I Am The Biggest K-Pop Fan In The UK
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ต.ค. 2020
- Livy was 14 when she became a huge K-Pop Fan. After a few years of dancing by herself and containing her fandom to her bedroom, she went to a K-Pop dance class and discovered the massive British K-Pop community.
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If I had a teenage daughter like this I'd be quite happy. I have friends who have teenage daughters that have gone completely off the rails; heavy drinking/doing drugs, staying out all night, going to covid raves, not studying. This girl is alright. Maybe a little bit too obsessed with it. She's going to be devastated when her favourite band all have to do mandatory 2 years military service.
Heard a lot stans regret later in life
Well put 👍
It's totally possible to be a kpop fan without wanting to move all the way to Korea, eating strictly Korean food, or wanting to be part of the culture. There are lots of casual fans who are in it mainly for the music and entertainment - like myself. It's just music in a different language and a unique industry structure. I hope she's aware of the significant cultural differences between Korea and the UK. Uprooting her life to another country to be a 'superfan' doesn't seem like the best idea.
The group she follows, Seventeen, are some of the best performers in the industry and have a lot to offer through their artistry.
Exactly. I’m a casual fan who only owns one album and a poster and whilst it is my dream to travel to Korea one day but I don’t think about living there. I do enjoy food from the east but I’ve never tried Korean food. There’s a lot of difference from here (UK) and Korea culturally definitely and I do hope she realises that. Koreans would definitely find her over the top obsessed and a bit crazy if I’m honest and some K-pop fans regret their choices but if it’s what she wants then she can do so.
Let them do their thing. They are not hurting anyone. Enjoy your life and they will enjoy theirs.
“They are not hurting anyone”
Have you seen Twitter ?!
@@cheddachees the ones on twitter are disrespectful asf and constantly try to cancel celebs and things for no reason.
"They're not hurting anyone" -leads to the decline of western civilization.
@@ducknerddrake1497 How does Korean pop music lead to the decline of western civilisation?
@@MrxxVENUSxx Epic strawman. I meant liberalism. Not JUST Kpoo.
“Their culture has so much depth and we just have pubs”, “I want to go to Korea so I can be the biggest super fan.”, kinda hints at Koreaboo behavior. And that’s not a term I use lightly. Being a fan is great and fun and not being Korean doesn’t mean you can’t love the music or culture. I never want to cause stress to people who just genuinely enjoy kpop, (as I am one of those people) but when you start to move into downgrading or resenting your own culture, becoming obsessed with things simply because they are Korean and pulling away from things that are from your own culture, wanting to move to Korea just because of kpop or kpop stars, it becomes more complicated. It looks more like using Korea as an escape from your own life and culture and ignoring reality while taking on an identity very superficially. Some international fans go so far as wanting or wishing they were born Korean. (For anyone wondering that could be considered the true definition of ‘Koreaboo’). I have even seen international fans say to Korean people “you are so lucky to be Korean” 🙈
hi, i'm one of the people who's in this documentary!! - i'd like to point out that we are not koreaboos or anything of the sort - i know it might not be easy to tell from this short video. i totally appreciate where you're coming from, and we take a lot of caution to make sure we don't come across that way. korea is very much a beautiful country, and the culture is beautiful too, and this documentary only shows a tiny fraction of how much we appreciate it outside of just k-pop.
This is coming from a British person who was born and raised in the UK. Our culture is fucking boring.
@@oishigudiya87 you think south korean is all cute dont you
@@oishigudiya87 it's natural that you find a culture from a completely different corner of the world more interesting and extensive, but as a person not living in the uk, i can assure you that you are also nice nation
@Myra Mazumdar im glad you are satisfied with your culture. but that's just your opinion, not a fact
Channel 4: How much 17 do you got?
Her: yes
Come on folks. Who wasn't cringe as a teen. I was obsessed with Duran and Adam Ant and was faintly ridiculous in my devotion to them. At least with k pop it's exposing them to another culture and language. I'd be thrilled to have a daughter interested in this rather than other dangerous interests that can lead teens into difficulties. There's a vlog called earthbyellie. She's in Korea at the moment on a workaway.
Duran Duran and Adam Ant are still good though...
Exactly, this girl is just having fun. I had similar interests as a teen and I can now speak a second language. Like she's actually learning and enjoying life I can't see what's wrong with it.
