SHINee, Big Bang and 2NE1 are still my favorites because they were a big part of my adolescence, but I've been enjoying exploring all the new stuff too! Not just BTS. (I'm also really mad at myself for not listening to more K-R&B sooner but it's absolutely fantastic as well!) Sorry if this topic wasn't to your liking but I appreciate you giving it a watch anyway! ^^

The hole: “Once you Jimin..... YOU CANT JIMOUT” Emirichu: *screems in denial*

Saying, “you’re Korean, do you listen to BTS?”, is like saying “you’re Italian, are you in the mafia?”

"ONCe YOU JIMIN YOU CANT JIMOUTT" IM LAUGHING SO HARD RN

Saying “You’re korean, do you listen to bts?” is like the same as saying “You’re french, do you drink tea and eat croissants everyday?”

"Once you Jimin... _You can't JIMOUT"_ I'M CRYNG SJSQJS

“I watched...” “Don’t say Blood Sweat and Tears.” “The Blood Sweat and Tears music video.” “And she’s gone.”

i avoided BTS and everything K-Pop for YEARS because the crazy armys scared me off (i know not all armys are crazy, thats why i specified the *crazy* ones) but then i heard The Feels by Twice on TikTok and i started listening to more of their songs, watching compilations of them on youtube, interviews, etc and i became a ONCE, now i’ve started listening to a little bit of Itzy and watching things with them in it and stuff and now i’ve kind of fallen into the K-Pop hole

Not going to lie, seeing the "garbage fanbase" that Emily never wanted to be associated with comment hurts. I've seen firsthand some extremes that some obsessive 'fans' go through and have heard my fair share of stories. It's really disappointing that some bad apples give the whole tree a bad reputation.

#WEEBGANG

STAANNN LLLLOOOOOOOOOONNNAAAAAAAA

im sorry, but the the "STAN LOONAAAAAAAA" was the truest shit i have ever layed my eyes on

It's literally so sad that the first thing people see about the Kpop fandom is the toxicity only a minority of the fandom is.

“OMG MOCHI? aRE YOU AN ARMY?” is like “OMG YOU LIKE PASTA? ARe YOU ITALIAN?”

Emirichu: if you are trying to avoid K-POP, don’t look at the music vids Also Emirichu: showing K-POP on the screen Me: what have you done

I avoided the color pink and anything remotely “girly” because gamer misogyny plus gender dysphoria. Now I’m a fan of magical girl anime and I’m one of those people who buys every Star Guardian skin in League of Legends. I’m also a lesbian, so I’ve gone from avoiding girly things to pursuing girls. Truly the pipeline.

I avoided KPop for YEARS. I hated it, never watching a single thing. Until I stumbled across a video of Blackpink's Du DDu Du DDu, and wanted to learn the dance. I found out who the members were and started listening to them and watching their content, along with other groups like IVE (who had freshly debuted at the time), Itzy, and Gidle. Then during June, I found a girls generation music video, I got a boy. I watched it countless of times then listened to most of their discography (including most of their music videos, content, solos, etc.). Now I started listening to SNSD, SHINee, Big Bang, 2Ne1, Wonder Girls, BTS, and more!

"I watched a music video" *Oh no*

There's ALWAYS room for 1 more

i just wanna thank you for creating this amazing video emi, i would've never even thought to get into kpop if you didnt make this. it changed my life for the better

I got into BTS in 2019. I had purposely ignored them, their fanbase and the kpop genre in general due to the toxic fans and weird fanfics I'd come across. My older sister came into our room one day in april to show me their Boy With Luv performance at the BBMAs, saying that I had to see it. I have since fallen into the kpop black hole and have enjoyed it immensely! I'm glad I had their music to get me through 2019, which had been a really rough year for me and my family, and I can't wait to see what they do with their music next!

As soon as she said "I watched the Blood Sweat and Tears MV" I said "OH NO"

"I watched the Blood Sweat and Tears music video" Me: OH DEAR, THAT'S A BIG MISTAKE

I saw this video on your channel but never watched as I never got into K-pop, until now! I recently got into ATEEZ and fell down the hole and totally relate with you on everything you said with your experience. My friend got me into their music and insisted I watch the music videos which I did, and then I binged a playlist on Spotify, and then I binge watched all their interviews. Now most of my recent music is ATEEZ and I don't know if/when I'm getting out of it

I am SO with you on the videos. I was lost the first time I watched the video for Dala Dala, and... I haven't been able to come back. Like the sign says: no one comes out. As for the end question... Eragon. The book was really popular when I was in 5th grade, and I refused to read it simply because it was popular. I waited until I was in high school to finally read it, and... god, I missed out on getting to share my excitement with others. I was lucky that I wasn't waiting years between the releases, though!

