BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO K-POP [OUTDATED!]

RANDOM K-POP FACTS + MEMORIZING NAMES

I just thought I would explain some things that K-Pop fans should know about, as well as what shows to watch if you want to memorize names.

Airport Fashion

When K-Pop idols travel overseas for concerts, the moment they enter the airport, people are immediately taking pictures of them. Basically, it's a runway, so idols will wear nice clothing. Nothing extravagant, obviously. Here's Taeyong from NCT and Tzuyu from TWICE:

The 97 Liner Group Chat (aka a random inside joke XD)

It's well known that Jungkook (BTS), Jaehyun (NCT), Yugyeom (GOT7), BamBam (GOT7), Mingyu (SVT), DK (SVT), and The8 (SVT) all have a group chat, and we all lowkey want to know what happens there XD

How Korean age works

Western age, where you are zero years old at birth, and you become a year older on your birthday, isn't how Korean age works. In Korea, a baby is one year old at birth, and will become a year older every year on January 1st, not their birthday. Here's how to calculate Korean age:

Current year - Birth year + 1

Hangul

It's actually really easy (In my opinion but I know other I-fans think the same way)

MEMORIZING NAMES - PROGRAMS TO WATCH

ARIRANG Self-Introductions
After School Club
The Immigration (ASTRO, PENTAGON, SF9, VAV, MOMOLAND, B.I.G, Dal-Shabet, LABOUM, KNK, VICTON, HALO, BIGFLO, and Hello Venus)
Weekly Idol (Not subbed in English, you can find subs on Youtube though)
Any survival/predebut/other shows with the members (e.g BANGTAN BOMB, BLACKPINK HOUSE, PENTAGON MAKER, etc.)

I may add to this if I think of anything that should be mentioned here =) I'll credit anyone who comments something that I use

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