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Korean Pop Culture
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QUESTION: before you got into kpop/snsd, were you "aware" of kpop at all, and which artists did you know about before you started actively being a fan of a kpop artist?

for me, i know i was aware of b0a and r4in, i knew their names and that they were asian pop stars but hadn't really heard their music (i live in the us, btw). i also knew u-kno's name/face just bc the korean american girl who sat next to me in my algebra class was obsessed with him and put his pics in her binder, but i didn't know anything about him or his group. and i knew a tiny bit about b1g b4ng (mostly just that i'd seen pics of t0p and gdruggin and knew they were part of a boy band). i also vaguely recall seeing some snsd and soojoo vids (through my friend who was really into shiny for a while) before i really got into kpop last year. actually looking back i'm surprised at how much peripheral awareness i had of kpop despite not being into it or knowing much about it, really. it's interesting to think about this when discussing hallyu and the possibility of kpop ever being relevant in the west...
Not really. I knew a few Japanese songs by Younha and BoA but I didn't know they were Korean.
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ambro has IG account?
[marq=left] =_= of course she has =_= [/marq]
[marq=right] =_= =_= [/marq]
You can find her IG from bbjung's. Her IG username is something that goes aj0l llama
lol what's with that emoticon douchy. ^_^ I just don't follow ambro much, that's all. Can you give me a link to her IG? i don't have IG
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Apr 21 2013, 05:08 PM
lol what's with that emoticon douchy. ^_^ I just don't follow ambro much, that's all. Can you give me a link to her IG? i don't have IG
http://instagram.com/ajol_llama
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lol what's with that emoticon douchy. ^_^ I just don't follow ambro much, that's all. Can you give me a link to her IG? i don't have IG
http://instagram.com/ajol_llama
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QUESTION: before you got into kpop/snsd, were you "aware" of kpop at all, and which artists did you know about before you started actively being a fan of a kpop artist?

for me, i know i was aware of b0a and r4in, i knew their names and that they were asian pop stars but hadn't really heard their music (i live in the us, btw). i also knew u-kno's name/face just bc the korean american girl who sat next to me in my algebra class was obsessed with him and put his pics in her binder, but i didn't know anything about him or his group. and i knew a tiny bit about b1g b4ng (mostly just that i'd seen pics of t0p and gdruggin and knew they were part of a boy band). i also vaguely recall seeing some snsd and soojoo vids (through my friend who was really into shiny for a while) before i really got into kpop last year. actually looking back i'm surprised at how much peripheral awareness i had of kpop despite not being into it or knowing much about it, really. it's interesting to think about this when discussing hallyu and the possibility of kpop ever being relevant in the west...
most ifans are only aware of idols
I just hope they don't judge whole Korean music industry by idol music
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QUESTION: before you got into kpop/snsd, were you "aware" of kpop at all, and which artists did you know about before you started actively being a fan of a kpop artist?

for me, i know i was aware of b0a and r4in, i knew their names and that they were asian pop stars but hadn't really heard their music (i live in the us, btw). i also knew u-kno's name/face just bc the korean american girl who sat next to me in my algebra class was obsessed with him and put his pics in her binder, but i didn't know anything about him or his group. and i knew a tiny bit about b1g b4ng (mostly just that i'd seen pics of t0p and gdruggin and knew they were part of a boy band). i also vaguely recall seeing some snsd and soojoo vids (through my friend who was really into shiny for a while) before i really got into kpop last year. actually looking back i'm surprised at how much peripheral awareness i had of kpop despite not being into it or knowing much about it, really. it's interesting to think about this when discussing hallyu and the possibility of kpop ever being relevant in the west...
most ifans are only aware of idols
I just hope they don't judge whole Korean music industry by idol music
DA, I don't think they will judge the whole Korean music industry based on idols. Many people are judging it based on P$y atm, I don't think that's a very positive thing tbh.

I personally like kpop because I'm tired of western pop and my country's pop scene totally sucks. I also listen to rock/indie but this kind of music is pretty good in the west and where I'm from so I don't feel like searching for these genres in other countries. I must say that I find many of the kpop acts pretty lame, I only listen to GG and BB, and rarely to some other groups.

To answer the OP's question, no, I wasn't aware of it. I randomly saw a BB MV on youtube once, I liked it but I didn't even check for more MVs. I became a kpop fan later.
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QUESTION: before you got into kpop/snsd, were you "aware" of kpop at all, and which artists did you know about before you started actively being a fan of a kpop artist?

