Stanning Thought/Question

[LostInTheDream]

Do you consider an individual who only stans BTS (or just one group) to be a kpop stan?
Because of how popular kpop, specifically BTS, is in the west, I feel like a lot of people just hop on the trend for the sake of it. They only have exposure to BTS, so that's the only group they follow. But they don't stan any other groups. Does this make them a kpop stan.
Also, this doesn't just go for BTS, it could be any group or solo artist.

Personally, I don't think you can be a kpop stan if you only like one group and you don't get into the stanning culture. You're merely just a fan of the group.
My mom showed me an article a while ago about this girl who had won a singing competition or something and said she liked BTS. When asked what her favorite song was she said "Heartbeat". This was part of their BTS World soundtrack. It was aimed towards international fans, and that song had just came out at the same time as that article.
I would not consider her a kpop stan in that moment, or maybe not even a BTS on. It seems like she might have been just using the group of clout based on song choice. Or maybe I'm wrong and she just really liked that song over the rest of the discography they've built since 2013.

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[loonatheworld !]

No, you’re not a K-Pop fan, you’re just a fan of that certain group or artist.

 

[XOXZ]

No. If you only like one group, you're not a K-pop stan. You might not even be a fan, if you only like BTS for example, do you really like them or are you trying to impress someone?

I had this happen to me when I was big into BTS. This guy that was trying to get in my pants said he was a fan of BTS but when I asked what his favortie song was or favorite member he couldn't answer and I called him out and he called me a stupud ***** and blocked me lol

 

[Yukari]

No, you’re not a K-Pop fan, you’re just a fan of that certain group or artist.

No. If you only like one group, you're not a K-pop stan. You might not even be a fan, if you only like BTS for example, do you really like them or are you trying to impress someone?

I had this happen to me when I was big into BTS. This guy that was trying to get in my pants said he was a fan of BTS but when I asked what his favortie song was or favorite member he couldn't answer and I called him out and he called me a stupud ***** and blocked me lol

agreed with both of you guys

 

[kokomi]

no i don't think you are..if you only like one group or artist that doesn't mean you are a fan of the whole genre. i mean i am not always listening to kpop but even then i still stan and listen and branch out to a bunch of groups and artists. i'd rather you say you are a [insert group/artist] fan instead of a kpop fan as a whole.

 

[Yukari]

no i don't think you are..if you only like one group or artist that doesn't mean you are a fan of the whole genre. i mean i am not always listening to kpop but even then i still stan and listen and branch out to a bunch of groups and artists. i'd rather you say you are a [insert group/artist] fan instead of a kpop fan as a whole.

Yeah i am also thinking of the same

 

[acat]

That kind of ties in with the word 'multi' when people are a multi they stan a range of groups instead of just stanning one.
However I do believe you can be a kpop stan even if you only stan BTS. Because if someone is educated in the whole sphere of kpop and knows about the culture and different groups but only stans BTS I would still consider them a kpop stan based on their knowledge of kpop and how involved they are within the kpop world.
I think it depends on how people define stanning a group because someone might only stan BTS but also listen to a bunch of other kpop songs just from groups they don't stan.

although I do agree with what most people are saying that if a BTS stan doesn't have the knowledge and doesn't know anything about kpop and how it works then they can't be considered a kpop stan

 

[Mikasa Ackerman]

I have some of my friends at scl who call themselves as kpop stans, but they're stanning only BTS while insulting other kpop groups.
I don't think that one becomes a kpop stan when they stan just only one group. They can call themselves from the fandom of the group that they're staning, but not a Kpop stan.

 

[renspace]

I often wondered the same thing myself but then I realized that only liking one group/artist doesn't really make you a kpop stan.
Sure you enjoy the genre to a point but that would only make you a stan of the specific group/artist, not kpop as a whole.

 

[lynch.]

IMO if you know a lot about k-pop and you actually like a group wholeheartedly then you can be a stan of a group but you can't be considered a stan of kpop. Let's say i really like Blackpink but they're the only group that i'm interested in. I can be called a Blackpink stan but I can't be called a k-pop stan because when you're a stan of just one group, you're only interested in one group and not multiple groups. When you're a kpop stan however, that refers to k-pop as a whole and you stan multiple groups instead just one.