He Doesn't Know I Exist, But It's Ok

My cheeks are burning. My heart is racing. My palms are sweaty. Am I in love? No, I’m at a K-Pop concert.

And yes, I’m a fangirl.

How did I get here?

Part of my college life was spent in Australia. This was when I first heard SHINee’s debut song “Replay”. While the world was entering the early years of Hallyu, the folks in the Southern Hemisphere were still pretty chill about it, and my exposure to the genre was limited.

After college, I got a job writing entertainment features for a teen magazine. Hallyu was now a global phenomenon, and I became a walking encyclopaedia for all things K-Pop. And somewhere along the way, my feelings for SHINee morphed into something more ardent.