Got7 Has Got Me

Now, moving onto the next group that I got into when my feels for Exo began to wane. 

So I came back to the states around mid-January. Of course, the first thing I wanted to do after being gone for three and a half months is see all of my friends. So after how many days, I met up with my good friends; Lychee, Puri, and Michi. We all hung out at Lychee's house and got caught up. While I was in the Philippines, I still had the chance to communicate with them whenever I was lucky enough to get wifi. What I noticed during those conversations while I was in a different country, was this name that kept on coming up in Line. Jackson. The name would be dropped multiple times and they seemed to be really into the guy. I had no idea who this person was. So when we were hanging out at Lychee's house, I asked them to show me who this Jackson is and why they're all talking about him. Which then led to Lychee putting up a music video called 'A.' I watched the music video and found out that Jackson is the guy who is rapping all by himself near all these cars. I thought to myself, "Huh. Yea, he's cute. I can see why they're into him." Once it ended, I asked for more videos because I wanted to know more about the group that has the person that my friends are into. I wanted to like them too lol. So that led to watching dance practices. At this time, I still couldn't get all their names down. Also, I couldn't figure out who my bias(es) would be yet. But let it be known, I did find them attractive and thought they had catchy songs. When the night was over, I headed home not knowing if I'd get into them. Maybe Exo was a one time thing and I was in the kpop fangirl game for only a couple months. 

Yea, right. Let's be real. It only took me like, a day. I ended up re-watching the dance practice videos and the mvs. My bias(es) based on attractiveness were decided. Funny thing is, when I asked Lychee who she thought my biases are, she gave me an answer and told me her sister thought it was another member. And being the Aries that I am, I told her that they're both right and I have two biases. I just don't see why I have to limit myself to just having one bias. I have a lot of love and lust to give, so two seems like a good amount. So my interest in them just continued to get bigger with each video that I watched. Seriously, it felt like it only took me two weeks to watch all of their Real Got7 and I Got7 episodes. And it was great that I knew what my friends were talking about and got to join in with the fangirling. I just love this group and they're a fun group of guys. Good songs and great dancing. It's also a plus that two of them can speak English while one of them literally has the cutest Engrish I have ever heard. They do flips and bboy moves that keep me entertained by going 'Ooooh.' But I guess that should have been expected since they're from JYP and the last boy group they had are the beast idols 2PM. 

Like Exo though, my interest did start to wane a little. But the main reason behind that is because I pretty much watched everything I could that was english subbed already. They've only been a group for almost a year and half now. It's not like Exo who had been out for two years or getting into Super Junior who have been around since '05 and have tons of things to watch. So I kinda got tired of watching the same three mvs and their dance practices. They didn't have any new material out for me to watch. Sure, some of them had their own gigs like variety shows and such. But if I'm speaking honestly here, my biases weren't any of these people so I wasn't THAT interested in those variety shows LOL. So one day I was hanging at Lychee's house, watching the same Got7 material and was kinda getting bored of them. Don't know how it happened, but another kpop group was mentioned. It could have been me who brought them up. or Lychee talked about how she really likes their music. A couple of days later, having nothing to do, decided to give this other boy group to try. Then BAM! This one group, who I didn't really think much of, is currently taking all my time and love these past month or two.  

VIXX. Oh VIXX. While Exo got me back and Got7 kept me going, VIXX is the group that I can pretty much say cemented my stay in the kpop world the second time around. Oh how you did me right...

Which I will expand on in my next post. Till next time! 

KxF

[Sidebar Update]: Check out the new kpeen in my I Wanna Do the Nasty With corner. My current obsession. 

How Exo Started It All...

Like I stated in my 'coming back' post, there are three groups that led to me getting back into kpop. Exo was the group that started it all, but I'll just give you the gist of how it happened. 

A friend of mine, who will be called Lychee, had a cousin that stayed with her for about a month. A high school cousin who is into kpop. When I got the chance to meet her, I thought, "I used to be into kpop. I could try to make conversation by asking her who she's into." Oh. Who knew that train of thought would lead me to where I am now. A kpop fangirl once again. ANYWAYS. She told me that she's really into Exo and proceeded to show me all of their music videos. Here is the first thought that came to mine when I watched their mvs. I couldn't help but notice how many there were of them. It reminded me of how I reacted to Super Junior when I watched their Don't Don mv. I was all, "Oh, cool. They have awesome back up dancers. Wait. They're all in a group? Why the fuck do they have so many??" And they ended up being my first love in the kpop scene. But with this group, there was one thing on my mind. 

"How old are these kpeens?"

I then find out that the majority of them are younger than me. Only three are older than me and two are the same age. (I'm sure you can figure out how old I am with that info I gave you.) And I clearly remember watching Growl, or maybe another mv, thinking this one guy was pretty cute but knew that he must be one of the 94-ers. Then I find out that he's actually one of the 90-ers, reminding myself that you can never know when it comes to kpop idols. So I let Lychee's cousin to continue to show me videos, since there really wasn't anything else I was doing other than chilling at her house. It was nice, listening to kpop again and trying to place the name to the face among twelve members (at the time). 

Here's the thing though. There's a moment when you realize that it's more than just a one time thing, and the moment is this. The minute you start looking them up yourself and watching youtube video after video, that's when you know. You're fucked. And I remember that ah-ha moment like it was yesterday. I was in my bed, with my cellphone on the youtube app. It was probably a couple of days after I met Lychee's cousin and introduced to Exo. I guess I had nothing better to do and looked up Exo videos, any of their live performances. It was either a Growl or Overdose performance, but I found myself going down the list and watching pretty much everything. And it wasn't until I was halfway through a performance, giggling that I had THE epiphany. I hit pause and literally mumbled, "Oh shit. I'm becoming an Exo fangirl." It pretty much went downhill after that. 

