Where do you think fans come from and what platform did you discover kpop?

[*Justin Seagull*]

Fans sprout from nowhere and we all discovered kpop through newspaper.

[downwithNPDnarcs]

For some reason I think the fine brothers had a lot to do with getting more kpop fans.

[*Justin Seagull*]

For some reason I think the fine brothers had a lot to do with getting more kpop fans.

 

From the Washington Post/NYTimes?

[Acer]

YT/Finebros.

[Reipaca]

For some reason I think the fine brothers had a lot to do with getting more kpop fans.

that was actually how i got into bts, i watched the reaction to DOPE and immediately stanned

i had discovered kpop a while before that though but i wasnt interested in groups besides beast, but fine bros definitely made me check out more group

[coval]

Asian dramas did so much spreading the hallyu wave

Boys over Flowers itself was just hugeeeee and is the reason I personally became interested in Hallyu

[satoori]

youtube

 

 

dbsk - dangerous love (drama)

[Silicon]

I think YouTube is still the biggest gateway into kpop. I found it via YouTube too

[shooter]

i discovered it because of two of my friends. one was a SONE and the other was an ARMY. they showed me a few videos from their favorite groups and i pretended to hate it. then i "ironically" learned a groups' members names and "ironically" watched their videos all the time and "ironically" talked about them constantly. eventually i stopped being in denial and now my two friends aren't even into kpop that much anymore but i'm still here lmaoo

[BlessMeAchoo]

I found Kpop through youtube because I was a fan of One piece and TVXQ sang the theme before. I think a lot of people still discover Kpop through youtube.

[kookcarl27]

im from youtube!!! 

[Chomiczewska]

Youtube. Like, I knew kpop existed since I watched some fine bros or buzzfeed videos in 2015/16, but I only got into it in late 2016, coz my classmates were dancing to Block B's Her during PE and it got stuck in my head (let's thank the animal costumes dance practice, I would never ask them about the title and finding it otherwise would be hard lol)

[classiq]

Mix of k-drama and YouTube for me.

I was into the OSTs for tje drama that led me to discover ss501 and other kpop acts

[Polaris_Tae]

YT. I discovered KPop through tv. we have a tv show here in Aus that airs kpop music videos and interviews

[Fourever]

discovered kpop from shared post on facebook i think? or it was some sort of social site but didnt care for it

and then got into kdrama/variety and finally into kpop

[PurachinaDisuko]

I found it thru youtube, specifically while i was into anime and watching Vocaloid videos. One of the sides of the vids had "Darling" by Girl's Day so I'm p sure that youtube but also an interest in anime also kinda makes kpop fans.

[hwiin]

kdrama

[love maze]

I found BTS through YT and spent first month there getting to know about them

[EuphoricVelvet]

it’s mostly social media, I think I found out about kpop after the tca’s Little Mix had won against a kpop group and the fans on Twitter were not happy but I didn’t get into it till a mutual recommended BTS to me

[Cheese_it]

I got into Kpop from my friend who introduced me to Produce 101 and BTS. She shared her favorite music videos, performances and albums until I finally got convinced to follow Kpop. Now i'm too obsessed sdfdsf 

[BlinkleBee]

Youtube tbh

 

I don't know, my first encounter with Kpop was BigBang Lies, i was a Koda Kumi fan back then so i was watching videos of her and i saw BigBang Lies on the recomendation list. 

For a quite long time i thought BigBang was a japanese Group as i knew nothing about Korea lol

[plainolejane]

i knew about kpop since i was 8 because of 'Nobody' - it was played everywhere in HK. I remember enjoying the MV.  But I only really became a fan in late 2015 when my sister continuously watched BTS. 

[Iceprince]

No. Fans come from their mothers' wombs

[vincent!]

YT, i heard someone mention exo in an unrelated video 

since i was pretty damn bored, i checked them out and here we are

[Aliens-United]

Found it through Youtube and it was SuJu's Sorry Sorry MV. My classmates recommended it.

 

Didn't stan until I saw BTS' Dope in 2015.