Hey everyone! I've been stalking this thread for a while. So, I need to share this with you guys.
I've been into Kpop since 2008/2009. Never gave much importance to symbolism since I wasnt addicted to Kpop per say, but especially because I wasn't aware of things and I just enjoyed listening to the songs, enjoyed the choreography and curiously interested in the language. Like I wasnt too attached to Kpop, I was more into anime, Kdrama, Jdrama, and Korean reality shows. But just like Western/hollywood music that I had dropped because of their debauchery, Kpop MVs of some girl groups always pushed too much sexualization, loli concepts, and whatnot. Same thing for males tho they focused more on being sexy, dark themes, and all that stuff. At some point it was ok. I'd listen to sthg or a watch an MV, and that's it. I'd either like or dislike the song or just ignore it. I would listen to trot songs, hiphop genre, indie music, ballads etc...Which were very good. But then when I'd check on Kpop, I had noticed it became so redundant. There wasn't anything catchy anymore, very generic for some groups. Too many groups kept popping left and right. It became so overwhelming. Kdramas were more of an addiction to be honest at that point. I focused more on OSTs and other genres. It seemed more interesting, cleaner, and safer. I just felt that way. But Youtube would drop recommendations, I'd still find Kpop related stuff and I'd checked them out: from SHINee, BigBang, EXO, BTS, SNSD, and all the groups from before, in-between, and the rookies that came after. I know most of the groups' names, but not the members, unless they're very popular like BigBang, SHINee, SNSD and others especially since I found many through Kdramas and Korean variety shows. You just can't escape Kpop even if you're just interested in Korea and its culture in general. Idols or Idols turned actors pop out right and left.
I had back in 2014 watched the debut MVs of BTS, was ok, kinda cool, they trying, still rookies, might become big or not (since EXO were their sunbae and huge back then in 2014). And later, I'd find more BTS stuff. It was a new type of content. I didn't know their names or cared for who they were, but everywhere in the comments and on Youtube there would be crack videos, content about BTS, and memes everywhere. That was crazy.
[I knew fandoms are a part of the whole Kpop industry. It never sat well with me, it sounds lovely and cute how everyone is supporting and gives love to their faves. But, hello ever wonder why sasaeng fans exist? With all the fanservice, the shipping delulus, and when there is no age restriction, you're bound to have the wrong type of people that can bring harm to the artist or other fans. You'd think with everything that happened throughout all these years, the industry would stop selling so much fantasy to the fans, or sexualizing their artists and pushing them to do that type of fanservice, or just find a way to filter the masses. But nope. It's all about the money, they could care less about the safety of fans or artists, as we have learned of the dark twisted side of the industry.]
Anyway, back to what I was saying, in 2014 and after, I was aware of something called BTS's Danger, War of hormone, N.O and some other songs like Dope, mainly because I was subscribed to youtubers who would do dance covers to their songs. That was the main cause of my downfall. From there, I migrated to watching later more of their MVs and search more about their other songs. At that point, I felt there was sthg special about this group, it was different. They were young, talented, MVs were cool, and in 2016, Blood Sweat and Tears was like...the BOP. I was so into it. And I'd dance to it like I was possessed. The fandom made things more addictive, with all the inside jokes, the memes, the shipping (the soft stuff). It was fun and funny. I got easily wrapped up that I even created a fan account on twitter to get the latest news about the boys. And join the fun with ARMY cause it was funny, you know good quality humour.
Twitter is such a crazy place as expected, and I had kept my sanity before by staying away from Tumblr and reddit, but no -.- I plunged right into the ARMY fandom of all places. BOOM I was gone.
As someone who studied marketing and a bit of psychology, I just knew all the content they provided us ( the whole sharing of their personal lives, and when you learn of their beginning story of their struggles, the fact their company was a small one/almost bankrupt and the whole GLAM incident, the discrimination they dealt with, the plagiarism stuff, bref in very little time I knew their names, their struggling beginnings, could recognize their voices, and so on) was their marketing technique to market themselves, to sell that genuine image to the fans and the general public for people to empathize, to feel close and connected to them, through social media. And what a powerful tool. I knew it and was totally ok with that, cause you know it's still business. But then you'd think is that company just like the others? with the slave contracts, the whole no-dating, the whole control over the boys and so on? It didn't seem to be that bad. We'd see through their interactions with the fans that they were free to write songs, produce them, make some choreography moves and so on. The company and staff seemed to genuinely care for them and support them like...FAMILY. The whole image of bonding and family. Amongst the boys and with the whole staff as well. [But that's what we were able to see, through all the content they feed us, with the BTS Bombs, BTS RUN, and VLives and tweets, thank god I didn't watch American Hustle Life, or the BTS Bombs, and BTS Run or Vlives, I only got snippets of the whole gist through memes, crack vids, or small edits and that was more than enough to get me into them.]
