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My passion; Kpop
My passion - Korean Pop

I'm very passionate about music...but not just any type of music. KPOP.

What is Kpop?
K-pop, an abbreviation of Korean pop, is a musical genre originating in South Korea that is characterized by a wide variety of audiovisual elements.

Now that the boring bit's over...

How I did I become a Kpop fan?
Long story made short, I gained a interest in manga and anime when I first came to this school. After a short period of being obsessed over it, which I don't regret, I got in to Kpop. I was watching this lovely anime called "Blue Exorcist" when the credits came on. The song that was playing during the credits was in fact Jpop, but the group that made it was a Kpop group. I loved the song, learnt the dance, learnt the lyrics and soon enough that very song led me to where I am today.

So the song that was playing during the credits was by a boy group called 2PM. The song was in Japanese and called Ready for the take off. I know, awkward name, but I honestly don't care. In the beginning I was only thinking about 2PM, writing about 2PM, reading about 2PM. My whole life revolved around them. I hadn't really reached the stage where I listened to music from other groups.

That changed though when I was introduced to Super Junior. Super Junior are a 9 member, I think...I'm not sure, boy group. They debuted in two thousand and...five with their song "Miracle". Their popularity soared in 2009 though when they released their hit song "Sorry Sorry". I owe Super Junior a lot. They broadened my horizons.

That sounds awkward.

I listen to a lot of artists nowadays, but my favourties would be EXO, TVXQ and SHINee. TVXQ debuted as a five member group and unfortunately broke up in 2010; spliting in to a duo and trio. EXO is a twelve member group whom debuted in 2011 with their song History. SHINee is a five member group who debuted in 2008 with their song Replay.

And yes, I can tell the difference between each member and

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