tabs on their activities such as music show performances, variety show appearances and SNS.

 

[lexus]

There’s a lot of different groups that I like. I like their music and I like their personalities and try to learn more about them. That’s why.

 

[Midnight]

They're just casual fans tbh.
I find it hard that people can stan 10+ groups, like who has the time or $$$ resources

 

[SaviorITZY]

joined 7 years ago and kpop has changed a lot. I feel like the change was around 2016.

Sameee, in 2016 I felt like a major shift happened. I feel like its most likely due to the fact a lot of the influential 2nd gen groups disbanded this year. It also kinda feels like there was a torch passing this year too y'know?

 

[SaviorITZY]

They're just casual fans tbh.
I find it hard that people can stan 10+ groups, like who has the time or $$$ resources

Throwback to the time where kpoppies used to be like "We should stan ALL kpop groups" 😂 🤣

 

[SaviorITZY]

There’s a lot of different groups that I like. I like their music and I like their personalities and try to learn more about them. That’s why.

That doesnt really explain why tbh. It explains what you like about the 3 billion groups you stan but not why.