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I wonder if I messed up today
I wonder how the fans expressions were
But I’m happy of who I’ve become
Someone that can make others scream for joy
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Bangtan Boys (Young Forever)
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Number 1. If I say we're number 5, people will just feel sorry for us. I'd rather say we're number 1, even if fans criticize us.
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KARA Park Gyuri
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To my fans: I love you so much that it feels like the universe will explode, for as long as it takes for the oceans to dry up, so much that I don't care if my soul burns to ashes.
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Aster Argent
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Nothing is too big for [God] to handle and nothing is so small that it's unworthy of His attention. There is no such thing as a silly prayer.
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Teresa Santoski (Prayers for Oppa: From K-pop to J-pop, A Devotional for Performers & their Fans)
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I think I realized a lot of things. When it comes to loving yourself, I think it’s about asking yourself a lot of questions and learning more about who you are. I think that’s the foundation and beginning of learning to love yourself” - Jimin told fans what he learned about loving yourself.
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Serene Pae (K-Drama : Best Quotes on Life, Love & Happiness: Including Inspirational Quotes from K-pop group BTS and Blackpink)
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I think beyond the superficial accolades, at its core, fans stream and buy albums and merchs, because they want to show that they acknowledge the hard work of the artists and their staff. The stream count, album sales and awards are tangible proof that the idols’ music is good. That they are popular. That they are better.
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Arushi Raj (Understand K-pop: Deconstructing the Obsession and Toxicity in K-pop Stan Culture (Kiss, Kill, K-pop Book 1))
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When we signed up to be idols, we signed away our right to be anything other than the perfect fantasy, an unattainable ideal. And that was a sacrifice I thought I would be happy to make, as long as I could live my dream of performing on a stage in front of fans. But love has a way of upending everything I thought I knew.
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Erin Kay (Kosmic Heart (KOSMIC, #1))
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When we feel too drained to move forward, God is right there with us, ready to tenderly revive and restore us.
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Teresa Santoski (Prayers for Oppa: From K-pop to J-pop, A Devotional for Performers & their Fans)
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God is lovingly guiding our lives, and we can be confident of His authority over any situation we may face. He never allows anything to happen without a reason.
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Teresa Santoski (Prayers for Oppa: From K-pop to J-pop, A Devotional for Performers & their Fans)
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Prayer, in essence, is conversation with God. You can talk to Him about anything and everything - He loves to hear from His children. Praise Him for His incredible love, tell Him why you love your favorite song, ask Him for help with problems at home, work or school and thank Him for His responses.
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Teresa Santoski (Prayers for Oppa: From K-pop to J-pop, A Devotional for Performers & their Fans)
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This wasn’t, of course, something exclusive to ARMY when it came to fandom in K-pop. The K-pop fandoms that came before them were also proactive in their donating for all kinds of causes. But when BTS reached worldwide fame, other K-pop fandoms around the world began to echo this tendency. Through the particular form of unity that K-pop fandoms have, fans would express their identities and also speak out on various political and social issues outside of K-pop. And today, it has become the norm for any K-pop fandom to express their positions on not only the issues of the countries they live in but issues the world has in common.
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BTS (Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS)
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Through their unique dance routines, SM Entertainment’s idol groups were redefining music, and the music industry’s consumers did not remain simply as listeners, but became fiercely devoted fans. In addition to this, with BIGBANG and 2NE1, YG Entertainment had fused the international hip-hop and pop trends of the time with the structure of K-pop melodies. They also utilized street and high fashion—something rarely attempted by idols before then—and through this, their influence went beyond the fandom, to the masses and the fashion industry itself.
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BTS (Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS)
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This wasn’t, of course, something exclusive to ARMY when it came to fandom in K-pop. The K-pop fandoms that came before them were also proactive in their donating for all kinds of causes. But when BTS reached worldwide fame, other K-pop fandoms around the world began to echo this tendency. Through the particular form of unity that K-pop fandoms have, fans would express their identities and also speak out on various political and social issues outside of K-pop.
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BTS (Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS)