cw // brief mention of COVID
oooh so this is a bit of a winding road actually! I first got into kpop in 2018 as a very casual fan thanks to a YouTube playlist my friend showed me and there were some Seventeen songs on there (Aju Nice and Oh My! iirc) that I really enjoyed, but I never dove into them beyond that. I remember when Home, Hit, and Fear came out that I enjoyed all those songs but I think at the time I was overwhelmed enough with getting into BTS and also I was like 13 is too many how am I ever going to know all of them (which....lol. Look at me now!).

But anyway I tried to get into them in 2020 but for whatever reason (maybe the wrong song recs?) I never took the plunge. AND THEN my friend shared a powerpoint she made to try to get her friend into Seventeen in 2020 when they were on I-Land. It took me a while to get around to actually clicking through it but then my friend got COVID and I was like you know what. By the time you get out of quarantine I will be Carat.

And sure enough! I watched the Rock with You music video and a single episode of GoSe (the mafia episode where Hoshi admits to being the mafia but they eliminate Mingyu anyway) and I was hooked. I think ultimately I just needed a good starting point music-wise and their variety content helped a LOT...I think one of my favorite things about SVT and what made me a real fan of them is how funny they are/their propensity to be at least a little bit of an improv comedy group at all times. Of course the choreo is excellent and their music is really really good but having that initial investment from their personalities went a long way I think. Once I had that I had the motivation to listen to their music and really fall in love with their discography which for me is a must in terms of getting invested in a group.