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so wait, it& #39;s xenophobic not to check out other idol groups if you like BTS, but it& #39;s not xenophobic to avoid other korean music that& #39;s not idols? because i& #39;d bet large money most of the ppl on this site that stan k-pop artists don& #39;t give any other korean music a chance
if you& #39;re a multi and you stan BTS, and you say it& #39;s xenophobic not to give other k-pop groups a chance, i have to ask you; have you given any other songs by lee so-ra a chance? kim jong wan? younha? bc those are artists BTS has *actually collabed with*
i greatly enjoy a lot of idol music, many of my friends know that. i think it& #39;s harmful to act like it& #39;s all trash aside from BTS. but if it& #39;s not someone& #39;s interest or taste, that doesn& #39;t make them xenophobic. like at all.
are you xenophobic against dominican people because you don& #39;t love any bachateros, or do you just not like bachata music? how many of you listen to music from everywhere outside of america and korea?
now of course there& #39;s a difference between saying "i don& #39;t care to listen to other k-pop groups aside from BTS, it doesn& #39;t connect with me" and saying "all k-pop is trash except for BTS". the latter is ignorant, but even then--that& #39;s not strictly xenophobic.
what *would* be xenophobic is saying "all korean music is trash except for BTS". or deeming that BTS is good because of their qualities which would be considered "non-Korean", like "oh, BTS doesn& #39;t do all that *han* stuff". which, of course, would be completely untrue.
in fact, some would argue that disliking idol music is actually the opposite of anti-korean because idol music is mostly the least resemblant of traditional korean culture and ideas among all popular korean music genres--as opposed to ballads, or trots, or even k-rock
it& #39;s not the same as saying, for example "there& #39;s only one hip-hop artist that& #39;s good and the rest is trash" because the qualities that people associate with being "trash" in hip-hop are based in black american cultural traditions and communication.
additionally, hip-hop is an incredibly diverse genre--idol music isn& #39;t--and hip-hop has for years been most closely represented by & in dialogue with working class black people, especially age 40 and below, which is a huge age range--whereas idol music has always been "for kids".
