When did you start to listen to K-Pop? 1st, 2nd or 3rd Generation?! I personally started in the 2nd Generation with Legends like BoA, Shinhwa, Rain, TVXQ and Se7en. :3
Mmmmm....I was late 2nd into 3rd!
2013 was when I really started. I started watching dramas - and "Heartstrings" and "You're Beautiful" specifically led me to CNBlue and FTIsland. (And I still love Hongki, his stupid Korean solo album was the first album someone else bought me instead of me buying it myself).
Then I found Super Junior, then SHINee, then groups like INFINITE, Z:EA, and B2ST. Gosh, I didn't realize just how much it was SM that initially got me into it!
I mostly listen to 3rd/4th gen now with a dash of the 2nd gen I've mentioned (unless EXO counts as 2nd gen too??) only because I didn't *really* get into the fandom *culture* until I started listening to 3rd gen in 2015. BTS got me more into fandom - my Tumblr handle is actually BTS related - but I listen less these days because ARMY has become scary and literally quashed my interest. No hate to the boys.
Gaah sorry that was long! Who is your favorite group? Do you tend to like bg or gg more? Do you have any gg or solo recs?
Edit: and yes SHINHWA was actually one of the first ones I heard too! Though not their original stuff...it was This Love, and it was all because of an Attack on Titan video...long story...