I have been a KPOP fan for 20 years and I have taught KPOP dance classes to people like this teen There is a difference of liking a boyband - which I never did. And the underlying delusion-of becomng a KPOP idol to date an Idol - which most of the girls want. KPOP dance for fitness and fun is fine but almost 99% of these girls cannot dance or perform and they dont understand idols are plucked from the age of 12 years old - by the time they are in their late teens they are too old - South Koreans only want westerners as influence and collaboration for their own artistes. I can say many of the fans are just plain delusional which also makes them vulnerable. SK can also be highly dangerous as an older black female who looks much younger - I am targeted. hit on as a westerner about 3 times daily by males but their nonsense just makes me laugh or if they get to heavy I film them. Not sure what would have happened to me if I was really young and someone fed me some BS about becoming an idol. South Korea is safe but you have to be grounded not delusional or desperate. I see desperation in faces especially in Hongdae. And frankly many of the girls are open to exploitation. Just putting it out there.Also 99.9% of Korean men dont look like idols or actors. they are totally fearless and brazen with women during broad daylight hours and get drunk quite often after 6pm as it is a drinking culture.
as a british kpop fan, what the fuck
Agreed lol
I hate your fish and chips.
@@JohnLee-db9ztI’m British and same bro.
I grown up with kpop too .
I’m a 100% Asian girl , but I living in the UK for the last 10 year .
Back to that day , kpop is just something new and flashy to me , cuz everyone look so good , like too good to be true .
But slowly after that , I finally understand how hard k-idol/ k-celebrities have to been thru and how k- industry work , I give them my biggest respect .
Back to 15 year ago, to buy an official album to me is something that I can’t even dream cuz it expensive and it hard to get.
But now , I’m a grown up women who have been a kpop fan for more than 15 year , I’m so proud to look back and think I have AMAZING CHILDHOOD with kpop . And I can buy whatever album I want now , and no one can stop me .
Last year , for the first time ever I went to SEVENTEEN CONCERT in JAPAN, I been saving money for so long and travel 14 hours from London to Tokyo just to see my favourite ARTIST.
Japan never be my dream destination, but because I love my idol , l love SEVENTEEN- my most favourite artist on the planet, I actually went there alone and actually do something that I would never think I would do .
All thank to SEVENTEEN- a kpop artist, thank to them I actually have encouraged to do something bigger , and be someone better .
A lot of you will not understand , I totally get it , but please don’t look down on other people love and what they feel inspired.
SEVENTEEN WORLD DOMINATION !
@hyperflyer why would I write a long ass comments like this just for a trolling ????
@hyperflyer Let people enjoy things.
I grew up listening to K-Pop in the UK from the age of 9, and I still do, so I do wonder what makes Livy the biggest kpop fan in the UK when she does what most fans do (however we're just less obsessive and koreaboo-ish). I'm now in university also and I study a foreign language at university (that's not Korean), but I can understand why this music unites a lot of people and inspire them to take up a career incorporating the language: It influenced my childhood, my teenage years and my career aspirations (I wanted to be a film maker and now I want to be a journalist in East Asia)
People seem to forget that there are generations growing up using technology from a young age and this technology can expose us to cultures other than that of our native country's.
There's a stigma around being a k-pop fan and this clip shows it so well; K-pop fans seem to be insane and obsessive when it's not the case for all fans.
Reading the comments below I can see why you'd think the ways in which you do, but it's a bit narrow-minded. It may not be your cup of tea, but the music is as much of an influence on a person's life as any type of music/genre really. Just a case of if you're mature enough to say "oh i'm not a fan of that, but good for you" or be like Blake down in the comments and call people "bent". Bit dumb really.
Nice
I have been a Kpop fans for over 20 years and created KPOP dance classes free in the UK because I just hated to see bad dancing - so like you I want to know why she is a bigger fan than an OG sechkies fan
idk about biggest UK kpop stan but at least she isn't too much of a koreaboo fjdjdj and thank god she is mostly mature and resoectful
90% of these comments will be grown men calling a teenage girl "cringe"
It is cringe though, and I'm not a grown man.
@@mcguinness5494 I second that, I'm 19 and I think it's pretty idiotic.
19 is bearly a teenager
This is my cousin 😂
this video genuinely did an awful job at representing majority of kpop stans around the world..... the dancing aspect of it is cool and they’re actually super good, but the part where they start to want to BE korean is where you guys plus other kpop stans think it’s cringey. a lot of us don’t act like... that, we can appreciate the culture and find parts of it interesting yet the girl in the video plus some others tend to glorify the country and only see what the media shows :/// people who hate on kpop wouldn’t care less about those who just treat it as an interest, the stereotype of a kpop stan is so fcking annoying bc some of us just want to enjoy the music and not be hated on bc some random ass girl keeps talking about how she wishes she was korean lmaoo
Why are old men always trying to put teenage girls down for liking things? :(
They're not cringy, they're having fun, it's better than being out taking drugs and drinking like some teenagers. I'm so fed up of young girls being bullied by old men who seriously need to get a life.
