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| Supporting messages from Blackjacks, Elfs and Sones |
Analyze the different shows and comedians. Oh, kpop is so cool that some fans even know about people whom are not idols. Take YG fans for example, they even know the dancers and producers. :D
The world of kpop is boundless. I'm still learning. :)
[kpop is so awesome this article ive written doesnt do it enough justice. :P
so to know more about it, get involved in it yourself and you will learn, a lot :) ]
1. Its impact; how it unites people.
It always amaze me when I see people of different races and cultural backgrounds gather together for flashmobs or concerts, singing to the kpop songs in korean, which is not their first language.
People often criticise kpoppers for being stupid followers, and say that they do not understand why we, are listening to something that we dont even understand.
Firstly, well, yeah we don't really know what they're singing. (But we do search up the engromhan lyrics or sometimes we're just too pro we can understand korean:P).
You don't need words, to convey feelings and emotions. Where words fail, music speaks.
It gives me the goosebumps and I'm proud, to see kpop expanding all over the world. The seas of pearl red, sapphire blue, pastel rose pink, yellow crowns, etc.
The loud fanchants, IN KOREAN, being shouted everywhere else in the world. Singapore, US, Paris, Indonesia, Thailand, Hongkong, Taiwan, EVERYWHERE.
The names of the groups we loved appearing on newspapers in different languages. Bloomsberg, Times, NY Daily News, CNN, LA Times, The Straits Times, in Norwegian, German, Chinese, French etc.
2. The Idols
We kpoppers like kpop not just for the music. We support the singers too.
Idols. They are not just a bunch of handsome and pretty faces. They are not just singers. They dance, host, act, model, etc.
They perform. They love the stage. They have a passion for music and the arts.
And also, to us, we see a lot more.
We see their past- how hard they trained as trainees. How they juggled school with trainings that go all the way till midnight. We see their passion, how they persisted in what they want, how they persevered and didn't give up. How much they've struggled till today, with the hate they face, with their tough schedules, and how much they have sacrificed. Family time, time with their friends and schoolmates, and childhood.
We have our happy lives, we procrastinate, we get to slack around and do whatever children our age do. But they can't.
When we are watching our kiddy shows and dramas, they are dancing and sweating in the studios.
When we are falling asleep in class, they are performing in music programmes, having to repeat the same song routine for 5to 8times for just a 3minute long appearance on tv.
When we are eating our dinners in front of our tvs or computers, these idols are probably on their way to their next interview or filming.
When we are sleeping comfortably at home, they had to catch their sleeps in between their schedules.
Plastics? Well, some yes but they certainly have a good character that we don't even have. And so? Millions in US, China or elsewhere does it anyway so I don't see it as something negative. Talentless? Hah, 1 from a 1000 audtionees and ~5years of training. Just a bunch of pretty faces who cannot sing? Think again.
So this is why we love them so much. Are we crazy? I would like to say that we know more about love.
Their stories are so motivational and their attitudes are something worth learning from.
They live for their dreams, they live for the stage.
3. There's so much to it.
Something I found out. That makes kpop so special and different from other pop cultures.
Unlike how people (outsiders) view kpop, as a thing by itself, kpop, is actually a packaging of a whole lot of things, including the variety show, the fandom, the korean culture and all random things.
The topics are endless you can just keep talking about it and keep analyzing. Analyze the different fandoms and the relationship between them.