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Why do kpop fans centre their worldview around korea so much?
I became a K-pop fan around 2017 but disengaged once it became mainstream and, in my view, lost some of its original appeal. Ever since the global explosion of Korean media like K-pop and K-dramas, I’ve noticed that some people act as if Korea is the pinnacle of culture or even human existence.
For example, when you see videos of people from a completely different ethnicity, there are always comments saying things like “if you look closely, this person looks like Heesung (for example),” or comparing them to a specific idol, even when the resemblance is barely there. I understand that people naturally compare others when there are similarities, but K-pop fans like these often seem to stretch it in every context to fit a "kpop appeal"
What exactly drives this tendency among some fans to treat K-pop as a universal framework for interpreting appearance and identity?
rather than centre their worldview around korea i'd say they're purely too obsessed with their kpop groups that their entire lives revolve around that kpop group/person and they have to liken every little thing they see to their obsession. it's also because kpoppies are in a cult and they're too fucking dense to realise. and that obsession fucks wi...... reply
K-pop idols are attractive, and most of them share a distinct visual aesthetic. It's just that they see an attractive person with visuals that are usually sought after in K-pop, (especially attractive Asian people) and comment that you can become an idol with that visual as a compliment.
Is it annoying? Yes, it is. But I don't think it's that deep....... reply
