Freeing myself from 'cringe'
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One part of being your own main character, is being free to express yourself. To enjoy things no matter what and find the happiness in your life. And for me, that means I am working to throw away the concept of ‘cringe’ from my vocabulary 😎
If I like something, I like it and I’ll be loud about it! And my example today is Kpop, specifically Kpop Demon Hunters!
When I first got into Kpop as a teen, I was so shy about it. I felt my face heat up with embarassment when my family would raise a brow at my watching a music video. I wouldn’t talk about it in school unless someone showed signs of already being a fan. It was seen as cringe and you’d be “weird” for liking it. So I hid the fact that I knew all the BTS universe lore, that I was watching every Kdrama IU was in and then I was streaming the award shows in the middle of a school night.
But girlies I am not about that anymore.
This week Kpop Demon Hunters came out and I LOVED it. The music, the story, the characters, the TENSION. It was something I didn’t know I needed. I spammed my instagram story with tiktoks of the songs and you bet I’ve been singing Soda Pop every day since it’s release.
And if I’m honest, when I put the movie on for my siblings, for a moment I felt the embarassment come back. When my sisters looked at me in disbelief and the kdrama slow mo scenes and cringed at Soda Pop, there was a moment when I was that 16 year old girl again too awkward to be loud about my interests.
But why should I? Why do I need to cringe at a fun happy song and colourful visuals? So I grinned and started to dance along to the song and shouted “it’s so fun, you gotta just vibe” and I didn’t feel awkward no more. It didn’t matter to me that my sister was still giving me a side eye and was laughing at the screen, I was having a blast.
And I’m damn proud of myself.
So I just want to be that reminder to you to be loud about your interests. If it makes you happy, it’s worth sharing and no one can make you feel bad about it unless you let them ❤️
This was such a fun read. I ended up watching it by myself, but I was so so so so happy. It reminded me of when I got ready to go see BTS in Los Angeles for Permission To Dance. I'm so glad that you are abandoning cringe. It's not cringe. It's something that makes you happy and that's always something to be celebrated.
Absolutely LOVE this article! I need to get myself to watch the movie soon. This is absolutely relatable I'm so glad there's another copywriter I relate to who has the same childhood of staying up to watch award shows