Do you think getting into K-pop was inevitable for you if so from what point and why? Or did you get into the sheer chance?
I frequently ponder this as a quote stuck with me from ‘Coleydoesthings’ ‘entering the K-pop fandom’ video where she states ‘you either die an anime fan or live long enough to become a K-popper’
For me this ended up true though I would expand the anime part to include the rest of modern East Asian and Thai media as the fandoms have a lot of crossover. Once you get into one at somepoint you try the rest. Participation in multiple of these space creates a greater chance of a crossover event occurring where a piece of media acts as a bridge from one fandom to another.
This idea was explored in her ‘Fandom Pipeline’ video which explored the idea of cross fandom transfers on a larger scale.
The other aspect of this is traits that lead you to liking certain things and that in addition to whatever the ‘being into fandom’ traits are making you more likely to get into something. For me I had a further 4 susceptibility factors being a fan of amvs / animatics, musicals, being a pop fan already and most importantly being hella gay. These interests made it more likely for me to enjoy K-pop if I got the momentum to try it. The first two opened me to the music performance aspect, the third meant the music would more likely appeal to me and finally being gay made me both open to girl groups but also an easy target of boy groups (as dam the visuals go hard).
With all these things I suspected it was a matter of when not if for me to get into K-pop.
And so when it finally happened it was because of a musical animated movie with female pop stars and pretty men. The film was an easy watch to enjoy then I started with girls groups but then got locked in by boy groups.
So I put the question out was it inevitable for you to get into K-pop?
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