Post 3: The Madness

Remember when watching television you would usually hear about fans of male artists? Like the screams, the support, all the things they do for the artist. A fangirl behavior is understandable by most people because, you're a fan. You like that artist, you like his music, it's completely understandable. The article Is Fandom an Adolescent Thing? A Girl Thing? written by Daily Duranie points to the behavior of a fangirl. Most fans who are infatuated by their idols are female fans, no matter what age they are. There is this kind of power that rules over the fangirls, where boys don't have much of that as much as they do.

Think about Justin Bieber, for instance, they called it "Bieber Fever". His female fans were all very supportive, some of them made him as their "Ideal Guy", or even go to his concerts. Before, I have watched the movie "Never Say Never". I was actually touched by all of his fans because of their hard work and they are incredible. During an interview to his fans, of what they like about Justin, is because of his looks, his long hair (he still has his long bangs), his music, but as far as I remember, most of their answers were related to the outside appearance. According to the article, "girls fall for pop stars as an early, but safe entry into romantic and/or sexual interest". It's actually true. As far as I know, many female fans these days are really into male idols unlike male fans. Because somehow, boys are more interested music, sports, such things that are kind of different from females.

I am also a fan of some male idols but I don't get to the point that I'm infatuated about them. I stick to the limit that I listen to their music or watch their music videos. It somehow depends on the person that supports the idol. But most idols thanks for this fandom because it gives them strength, they are the reason why they don't disband and still release new songs. To them, they are important. But, what about how society looks at them. Well, if you're really a fan, you wouldn't mind that. In my case, I was kind of similar to these beliebers because I am a Sone, a fan of Girls' Generation. I do what they do. The difference is, they are a girl group. I collect images, I vote their videos, I help them reach the top charts, and also support them in any way I can. Like these girls, I will do anything for them. That's understandable, because it's what fandom consists of.

Fans of every idol has something inside them that they can't just easily let go of -- that's being their fan, their supporters. Like in concerts, they fill the whole venue with colorful light sticks and screams. It's something that makes the whole night alive. Last thing that the article mentioned is "how the pop star created a fantasy for the young girl". Actually, anyone would think of a fantasy imagination of being with their idol. Even myself -- I imagined being with them in SM. But it was said, that once the fantasy was ended, so was the interest. There are some cases that fans don't do those kinds of imagination anymore due to priorities, activities that they have to do, or even problems. But perhaps, the interest of being with that certain idol might be gone. For example, the male idol that you had a crush on already got himself a girlfriend, a fan's reaction would be either comment, or lose interest about him, mainly because he's someone else's guy now. Like I said, it mostly depends on the fan.