Who was your first Kpop artist/group?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8M6EaKJTPY

My first time ever hearing a K-Pop song and falling in love. B.E.G. Was my first K- Pop group! :slight_smile:

BTS ā€œN.O.ā€ I watched them on Inkigayo and was captivated. Talk about cradle robbingā€¦

Cannot really remember, but I think itā€™s SS501 Iā€™m Stupid - Boys over Flower OST.

omg lol actually my sister introduced me to Kpop first just a few short years ago so im fairly new to kpop i fell in love with BAP first i really loved their strong bad boy persona and dancing style in their mvs and i really love the one who raps his voice is amazing but before that i was strictly a jrock girl who liked anime OSTs lol my first was The Abingdon Boys who sang Innocent Sorrow for DGray man and another band called One Ok Rock which i still avidly follow

B2ST/BEAST - Shock jap.ver. was the first Kpop song I listened to :slight_smile:

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The first kpop group that I listen to was SS501

The first Korean song I heard it was Danger of F(x) but right now I canā€™t stop listening to Han SoA, Younha, Ailee, Lee Hi, IU, Davichiā€¦ and a lot more!

I originally hated kpop b/c my cousin was obsessed with it and would make me listen to way too many songs. I hated it. I also only heard stereotypical things about kpop so I didnā€™t think I would ever get into it. I got into Kdramas, but I still disliked kpop. That is, until one day, I randomly clicked on After School Club just to see what it was (it was the episode with Infinite). I heard a bit of Infiniteā€™s ā€œLast Romeoā€ and a couple other songs on there. Hearing Last Romeo made me look for the MV on YouTube and thatā€™s when what I originally thought about kpop flew out the window. So it was Infinite that got me into kpop-main reason being that their music is more R&B/classical, almost 80ā€™s sounding. Itā€™s really different from the typical colorful kpop music. Idk why, but it kind of reminded me of Imagine Dragons and One Republic.

What I found funny was that I already knew L and Hoya (from Shut Up Flower Boy Band, Cunning Single Lady, Masterā€™s Sun, and Reply 1997). And I started to watch High School Love On (with Woohyun and Sungyeol)-so basically I already knew 4 of the 7 members and I already liked them as actors. I saw the name Infinite flying around in the comments of those dramas, but I didnā€™t think much about it. I was a skeptic at first b/c Iā€™d heard so many things about crazy kpop fans (cuz I didnā€™t want to join that kind of community) and cuz from what I saw, too many groups are more about show than raw talent. Plus I loved American music too much to be willing to listen to anything else (singers like Kelly Clarkson, Justin Timberlake, Phillip Phillips, John Legend, Beyonce etc.).

I wanted to find out if Infinite was up to my standards (which I set really high on purpose). After listening to about 5 of their songs, I had to seal the deal cuz they blew me right out of the water. The catchy songs, the amazing vocals and the perfectly synchronized choreographyā€¦So all of this, plus the fact that Iā€™ve already seen them in Kdramas made it seem like I was meant to be an Inspirit all along. And to my surprise, Inspirits are totally opposite from what I expected a kpop fandom to be like- theyā€™re so respectful, kind and encouraging. Iā€™ve never seen them start fanwars- Iā€™ve seen them end them though (by being a moderator almost, telling everyone to be nice and acting like a parent) on YouTube and other websites. Not to mention that Iā€™ve felt really proud when other fandoms commented on how peaceful (more like lazy-cuz I fall into that category) and supportive Inspirits are in general.
I also slowly got into BTS, CNBlue, and FTIsland. But itā€™s all thanks to Infinite that Iā€™m into kpop now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgmSImDoJNg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cheyu8dMypI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDbpE6qHDSA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj0FvZGSzCo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeuejYoRbps

cant say I like them all

Then I guess you like hip hop groups right? :slight_smile:
In the same agency:
2ne1 ā€œIā€™m the bestā€,fire, go away, crush, come back home, the baddest femaleā€¦ (collab with GD on ā€œThe leadersā€ you should definitely check it up!!)
Epik High: born hater, up, donā€™t hate me, happy ending, spoiler, with le lyrical genius tablo who wrote bad, try (you should look up the lyrics, really awesome!
Winner: empty, color ring, Iā€™m him (minho solo)
Lee Hi: 1,2,3,4, rose (more jazzy)
1TYM: hot, A-yo,
Out of the agency;
If you like Bigbang youā€™ll probably like Block B ā€œnalinaā€, ā€œnilili mamboā€, ā€œvery goodā€,
BAP: warrior, one shot, no mercy
got 7: Bounce (JJ project), girls, girls, girls, I like you, follow me
1punch: Nightmare, turn me back (they reproduce music from the 90s, I love it)
Jinusean: A-yo (old rap)
dynamic duo : fireworks, baam, rhythm is life (gaeko)
BTS

