“What’s stopping you from being a K-Pop stan now?” ADULTHOOD. RESPONSIBILITIES. EVERYTHING.
I still listen to K-pop and I check in on my favorite bands like they’re my distant cousins, but damn… I miss the stan culture. I miss having a fan account, spending hours creating fan content, interacting with my mutuals, and live tweeting. I miss having k-pop as part of my personality.
Not gonna lie, I did stray away also because of stan culture on Twitter lol. Some of y’all are dumb and genuinely have no life, no offense, but I miss being obsessed with my favorite groups and interacting with the community… the nice ones at least.
I miss it when I had FREE TIME to consume whatever I want without worry at all, I miss it when fanwars were the biggest distress in my day. TAKE ME BACK.
I miss when the biggest worry I had in my life was Jeonghan cutting his hair short, now I barely care that he’s gonna go bald (is he?). My old self would’ve been so pissed. (for legal reasons, that’s a joke, I’d not actually be that pissed). I miss getting excited whenever I see a Going Seventeen episode, now I barely care anymore. I miss pirating fan content especially Caratland lol.
I GREW OUT OF THEM AND IT’S A BITTERSWEET FEELING. I miss them, I miss being obsessed, I miss laughing at my favorite groups’ content, and I miss interacting with the fandoms. I would gladly go back but I think I have outgrown that phase and I don’t think going back will do anything but make me more miserable. I have new hobbies that suit my current lifestyle now so it’s all good, but looking back at my playlists and my old Twitter account makes me feel nostalgic.
I haven’t seen this subreddit in such a long time, I used to be active in my other reddit accounts and spend 1-2 hours crafting my thoughts on a scandal that I can no longer remember lol.
I’m still 22, I don’t know why I sound so old lol, but it’s that phase in life where I have to start worrying about my future instead of idols who don’t know I exist.
Anyways that’s all I want to say.
I’m trying to go back but I’m just going to be a casual fan so I can work my ass off to get enough money to see Seventeen in-person. The only thing that made me less sad about missing out on the tour next year is the fact that Jeonghan and Jun are not going to be there, and that I should only spend money when all of them are there.
My bias group is Seventeen if you can’t tell, but what made me miss the whole thing was actually newjeans. I love their songs and I wish the best for them. The recent Big Bang performance also made me realize how much I missed 2nd and 3rd gen k-pop, but I think it’s just me missing my younger self.
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