Do you get that "nostalgic" feeling when you listen to kpop? When you watch variety shows? When you hear your bias' voice?

Or am I the only one?

I haven't even been listening to kpop for two full years (I will soon), but everything about it is so...homey and comforting. 

Every time I listen to kpop, whatever song it is, whichever variety show it is, I feel so comforted. 

Ugh, where do I begin?

When I listen to kpop, I get memories of summer. Summer was when I started to listen to kpop, so naturally, I tend to watch and catch up on shows, listen to some new bands, etc. in the summer (well, besides the fact that it is summer break and I have a lot of free time anyway). I feel so safe when I'm listening to kpop. Staying up to watch those hour-long episodes of variety shows on weekend nights makes me feel so...at home. Do you understand how I feel? Do you feel that glorious feeling I feel?

So, here's a little example.

Near the beginning of grade nine (yay, I'm almost done grade nine though!), there's all of that orientation/getting-to-know-the-other-grade-nine-type of retreats and stuff, right? Well, at my high school, it's tradition to sleep over at the school one night and then the next day we go to this camp kind of place and do all this rock climbing, trust exercises, so on and so forth. The day ended early and all grades could leave school, it's just grade nines had to come back at, I think 4 o'clock...?

Well, I'll just skip all that...

Anyway, so, I think it was, maybe, 11 o'clock when all the girls when into the gym and got cleaned up and stuff to go to sleep. I was curled up in my sleeping bag, missing home even though it was just one night. My friend and I started to tear up because we missed home and we hated everyone else in the gym...besides our other friends. Not that I hate the other girls, it's just...I would rather not be with them...or near them...

So, to make myself feel better, I my iPod. I have an iPod nano chromatic...it has a small screen by the way. I hid in my sleeping bag and watched Infinite's Sesame Player. I felt soooo much better and I stopped missing home because I felt like I was at home and comforted watching them (sounds kinda y, lol). I FELT A LOOOOT BETTER! It was friggen' hot, but I endured it because I would rather watch my Infinite babies in the scorching temperature in my sleeping bag, then lie there, having to listen to those shallow conversations of those girls. Well...not all of them are shallow. 

There are also some songs that, even though they aren't even old, it feels so nostalgic listening to them. One of those songs is Infinite's She's Back (lol, of course I use Infinite...if you don't know by now, I'm Infinite biased). It's only been two years since it was released, but to me, it sounds like it would be a song from, like, 2003 or something. I can't think of any other songs right now...lol.

Watching "You're Beautiful" makes me feel so happy. I would watch it  any day, any time, anywhere. If I think about it, it's such a cliche drama, but it gives me all these warm feelings when I watch it. 

Kpop just makes me feel so at home. It makes me feel comforted. There isn't a day where I don't go watching or listening to anything kpop related. I just have to or else, I won't be able to sleep.

Even just looking at a picture of L or hearing Dongwoo's laugh or Sungyeol's shrieks will complete my day.

Kpop is like a safe haven for me. It's...so comforting...*sighs* I hope you enjoyed my overusing of the words "comforting" or "homey" or "nostalgic." There's no other words I can describe the feeling. Actually, I didn't use those words thaaaat much.