for me, i know i was aware of b0a and r4in, i knew their names and that they were asian pop stars but hadn't really heard their music (i live in the us, btw). i also knew u-kno's name/face just bc the korean american girl who sat next to me in my algebra class was obsessed with him and put his pics in her binder, but i didn't know anything about him or his group. and i knew a tiny bit about b1g b4ng (mostly just that i'd seen pics of t0p and gdruggin and knew they were part of a boy band). i also vaguely recall seeing some snsd and soojoo vids (through my friend who was really into shiny for a while) before i really got into kpop last year. actually looking back i'm surprised at how much peripheral awareness i had of kpop despite not being into it or knowing much about it, really. it's interesting to think about this when discussing hallyu and the possibility of kpop ever being relevant in the west...
most ifans are only aware of idols
I just hope they don't judge whole Korean music industry by idol music
iban, how do south koreans view reunification with north korea? is it going to happen in the next ten years?
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also, s0hyun got an instagram acct. ooh lala...
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QUESTION: before you got into kpop/snsd, were you "aware" of kpop at all, and which artists did you know about before you started actively being a fan of a kpop artist?

for me, i know i was aware of b0a and r4in, i knew their names and that they were asian pop stars but hadn't really heard their music (i live in the us, btw). i also knew u-kno's name/face just bc the korean american girl who sat next to me in my algebra class was obsessed with him and put his pics in her binder, but i didn't know anything about him or his group. and i knew a tiny bit about b1g b4ng (mostly just that i'd seen pics of t0p and gdruggin and knew they were part of a boy band). i also vaguely recall seeing some snsd and soojoo vids (through my friend who was really into shiny for a while) before i really got into kpop last year. actually looking back i'm surprised at how much peripheral awareness i had of kpop despite not being into it or knowing much about it, really. it's interesting to think about this when discussing hallyu and the possibility of kpop ever being relevant in the west...
I heard korean music before but didn't try to really get into it. Like, I first heard DB$K when they did the opening for One Piece and Boa from Inuyasha, but I didn't know they were koreans that were singing and I never bothered to look more into the singers. I was also into Youtubers like Dia Frampton and David Choi. I knew they were korean but I didn't really try to get into korean music then either. Randomly, I recall asking around for Korean music, I was getting bored of Japanese music and English music, I heard Korean wasn't that different so I asked something similar to Japanese music in Korea and someone gave me Girls' day :rofl: . Related to that vid was SNSD's vid echo, I thought they were cute but I didn't truly get into them till right before the Boys comeback when I finally learned all their names. A little bit before, when Hyuna's Bubble pop came out I recall seeing it on the front page of YT, watching it, and thinking she was a hot girl. People were making comments about Lee Hyori on it, and when I saw her U-Go-Girl vid I had major Deja vu. I skimmed through my favs in my YT channel and realized her vid was one of the first things I favorited :rofl: but even though I liked it when it first came out I didn't bother getting more into it and k-pop till I saw Girls' Day(I think it was Hug me once or something?) and Hyuna's vid years later which then led me to MBL*Q, IU, BigB*ng, varitey shows, shipper vids which made me question their straightness and leading me to tlc and completely addicted to k-pop
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QUESTION: before you got into kpop/snsd, were you "aware" of kpop at all, and which artists did you know about before you started actively being a fan of a kpop artist?

for me, i know i was aware of b0a and r4in, i knew their names and that they were asian pop stars but hadn't really heard their music (i live in the us, btw). i also knew u-kno's name/face just bc the korean american girl who sat next to me in my algebra class was obsessed with him and put his pics in her binder, but i didn't know anything about him or his group. and i knew a tiny bit about b1g b4ng (mostly just that i'd seen pics of t0p and gdruggin and knew they were part of a boy band). i also vaguely recall seeing some snsd and soojoo vids (through my friend who was really into shiny for a while) before i really got into kpop last year. actually looking back i'm surprised at how much peripheral awareness i had of kpop despite not being into it or knowing much about it, really. it's interesting to think about this when discussing hallyu and the possibility of kpop ever being relevant in the west...
most ifans are only aware of idols
I just hope they don't judge whole Korean music industry by idol music
DA, I don't think they will judge the whole Korean music industry based on idols. Many people are judging it based on P$y atm, I don't think that's a very positive thing tbh.

I personally like kpop because I'm tired of western pop and my country's pop scene totally sucks. I also listen to rock/indie but this kind of music is pretty good in the west and where I'm from so I don't feel like searching for these genres in other countries. I must say that I find many of the kpop acts pretty lame, I only listen to GG and BB, and rarely to some other groups.

To answer the OP's question, no, I wasn't aware of it. I randomly saw a BB MV on youtube once, I liked it but I didn't even check for more MVs. I became a kpop fan later.
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bolded for truth. pop/dance music is just a universal language and it always exports well. i've started to listen to some other kinds of korean music after getting into kpop and there's definitely some talented k hip hop artists and rock bands/singers out there but honestly, when i'm in the mood to listen to that genre i can usually find stuff that's as good or better in the west, with lyrics i can actually understand.