"Once you jimin, you can't jimout." *le ded*

Pewdiepie at the end: *"I LiEk MeN nOw"*

i loved the way you perfecly executed the perfect horror-struck face tight before the scream. chefs kiss.

The Jimin Jimout joke lmao 😂

Me: BTS? They're okay. Also me: I"M SO SICK OF THIS FAKE LOVE

I ACTUALLY CRIED WHEN EROLD SAID "Once you Jimin... YOU CAN'T JIMOUT!"

The music that might play when you fight sans portion really cracked me up. Thanks for all the frequent content emily

I was in and out of the k-pop hole several times, but then back in early march, I got into to it again by buying a twice album. This is honestly one of my favorite fandoms despite the horrible fan base of some groups. I’ve met some amazing people who like k-pop as well. The toxic fan base just ruins it for everyone smh

"Oh, foolish Emi... once you Jimin... YOU CAN'T JIM-OUT!~~" *loud offscreen screeching*

Omg the Blood Sweat and Tears video.....oh no....Emily....

Thank you so much Emily for this video ❤ I fell out of loving K-pop for the absolute chaos of fans. I would also love to get back into loving K-pop again.

Paused the video as I was going to ask you about “2NE1” (my college jam, as well as Big Bang, etc) and saw you mentioned them already…yeee!😆

I’m not army or anything but I remember when BTS were little babies who idolized BigBang and now they’ve taken the world over I’m so proud of them honestly that’s so amazing

« Once you jimIN you can’t jimOUT » I lost it

Okay I have made it a point to rewatch this video every few months as I fall deeper into the kpop hole... This last go around was the first time I knew who Taemin was.... He is my ult bias and I'm mad at myself for not having found him sooner. BUT THE SECOND YOU SHOWED HIM FROM THE LUCIFER ERA AND SAID YOU WERE IN 9TH GRADE- LIKE BRO YOU JUST CALLED ME OUT SO PERSONALLY- ...go kpop and go Emirichu

that clip at the end now makes me want to watch... PLEASE DONT DRAG ME INTO THE HOLE I'M IN ENOUGH FANDOMS

How I got to the KPop Hole: Me: All I wanted to know was their names

*"I'm still just as indifferent as I was befor-"* *_CAUGHT IN A LIEEEEEE~_*

I remember doing the same thing with Genshin Impact-- my best friend wanted me to try it for at least to see what characters I'll get/pull.. I refused bc I wasn't really into those kind of games back then 👁👄👁 but when I got a new tablet it popped up as an add SOOO many times, I had no choice but to try it--.. now it's been 3 yrs and I'm WAY more obsessed with the game than my bff 🙌🏻

and this is me back at the kpop hole video. the first time i watched both of emily’s hole videos i hadn’t fallen into them yet. and it’s come full circle, i’ve been in both now. (love it here btw 🫶)

There’s a saying: *”Once you JimIN, you cant jimOUT”*

Emirichu : If you try to avoid K-Pop,dont watch any of the music videos Also Emirichu : **puts K-Pop music videos on screen**

I watched this video for the first time like two years ago when I first discovered your channel and I had no idea what kpop even was. In October of 2021 Netflix recommended me Blackpink's documentary and I ended up watching it like five times and becoming a fan. Fast forward to last month, I watched the Dynamite MV and fell for BTS real fast (I also had the same experience with Blood, Sweat and Tears lol). This video is so accurate, the kpop hole is truly dangerous.

I do agree with the fact that many armys are damn toxic. Also, I hate it when international armys learn some Korean words and start to put them in every single word like "Omg! SaRANgHae OpPA" But to be completely honest, there are nicer and less delulu armys in our fandom. They are really nice so I'm saying this to the people reading it, please don't think that our fandom is filled with toxic and aggressive armys...

Emirichu is a tsundere for music 😂

Once u Kpop u can’t Kstop

Watching this video before and after falling into the hole is a Goddamn trip

Emily: **gets into K-pop** Emily’s shoulder angel: YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!

