Okay, so this guy asked me how i got into kpop and i thought about and it was like hm... i started replying on his wall but imy response ended up getting WAYY TOO LOONG as i got into detail and reached past the word limit so i just made this a blog post. Can't believe it got so long tho... wrote more than i bargained for.. but  i ended up spazzing about my fave groups from tsent around the ending so thats why.. But im really curious to know how other people espcailly nonkoreans got into kpop.

Anyway... Here's how i got into kpop (my story/ timline lol)

uhh, wow, how did i get into kpop? I'm not really sure.. I was already exposed to kpop songs due to korean dramas i watched.. but didnt know there was a whole genre called kpop with all these bands and singers and stuff. if i retrace my path back...
okay so this is how it went:
2009: At my cousin's house and see my older cousins watching what i thought were chinese people on tv. Started watching the show with them and got kinda engaged into the show when i saw this clumsy, cute small girl following er - stalking a tall dude around. by the time the episode was finished, I wanted to see more! found out that it was a Taiwanese drama and called, "It Started with a Kiss" (taiwanese version of the korean drama playful kiss)and ended up watching the whole thing online.
2010: hmm, now im done with watching it started with a kiss, what to do? so i looked up the genre:drama on the search thing on my tv and lots of results came up from a channel called kbs so i decided to record them. next day, checking out recordings when i see one called "boys over flowers". the episode starts and i see a girl in a dress and a tall guy on a beach and although i didn't understand wat was going on from the middle, but loved it anyway and never missed an episode (except one b/c it somehow didnt get recorded) then i started watching all these different dramas and yea, thats how my korean drama addiction started which kind of slowed down now. But from boys over flowers, i got exposed to shinee's song "stand by me" and some others by kpop groups/singers.
the other half of 2010: one of my friends comes over to my house and shows me all these korean songs with guys wearing eyeliner and im just like okay... i mean, please dont hate on me for this but the first time i saw big bang's lolipop, i didn't know what to think. And then they were wearing eyeliner in some of their songs. (well, like all the kpop artists do that, no matter if they're boy or girl lol) I didnt really have an opinion and was just smiling awkwardly and nodding as my friend showed me all these videos and acted like i really liked it... lol
And then she showed me super junior's "no other" and i was like, omg, i like this song. The cute smiles and stuff they made in front of the cameras and did all those sweet things for their girlfriends.. Aww, it was so cute. And i liked their voices and all. It was the only song that I actually bothered to look up again when she left after all those other ones she showed me. I just got addicted to their smiles and cute gestersall and kept replaying and replaying and replaying the song everyday. My younger brothers thought they were gay... I was just like WTF?! lmao. But whatever... Well, ironically, a year after that summer, they ended up liking super junior too... more than me?... My 12 year old brother would literally play it Mr.Simple EVERYDAY and try to learn the dance moves to it. And i was just struck with shock... I was like, "So last year u called them gay! and now this year u're dancing and singing to their songs?! And u even know all the member's names!)
Anyway... From no other's mv, i clicked on a live performance that was suggested on youtube and watched it. I was impressed with their singing live! =DD I was just like omg.. They're soo good. =D And their performance was awesome, with their cute smiles and everything... Especailly yesungs... gaah. okay okay. let me stop. Anyway, i watched all these performances and then i saw "super junior bonomana" and the minute it started my reactions was, "WTF?!" It was completely different from no other and it just weirded me out for some reason.. Idk.. Some parts of the dance kinda disgusted me... A lot of their other songs had that style too... But then the songs grew on me =D Sorry sorry was a really catchy one too.
And then i started watching them on variety shows.. Like Super Junior Full house and it was fun seeing them so normal and different in normal life =D i finally knew everyone's names after that and became a fan =D
Yesung: I fell in love with Yesung (not really lol.. i dont even know the guy.. but he was my fave kpop idol! =D well that kinda changed... But he's still my fave member in super junior still! =DD) His epic fails and weird humor and all the funny things he did was amusing. I would find myself browzing thru his videos when i got bored... (creepy stalkerish fan rite?) And i even watched a whole drama called Cinderella's Sister just because his SONG was in it. I kind of regretted those 200 hours afterwards... The drama was just too sad for me... But yea, super junior was wat started it all and led me to shinee videos and girls generation videos and stuff.
Anyways...
2011!: =D Okay, so this was the time i was exposed to tsent2008's groups. I watched music bank often and the first time i heard secret's shy boy, they won first place i was like, okay.. why are they trying to act so cute? It kind of annoyed me at first and i didn't even have a girl group bias at the time. I didnt really listen to girl group's songs at the time.. The only thing i remember is seeing girl's generation's gee. And thought that they were okay...
Anyway, when i watched music bank, it ended up rubbing onto my lil bros since they hang out in the living room a lot where i usually watch music bank.. Sometimes, I'd see them watching along. Half the time making bad comments.
And then shy boy came on and i watched it for the 2nd time and my youngest bro who's 8 was like, "Can we watch it again?"
"And i was like.. REALLY?!" And i replayed it and every time i did, my bro would like it and then it grew on me and so i searched the video up on youtube and watched it.. And in the end, i ended up LOVING THEIR BAND!! =DDD Finally, a girl group bias. I actually looked forward to their performances and every time it came on, i would like it more and it was catchy and got stuck in my hand and i ended up picking up on the moves (which i at) and i started jamming to it =D My cousins who already know about my kpop craze got into it too and we sometimes danced to it when we're bored (even my brothers!) lol. But the moves were simpler than others and soo cute! =D Nice workout too.. lol.
And then when i watched some of their previous videos like, i don't know why but i was surprised because they were doing more "y" type stuff. At the time, i still didn't know all that much about kpop and band names were still unfamiliar to me. And it was a first seeing this type from a girl band like super junior's other less cute type songs.
