Yohan Yuki Xieㆍ사요한・謝雪矢 on Nostr: When IU debuted in 2008, majority of people who saw her debut performance looked ...
When IU debuted in 2008, majority of people who saw her debut performance looked down, dismissed, and laughed.
I was one of her first fan from the Philippines, more likely in the first 5. From 2008 to 2012, I actively promoted her, and converted new IU fans. During K-pop events in the Philippines, I played her song loud, no one recognised her. No one cared.
Yesterday, 2024, she held a sold-out concert in the LARGEST indoor stadium in the world, in Bulacan, #Philippines.
The experience of a being fan when a celebrity was still unknown, and no one believed they'll be successful, and you helped them in your way, is indeed far different than being in a fandom.
You can proudly smile and say, “I watched her grow through the years.”
(If only there was a futures stock for celebrities, I would have been a millionaire like IU. :P )
I'm so happy for her. If you see things objectively, you see talent from afar. ^_~
That said. Don't dismiss new talents just because. All they need is time, support, and well, a very supportive agency. IU's actual “first generation fans”, when people still dismissed her, saw her talent and we did not give up on her.
That's what it means to be a true fan.
Promote them. Convert new fans. Watch them grow. ^_^
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I was one of her first fan from the Philippines, more likely in the first 5. From 2008 to 2012, I actively promoted her, and converted new IU fans. During K-pop events in the Philippines, I played her song loud, no one recognised her. No one cared.
Yesterday, 2024, she held a sold-out concert in the LARGEST indoor stadium in the world, in Bulacan, #Philippines.
The experience of a being fan when a celebrity was still unknown, and no one believed they'll be successful, and you helped them in your way, is indeed far different than being in a fandom.
You can proudly smile and say, “I watched her grow through the years.”
(If only there was a futures stock for celebrities, I would have been a millionaire like IU. :P )
I'm so happy for her. If you see things objectively, you see talent from afar. ^_~
That said. Don't dismiss new talents just because. All they need is time, support, and well, a very supportive agency. IU's actual “first generation fans”, when people still dismissed her, saw her talent and we did not give up on her.
That's what it means to be a true fan.
Promote them. Convert new fans. Watch them grow. ^_^
K-pop (npub1w7m…azxl) kpop group (npub14jf…gqeq) #Kpop #Pop #Kmusic #kIdol #Fandom