Tell me what you think of my list^^ Iā€™m sure I forgot a lot :slight_smile:

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I actually have most of those songs on my playlist right now (I also got into K.Willā€™s songs a few weeks ago). I have yet to look for any songs by 1TYM but I love watching ā€œDanny From LAā€ on YouTube.
I was a fan of Epik High since the time I saw them on one of Infiniteā€™s TV shows (You Are My Oppa) due to the fact that they helped Infinite (vocal training, dancing, all kinds of training) before Infiniteā€™s debut and before Epik High left Woollim Ent.
Recently Iā€™ve been loving Infinite Hā€™s ā€œYouā€™re F*cking Crazyā€ and Iā€™m trying to find more songs like it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efgI9ySMKyk

Oh okay we have the same tastes then :wink: Iā€™ve been into Mamamoo and Ft island recently (even been to their concert xD awesome!) Oh and also I love Junsu (JYJ) his solos are pretty awesome too, such as Flower with Tablo <3 heartbreaking lyrics as alwaysā€¦

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I listened to Junsuā€™s Flower and a couple of his other solos a while back. It was amazing! And Tablo is someone I really look up to. Did you know he got kicked out of orchestra in high school for suddenly playing the soundtrack of Jurassic Park on his violin while the orchestra was playing Brandenburg Concerto No.3 at a concert? He is just pure awesomeness.
Iā€™ve been so upset over JYJā€™s situation. Junsu is king and always will be. And nothing will stop JYJ from being as amazing as they are, not even SM.
Iā€™m so jealous of you right now. I would love love love to meet Honki. FTIsland and CNBlue is life.
But my current life goal is to go to an Infinite concert (hardcore Inspirit right here). Iā€™ve seen how amazing they are live, so I want my first kpop concert experience to be amazing. After that I want to go to a CNBlue or FTIsland concert and hopefully a couple BTS and other ones as well.
gives fandom hug and throws Namu hearts

EXO and INFINITE :heart_eyes:

You should watch the radio show Kpop Planet, itā€™s with Lee Jaejin (Ft Island), Hyunsik (BTOB) and Hwa Sa (Mamamoo). They sing a lot, itā€™s nice.

Oo I didnā€™t know that about Tablo, awesome!! He never fails to impress me <3
I donā€™t know if youā€™ve seen Junsu first comeback on korean television in 6 years. A few days ago he appeared on ebs; here is the link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQImmiuXJMI This literally broke my heart :ā€™( Youā€™ll see why.
And about the ft Island concert in Paris, it was my first concert and it was justā€¦ magic :wink: here look at the crowd singing <3 Hongki almost cried :wink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlcoq-GPIUw Iā€™ve also been to Block bā€™s concert a while after but it was soo short that I didnā€™t have the time to enjoy, thatā€™s why I prefered the ft Islandā€™s one.
I donā€™t know much about infinite though, Iā€™m going to make some researches^^

Of course I watch this!!! Love their interactions, I kept hoping Jaejin would choose Hwasa instead of saying he likes Red Velvet ^^ Iā€™m still so proud of them, And I was happy to discover Hyunsik oppa. I love them all. <3 Are you a fellow MooMoo and primadonna ?

Iā€™m more a Boice but in reality I love all the artists of FNC :slight_smile:

And the group Mamamoo is really great ! Lee Jonghyun of Cn Blue played in their first MV and now Lee Jaejin has a radio with her :blush:

And I discover Hyunsik too because he is discrete in his group.

Iā€™m a boice too but since Iā€™ve seen Ft Island in concert, they were so amazing that I couldnā€™t help but become a primadonnaā€¦ they were way more rock than I expected and Hongki almost cried when he heard the crowd singing along with him during severly. This moment was magic, really <3

I wanted to see them in Paris. But I couldnā€™t. I saw Cn Blue in London and it was great too. Cn Blue or Ft Island are group that you must see in live to appreciate all their talent. The TV show where they canā€™t play are not good.

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