It's complicated...I listened to GOT7 in 2014 after watching Roomate, then listened to 엑소 in March 2016 but became a K-Pop 팬 like I am now on August30 last year. My first K-Pop song (in Korean) was fantastic Baby...
Well , me .. I started listening to 케이팝 when I was in college , it was around late 2009 . It was when my classmate introduced me to SUPER JUNIOR . I didn't got interests right away but yeah ~ 의해 the time it gets me . DAMN ! I can't hardly even get out of it .. hehehe
A couple of years 이전 I read an 기사 about how promoters put bands together and how they were received in South Korea and 일본 and so i wanted to hear for myself. Even though I cant understand most of the words i 사랑 the 음악 and the dancing.
the very first 케이팝 I actually listened to is No Other 의해 SUPER JUNIOR and it's funny because i really forgot about it until I stumbled on this question