To sum up BTS's message for me is this: "Hey look we're different, we came from different regions with different aspirations, we're young and talented, life is a mystery to us, we're lost just like you, we have dreams, we have doubts, we were discriminated against, we made humble baby steps, we stumbled and fell, but we stood up and we made it. Failure is part of success. We made it. So can you!" A beautiful message mind you. I fully supported them when I started digging deeper into what they had gone through during their debut days and when ARMY was small, and the whole fanwars and whatnot. Like I said, I was sold.
They are truly talented, inspirational with some of their stories like Suga's, they wrote songs about youth, mental illness, their struggles, about life etc...They were so much more appealing that year than with their previous songs. But after I was into BST and other songs of that era, I watched the old ones, and I got this feeling of "wow, they were so cute back then, how come I didn't know this song, or why was I sleeping on this?" I'd get very emotional, like I knew them personally, like yo! they're my brothers, they've been through so much, I feel so proud of them.
Seeing them at BBMAs, getting that award was so...special. It made me wonder what it would be like to help them next time, get an award. I didn't get involved in the votes in 2016. Twitter was empty back then, was new to it. I would just check their official account once in a while. Youtube was my source mostly. In 2017, and the whole Love Yourself album I was seriously streaming and listening non stop to their songs, voted for their MAMA, MMA awards and all that jazz. I didn't use a dime on any merch or voting thingy. Cause really I'm broke, from a far away country and not that devoted. But I spent a lot of time and energy fangirling on them. I had forgotten my Kdramas even. Late 2016 and 2017 were very bad years for me. A lot of drama and angst happened in my life, I had to deal with depression, I locked myself in my room a lot, purposely lost contact with my friends cause I couldn't tell them of my personal issues and all that...At that point, BTS music was like my only friend, my jam, my everything. I'd listen to IU and other songs from other artists still. But mostly I felt attached to BTS's songs, especially their solo tracks, or their mixtapes, and the other tracks that are not title songs like Whale 52, Pied pier, 2! 3! and others like that. It's like they knew of my struggles, so their music was both bringing me solace and comfort, and other times making me cry. Other times I'd feel joy jamming and dancing to the hyper ones, or I'd be happy laughing at crack videos made by ARMY. Even the fandom itself was very...welcoming. Didn't interact much, but I'd read and stalk tweets and see that there were a lot of good people out there, all gathered for one same purpose, loving and supporting BTS, with no hate, no discrimination of race, ethnicity , religion or gender and so on. It was beautiful. (Of course, there's always some antis amongst fandoms and those who hate just for the sake of hating). Anyhow, I was a mess of emotions with BTS. They were good and bad for me. But it didnt know that back then. I was just so into music in general, that I started listening to other Kpop groups trying to give them a chance again. So I did. But BTS was only the only thing on my mind. That was even more crazy when I started dreaming about them, like meeting them in real life, or being at their concert, or working with them as a staff, and I never had a bias before but bit by bit I started to imagine Suga as quite the ideal man
like I felt attached to his story, like poor baby went through so much, and his sarcasm and sleeping habits were things I could relate to a lot. "He was so darn adorable with his gummy smile in that video. That was cute." See, how this escalated quickly? Crazy. And you know what I felt drained of energy a lot of days. There were times where I get out from that depressive state and be better. A week later, I'd be sad and moody and listen to a lot of sad and dark songs. Music in general became such a bad influence on me. I had to deal with weight loss and insomnia too. [Now, I'm better thank god].
Anyhow, the whole American debut, their collabs and all that jazz, I was legit hyping up everything. And streaming MicDrop and so on. It was like a day to day activity. To check twitter, listen to their songs, streaming some MV or watch ARMY funny edits on Youtube. It was terrible. That was some real addiction. I'd daydream quite a lot during the day. Sometimes I'd catch myself humming their songs outta nowhere without even realizing. Now, I knew a lot of their MVs had theories lurking around, since there was a story being told. It was fascinating and interesting, but I didn't have lots of time to play ARMY detective and make up theories and so I left that to the experts lol. Maybe I should've tried to do that. Maybe I would've opened my eyes earlier.
Dec 2017: Jonghyun passed away. I hadn't been up to date with SHINee but they were one of the first groups that got me into Kpop. I was so so sad. I never felt that way. Seeing twitter and all the fans reactions, and watching his funeral was devastating. That was so tragic. I cried for 3 days, I remember. It was rainy too that week so befitting for the mood. I listened to a lot of his songs, I realized how much in pain he was, he was asking for help and no one saw or understood him. Bref, I grieved for that week. The whole world was grieving. It was overwhelming for everyone.
