Kpop is a slippery slope though. I went into it casually like 9 years ago because I had Korean roommates in college that turned me onto it and now I'm in so deep I'll never get out. At first you start watching the music videos because they're visually stunning, then you want to see the full choreo so you watch music show performances and dance practice videos. Then you want to know more about your favorite idols so you start watching Korean variety shows where they appear as guests. Shows like Running Man and Knowing Bros. But then you start to like those shows and the hosts so you start watching them regularly and they turn you on to other variety shows Then on these shows you see a lot of Korean food and the way they eat with a bunch of different tasty looking stuff so then you go to Korean restaurants and Korean markets cause the food is so good. Then you're looking at Korean cooking videos on Youtube. You'll also watch audition programs to form new groups. You can also fall into Korean dramas quite easily especially if one of your favorite idols stars in one. You'll check one out, love it and be desperate for others.
And it never lets up really because if you follow a lot of groups, every month one or more of your favorites will be making a comeback. This month in particular has been crazy, so many big groups making comebacks with MAMAMOO and Red Velvet still to come next week.
The one thing I don't like is girl groups tend to disband when I feel their at their peak, both musically and visually in their late 20's. It also sucks when good groups disband early because they aren't successful enough to keep going, Stellar and BESTie come to mind in that regard. The girls in new groups keep getting younger and younger though which is really off putting to me. Especially when they're tall or top heavy and you can't really tell them apart from girls 10 years older than them. Recently Yujin and Wonyoung come to mind, as well as Nancy and Somi a couple of years ago.
Like the OP I do tend to focus more on girl groups but I pay attention to the guys too and like quite a few songs by guy groups. This year my favorite being
"My Pace" by Stray Kids which is not only a good song but has a great message. And when it comes to girl groups I favor sexy, girl crush and fun concepts over cute concepts. I can't get into overly cute girl groups, not only do I not like their look but I generally dislike the cute songs as well., obviously there are a few exceptions though. I generally favor R&B-ish songs with some decent vocals.
This is the case. Discord was a survivors raft, then when Era finally got rolling we attempted a thread move, but it ended up being filled with new people who appreciate kpop about the way a teenager stan typically does while we tend to see and discuss the big acts as well as the new ones and more in the manner that a kpop CEO would (we have all been following it many years). So Discord is the actual former GAF community and the format has worked out best for us as it allows clean organization of all the different things we discuss instead of mashing them into one linear thread and needing to try and track across many pages.
While I don't participate anymore, the discord is a definitely great resource for me in terms of news and pics. Perhaps a little too obsessed with Twice rankings though. There's only one correct ranking anyway and that's Sana > Jihyo >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the rest
-Hidden enough
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seventh iteration with thousands of post
Take a pick
You don't really sound like a Neo Member; a returner perhaps? Anyway, no matter how many posts the thread had it was hidden off in the off-topic community section amongst many other more popular communities. If you weren't looking for it you weren't gonna just come across it. Trust me if a guy like Crossing Eden or any of his ilk would have found it, they would have had the mods shut it down.
No. I’m into Korean chicks though . Thread needs more pics
The music videos are way better than pics but that's how you get sucked in.