I was kind of disappointed because i thought the video and some dance moves was kinda "inappropriate" or something at the time.. b/c idk... weird huh? But then again, although I've gotten used to the crotch thing that guys do like in t.o.p's dance for crazy, i still prefer if they don't do that... but ironically, a year later.. I love Madonna and all their other songs. glad that they dont do just cute. the same style all the time can get kind of boringish at some point.
Anyways... So in the last performance of shy boy that i watched on music bank (their goodbye stage) i was a bit sad to see them go... But then Zinger shouted out,(okay heads up guys.. All the text in blue is just me spazzing about jieun's solo if ur getting impatient, just skip it... lol)  "Good luck to song ji eun's solo!" something like that. i dont remember the exact words but all i knew that ji eun, my currently fave member of secret at the time (and still is: i really love her voice) was doing a solo or something! Jieun stuck out to me the most in their band because she had so many singing parts and on camera time that i ended up thinking that SHE was the leader at first. but then i found out it was hyosung to my surprise. which works too =D  =D i had no idea that it would be performed like immediately, the next week on music bank.
and one day i think, me and my cousin and bros were sitting in a bedroom watching music bank when i saw people in the waiting room. There was a girl with blue hair... i didn't recognize who.. And then the subtitles said song ji eun and i was like wait what... SONG JI EUN?! THATS HER?! she looked SO DIFFERENT! he cute image was like completely transformed. With blue hair, and the black clothing and dark circles under her eyes.. She just looked so different... I couldn't even recognize her until I saw her name... I was awed lol. And so were my cousin and bros.
Then the song, Going Crazy came on and she started singing... and she had this sad look in her eyes when she started singing the song which wwasas so SLOW. first this weird blue hair and tired looking eyes and gothic sense of style and now such a slow song? It was way too different from shy boy which caught me off guard.
And then to make things worse, i heard something go "GYA!" really deep and following after, this dude with yellow hair popped out of nowhere wearing a hoodie with such a DEEP voice. his rapping style. i had no idea what they were saying since i dont understand korean without subs so i didnt really get the song either...
anyway, my reaction description getting so long... Basically, I was dissapointed and didnt really like the song and even tho i tried, i could bare half way and ended up skipping through it. My bros and cousin were like, wow its so different! so i wasn't expecting that..
Two days later or something... It's night and I'm done with hw and everything..
So i typed in jieun's solo with english subs on youtube out of curiousity.
And watching the mv really MADE ME LOVE THE SONG!! omg I went CRAZY for GOING CRAZY. When the lyrics started, i was immediately hooked.
After listening to all these happy dappy songs, this more break up type one was a change. And it didnt feel like a typical one with the lyrics... lol. Her soft voice saying, "It's frightening, the you watches me" that just send shudders down my spine.
And then after her beautiful, soft sweet voice came, a DEEP HUSKY rap came out of nowhere and the image of this crazy looking guy making all these hand gesters while rapping some CREEPPYYY LYRICS!
"I follow in your shadow. I make a phone call I become thrilled at the sound of your shaking break," TELL ME THAT ISN'T CREEPY!
And this is weird but it was good creepy! i never heard anything like this song. The lyrics were just like woah. And omg, i cant believe that i thought the guy popping out of nowhere with wat looked like wannabe rapping was a nuisence!
He looked sooo cool in the video! Such a deep voice... Agghh. Okay, spazzing...
I ended up really liking Ji Eun's new style too! Her blue hair so went with the song, i realized and that black clothing made the mood more idk..
And then i saw that they already did some other performances and checked those out.. And i was impressed. Her sweet voice and his deep voice.. Completely opposite.. But how can they be so good together?! I loved her serious and kind of scared looking expressions and his crazy looking ones. Loved they way he rapped, the way he walked the way he moved when. Him being in the back of her, in the dark shadow when rapping like totally portrayed the theme and lyric "I follow in your shadow" Once, they even put him behind a cage! lmao, i laughed at that.
I heard that tsent thought that this mite be a setback or something if they did this song after such a cute style. After such a cute syled song in shoy boy that was popular. but this just got me more into them... I'm so glad they did going crazy =D
Anyways... I ended up getting really interested in the rapper. Who was he? But when i searched up his name, "Bang Yong Guk" (which took me a while to get the spelling rite lol) there was like nothing about him! This just stunned me like what?! Not even a wikipedia page about him Now i REALLY wanted to know more about this mysterious rapper. From allkpop articles, i read that he was a rookie rapper and i was like OMG SERIOUSLY?! If it weren't for the lack of information on him, i wouldn't have believed it b/c he was soo good at what he did on stage.. And it only says, yong guk as "featured" but it's more like a duet to me... they have like the equal amount of lines... And then everytime a kpop article came about yong guk, i got excited and loved hearing more about the two and their going crazy promotions. Tsent was really smart in promoting yong guk like that but it felt like not many people knew about him or acknowledged him until I Remember...
To sum it up, I watched like all their performances and REALLY LOVE THE COUPLE!!=DDD Every time i saw the song, i felt like they were saying a story. And i loved their on stage reactions... It felt so real... Like they're falling in love while sing the song or something.. Their interactions are soo cute and by then ending performance, bang yong guk had slided his fingers through her locks of hair, grasped her shoulder, put his hand on her cheek, cupped her chin... So sweet!! =DD Never been so in love with a song before and I really think they look good together and make the perfect match!! which led me to write my first fanfiction on asianfanfics.. Called Going Crazy lol. That song really inspired me. its been an year and i still haven't gotten over going crazy to my surprise since i usually end up getting sick of addicted songs after a while.
Anyways...

