Name: Emmie
Pronouns: she/her
Age: ‘91-liner
MBTI: INFJ-T
Location: United States
Memberships: 2nd Generation InSomnia 🖤❤️💛
Hi! My name is Emmie! I’ve been a K-POP fan since 2011, and collecting since Fall 2011! I’m primarily a girl-group stan, but I will listen to any music I think sounds good. I consider myself to be multifandom, and always have been. My ult group is Dreamcatcher, while my ult bias is Golden Child’s Choi Sungyoon (also known by his stage name: Y).
My first experience with a K-POP group was in early 2011 when a group of college friends showed me music videos of the boy group MBLAQ. From there, I discovered other prominent 2nd Generation groups, and have been hooked on K-POP ever since! I didn’t start collecting photocards until that fall.
I took a hiatus from K-POP and collecting in early 2016, and didn’t return to K-POP until January 2017 with the (re)debut of Dreamcatcher. They reignited my love for K-POP (and later collecting!), and that’s why they are my ult group! I started out as just a Jiu and Yoohyeon collector, but eventually added Sua, then Handong, and then just went full OT7 when I kept adding “select cards” from the other three members that ended up being full sets.
I started collecting again in 2020 after graduating from college and securing a well-paying job. In 2021, I was promoted and have a very comfortable hybrid work-from-home/work commute job now (though I miss the pandemic days of full-time work-from-home as my commute averages 1 to 1 1/2 hours each way on days I go to the office). In February 2023, I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. I’m a bit slower to collect now that I dedicate most of my time and income to her, but I still want to partake in this hobby I’ve had for over a decade.
In addition to my baby girl, I also have two fur babies! 🐱🐱 I also have a loving husband that has always supported my interests and hobbies, and even likes some K-POP himself! (He enjoys a lot of Dreamcatcher’s music as well!)
Outside of K-POP, I am an avid reader, writer (original fiction), and gamer. I primarily play Final Fantasy XIV Online, but I also enjoy Final Fantasy single-player games (FFX is my favorite title), and Pokémon RPGs (I’ve played these since Generation I, starting with Pokémon Yellow on the original GameBoy Color). I like a variety of music, but I primarily enjoy OST music outside of K-POP. Video game soundtracks and movie scores are some of my favorites; I find them relaxing, and I use them as music to write to.