As someone who used to listen to kpop what drove me away was how toxic their listeners were. Also the pictures covering their room Their phone wallpaper Keeping the pics as Polaroids in their phone case Like I think the albums that come w the CDs or the Vynls where it’s a photoshoot are super cool concepts Even the small cards of the singers But I wouldn’t tape them to my wall like wallpaper
I’m so glad you pointed this out. As a korean woman, it feels disgusting seeing other girls fetishize korean men (and vice versa). It feels unsettling to me and makes a large majority of koreans uncomfortable (cuz some lowkey just dont care, which is a whole other issue cuz they feed into it). Not to mention people saying “I’ve always wanted a korean friend!” Or “I want to date a korean man/woman.” It’s weird and so odd.
as someone who listens to kpop and watches kdramas i agree with the major points made here but also some points not so much. i dont really see how only listening to kpop/watching kdramas/ and having posters up is not normal.. putting posters up is a very normal thing for any fanbase to do.. i also dont really see how only listening to kpop is fetishizing korean men/women? its the same thing as if a white person only listened to spanish music or any other music in a different language…
this is so true…i’ve seen it a lot. i’m actually talking to a korean guy right now and we were talking about how lots of heavy k-pop fans (neither of us are k-pop fans) and how women fetishize these men. i think having posters and things of stuff you like is cool but if it’s just THAT and you have nothing else and all you talk about is that, that’s obsession. he told me a girl he spoke to before wouldn’t stop asking him about korean things and culture to the point it felt inappropriate.
what the fuck 💀 bro people are crazy i stg. my mom loves k dramas she has a whole app for it but she loves other things and doesn’t talk about it really. people get weird about things…im latina so i get fetishized literally all the time especially on dating apps wnd it really does feel icky like they only want you because your race / ethnicity