The Hallyu wave. And why I am drowning in it. Part 2: Drenched in the wave and why I ain't complaining

So now you know my story of how I got into Kpop, I will tell you why I have stayed in the world. There are a number of things I ADORE about K pop as well as things I'm not so crazy about.


Things I am not crazy about are the things like the sexualisation while doing aeygo and the use of white girls and the lack of divesity, the GETTING UPSET OVER THE STUPIDEST THINGS to name a few issues which an amazing website called Seoulbeats often talk about. (Trust me that website is a daily must read. I don't feel right if I have gone the day without reading.)

But I want to talk about the things that have turnt me down right crazy.


1) The visual side of it

The flashy music videos, the crazy bright colours, the amazing and cool (see I'm using words like cool this is what it has done to me!!) costumes, the beautiful people and there chocolate beautiful abs. Everything is done big and when I say big I mean GRANDE. For a while when ever I watched a western video it just seemed well, just plain...boring. Whenever I watched a kpop video there was so much going on with the loud beats, raps, the constant beautiful solo shots, choreography shots to name a few. I felt like I watched the most amazing spectacle in front of me after a kpop. The fact that different bands have different concepts i.e. SNSD with their cute, Sistar with their girl next door sexy, B.A.P with their tough hip hop, rock attitude which I LOVE. YG and their swag dripping swagged out selves. I think you can tell I am a YG stan but seriously how can people be so Gosh damn talented and COOL like really? Look I just said to words I never say in a sentence but there are no other words to describe them. There are just so. damn. swag. All of them to bludclart even Gummy has a swag and she does ballads like...*wipes tear, takes air*  Videos like F(x) electric shock and Miss A Breathe got me in a tizzy ( I will not even start on Big Bang and 2ne1 videos for all our sakes) It was loud, brash, colourful, full of attitude, hard to ignore and most of all unashamedly Pop! And I loved ( and still do) every minute of it.

2) The people side of it

By this I mean, the Idols themselves and the fan bases. Watching things like 2ne1 TV and variety shows made me realise how amazing they are. The fact that they can be so sweet and nice and calm and when they get on the stage they are just like POW. Like the heeeellll. Their attitudes are just soo fierce and you can tell they are passionate. True preformers. The whole trainees days thing to their debut stories to the audition tapes and behind the scenes just makes me realise how much they work hard for what they have and seeing so much of their personalities is so nice compared to the every now and then appearances you may get on a TV interviews over here. You build a like... well not a personal attachment but you like THEM. Not just their talent. How family-like the company act appear to be (controversial topic) the fact that they do 'family' or 'town' concerts is such a nice change. Here? You don't even clock acts are with a company.  Also with the fanbases, they are such a family like so tight knit and supportive ( most of the time) its so lovely knowing that you are part of one, they are literally like military sections. The fact that if you let slip that you are a K pop fan and you find the other person you hardly know is a k pop fan you act like long lost friends and get lost talking about subjects that seem great to you! It's like you just knoow. Not going to lie sometimes even I'm like woah with some of the fans though.


There are other things as well but I will never stop if I don't stop now. Those are the main things I love about K-pop. Honestly guys if you're not swept up in the wave go and jump in it and explore. You may not like it, you may love it but you certainly will not regret it. Trust me :D.