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How I Became a K-Pop Stan, by a Gen-X Alternative Rock Queen

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How I Became a K-Pop Stan, by a Gen-X Alternative Rock Queen
Mar 25, 2026 8:55am PT How I Became a K-Pop Stan, by a Gen-X Alternative Rock Queen

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If anyone had told me five years ago that I would be a K-pop stan, I would have snorted with derision and cited my decades of indie-rock cred.

I grew up on the Boston music scene of the early ‘80s, where I used my fake ID to see Gang of Four, Echo & The Bunnymen and many others. Later I moved to New York, where I worked my way up through the indie music scene and two different alternative music magazines, ending up as the editor-in-chief of CMJ New Music Report, a since-shuttered college music weekly that helped launch the careers of R.E.M., Nirvana, Soundgarden and countless others.

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