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How do you manage K-pop and study?
Tips on Balancing Studies and KPop!
- Manage Your Time! -Managing your time is an essential to success.
- Be Inspired!
- Set Your Priorities!
- Know Your Goals!
- Concentrate!
- When You Have Freetime, Treat Yourself!
- Believe That You Can Do It!
- Put Effort In What You Do!
How do I distract my mind from Kpop?
- Watch other content where the idol is not present. Try switching up and watch another K-pop group’s content, so you can forget the K-pop idol you are obsessed with.
- Watch non-K-pop related content. Start watching non-K-pop TV shows or start listening to pop music instead of K-pop.
- Try to get into other idols.
What makes K-pop fan culture different from other fandoms?
Love it or hate it, K-Pop fan culture is remarkably unique and stands out from other fandoms in the world. The way fandoms function, communicate, and connect with each other is almost like one gigantic family. They have their own inside jokes and also their own traditions as well. Below are the reasons why K-Pop fandoms are none like any other.
“A lot of K-pop fans are from minority groups—Black, Latino, LGBTQ—and social media is a place for them to connect with other people who have had similar experiences. I believe that the sense of community in the K-pop fandom encourages us to stand up for each other’s rights, such as for BLM [Black Lives Matter] .”
What is it like to be a non-Korean K-pop fan?
A non-Korean K-pop fan must also have an innate willingness to work to understand another language, to learn about another culture and to support a genre that is often trivialized.
Does being a K-pop fan make you an activist?
“I really don’t believe that being a K-pop fan is something that inherently makes you a social activist,” says Sahia S., Twitter user @s4hia, a K-pop fan who primarily supports the 12-member girl group Loona. Still, it’s a community that perhaps is more receptive to engaging with political discussion and more prepared to be vocal about support.