How K-Pop Salvaged My 2020
In spite of the whirlwind that was the last 12 months, everything changed in perhaps the most unexpected way when a new genre of music quite literally took over my life.
Last year was a lot of things. Terrible. Scary. Stressful. Anxiety-inducing. Insane. Whatever adjective you can possibly think of, 2020 was it. In the face of all this uncertainty and anxiousness, I managed to discover something that not only consumed my time but also made my life better in a way.
K-Pop.
Yes, K-Pop. I know, I know. That’s random as hell. Trust me, I’m the one that’s been living with this obsession and even I can’t believe that it’s happening.
I’ve known about K-Pop for years, but only got directly acquainted with it back in 2019 when I noticed a group named Blackpink trending on Twitter with the release of their latest EP, Kill This Love. I listened to it and was surprised at how much I actually liked it given I hadn’t been at all impressed with anything I’d heard from BTS at that point. But even after listening to it a few times, it never really sucked me in.