So I’ve been busy all day and this is like and hour late but idc, its’s Blackpink’s 3rd year anniversary and even if I’m late I still need to say something even if no one reads it.
I found out about Blackpink through a friend who was into kpop. I didn’t even like kpop back then, but I knew most of my friends really liked BTS so because I was lonely and had social anxiety issues I’d pretend to like whatever they liked so we’d have something in common. Blackpink had just recently debuted and I kept hearing my friends talk about them until one of them finally decided to play a Blackpink song for me.
Blackpink’s Whistle was the very first kpop song I heard that truly intrigued me. The language sounded weird and the song was just very different in general but something about the girls’ voices and the melody drew me in.
Cut to the future. It is DDU DU DDU DU era and though I’ve already heard all their songs I never gave Blackpink a chance because:
1. I was a typical boy group only stan who would just say I stan at least one girl group, Mamamoo, to cover up my jealous ass (I wasn’t nearly as gay back then).
2. Everybody had so many negative things to say about Blackpink, especially about Jennie’s laziness and the whole ot1 ot3 drama.
Then one day, on Rosé’s birthday specifically, I find a little video on Blackpink’s channel called ROSÉ - EYES CLOSED (Halsey) COVER. I didn’t know it was Rosé’s birthday, nor did I know she made the cover as a birthday gift to Blinks. I just clicked on the video and OH MA FUCHKNG GOD I STARTED CRYING AND I FELL IN LOVE💝💝💝💖💖💖😤😤💖😤😤💖💖💝💝💝💝😤😤😤😤💖💖💖💖💖💖💝💝
Suddenly, I was getting a glimpse of a blink’s perspective of the fanwars, of other side of the hate train. I discovered that many reasons why Blackpink was so hated were because antis and blonks never actually acknowledged the girls as human beings with flaws and insecurities. Their expectations for a girl group were already high enough, and with the way people always think there can’t be two big girl groups Bp was always getting pit against Twice (who are their friends btw) and because of how quickly they blew up, the girls were automatically assumed to be famous for their looks and not their talent. When Blackpink was still a rookie group, they got SO much attention for Lisa’s computer-like dancing, Rosé unique voice, Jennie’s duality, and Jisoo’s stunning visuals. But when they started reaching the level of the boy groups, all of a sudden they aren’t actually that good and they are all overrated?
I’ve started realizing just how much Blackpink suffers from internalized misogyny. Their biggest enemies aren’t like the gamer boys that hate kpop. They’re kpop fangirls that need a reason to hate on the newest big girls for being too beautiful, too talented, and too fucking close to their oppas.
Why does this have to happen? Why, when girls deal with enough shit already, do we have to make life even harder for one another? And why did I previously think it was ok to be a part of this? When I started asking these questions, it was when I started realizing that I would need to be stronger and start loving myself if I wanted to break this cycle of hate. Not just for Blackpink, but for myself and the people around me in life.
My confidence has grown so, so much since last year when I first heard Rosé’s ETHEREAL cover of Halsey’s song and started gushing my eyes out. I feel like a different person, more socially aware and actually taking care of my mental health. This sounds so cheesy and I hope no one reads this but Blackpink taught me to love myself when I didn’t even realize how or why I hated myself. Because of the shit they’ve gone through from our favorite sexist CEO and random haters I’ve become so much stronger and I’ll continue to get stronger with them in the future.
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