#the other day i watched a rlly long video essay by a lady who collects extant examples of historical shoes. she showed her collection

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I've been thoroughly enjoying your kpop takes recently 🤣 You seem very sane 👌👌

I just thought I'd throw in my thoughts since album collecting was brought up 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

(Please feel free to roast me as you see fit 🙏)

I love collecting albums but I don't really get the pre-ordering thing. I've pre-ordered a handful of albums before but people who pre-order theirs favs every single time? Why? You don't even know what it sounds like or looks like??

I collect albums for many different reasons. Of course if I really like the album musically I will buy it but I'm also really into photography and fashion and makeup ect and so if I feel mid on the album musically but I really like it visually I'll still buy it. I mean the album is 99% a picture book so like it seems justified to want to buy it based on the visuals. That being said I won't buy an album full stop if I hate it musically no matter how pretty. But if I'm just out and about in a place that sells albums I'll buy one as a silly $20 purchase every once in awhile too yk?

At the end of the day I think collecting can be as serious or unserious of a thing as you want as long as it's adding something positive to your life yk?

Seeing the different concepts and designs/layouts for albums is something I really enjoy from an artistic standpoint

Are my albums collecting habits/views too much? How much grass do I need to touch🤪🤪🤪

I also collect photocards but I would never buy multiples of an album to try to get the one I want. I just find the pc I want online and buy it 🙈

i'm not the ultimate arbiter of the line between normal behavior and insane wasteful consumerism, but i think you're very normal?!?

i love collectors. i think everybody needs a hobby, and i think there's a lot of merit to collecting physical media. kpop albums albums are a wealth of art and pop culture. and collecting is fun! i mean, i have a bunch of kpop albums myself, and one of my biggest regrets is not having any money in high school and not being able to buy copies of my favorite second gen kpop albums. one of these days i am going to buy the misconceptions for us and just spend a whole afternoon poring over the pages and listening to the albums over and over again!! i love love love my wayv albums, i have every single one and i really do frequently take them out and flip through the pages. the wayv albums, especially totm, are beautifully designed!!!

like, you're totally fine. i respect and love album collectors. but in the end, there's a huge difference between collecting albums, and blindly buying 10+ copies of the same album just to boost numbers for some dudes you think are hot.