Introduction
During times in 2020, many people have gained idols. However, the word “idol” has seemed to be taken the wrong way.
TikTok has gained a enormous amounts of users and installations, and on that app many celebrities take a platform. Such as Charli D’amelio, Addison Rae, Avani Gregg, Sienna Mae, and even celebrities who star in movies, TV shows, etc.
Mainly children get an idea to start a FanPage. FanPages usually contain edits, promoting whoever the account is made for, daily questions, etc.
However, what I have noticed is people took the word “idol” wrongly. There are very rare FanPages, as in not noticing more famous people because people on a certain app don’t know them.What is the definition of an idol specified?
Research wise, it is like worshipping a god. However, before many FanPages broke out, the word “idol” meant looking up to a person, have a mindset telling themselves that they were going to grow up to do what they do. Looking up to someone and them having something different that sparks to you.Who is my Idol?
For me, I do figure skating. I started to figure skate when I was around the age 7, and I started because of my ‘idol.’ My idol is a Korean Figure Skater called Yuna Kim. She has been worldwide famous for figure skating, however, not many non-Koreans and especially Gen Z know who this person is.
Yuna Kim was on the PyeongChang Olympics for Figure Skating 2018.
She gives me a different spark when she figure skates she always had a different movement of skating on the ice. She had a way of making things hard look easy and light. She makes me motivated, and feel like I need to practice more to become like my idol.So why am I bringing this up?
I am bringing this up so people can see the real definition of an idol, and not just randomly use it. Social media is very deceiving, and it gives off a wrong impression of words.