Emi: “Do not watch any of the music videos” Emi: *proceeds to show clips from K-pop Music Videos*

**Twitter toxic stan posts flash backs**

There is always this one music vid (for me it was blood,sweat & tears ) that catches your eyes & then you're compelled to binge-consume a whole big chunk of K-pop, introduced this whole new world & then you know there's no going back now haha

This was very similar to the way I first got into kpop. I heard Twice's Likey on a League stream one day and the song stayed in my head but there wasn't much more to it. It stayed like that until I watched the mv and got sucked in for the reasons you mentioned about how the mvs are made to be eye catchy and visually appealing. I then started getting into more groups (mostly mainstream ones) and even got into some tv shows due to idol groups appearing. Then about a year and a half later the "dreamy picture" that I had in my head started to shatter as I started finding out about what happened backstage and how the industry works. It started with allegations of vote manipulation in reality shows, then stuff about some kpop idols going to jail, until I got to know the part about the idols' contracts and how their daily life actually went on and all the boundaries that were imposed on them. Since then I became part of the 3rd group you mentioned, the "indiferent but questions how the industry works and treats the idols" group

Their skin care is very simple: they wash their faces with the tears of fangirls.

And this year, you'll experience your first BTS concert. I'm so proud at how deep you've fallen. 😢

First time watching your video and I love it❤️ everyone has their own preferences and we shouldn't judge it

I forgot how GORGEOUS you are Irl!!!

your scream killed me omfg

"My soul was ripped from my body" yeah jimin does that

something I actively avoided, but loved when I tried it?......Your channel. Like seriously I watched so many animation youtubers and your channel was all over my 4you page, but I avoided it because I listened to the tsundere song YEARS ago and didn't enjoy it, so from your thumbnails I thought your content was similar. A week ago I ginally gave in and wah, i've barely watched anything else since. Especially the childhood crushes or drawing videos on Connors channel (whom I've been following for ages) were soooo funny and entertaining! I also noticed that I have to catch up on a looot of shoujo anime so I binged Fruits Basket and I have no regrets (best boy is Haru). Anyways I'm so glad I gave your channel a chance!!💕

"once you jim-in, you ant jim-out >:D" iconic lines from 2019 (i thinkkkk)

UKposts :*auto play- FAKE LOVE* Emirichu: *and I oop-*

*YOU HAVE BECOME THE VERY THING YOU SWORE TO DESTROY!!!*

certain shows and movies, once i get hooked on a show i think nothing else will be as good and even if im bored of the show, i still watch it

I can relate in a sense but it’s with the band Rush. I used to hate Rush back in middle school and high school, only knew of them because Tom Sawyer was in the first Rockband game. Towards the end of college, i started listening to Tom Sawyer more often and now more recently I’ve fallen down that hole (which was spurred by the passing of the band’s drummer Neil Peart at the end of 2019/start of 2020. Now I just bought the 40th anniversary edition of Moving Pictures on vinyl.

THE PERSON WHO FLEW ACROSS THE SCREEN SCREECHING STAN LOONA IS A M O O D

If you’re trying to avoid kpop don’t watch any music videos *continues showing kpop music videos for 3 minutes*

WHY IS THIS ME WHEN I WENT BACK TO THE KPOP HOLE.........no literally all i saw was one song and all of the sudden im dragged into the GOSH DARNING KPOP HOLE and im trying to not get too attached to it but its very hard

Well, I always thought anime was not that good of a film form, but my absolute favourite film since I first saw it last September is an anime. Probably because the characters have relatively natural voices and it's not _overly_ pink. It's visually appealing and the voices aren't overly high, but the biggest reason I like it is because the music is great. The anime I talk about is Mamoru Hosoda's _Belle_ from 2021.

Emirichu: *exists* Autoplay: I'm about to end this woman's whole career.

jimin has captured yet another

the exact same situation happened to me haha!! i was also back then not into kpop and ignored it because i didnt want to be in those weird fandoms too, nor was i really into music. but once i discovered this girl group it really caught my attention and i began to like kpop more and more. to the point i even bought albums hahhaha!!

The fun fact is my ex did actually got me to try to listen to BTS once and I did watch the music video but… looks like I’m immune, and I guess I can thank Linkin Park, Skillet and Slipknot for the most part (also, the kind of guy actually needs to know the lyrics to really vibe with the music so not understanding Korean kinda helped. And for context, I’m Brazilian and wanting to vibe more with music was one of the main reasons I went to learn english on my own). But I guess the fanbase thing is really a problem of many kinds, and it seems that I am about to almost experience the same thing again since I just watched the Breaking Bad show. So yeah, at the end of the day, don’t go around to push your stuff into people and don’t hate on people for liking this stuff.

