I’ve seen discourse on Tiktok about this and am curious if it translates to other socials as well.
With all kpop tours I usually see the trend of “bias before and after a concert”. When attending a show someone says their bias and then it cuts to after the show where they either repeat the same bias or change it. Most of the videos I’ve seen have the person changing their bias.
I had never seen backlash over this until recently. Most of the comments were negative towards those doing the trend. They usually say something along the lines of their bias is sacred to them, and they choose a bias based on their character and personality. And that allowing a 2-3 hour concert to change a bias is fickle and sad. Basically, implying the person doing the trend is a lesser fan and that they only value the members for superficial reasons since they switch favorites so quickly.
Every video I see of this trend gets more comments similar to that. It got me thinking, I do understand where they’re coming from. There are a lot of “jokes/trends” I see that are in poor taste regarding kpop idols, but I don’t think this is one.
It is a little bittersweet seeing a video with someone biasing a less popular member and switching to the most popular member. But it’s just a fun TikTok trend. I think reading into it at that level veers a little too far into parasocialism and tries to enforce a fan hierarchy.
Do you think positively or negatively of this trend?
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