#B7GBANG

I remember back in highschool, I used to really hate kpop. Like seriously, I hated it to the core. During those times Super Junior and Girls Generation were the shizz and I really despised it. Mostly for the part that I couldn't even get how people could know the members individually when there are like ten of them in the group and for me, they all look a like. Don't even get me started with Wondergirls. And yes, 2ne1 sparked at that time too with 'Fire' but still I always hated kpop. I hated the korean words, the repetitive chorus, the look alike members, the flashy weird clothes, just everything.

And now look at where I am today? Writing kpop fanfics and addicting on BigBang. Most of the song on my phone are korean. Damn, I even speak some korean at times. The walls of my room are plastered with a few kpop posters. And recently, I even bought myself a very expensive and over priced CD of GDragon. What changed?

I guess, Bigbang is the answer to that.

When I entered my first year college, there were two people that were the closest to me seeing as they were my first friends there. And yes, they love kpop. I would always cringe and show signs of disgust whenever they fangirl about kpop. But most of the time I just stay silent and let them be. Take note, I have never heard of BigBang yet so please see it from my point of view. All I know in kpop at that time where Sorry sorry sorry and Gee gee gee gee. Annoying, I know.

And that went on and on until I reached year two. The whole batch got scrambled and my friends and I got separated. Granted, I made new friends in my new section and they were alright. But once again, I cannot seem to escape from kpop since a few of them were kpoppers as well. It's like kpop kept on bugging and bugging me until I gave it a chance.

But still I refused.

Until one day I finally gave it the chance it deserved.

I had this guy friend who kept dancing this unique dance. He kept dancing it everywhere, at school, in the hallways and even at duty. So I got curious, I went up to him and asked what it was and that's when I found out it was a dance to Taeyang's Wedding Dress. I first I didn't know it was kpop and second I didn't know who this Taeyang guy was. But judging from the name, I was already hinting it was kpop.

So I went home that night, I opened a tab, opened youtube and typed in wedding dress. And ever since then I was hooked. Hooked to the bone. It was like a new world had opened to me and I got sucked right in. All my initial thoughts about kpop vanished and I realized that I was wrong. Kpop is not just about repetitive chorus and annoying music videos but it can also have meaning and depth. It had soul and uniqueness. Damn YG, you truly are different.

So now I guess I have Taeyang to thank to for getting me into kpop in the first place, huh?

After that, I downloaded the song and put it on my phone, played it on repeat. My friends joked around with me saying that I was late in this whole kpop craze thing. But it's better late than never right?

I ended up listening to a lot of Taeyang songs at that time, granted he was hot. Very hot. Watching him sing half naked on stage was a sure win. But one particular song caught my heart and that was I need a girl. Well, mostly because Sandara was there but it's also a cool song. As I recall, there were two music videos for that song, the dance one and the normal one. And everytime I watched it I found myself slowly getting more and more excited whenever this GDragon comes out.

Who the hell is this GDragon anyway?

So again, I opened another tab, clicked on wikipedia and typed in Gdragon. What came up where two things, GDragon and BigBang. So I researched some more. I found out that Taeyang and GDragon both belonged to the same group named BigBang. So at that time I was like, okay that's cool. I even remember refusing to believe that this blonde haired dude from the heartbreaker music video was GDragon. Like seriously, the guy was blonde.

But then again, that hook around me kept pulling me in like a stubborn motherfucker.

And I fell in love. With GDragon. Me. A very sarcastic me who hates kpop fell in love with GDragon. Fuck.

I ended up downloading every known GDragon known to man. And later after that I downloaded every BigBang song known to man. Eventually I had them all on my phone and listened to it one by one, it didn't even matter what song it was whether it was the 2006 hiphop BB or the 2012 fantastic baby, I got hooked.

And like any other girl out there, I fangirled. Like I was out of control. Youtube and every other video media got bombarded by me as I watch every video out there related to Bigbang. Eventually the other members warmed their way into my heart as well TOP, Seungri and Daesung. I got to the point that I could finally tell who's who in the videos and who's singing which part in the song. Even the solo albums weren't spared as I listen to them all. Heck, I even watched TOP's dramas and movies.

I became what is widely known as a VIP.

In time, BigBang became like a second skin to me. And I thanked God Almighty that I had known that sooner. Because if I didn't, I would have missed the BigBang Alive tour here in the Philippines and would have just let it pass.

They were all beautiful that night. I watched from the top row, not the closest to the stage and not the farthest as well, it was just right. Every song I sang my heart out, I even rapped at times even though I didn't know what the hell I was singing. I laughed to Seungri's antics, died at how serious GDragon tried to be, heated up during Taeyang's take-off-that-damn-shirt solo, melted at Daesung's powerful voice and died at TOP's charisma.

Literally, the best night of my life. Went home drenched in sweat, water (it was raining at that time) and tears. Despite all of that I couldn't even sleep, adrenaline was still pumping in my veins and the whole concert kept repeating in my head.

God, how I ironic was all of that?

Now look at where I am today, two years later every little thing about me screams kpop. My twitter, facebook, tumblr, bedroom, phone and even my clothes. The groups I used to hate are the groups that I now love. Damn, I even have my own bias in Super Junior (Sungmin baby) and I even dance to Gee by Girls Generation. I even attended a few Bigbang gatherings, participating in them enthusiastically.

And as you all know, I ventured into the shipping world and found my place in the gtop community, writing and reading fanfics. I surrounded myself with two of the greatest friends in the world and who likes kpop as well and had their own biases in BigBang, namely TOP and Taeyang.

My everyday life goes by with a daily dose of kpop. And I love it and don't regret it at all. I know there are some who finds it weird that someone like me would listen to kpop (heck, even me) but it happened. And there's only one thing I regret, is that I should have gave kpop a chance at the very beginning.

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