Old men where 😂😂😂
Where tf do you find old men? Are you right in the head? It's not just Boys it's girls too. These lot have lost it
I’m 90 years old. You go girl.
There’s this embarrassing level of cope amongst certain fans where they become overly focused on Korean culture for the wrong reasons just to justify their obsession with these groups to themselves. When that girl said they have a deep culture and all the UK has is pubs and certain foods it just showed her own deep ignorance that no one in Korea would find impressive. Just because you think kpop boys are cute doesn’t mean you get to denigrate a culture in favour of one that doesn’t want you.
EXACTLYY this is embarrassing
She gives major koreaboo vibes...also she keeps translating korean words wrong and pretending shes an expert??
Just cause she's translating doesn't mean she's pretending to be anything?
i wish people would stop saying "cringe" and "idiotic" like just let her be who she wants to be and if she likes kpop then let her, you dont know what or how much it means to her.
Go Livvy and the girls!! I think your dancing is amazing. I can’t believe there are so many haters out there. It is really sad that people go out of their way to hurt others. They want to concentrate on their own lives!!
Yusssss go girl
I think they make furries look cool but there dance moves are ok so let them to what they like doing.
I used to be like this with jpop.
I'm 30 something now and those days are over, but it brought me alot of joy, even if people may of not been intrested in it.
let them enjoy themselfs, there just having fun.
If people don't like it then that's not there problem.
There causing no harm.
kids these days be doing more serious things that should be taken into consideration.
yet you know that's "normal" behaviour in today's sociaty yet it's still a bad thing. drugs, alcahol ect.
These girls just be danceing with there freinds and sharing there passion about the things they enjoy.
leave them to it.
If I had a daughter that was into it, I would be comfterble with it.
Just don't go too over board because I know fandoms can be quite obsessive when it comes to owning all the goods and going to concerts ect 🤣, stick to a budget.
To all the people defending the twitter k pop fans and saying "stop bullying them they're only trying to have fun" when they are the ones forcing people to leave the platform and mass report their accounts to get them banned and just in general harassing them to the point of making them delete the platform and never go back again
Good on you girls!! Music and food always bring people together 😁
I am definitely not a Kpop fan but wow so many people in the comments just shitting on young girls who are just having a good time. Just because you have a different taste to them doesn't mean you have to act all superior about it
Hahaha she is pretty thick in the head tho, honestly people are so blind
tbh its not like she knows every person in the UK so how would she call hersef “the biggest kpop fan in the UK” its like me saying “the biggest simp for kpop in the whole UK” so dont just say that.
Also theres not such thing as “the biggest kpop fan” its not like your the only person who gives the most attention to them, kpop is a big community with thousands of idols and millions and maybe even a billion fans. You cant just say biggest kpop fan in the UK, me as a kpop fan this makes me cringe and embarrassed.
i agree
It’s just a 19 year old having fun, she clearly doesn’t mean it.
Don't go to South Korea just because of KPOP or the popular trends. Same goes to Japan. Don't go to Japan because of Anime or JPOP.
I go to Japan for the tentacle porn.
2:20 DAAAYM POPPPYYYY
Well done Liv ❤️
She is so sweet, but really obsessed
i seriously think she’s not as bad as you guys make her out to be.. perhaps she’s a little too obsessed but let’s be honest; she isn’t hurting anyone. her dancing is great and i’m glad she’s enjoying herself!
She's such a koreaboo tho :/
@@llshsjsjahdgakkagskabdhaob9644 I wouldn’t say koreaboo, but I agree that her behaviour is a little worrying
Nah you ain’t the UK’s biggest K-pop fan Oli London is 💀😭
Ahem - I have been a KPOP fan since 1999 with Sechkies and also taught Free KPOP dance classes for 4 years Lily - but I guess you are a bigger fan than me. Been to Koreaa 3 times and dance on the streets og Hongdare but you go girl 😁😁
omigod~~ a Carat from the UK!!!
Ofc! There is no 'biggest' fan, but she are like me, a big fan!
