I’m contemplating what to do with this blog. Since I rarely come back to this spot.
Closing it is an option, of course, but as I’ve found over the years, I always come back. Even after taking a very lengthy hiatus. So closing this would be the last possible scenario.
Since 2017, this has become a fun place for my love for k-pop.
And I still love k-pop. But like many others before me, I’ve become disturbed by the fandom.
The fandom isn’t always bad. There are casual k-pop fans, like myself, who enjoy the music and subculture k-pop has to offer.
But the fandom also has a dark side. An extremely dark side. It’s polluted with, what I can only express as an unhealthy obsession.
Yes, I always knew this side existed. What pop culture fandom doesn’t have the extremists. There’s always have been stalkers, for example. Or in k-pop standards, sasaeng fans.
These past two years, however, I’ve seen other types of toxic fans that are not at that sasaeng level. Yet, ruin lives based on their entitled behavior. It’s disturbing because they actually believe they have this right to control the livelihood of others.
And so, what I think I might do, is turn this space into somewhat of a research spot to explore this side of k-pop. And why such toxic fans have become the way they are.
Note, I’m not promising answers. I’m just trying to wrap my head around this causal-effect relationship the k-pop industry has with it’s fans.
And I’m not really sure where this blog will lead to in the end. Perhaps I’m just finding my own sort of closure.
.:shy:. 