Super Junior came back with their comback, "Mr.Simple" and i was excited and all from the teaser pics. The music video was pretty cool but just wasnt feeling it... I felt like i only liked the song was because super junior was in it which caused all the hype too... But yea... When the song came on on my ipod, i found myself surprisingly skipping it.. But i still like suju! =D just not as obsessive anymore.. Well.. ironically enough, the time i began loosing interest for them, by bros started GAINING. It was cute seeing them fanboying! =D checking out their lives on tv and stuff and hype about aicha and stuff.. They really loved mr.simple and liked sorry sorry and bonomana too. Learned all of their names too! wow.
2012:
Secret led me to another bias group. One that would replace Super Junior spot as favorite... My interest had already rised for this group before they even debuted!
Okay so..
I knew a lot of the band's names now and even the new rookie ones like boyfriend and b1a4... but the one rookie group that i had been anticipating since back when i first found out about bang yong guk still hadnt debuted yet... Bang Yong Guk being in it was one of the many reasons that i was so excited about it. And then U also saw Zelo and him in Never Give Up and loved how yong guk could change his serious style to more bubbly too. Never give up really fitted zelo since he was a kid in high school and i could relate to the song because of all this stress i get from school's tests and all.. -,- But i was impressed that yong guk cud pull off the cute look too and actually SMILE! (does this sound offensive lmao) and such a young kid could be so TALL and talented! First i remember and then the switchup to never give up.. Left me with the impression that this group is going to be big and is able to do all different types of things. Bang Yong Guk even helps produce the lyrics for all the songs!
So yea.. when i first heard the name of the band, B.A.P i was like wtf?! That's all they got?! No matter how much i like yong guk but wats up with the band name?.. It sounds so lame...
The meanings even worse...
Best Absolute Perfect? I'm not really fond of cocky people.. Especailly when they've just debuted... I saw the first episode of tadah! its bap and the other members seemed kind of shy and stuff... And Bang Yong Guk really seemed charasmitic amongst them. Now i understand why he was he's leader. He actually has this leader vibe and people seem to respect him =D especailly zelo lol. I already knew himchan but the other 3 members didnt seem as WOW as i expected for some reason.. Didn't leave a big impression of me. And i didnt learn their names as fast b/c they werent promoted individually... And then i look at the name. Best Absolute Perfect?
But then warrior came out and i was like OMG!! They're so COOL! They have the bragging rites! =D
I didn't expect bang yong guk to dance so well either for some reason i dont know why... But yea... Now I'm into b.a.p =D This is how it came to be. it wasnt easy to distinguish all the members with all of them being blonde and all but glad that they did b.c it made me focus more on their talents. And its the first time i didnt like a group badly soley because of their looks or anything.. or personalities... It's because of their music =D their looks are a bonus tho =)I don't like their music only because its by them, but because its a good quality song =D Everything they do feels refreshing and unbreakable has such nice lyrics =D Working hard type. never give up was great for stressed out teens.. I remember was so moving.. Going Crazy was just plain creepy lol Warrior was a song that wasnt about LOVE! =D and had awesome dance moves and daehyun's voice totally rocked things. burn it up had a nice beat =D and secret love... well JIEUN FEATURES IN IT!! =DD Hope my interest in them doesnt fade too fast... Even better... At all...
I haven't forgotten super junior tho.. I really liked them for long and still dream  the unlikable dream of them getting back together again.. being 13/15 again.. 13 as a group 15 as a family! =DD Elf at heart. Sad to see them so busy and starting to separate slowly these days tho... =( i think that If b.a.p and super junior were to to compete, i would be rooting for the both of them and would be happy regardless of who won.

But yeah, thats what i went through (feels like an autobiography) i ended up liking rap which i used to think was just some mumbo jumbo and different styles and listen to different languages of music.
yeah.. this got really long.. Feels like an essay... Sorry...

so.... tell me... whats ur story?