kpop is different because pop tends to be pretty much the same quality around the world, but the novelty in kpop is the quirky little korean twists (and the language, of course) which is unfamiliar to non-koreans like me listening for the first time. plus there's a bit of nostalgia since idol music tends to trail a little bit behind trends in the west so whenever i get sick of the current trends in pop music here it's like i can jump into a time warp
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Holy crud... it's all I see now. :rofl:
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gayoon is sooooo pretty. i used to think she was hella weird looking but now i think she's the prettiest.
sounds a lot better than ice cream and 2yoon's country bumpkin song. i really like the beat and instrumental but the autotune whyy :pain:
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amber has her own thread on tlc. but it's just one member posting. :tumbleweed:
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amber has her own thread on tlc. but it's just one member posting. :tumbleweed:
lol i just saw that.
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digging this.

i get annoyed when kpop uses white girls/guys as their leads. can't they just get someone asian?
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amber has her own thread on tlc. but it's just one member posting. :tumbleweed:
damn peenkneenja is really passionate lol good for her
i saw this picture while i was browsing through and amber looks really good. i think it's because she's styled more androgynous instead of full out tomboy. more fitted and less baggy.
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^^ is that bbjung with amber ?
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digging this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtb5SMI8bC0[/flash]
i get annoyed when kpop uses white girls/guys as their leads. can't they just get someone asian?


I like Zion. T!!!


and why kpop should use only asians? It's racism.. there are other-race-koreans in Korea too :-/
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^^ is that bbjung with amber ?
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when will f(x) comeback?? i really miss them :creys:
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when will f(x) comeback?? i really miss them :creys:
soon :teehee:
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digging this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtb5SMI8bC0
i get annoyed when kpop uses white girls/guys as their leads. can't they just get someone asian?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcEuJSqRigo

I like Zion. T!!!


and why kpop should use only asians? It's racism.. there are other-race-koreans in Korea too :-/
I should have been more clear in that comment. I meant to say someone Asian or other people of color. What I said isn't really racist because you can't be racist against the oppressor, that which holds the most power, which in this case would be the white man. I don't really want to get into this topic on this forum, but basically...

HUGE WALL OF TEXT


Sorry for this mini rant. I hope it didn't sound like I was attacking you or lecturing you. I just wanted to make sure you understood where I was coming from.
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digging this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtb5SMI8bC0
i get annoyed when kpop uses white girls/guys as their leads. can't they just get someone asian?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcEuJSqRigo

I like Zion. T!!!


and why kpop should use only asians? It's racism.. there are other-race-koreans in Korea too :-/
I should have been more clear in that comment. I meant to say someone Asian or other people of color. What I said isn't really racist because you can't be racist against the oppressor, that which holds the most power, which in this case would be the white man. I don't really want to get into this topic on this forum, but basically...

HUGE WALL OF TEXT


Sorry for this mini rant. I hope it didn't sound like I was attacking you or lecturing you. I just wanted to make sure you understood where I was coming from.
da, I read it, thanks for posting it
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digging this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtb5SMI8bC0
i get annoyed when kpop uses white girls/guys as their leads. can't they just get someone asian?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcEuJSqRigo

I like Zion. T!!!


and why kpop should use only asians? It's racism.. there are other-race-koreans in Korea too :-/
I should have been more clear in that comment. I meant to say someone Asian or other people of color. What I said isn't really racist because you can't be racist against the oppressor, that which holds the most power, which in this case would be the white man. I don't really want to get into this topic on this forum, but basically...

HUGE WALL OF TEXT


Sorry for this mini rant. I hope it didn't sound like I was attacking you or lecturing you. I just wanted to make sure you understood where I was coming from.
thank you for the explanation
since I'm living in homogenous country, I didn't think about that. they are just minorities and foreigners to me no matter what colors

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You can be racist against white people. Saying "I have white friends and I totally date white girls" is just as ignorant as inserting any other race in place of "white". Diversity isn't based entirely on skin color, and to think so is, I think, wrong. No matter how you want to rant about privilege and opportunity; when you classify someone based only on their race or attribute certain deficiencies and prejudices to an entire group of people I don't think that's fair.
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You can be racist against white people. Saying "I have white friends and I totally date white girls" is just as ignorant as inserting any other race in place of "white". Diversity isn't based entirely on skin color, and to think so is, I think, wrong. No matter how you want to rant about privilege and opportunity; when you classify someone based only on their race or attribute certain deficiencies and prejudices to an entire group of people I don't think that's fair.
Whites can't be discriminated against because of their immense privilege, apparently, just like how you can't be sexist if you're a woman.
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You can be racist against white people. Saying "I have white friends and I totally date white girls" is just as ignorant as inserting any other race in place of "white". Diversity isn't based entirely on skin color, and to think so is, I think, wrong. No matter how you want to rant about privilege and opportunity; when you classify someone based only on their race or attribute certain deficiencies and prejudices to an entire group of people I don't think that's fair.
Whites can't be discriminated against because of their immense privilege, apparently, just like how you can't be sexist if you're a woman.
Or homophobic if you're gay. Because that's just impossible lol
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when will f(x) comeback?? i really miss them :creys:
soon :teehee:
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