The whole time I was fangirling over DBSK,somehow never once had I refered to myself as a Cassiopeia. I just never felt the need to associate myself with any fandom since I seemed to go ga-ga over all the boybands anyway. Again - boybands. Note that I was still not much of a girlgroup supporter.
All that changed in late 2008. I started listening to songs by girlgroups. Just listened, I watched their MV's as well but I didn't bother googling them up much. However, it was early 2009 when my love for girlgroups became REAL. After January 2009, I gave girlgroups the same level of love I gave the boybands I fangirl-ed over. Heck, 2009 was even the year I became even more learned about this whole K-Pop phenomenon.
So, what caused the sudden love rush for girlgroups? This -