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I think it's mostly their sound and how they don't shy away from making music that's not like super typical kpop. Which isn't at all meant as hate or shade, I dig other kpop too, but I mostly listen to rock/metal, rap, lots of noisy shit I don't really know the exact subgenre of, so skz is not as big a leap as a lot of other groups, and their noisier/"weirder" songs have actually helped me transition into their more laidback tracks.

That said, I did have a bit of history with kpop beforehand. When I was in middle school/early high school, I listened casually to a handful of groups (2nd gen) but never really got deep, like I didn't really know b sides or watch interviews. I kind of moved on to other stuff and it wasn't until like 2023 or something that I somehow came across the gods menu mv and was like hey this is kinda sick. I didn't look into them at the time and then in 2024 I saw chk chk boom and was like wait I remember these guys, and I kiiinda started looking at them more, and then when kpop demon hunters came out it triggered a huge kpop nostalgia wave and that was it for me. I started watching more of their mvs and like extra content for once. And then they announced karma and I just. Spiraled. I hate these guys 👊👊👊💕