Honestly recently I somehow distanced myself from K-pop and Korean dramas ect. It wasn’t intentional but it feels like it happened in one day. I started to see idols like a humans not people to actually idolise. I started to see small differences between idols professional fan service and them as a people by listening their interviews and this K-pop marketing stopped working for me for some reason. I don’t want to buy stuff, merch and spend my money. Only maybe occasionally on concerts of artists I like and I know will perform well that would be willing to come to my country or at least neighbours. I started to see that some idols behaviour feel forced sometimes not genuine. I started to see it like an actual job for many idols not a perfect dream come true job. I even followed few sites that were giving news and updates about idols but now it doesn’t feel interesting anymore. I listen to old songs by various K-pop artists I know but I don’t check out new stuff and somehow I don’t feel the need or urge to do it. I was huge BTS/Stray Kids/Ateez fan but now I don’t even check their Instagram and when I get a notification that a member is live I tend to ignore it and don’t feel the need to check it out. I only watch sometimes interviews and variety shows on YT because my algorithm is still 80% K-pop based. Now I wonder if maybe it was just a phase or temporary (5 years) addition instead or maybe I grew out of it. It feels partially wrong but also freeing for some reason. Have you felt similarly?
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