The article discusses the peculiar language of the K-pop fandom, comparing it to learning a new language like Duolingo. It highlights how fans often use cutesy terms and phrases that can sometimes infantilize even grown male artists. This week, fresh off his Grammy win, Kendrick Lamar has been humorously subjected to this trend, with fans applying K-pop lingo to him. The absurdity of this phenomenon underscores the playful and sometimes cringey nature of K-pop standom, which often leads to confrontations reminding fans that these are adult artists.
As any vaguely online K-pop fan can confirm, standom has its own language. Getting into K-pop can feel akin to jumping on Duolingo.
The wildest part about this trend is that these are genuinely all statements I've seen applied to real K-pop idols; paw prints for Suga of BTS, "nation's prince" for handsome singers.
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