I associated myself as an Exo fan. I watched everything that I could that was english subbed on Youtube and Dailymotion. For a week, I kept trying to get into their Exo-L fanclub site until I finally got in and joined the billions of other people who registered. The terms 'bias, ship, OTP, feels, fanfic, skinship, etc' came flooding back to me. I had a bias who became my cellphone wallpaper and began to ship all the members. I had forgotten all the time that it took to literally update oneself on a group. Sure, Exo had been a group for roughly two years when I got into them. But it still caught me by surprised when I was watching a couple episodes of EXO Showtime and looked at a clock, telling me that I spent all day just watching kpop videos. 

Now, if you noticed or not, the way I talk about Exo seems to be in past tense. Unfortunately, they are kind of in the past for me as of this moment. I'm not saying that I have totally forgotten about them, it's just that my time is not spent focusing on the other groups that I'm into. It started to wane during the month of December. And no, it has nothing to do with all the scandals and people leaving the group. Yes I was bummed when Kris and Luhan left, and now they have this thing with Tao which is totally up in the air. But that is no way the cause of my lack of Exo-L fangirling. I was in the Philippines during that time and with the horrible internet connection there, I didn't really get the opportunity to look up videos and watch them. So the routine that I had while in the states didn't apply to the when I was in the Philippines. All the news and updates of them I got from my Lychee whenever we chatted on Line. 

While I still lust over my two biases, and think their recent come back song "Call Me Baby" is pretty catchy, I just find myself watching videos and daydreaming of the other two groups. But who knows! I haven't watched EXO Next Door yet and from what I've been told by Lychee, it's pretty good. Maybe that's the incentive to get me back. Win me back Exo! Or at least get my attention again biases. I'm losing you to my other ones. 

And when I think I'm fading from the kpop life, I come back to the US and get sucked into another fandom. The Got7 fandom...which will be revealed in the next post. 

Till next time! (see...it wasn't too long till I posted again..)

KxF

[Sidebar Update]: Four years have passed. I have moved on and found new Man Candy. Check out my new Man Candy list to see who I'm thirsty for. 

4 Years.

Has it really been that long?  Yes...apparently it has.  Four years have passed since I've posted anything on this blog, and my last post wasn't even kpop related.  A lot has happened during the four years that I've put a rest to the fangirl life.  And if there's one thing I've learned during that time, it's this. 

Kpop and being a fangirl never really leaves you. 

I think it's correct to say that I never really stopped being a kpop fangirl.  It was more like that part of me decided to take a break, which led to hibernation and becoming dormant.  Now, it wasn't like kpop never existed these past years.  I'd still update myself from time to time, even watched a concert or two.  It's just that the level of interest I had didn't reach one of a fangirl.  So, I've neglected this blog.  To the point where the photos I've used got replaced by something entirely different because the photo sharing website I used probably doesn't even exist anymore.  And I don't even know what it was!  Which is a bummer in all honesty, but that's what happens when you don't use something for so long. 

Now you may be wondering, (who am I even referring to??)..."What is the purpose of this post and what am I getting at?" Well, here it is. 

I am back!  The fangirl has awakened and kpop matters again!!!

[cue cricket sounds]

Okay.  I know I wrote the same thing a few posts back...in 2011.  But I mean it this time!   I find myself listening to kpop more than the radio, watching music videos, live performance, and looking everywhere for subbed videos.  And this has been going on since roughly August of 2014!  I am 90% sure that this is not a false alarm and kpop is back in my life.  Which could be seen as a good thing or a bad thing, if speaking truthfully.  

You may be thinking, (really..who am I referring to??)...what make this time different than last time?  Well, let me tell you in three words. 

  

These three groups reeled me back into the world of kpop and exactly in that order.  I won't go too much into detail, since I might make it into a separate blog post, but these group of kpeens did it for me.  Also, it helps when you have friends that got into them around the same time you did.  Or was into them before you and got you interested in them.  So the kpop fangirl continues to thrive as it feeds off the enthusiasm my friends have whenever we watch mvs together or do dance practices.  And it's always way more fun when you fangirl with others, even if the level of fangirl-ness is different. 

Now, I know saying something doesn't mean anything unless I actually start posting stuff that aren't months apart.  And honestly, I'm hoping that I do get back into the groove again.  But I know that starting from this post, it's not going to be like before.  Four years have passed, I'm older now.  I was a young thing back then who just had to have the closest seats no matter the cost, and skip class to drive all the way to LAX to see these kpop idols for only a couple of seconds.  That's most likely not going to be the case this time around.  I have a full time job now from Monday to Friday and I know how valuable money is.  I can't just afford to pay $300 for pool seats at KMF not knowing who's coming as easily as before.  Don't have the energy to book a room at the same hotel they're staying at and run around LA to hope to bump into kpeens.  So I'm going to get the second best or average seat.  Or even miss the concert/fan meeting because I have work or it's just too expensive.  Bottom line is, the amount of money I'm going to be paying to see an idol correlates to how much I really like them.  And how much is in my bank account...but mostly how much I like them LOL.  

ANYWAYS.  I'll do my darnest to not go MIA after this post.  Till next time! (hopefully some time soon...)

KxF