Jan 2018: I lost a relative. I hated myself, because till this day, I haven't shed a tear for that person. We weren't that close, but that person was my own blood. I didnt know why I just felt empty and sad for everyone else grieving, but I just...I couldnt even cry. That was so disturbing. It's like I was desensitized? To cry for someone who never knew you and whom you never met (Jonghyun), but not cry for your own family member? What was wrong with me? Since when did I learn not to care for my own people? my loved ones?
I was so empty from within. I returned to music again to cope. BTS this, BTS that, other groups like Red Velvet or MAMAMOO were a few amongst the ones I check on for more content. Hixtape came, hyped that up. Totally my favorite solo mixtape so far from the rap line.
But you know what?
I was so disconnected from the world, even though I was still living it, it'd feel tasteless without music, without BTS and all. It was like a drug. I couldnt sleep without listening to music.
March 2018: I had my wake up call. It was two weeks ago.
I stumbled through a stan account that was still working on BTS theories and linking the whole storyline of the eras. Suddenly, I had like an epiphany.
All the symbolisms my mind refused to see or wasn't able to see before, were all so clear to me. Things that I had noticed in western MVs. All that illuminati stuff. All those things that made people think those who believed it were just "conspiracy theorists". It was there in front of me all this time in Kpop too. I just never paid heed to it. I started to dig further and further, found this site, found other places where people were discussing a lot of Kpop groups illuminati related stuff. It just made sense. Everything that happened, that state of emotional disarray I found myself in.
It was all by the will of Allah (God). I realized it was a sign, from God. He made me realize, made me join this path to open my eyes to the reality of this world. To all this deceit of media, music and entertainment, that all of this was the work of the devil and his worshippers. Allah showed mercy and showed me the path I should take. All these years, I had been manipulated like many others that we had forgotten our faith, our duty to worship God, and only God himself. I hadn't been practicing my religion as I should. I've let myself be deluded and wrapped up by this life's delights and illusion with all this entertainment and music that are so satanic! As a Muslim, I felt so ashamed I cried and cried, I felt liberated from all that pain, depression, and all those unclear thoughts. I deleted all songs, dramas I had in my devices. I didn't hate the people involved or the artists, whether they are aware or not, didn't matter I just couldn't support listening or having that type of visual manipulating me and making me forget what matters most to me: my faith and my loved ones.
I took a step back and realized just how deep this whole mascarade of the Elite, those who are working to bring forth this NWO and make place for the AntiChrist through their satanist rituals and selling their souls to Satan himself. They've been at work for years and years. Anime, movies, TV shows, Kpop, Hollywood, media, governments, even Muslim governments today are corrupt and countries are full of raptures...The advent of technology, facebook, google etc...AI is the future. It's already here. They've been brainwashing everyone since we were kids, showing through music and on TV indecency, sexualizing anything and everything, homosexuality, murder, crimes and even sci-fi movies portraying a world of robots and AI technology...This isn't a coincidence.
I'm not here to preach and try to convert people to Islam. You do you, and if Allah wills it, you will find your path. But just hear my advice: now that I am woke, and based on the revelations of the Quran, you need to realize that this is the End of times. It is revealed in the Christian Bible as well. The Anti Christ is real. We call him in Islam: the Dajjal. It means the deceiver, the liar. He is the false Messiah. He will deceive the Jews, because the Jews are still waiting for their messiah to come, and he will make them believe that it is him. But no, he isn't. His purpose is world domination, control of all the masses, and subjugate everyone in the world to his will, destroy all religions, and make himself the one ruler: like a god. But many things will happen before that, all of this could happen in 3 years, maybe 5 or more. Only Allah knows best. But Israel taking over Palestine, the US embassy moving to Jerusalem? The NWO's headquarters will be Jerusalem, Israel. That's where the AntiChrist will show up. The zionist, masonist, satanist, illumanati, whatever you wanna call them. They are everywhere in the world. They are preparing for the arrival of the Dajjal.
This whole deception through media, and music and entertainment, and the use of social media like someone's lifesource, are one of the many signs of end times. There will be Armaggedon, a great war, assumed to be a nuclear war, Watch the news, guys, see the economical burden and the political struggles happening, the increase of crimes of r*pe and murder everywhere, wars in the Arab world, this whole agenda of hating religions is to better destroy them. Unfortunately, people are destroying themselves by themselves, and amongst themselves too. The more people are faced with such content found even in cartoons, they subliminally incite people to sexualize children or put homosexual innuendos in them, but we don't see it for that, we just think it's funny and that kid won't get it. In movies, music videos, video games, in the end all push for chaotic agenda. They desensitize people to seeing blood, violence, wars, murder, r*pe, robberies, sex, LGBT related stuff, and so on. All this time we are fed that kind of content everywhere for so long, that we don't even blink anymore when something like that happens. Unless, and Allah may protect us, it happens to someone close, we just move on with our lives without showing outrage to what happens around us in our communities and other parts of the world. We are so dumbed down, they normalize everything in front of our eyes blatantly. Homosexuality is a sin. Most religions that worship God, and only God Almighty, forbid that sin. Because it goes against the creation of God. Allah created Adam and Eve. Man and Woman. Period. There is no in-between. It's just reality. Don't bring love into this. This is pure lust, it's sthg Satan (IBLIS) has been whispering into the minds of people since long ago.