"I watched blood sweat and tears" Oh geez, your not coming out of the fandom.

“Once you jump in, there’s no way out” -all kpop stans

i've been really avoiding FNaF for a very long time, i saw the first 4 games a long time ago and i was terrified, but now, some years later, i decided to revisit fnaf since it's been so long, and it was really cool, the gameplay is unique, it's still terrifying, but in the good way, and then i checked the lore, which was really interesting, and, welp, that's my story.

I love how on the outro you made like a twinkle bboom bboom

I died when that guy said _once you Jimin, YOU CANT_ *J I M O U T*

I avoided Gravity Falls because I thought it looked childish. But it’s one of the best shows I’ve ever watched and I’m happy I did.

When I first watched this and you sed “every fandom has its Bach of bad apples” it reminded me of the time when I got on the PVZ (plants versus zombies)fandom and I saw everybody complaining about this one guy who was ranting about something related to I think character development and design

lol the end😂 Anyways this was great and funny ❤❤

I can’t get into K-pop Anime takes up too much of my life

"Once you JimIN you can't JimOUT" I LOST IT THAT PART HAHAH

i just thought of something it was doctor who specifically after David Tennent left the show I just stopped watching it when matt smith came to the scene and I watched 1 episode and I absolutely fell in love with his take on the doctor and after he left I cried so hard for like an hour watch mojo said it best "when he came to the scene there were many naysayers when his time came to an end those same cynics were sobbing"

I know this was from 4years ago but its still cute, Already out of the hole (I grew up and slowly didn't feel like KPOP was my thing anymore) and I did try going back but the groups I once enjoyed were no longer the same. I'm a 2016-2019 BTS army and had loved a few gen 4 boy groups like TXT, ATEEZ and Oneus but yeah I changed, everyone changed, it's life. There are always gonna be things that you can't re-love.

*she's been consumed. there is no going back.*

"Oh you're korean do you listen to BTS?" Me:"oh you're russian? Do you serve the solvet union???"

Honestly, I don't have a situation where I avoided this or that fandom. For some reason, I was never biased towards this or that fandom, if I was not familiar. About BTS. At the moment, I have been an ARMY for 4 years and I am happy about it. I started listening to them in 2018. Before that, I hadn’t heard about them at all, but since I was part of the anime fandom, sometimes I came across anime edits with BTS songs (I didn’t know that then). My friend was an ARMY and she probably helped me in my first baby ARMY steps (she was still cool at drawing members. Plus she didn’t put pressure on me and waited for me to ask her something about this or that information about BTS. Plus she joked that I wish I hadn't climbed into this hole called k-pop. Naturally, it didn't help me.) It all started in 2018 when I came across the clip Blood, Sweat & Tears. And I understand you because I really liked the clip. And then it went off and on and I became an ARMY. I heard and saw examples of toxic fans, but my environment was fun and cool. So I don't regret anything. By the way, my bias is Namjoon and Hoseok!

6:56 That’s probably why I also avoided K-Pop since 2019 and now through a cover song of a band. I fell into the hole too and I’m still terrified… I’ve been in a few toxic fandoms before and heard rlly problematic things about parts of the k-pop fandom. Because from the outside it looks like a scary mess but I made myself notice that there’s always fans that easily can make a fanbase look bad, but some want to just have fun. And I can’t deny it’s been fun :)

"Wheres Emily?" "In the hole."

“ one you JIMIN, you never JIMOUT” I WAS WAITING FOR THIS 😤

the question at the end: a show not telling what it specifically is but holy heck i am obsessed with it now

While I was im middle school I avoided kpop because of the fear of this messy fanbase and toxic fans. I also had a very toxic friend who was a huge kpop stan and always made me feel uncomfortable about "not listening enough" or "not knowing enough on the korean culture" even if I like the music. I was a once since 2018 but lost track in 2020 and even before that I tried to avoid kpop between 2017-2018. Rn i lost touch with that toxic friend and kpop is a huge part of my life, Twice with a lot of other gg and girl soloists helped me with my mental health for the past year and even more. I learnt how to not be ashamed over not liking boy groups or not having any link with other korean media. And recently i went to my first korean media convention and met amazing friends. So yeah, dont be afraid to like things just because of ither people's opinion.

The super creepy “once you jim-in you can’t jim-out” HAD ME ROLLING

And then Emirichu was trapped in the K-Pop fandom for all eternity-

video games, just in general. now i'm a huge zelda, sonic, pokemon and minecraft fan. not as much on the last 2 but they're still fun to play -w-