I don’t wanna feel Blue anymore...
I just realized that in all this time I forgot to put a milestone on this occasion. Or maybe I was still trying to convince myself that it's just a temporary digression aware of all the implications. Lately my 4 years spent in K-Pop seem like a twist in my sobriety. Now I'm not going to bitch about all the time wasted. Just... In a way it always seemed inevitable. Actually, I never considered myself a K-pop fan, I was a fan of TVXQ, yes, a bit of Big Bang and some random songs here and there but little beyond that. Now that TVXQ are gone in the original sense it was bound to happen. I barely listen to them any more. As for JYJ... well, I don't even consider them K-Pop, they aren't' even on the scene in full sense. They're outsiders of the industry and I guess in a way it appeals to me too. After the lawsuit I sort of looked at the current K-pop scene and realized there's very little that appeals to me any more. I have no interest in pre-fabricated girl and boy bands. I really am too old for that stuff. They all look and sound the same too. Obviously K-pop has its own appeal. Like it's the most danceable music I ever heard. But that's just not enough for me. I'm not saying it like I regret the time spent in K-Pop or ashamed of it. I learned a lot from it. But it's time to move on. Or back, if you look at it that way. I still follow FT Island and CN Blue and some other artists. Although it's a different kind of bands who can actually play some instruments. Coming back to J-Rock was something so natural it came as no surprise. I missed a lot and I want to catch up. Inevitably a new fandom brings a lot of excitement and some bitterness but that's a whole different story.