I doubt she is the biggest kpop fan in the UK, not every kpop fan should have that, and I doubt most guys would buy it, u r 19 and u r the biggest, I'm 24 and I been into it longer than u, but seventeen isn't the best, they r one of the best. Unfortunately she's not the biggest in the UK, ik I'm not, but she ain't
I am both happy for them and scared as a Korean American
I love my British culture but these comments scare me being open about liking K-pop and kdrama as some people are making me think liking it is making me a koreaboo, controversial but I prefer K-pop than for example Ed Sheeran because I grew up with it. Please don’t be rude if you reply but for context I’m not a Korea boo 🤧🤧🤧
i like kpop i think it is cool, but no to this, obsession is unhealthy be a fan not a stan
*and here come the kpop community. brace yourself...*
This is my cousin and I’m loving the hate comments 😅
im best friends with her younger brother
@hyperflyer 💀
lets keep it above im the biggest kpop fan in the uk
I’m not mad, at least she’s doing some productive than doing drugs and killing people
Aspirations 👍
random play dance
3 for 3
She seems intersting
She's cute
Excuse me not when I exist I learnt Korean because of them!!
embarrassing
can yall just chill. if you go to korea or other asian country, there are even crazier fans called sasaeng that are like stalkers. she just enjoying her music and not like party,drink or drugs. please, there's even some cringy stuff on tiktok and got popular like what.
"I'm 19 and a K Pop Superfan"...
Swipe left.
Still got the v plates on?
you're not a kpop stan if you don't stan loona
Agreed
한국어 잘한다
The cringe is strong with this one.
Aww we were all cringe at that age.
Not wrong
You are cringe being a hater Dean. I think you are a secret K-pop fan and haven’t got the bottle to admit it. What bloke goes out of their way to watch this if they’re not a fan.
@@sarahmedwards Because it’s Channel 4 shit for brains. Maybe you should be a psychic since you know instantly what every vid on YT is going to be about.
@@deanj.w.ferris123 your comment really doesn’t really make sense, but I wouldn’t expect anything less from someone of your extremely low intellect.
We don't just have pubs and fish and chips. What a stupid statement.
17
are u not embarrassed
Right ive seen loads of people saying to grow up, get a life and that she's obsessed, but I say that if she's not hurting anyone which she isn't, then you should just leave her alone bruh do u have a life
here before this shit takes off
Crazy 🤭
ew
No hate to them but they are really over simplifying British Culture by saying it’s simply “Pubs and Fish and Chips”,
@hyperflyer that’s when you have a dislike or prejudice for other cultures, she dislikes her own
she is literally the stereotypical kpop fan 💀
stop caling her cringe lmao im one of her mates she’s such a sweet girl
It’s kinda cringe ngl but ydy
@@redmengoals3295 okay and sh
She's a major koreaboo you should talk to her about sorting that out :/
@@llshsjsjahdgakkagskabdhaob9644 but she’s not trying to be korean ?
@@caitlinclarkgf shes obviously using korean culture as an escape from her own life which is a MAJOR red flag (coming from a korean person btw so don't try to argue) , she goes crazy over things JUST bc they are korean which makes many Koreans including me so uncomfortable, she wants to live in Korea just bc of kpop, she talks about how "korean culture" is just "so beautiful" and I bet you £1000000 that she isn't talking about actual korean culture but the western understanding of korean culture which is kpop,kdrama,"aesthetic food" etc., she also talks negatively about British culture (which I agree with. British culture (aka colonization, racism, classism etc , is terrible), but shes condensed that too "pubs and fish and chips". So many problems with that 1. It shows that she thinks korean culture is cute food or wtv 2. She doesn't acknowledge what British culture actuakly is 3. Shows she has no understanding of what culture is (which is expected after all shes ignorant and white).
In conclusion shes totally fetishizing korea and it's people, using korea for it's "aesthetic" and kpop or wtv. It's totally clear that this is a phase that she'll grow out of.
She needs to befriend Oli London
This just screams average
k-pop stans, at least the ones on twitter are irritating and just post their fan cams when it's not even relevant to the post.
cringe moment
People who are so crazy with their idols have serious mental problem.
They are not crazy and they are just enjoying the music and having fun and this is what life is all about. You need to try getting one!!
@@sarahmedwards calm down, Sarah.
@@sarahmedwards oh really fans don't want them to have relationships one guy got gf fans got pissed u say there not crazy 😂😂
Yet you wouldn't say this to someone who loves taylor swift? Or arcana grande or any American artists
The dancing... I can’t stop cringing I can’t
This is genuinely embarrassing, so cringe
I cringed myself to death
J-POP is better
Jesus wept 😂
Rlly cringe but I guess they aren't hurting anyone
Grow up
You’ve got some cheek saying grow up. You call yourself wizard. Are you 12?
i wanted to laugh but this is kind of sad, especially when she said her love for kpop influenced her to study korean at uni :/ what kind of job prospects can she expect from that smh
what do you do for living?
@@leangeee Nothing rn but im in med school
@@leangeee that kinda backfired on you there, go be salty somewhere else
teach korean as a language? work in translation?
@@bw5246 the original commenter is the one being salty. Like let the girl do what she wants to do, people dont have to like the same things as u for u not to laugh at them or tell them their choices are bad
She needs to get her first poke.