As I've been repeating many times, when I'm in a fandom, I would try my best to be loyal to it, and avoid anything else that has the potential of taking my attention or loyalty away from my current obsession. Usually it happens automatically, as I would be losing interest of other things, but this K-Pop fandom ... man, it's so hard. It's impossible to stay loyal to just one group without being exposed to other groups; from the same agency or not.
When you're exposed to other groups, repeatedly, you would subconsciously have interest in them and they are just somehow printed on your mind. I now can tell most of SNSD's members' names (whereas before they all are just interchangeable skinny girls to me), I can tell that Boyfriend the boy band has twin members, I can tell that Myungsoo is a member of Infinite, I can tell many of B.A.P's members names, I can tell that Niel and L.Joe are members of Teen Top, I can tell that Ilhoon is a member of BTOB, WTF. I don't even know any of their songs, but I just can tell. (err I also have this thing about remembering names and faces quicker than some people)
I really didn't want to know what B.A.P is about. To me they were just a band with blond dyed hair members. Now knowing their achievements and seeing them mostly everywhere, I couldn't help but wonder how good they really are. In the name of research, I gained courage to watch their infamous single, Warrior. And it didn't help my loyalty to my current obsession, really. Because I was there on my seat in my room, alone, just stunned and mesmerized by everything. The song, the aggressiveness of the video, the adorableness of Zelo, the charisma of Bang Yongguk, the dancing, the concept, the rapping, ... I just wasn't ready and I felt like I was being bombarded with intense aggression and raw talent.
Following the MV, I watched Eat Your Kimchi's review of their video which was full of praises, ... all of them I can agree with. After, I watched their interview with Eat Your Kimchi, and I have to say .... .... ... I like them :( The sad face is because - this is childish, I know - I feel guilty for liking them. I feel like I shouldn't be liking them, I shouldn't be liking anyone at this point being because I supposed to be a loyal EXO fan who will die of old age waiting for their come back, lol. I feel like I supposed to be a loyal SMTown minion who would never even look at bands from other inferior agencies lololol.
All kidding aside, they're good, passionate and talented, and now the sound of Warrior won't leave my head.
Current Mood:
mesmerized
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