Profile Of A K-Pop Fan: Girls' Generation's Algerian Fan Page Administrator Afra Bourouba On Why She's A SONE

NAME: Afra Bourouba

AGE: 21

BORN: Tripoli, Libya

HOME: Algiers, Algeria

CURRENTLY: Law student

FAN CREDENTIALS: Bourouba is an administrator of the Girls' Generation's Algerian SONEs page on Facebook (for the uninitiated, a SONE is another word for a Girls' Generation fan). Yet, she admits to still having unrealized K-pop dreams.  "I've never met a K-pop artist," she said. "I've never been to a show. I once wrote to Nichkhun of 2PM to congratulate him on his relationship, on Twitter when he had the fan chat, but he never read it."

INTRO TO K-POP:  "I got into K-pop thanks to a friend of mine," Bourouba said. "My earliest memory was the Big Bang song 'Haru Haru.'"

THE DIFFERENCE: "For me, what makes K-pop different from other pop music are the artists," Bourouba said. "They care about what their fans and society thinks about them. So, they don't do anything to ruin the image that was created in the fans' eyes."

K-POP MISCONCEPTIONS: "The biggest misconception that everybody has about K-pop is they think that the artists all look alike, or the boys look like girls," Bourouba said. "I've never understood why that is."

BIGGEST MOMENT: "My biggest moment as a K-pop fan was when I woke up one morning [back in April], opened my news page and found out that Tiffany of Girls' Generation was dating Nichkhun of 2PM," Bourouba recalled. "I cried immediately because of how happy I felt that members of two of my favorite groups were dating."

FAVORITE GROUP: Girls' Generation

WHY SNSD: "They are smart," Bourouba said. "They are funny. They care about their fans. Each one of them has her own personality, which makes them like no other group. And they are very talented beyond their obvious beauty."

FAVORITE SONG: "Into The New World"

WHY: "Not only because it's their debut song, but also because it always gives me hope and faith to carry on doing what I love and to believe in myself, even through the hardship I face."

FAVORITE SOLO ARTIST: Ailee

WHY AILEE: "Her voice gives me goose bumps every time I listen to her," Bourouba said. "I respect the powerful energy Ailee has whenever she performs."

FAVORITE SONG: "U&I"

RISING STAR: Bangtan Boys (aka BTS)

"They are incredibly talented even thought they need to keep training on their high notes," Bourouba said. "However, their rapping and dancing skills are like no other. They just dominate."

THE FUTURE OF K-POP: "I think and I hope that K-pop will continue to rise in popularity and impact people's lives, because I know the impact it has had on me," Bourouba said.  "I also hope Girls' Generation become the longest active group in K-pop history, because I can't imagine my life without them."

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