10+ Of The Funniest Misconceptions K-Pop Fans Used To Believe When They First Started Stanning

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For all of us, there was once a time when we were not the K-Pop fans we are today. Especially, international fans have a lot to take in and learn when they first get into K-Pop.

Recently, TikTok user @taesbitxh1 reflected on times gone by. They remembered how at one time they thought “Hyung,” Korean honorific meaning “older brother,” was actually someone’s name. So, they wondered why he was in every group.

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Many netizens related to this post, so they began to confess their own initial beliefs and misconceptions from back when they were “baby K-Pop fans.” So, here are 10+ of the funniest things K-Pop fans once believed when they were first started stanning…

1. Seriously, who is this Y/N we keep reading about?

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2. Also, maknae?

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3. We all needed to be educated

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4. Wondering if BTS actually has more than seven members because…

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5. Is Dispatch a store? Photography business? Who?

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6. What is this ARMY?

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7. Trying to Google idols for the first time be like…

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8. The confusion was real

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9. Like cool flex

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10. Low-key facts though

11. “trying to figure out why is there so many idols on vlive when it’s an app for v only” — @hongsmingki/TikTok

12. GOT7’s Jackson Wang truly is everywhere though

13. How to tell members apart? Easy. Hair colors, duh

14. Is everyone related?

15. Getting confused on whether someone is an idol or actor

16. Literally same…

Check out some more misconceptions made by ARMY below:

15 Funniest Misconceptions ARMY Believed When They First Started Stanning BTS

Source: @taesbitxh1

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