Fans receive criticisms especially those calling them “jologs”, “baduy”, and “corny” (Valdez, 2015) while others are being called as someone who betrays our country because of being a K-pop fan. Others were questioned why do they admire Korean idols when they can’t even understand what those idols say. In fact, hating people who like Kpop is listed as one of the Toxic Filipino Culture in an article entitled “Toxic Filipino Culture That Today’s Generation Just Can’t Brush Off". With this criticism I often see and hear online and offline, I started to ask, what’s the difference of being into Korean Culture from being into the Western Culture? Aren’t we all the same?

     When will others realize that adopting other countries' culture is already normal? Even before the globalization, our culture as Filipinos were already diverse because we were colonized by the Spaniards, American, and Japanese. My point is, it doesn’t mean that when we support other countries' culture like the Koreans', we already forgot our own. Not all fans are the same. It just so happen that we all have our own preferences but, it should not make us less of being a Filipino. The recently held K-pop Friendship Concert here in the Philippines proved to us that some Filipino K-pop fans still love our OPM Music, as the fans waved their Fandom Light Stick and sing “Bumalik Ka Na Sa ‘Kin,” “Sayo,”  “Pasensya Ka Na,” and “Ikaw Lamang” with Silent Santuary.

     Regardless of which country a particular influence comes from, Filipinos should consider and respect the diverse choices of one another. After all, art is never meant to be appreciated only by a certain group of people but rather, if possible, by everyone.