So stans, how did you reach the stan status? what is the backstory of the relationship between you and your fave artist?

2011 will mark a decade since I became P!nk's stan It all started with Family Portrait (song+video). I barely spoke any English back then, but the song was so emotional, the video so heartbreaking that I fell in love with the song and the artist.

Then I learned English and I understood the lyrics. It made me fall in love even harder. Later I kinda lost her during the Try This era, because it wasn't a popular era. But she bitchslapped me with Stupid Girls and I haven't cheated on P!nk since then. I signed up on her forum, signed up here, and I'm trying to be a supportive stan. There's no going back!

So how did your stanning evolve?

Shakira ever since Pies Descalzos back in the mid 90s when i was just a kid.

Blackout made me a stan

With GaGa I heard her songs in the summer of 08 and became a stan instantly. I remember telling people about her and they all said she sucked and well..... you know what happened next.

Complicated, and I was sold

I had never been a fan of pop music. I listen to them, i know about pop musician, who's hot who's not, what song is in and out yadda yadda but i did not necessarily dig them. So in this local music forum some people started a discussion about how this new chick called Lady GaGa (about the name, i was like, 'wut?' Lady GaGa, really?) is exactly Christina Aguilera's alter ego (i know. stupid discussion) i was like "who is lady gaga?"

this was like...1,5-2 years ago. After reading the discussion about this newb's music (when i wasn't really interested), i accidentally watched this hella long music video called Paparazzi at the hotel where i stayed with my bf.

That was the start. When i had my jaw dropped and amazed by a music video and pop music (the last time i had the same feeling was when i watched Madonna's Frozen) and a persona by the name of Lady GaGa. After that i did some research, buy some music, and now here i sit. A proud Lady GaGa stan.

now she shares the same spot in my heart along with 6 others musician i love most in my whole life (Buckethead, Muse, Sigur Ros, Carcass, Kraftwerk, Rachmaninoff)

my 7 wonders of music

Poker Face (song+video) + VMA 2009 performance = I'm sold.

Same here

In 2004 I got into jpop, especially Ayumi Hamasaki. Gerry (Zephyr) was more into Utada Hikaru and he was always trying to get me into her. I liked Utada's English album, especially the songs Devil Inside and Exodus '04, but I always regarded her as inferior to Ayumi. We had many heated debates about this. I think I gave some of her Japanese stuff a try and didn't like it all that much. I was really really into Ayumi. During 2005 I started loving Exodus '04 more and more, it was such a mesmerizing song and it had amazing longevity for me. At the time I attributed my love for this song to Timbaland, who produced it.

Then in September of 2005, Utada released a new Japanese song, Be My Last. I really loved this song and its video, and I started appreciating Utada's own talent more and more. I was starting to become a fan.

Two months later, in November, Utada released the song Passion. It changed my life. It was the most beautiful song I had ever heard. It was like all other music was dull and lame compared to it. I could not listen to anything else. Her voice, her production, her lyrics. It was all Utada and it was all so amazing. I really felt reborn after listening to this song. Like I had reached a higher level of existence. Since that fateful day in November I have been stanning for Utada, and I will never stop.

Pretty interesting stories.

My love affair with Janet began right after Michael Jackson's death. I remember watching What Have You Done For Me Lately on MTV and going to her discography. The first album of hers I bought was 2001's All For You. I'd always loved the title track but discovered more gems of hers like Someone to Call My Lover and Doesn't Really Matter.

As I slowly began to download her singles, I got more and more into her. The next one I bought was Rhythm Nation 1814, 2 months after my love affair began. It sealed the deal for me and I went on a buying spree, buying janet., The Velvet Rope, Damita Jo, 20 Y.O., Control and Discipline. A friend gave me Design of A Decade and in just one year, I can proudly say that I have 10 Janet Jackson albums and 2 Janet Jackson singles (That's The Way Love Goes and I Get Lonely).

There was a topic on this where I posted


Poker Face video had me addicted.
The Fame made me a stan.
Paparazzi vid was so beautiful.

My life changed on August 1, 2001 when we got the Disney Channel and I was introduced to a little show called Lizzie McGuire. Then, I really became a stan of Hilary Duff when she started her music career. I love the girl because she is a true underdog, people love to **** on her because of her past but she is talented and beautiful, she never speaks a negative word about anyone (besides Faye Dunaway) and she is the true definiton of a classy woman.

September 2002. Cheryl was a contestant on Popstars: The Rivals and she wasn't the best singer of the bunch of contestants, but I was genuinely mesmerized by her. I voted for her to get into Girls Aloud, and there she done it. When Sound of the Underground came out, I bought the CD Single and pointed to her picture on the cover and said she's my favourite, Cheryl Tweedy.

Well, my dad has always been a huge music fan in general.. his music taste/collection is so diverse, but as a little girl.. I remember, he would hand me a cd player and put headphones on me and make me listen to Mariah Carey and Michael Jackson everyday. I immediately fell in love with both of their music and I guess you could say I became a fan of both from there. As I got a little older, I drifted more towards Mariah and her music and once the 'Heartbreaker' video came out.. it sealed the deal. I was hooked on Mariah . As the years have gone by, I've grown to be an even bigger fan/stan of hers. I love her more than any other artist and I don't see that changing EVER. She's so inspirational, Mariah's music..her words/lyrics have helped me get through so many hard times. Her music was there for me when nothing else and nobody else was and I can't thank her enough for it. Of course, I think her talent is crazy and she was blessed truly with a gift from god... I could go on forever and ever.. but I'll stop, lmao.


