#bkfconfessions

"I became interested in BTS a while back after hearing one of their songs on the radio. After looking them up, I learned about their earlier era and how they presented themselves. Needless to say, I wasn’t happy. More so after learning how anti-black kpop is. So I made myself a promise when I decided to listen to more of their music: I’d only support them through music video views and nothing more. If at anytime BTS backslides into any foolishness, I’ll move on and never look back."

As nice as some fandoms can be online, I don't believe the "fandom family" thing at all and it honestly makes me not want to be involved in any fandom because of it. I used to think the Stays fandom was cool until the whole thing with Chan went down, and now I feel like every fandom is just a ticking time bomb for some antiblack rhetoric to come spilling out once something does happen.

So I made a post about how no one was really talking about the braids Chenle was forced to wear, but everyone bashed Chris for the braids he chose to wear. People literally came at me, because I said we needed to talk about it, and started to be rude to me as if I was bashing him instead of pointing out a constant problem.

I feel that black K-Pop fans largely exclude black Africans… I’ve been a K-Pop fan for 12 years now, and I still feel like our voices are never heard, or that no one ever includes us in the conversation when things like cultural appropriation happen.

YG Entertainment went ham with the black and foreign culture aesthetics even after the world tour, either because they decided Lisa being a hit on the world tour gives them a free pass, or their equivalent of black friends ™ told them to go for it.

BTS fans should be correct in their trends and replace BTS with black culture, and PSY when trending about paving the way.

I'm glad BTS didn't get a Grammy nomination for IDOL. I dislike any nominations or awards for Afrobeat songs going to anyone not African, and particularly a gqom song that wasn't even made for South Africans.