So I was on yt and I always saw a lot of new K-Pop fans comment at some videos especially at sunbae groups' videos, sharing how they were brought into K-pop. There were also those who become fans for quite some time already but does not even know or heard of older groups such as BEAST, INFINITE, MBLAQ, TEENTOP, 4MINUTE, SECRET, AFTERSCHOOL, etc. It's even sadder the fact that they don't recognised the still active older groups. It makes me wonder sometimes..are their popularity dropping? Or their musics are not their taste?

These new fans remind me of how I got myself into K-Pop and so I walked down the memory lane. I thought back to those good ol' days, back when K-Pop was so good (2013 and before), no frequent fan wars and artist collaborations were the 'thing'. It was great to see the artists performing each other's songs and their interactions regardless of gender (because now if anyone even make 1 sec of eye contact with the other, fans would say that they're dating lmao so ridiculous).

I've been into K-Pop since 2011 and I honestly think I'm in the category of the earlier generation fans.

I listen to anything and anyone, as long as they sound good, but if you're talking about bias then it has got to be these guys - BEAST (AROUND US), INFINITE, BTS.

I started with B2ST first; maybe because the era I joined was their best era, I mean they got really popular with Fiction so that's how I got to know them. Although Beautiful was the song that made me become a B2UTY hehe :D

Along the way, I learned about this other group too. INFINITE. It was the Paradise era but I don't really remember which song made me an INSPIRIT because Beast is my ultimate bias so I solely focused on them. But I thought Infinite is cool too so I listen to them and then BAAAMMMM I just know that I'm so into them too. ^_^

Occasionally I listened to other groups as well and liking some of them but none to the extent that I can really call myself as their fan. And then came BTS. I was introduced to them by my cousin at the time of their debut era. I still remember he said their performance on Mubank was so cool especially the dance break (No More Dream) and he showed me the video of it. I watched it from the start until the end, I admitted they were good but at the time I was not keen in looking for new groups to stan so I just acknowledged them only. Plus, they were wearing a lot of gold chains dangling on their necks and I don't fancy that kind of style so...yeah. But when Boy In Luv was released, I immediately loved the song! I loved the MV, the outfits, the whole concept! So I started to listen more of BTS, I listened back to their debut songs, and then I just fall in love with them. I think they are the only new generation group that really caught my attention and made it in my top 3 list :)

Why them, you ask? Well, why not? ;)

But of course, there are so many reasons to love them and I never regret being their fan. No matter what, these guys are the first to me. <3

Anddd all of them are oppas to me except Taehyung, Jimin & Jungkook. Lol so guess my age then.

Anyone else willing to share your story to me? I'd love to read it ^^