I feel like most of us probably got introduced into the world of K-pop through a song or artist that caught our interest, and that trickled into getting deeper and deeper into the whole industry. I’m curious about your guy’s story!
I feel like most of us probably got introduced into the world of K-pop through a song or artist that caught our interest, and that trickled into getting deeper and deeper into the whole industry. I’m curious about your guy’s story!
So, my first introduction was Rain back when Ninja Assassin was released, 2008. My husband and I watched some of his videos and yeah, I was into it, but never looked deeper. However, at that point, I would say I liked kpop. (Was familiar with a lot of jpop/jrock and some cpop in those days, so also liking kpop wasn’t a stretch.)
Next touch was the MTV EMAs in 2010 when Big Bang won for Tonight. Again, liked the song, said I liked kpop, but never got into it more.
Obviously, Gangnam Style was everywhere. Again, I ‘liked kpop’, but never really went any further.
2013, I got into watching professional LoL and my favorite team was a Korean one named SKT T1. Korean games streamed on Twitch on OGN and during commercial breaks, they would play kpop. This really got me to look into kpop and watch what was out there. I couldn’t get enough of it. Big props to 4Minute - Volume Up and Nu’est - Face MVs, which are just amazing and I would keep going back to.
So I’ve been following extensively since late 2013.