Toxic Fans in the K-Pop Community

One thing that sucks about the K-Pop community are the countless toxic "fans" within it. Now, there's always going to be people like this in any kind of fandom, but since K-Pop is becoming the community that is covering the globe, it's kinda hard to ignore them.

One example of this being BTS Army. When BTS was nominated for "Best Social Artist" at the Billboards, many fans decided to insult the fandoms of the other nominees-mainly the Beliebers. There's also that time when a Taylor Swift fan decided to insult the fandom by calling them "Sushi-stans" which lead to them being bombared with immature comments from BTS Army.

Another example including BTS Army is the never-ending fight between Army and EXO-L. The fandom between the two is always arguing about whether one group is better than the other. This leads to various hate comments between the two which is ironic since both groups are known to be very good friends.

 Now, onto more recent matters. Very recently, it's been confirmed that E'Dawn from Pentagon and HyunA are dating. The same day,two more dating rumors came into light which lead many fans into leaving negative comments such as "I was getting super into Pentagon lately but I'm so disappointed now"(Information from allkpop).

This really bugs me since people as toxic as this have such a negative effect on those we look up to in the community. It's gotten to the point where it makes the idols question their worth and it's they're really good enough in the music and entertainment industry as a whole. People tend to forget that idols are humans too which is really sad. Jonghyun Kim from SHINee commited suicide almost a year ago because of depression, pressure of fame but also because he felt like he wasn't good enough. Sadly, the one time that all the fandoms forgot about their negativity with one another was when he commited suicide.  How much more is it going to take for those people in the community to finally see the weight their words and actions take on those they "love"-those they "look up to"?

I know, this isn't something I usually write, but I just needed to get it off my chest after so much that has happened for the past year or so. Anyways...I'll see you guys in the next article. Until then, keep your paws and bowls of ramen up everyone. Nya.  🐾