I have noticed that a lot of ARMY, both fanboys and fangirls were questionning their preferences, and even were becoming more accepting of lgbt community, nthg wrong with that: Hate the sin, not the sinner. It's sthg that I stand by. But unfortunately, now more and more people question their sexuality and join the party. That, is not normal. Worse than that, some fans like me experienced depression and worse, others are so into their ships they become deluded, and oversexualize the members. So disgusting, it's all so wrong, at so many levels.
This is history repeating itself. It was already releaved in the Quran that all of this will happen. This is but the will of Allah. We were created to live this life as a test to worship Allah (God) and follow through his commandments to live a pious and righteous life. We are creatures with free will, we are bound to sin and deviate at some point, but we should repent and seek forgiveness as long as we are alive. Even amidst all tribulations and hardships we face, and all the temptations of life and the devil lurking around, we sons and daughters of Adam should never forget that we are creations of God, and we shall submit to his decree and worship him, and only him. No partners. That's what Islam means: to submit to the will of Allah (God). This life is but a test, we should love and live well, yes, but never forget our creator and never associate other partners with him. We must worship only God himself. And this obsession I developped with Kpop and BTS just made me realize that maybe at some point I had been so so out of my mind that I had always these humans on my mind for so long, and not Allah. Truly, the devil uses all means to lead astray all humankind from their faith and from worshipping God. Just the term Kpop "Idol" should have been a warning sign. May Allah forgive us for our sins. Amen.
There is so much to say. But I worry talking too much about religion won't settle with some of you. So, if you are interested feel free research about the end of times from an islamic point of view, there are videos on youtube in english. Just food for thought, so you know it's just not about music and entertainment and satanic rituals, you should see the bigger picture.
Social media, internet, this whole fantasy and controlled content we are fed everyday, all the lies and deceits from media and governments, it's brainwashing us. People care more about money, the number of their followers or the likes for their selfies than what's going on in the real world out there. They are distracting us. Being so obvious with their rituals, coming out of people involved in illuminati and all, yet people don't believe it and just call others conspiracy theorists. So, now they became more blunt and they became more and more ambitious pushing the Kpop Industry Agenda further seeing as that is the new trend that is capturing lots and lots of fans around the world. I believe BTS, EXO, TWICE, GOT7 and Red Velvet will get more symbolism and darker themes (like BTS already have set for their comeback) in the future.
Imagine that: having more and more fans from South Asian countries, in Western countries, from the Arab world, people from all backgrounds and religions. Brainwashed. Making them worship these "Idols". People will be in denial at first, that they're just supporting them but many are already obssessive calling them goddesses, gods, and they're not even joking. Not everyone will necessarily be into their songs, but some already are and will be affected.
The fact that all these satanic rituals are taking place, MK Ultra stuff, humiliating them, murder plots, p***philia, prostitution and whatnot is so so sick. We can't even expose them even if we had real evidence without putting ourselves in danger, or be silenced or accused of defamation!
I can only pray for the poor souls to be saved by God, if they are not aware of what they're doing, have been forced into, or programmed to act as such, may God help them and free them from that environment. For the others who chose willingly, if there is evil in their heart, God is watching and will deal with them as He wishes. It's more saddening to see younger groups like NCT Dream, and other newbies, or those trainees competing to get into this whole garbage industry- but it's horrific many don't know where they're getting into.
If you believe in God, worship him and him alone and do your duties. And try to help people around you to wake up to the reality of the world. The end of the world will happen eventually. Death is inevitable, we can die at any moment but it is best to die as a believer and always seek forgiveness from God at all times. For he is the most merciful. If we get to live longer when everything hits the fan, at least we should have as many "woke" people that can survive and pass on knowledge. I refuse to turn into some humanoid devoid of soul, or free thinking if I live long enough when they push their "chip" agenda thingy.
If you're not a believer, do your research, try to see for yourself what you want to believe in.
This whole illuminati thing deals with satanism, deals with the unseen, with spirituality, with religion, with faith and belief. The fact that you are aware of this must mean sthg. The choice is yours.
Some content to ponder on:
The Unseen World
Birth of the Devil
Secret societies