Lamb 4 Life

On December 17, 1998, on a cold ass day in Louisiana the words, "Oh baby, baby" belted from television screen. I had seen a girl with pigtails dancing around in a naughty schoolgirl outfit and remember immediately becoming entranced. The dancing, the chorus, the flips, the outfits, and dancers all had me sold. I waited to see the name of the musician at the end of the music video and "Britney Spears" appeared. From that day forward I became obsessed with the song and music video, recording it on cassette tapes every time it played on the radio and recorded the video on VHS every time it played on television. I would always convince my parents to buy me any magazine she was on the cover of or had a centerfold spread about her. She adorned my wall with poster of TLC, Aaliyah and the Spice Girls.

By the time her next album came around, I held possession of all the awards she attended, tv performances, interviews, tv specials, etc...on VHS. I requested her songs on Radio Disney religiously every morning and night, even more if it was summer time. The Oops era brought me into SUPER FAN mode in regards to her. At Midnight, I waited in line to purchase the Oops!...I Did It Again album with my Auntie and cousin at Wal*Mart. I purchase my first album every that evening with my own money...and bough a few singles as well. When she began her to come public with her childhood friend, Justin Timberlake, I immediately was so happy for them and absolutely loved the idea of my favorite artists dating my one of my favorite members from N'SYNC. I read fanfiction about their relationship way back in the gap and they were so good, but fanfiction.net removed the artists section years later for some reason and all those masterpieces were lost. All I have is "Matters of the Heart."

The Britney era brought me from a super fan to a "stan." The girl was just EVERYTHING this era. I felt like I was transitioning and growing up alongside her. The new album, AMAZING TOUR, and commercial blitz were all amazing during this era, but nothing topped me MEETING her in person. She was sooooooooooooooooooo sweet and kind to me and I see exactly why people always call her a sweetheart and kind when talking about their experiences meeting her. I met her in the summer of 2001 at a McDonald's joint in Los Angeles when I was visiting family there. She was with Justin and Big Rob, waiting in line right behind me. I completely was starstruck and all she could do was chuckle lightly at my astonishment. I expressed to her calmly after getting my brain to work again how much a big fan of hers I was. She thanked me for the support and I got her autograph on a McDonald's napkin. She noticed my accent and asked if I was from the south and I mentioned I was from Louisiana like her. She was like, "OMG.....I can so go for some crawfish right now." I asked for Justin autograph, but he seemed to be annoyed with me and was quite rude. On their way out she apologized for his rudeness and blamed it on being tired. Big Rob was nice too, but he kept me at a distance in the beginning. Since that day I will never forget my meeting BRITNEY SPEARS. The kindness, down-to-earth personality, and generosity of hers toward me will NEVER be forgotten. I was really sad to see her personal relationship with Justin fall apart because no matter how much my views of him changed, they truly were great together. She ended up partying and made some not so great choices, but I defended her because she is human and I have seen a lot worse done by family and friends, so when they tried to diss her I shoved their mistakes in their faces as well.

In The Zone, just gave me such life with it's creative and diverse tracklisting. Her dancing had stepped up, her writing had stepped up, she produced, and composed music on her piano. She was giving me all I needed to effectively stan for. I was sad to hear about her knee and eventually her marriage to Kevin, who I was skeptical about from the very beginning. I stood by her because I knew she just wanted a family at that point and quite frankly it's her decision to make, not mine or anyone else.

Her divorce and downward spiral into her breakdown was heartbreaking to watch. The Blackout era produced such great music, but so many drama and problems as well. I felt so bad for her because she seemed to have lost her way and was making all types of bad decisions, then only to find out she's suffering a breakdown. People took advantage of her state, kicked her while she was down, and dragged her through the mud. I defended her relentlessly through late 06-mid 08 religiously, while others jumped off the bandwagon or dissed her. A TRUE STAN sticks by their fave through the not just the good, but the VERY BAD as well and I did that. That night where she was wheeled off in the stretcher and placed in the 51/50 hold was sold incredibly sad. I couldn't stop thinking about, how did this all happen? She wasn't the same sweet and bubbly girl who was ambitious to be mega popstar like her idol growing up, Madonna. Instead I seen a lost girl who had fell and everyone around her all kicked her while she was down to the point of unconsciousness.

Soon her family fought to rid her of the leeches and enablers that suffocated her. Slowly, i started to see the old Britney, but much more timid and a shadow of her old self (personality-wise). The Circus era started up and I began to feel giddy again at the opportunity to hear more music and get a new tour. I just couldn't help but feel inspired by her. It takes a big person to comeback from all that she has went through in front of the entire world. She hit rock bottom for everyone to see and criticize, yet she got back up started to work her way back up. She's not fully there yet, but she has made tremendous progress and I continue to be proud of her for all she has overcome.

That's my stan history. There are a lot of errors to be fixed (proofreading, but I don't feel like doing it...so I will leave all as is).

oh god, Foxay

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edit: I didn't plan to read yours, but I like the beginning so far, so I'll finish

What can I say? TEH QUEEN INSPIRES ME!

aww you meeting her part was cute. I knew Justin was a douche though