In recent years, TikTok users have begun spoofing videos that romanticize cultures unlike their own, particularly those that fetishize East Asian, by depicting average day-to-day American life as “Americacore,” such as going grocery shopping.
@aestheticallyamerica so glad to see so many america coreists :)) hope you feel safe here!! #fyp #aesthetic #america #american #americacore #cute #foryou #usa #iloveamerica
@itsbeahoney this is satire obv #americacore #colonizercore
@pansaraxual americacore snack❤️✨🥺🇺🇸 #americacore #american #snacks #satire #fyp #xyzbca
Yet, “Americacore” is a real thing for those who are not American.
@urfaviberian
@li2dog #eastasia #china #chinese #influncer #costco #americacore #asethetic #vibe #fashion #asian
♬ Monkeys Spinning Monkeys – Kevin MacLeod & Kevin The Monkey
So, when our favorite K-Pop idols visit the United States, they often take pictures or vlog at locations that we would never look twice at. Here are 30+ of the most iconic “Americacore” moments, courtesy of K-Pop idols…
1. BTS’s J-Hope and Jin during American Hustle Life
This entire show screams #AmericaCore, but this duo posing with iconic characters at The Hollywood Walk of Fame…
…only to end up in a MV for YouTuber Ricky Dillon is just the epitome of Americacore.
2. After School’s Jooyeon posing by a tagged-up port-o-potty off of Melrose Ave, then pumping her own gas
3. Billlie’s Sheon posing in the cereal aisle and front of Mattress Firm
4. P1Harmony’s Keeho during 2023 P1Harmony LIVE TOUR [P1USTAGE H : P1ONEER]
The fact that he even captioned this post “AMURICUHCORE.” He knows what’s up.
5. KINGDOM’s Louis being amazed by Starbucks drink size
6. These pictures of Stray Kids’ Seungmin and I.N
7. This Dispatch photoshoot with BTS outside a random strip mall in North Las Vegas
8. SEVENTEEN’s Jeonghan posing outside some random person’s house
9. Brave Girls’ Yujeong with Starbucks
WHEN YOU GET YOUR FIRST STARBUCKS IN THE US 🤣 pic.twitter.com/e8czsz8OZP
— Brave Girls Files (@BraveGirlsFiles) July 10, 2022
10. ITZY visiting a Texas truck stop
11. This iconic moment from NCT’s Mark
no one:
literally no one:
mark lee: "party in the city where the heat is on all night, on the beach till the break of dawn welcome to miami" pic.twitter.com/p1uRls1oPv
— gypsy (@girIsgenerat1on) July 3, 2019
12. SEVENTEEN’s Wonwoo outside Walgreens
Wonwoo Walgreens is my favorite pic.twitter.com/UbL2lqrJYt
— ricky thinker (@kamdentofu) March 19, 2023
13. Apink doing a photoshoot at a random gas station
14. GOT7 randomly appearing in American news
GOT7 casually being in an international news https://t.co/ZL9nuegUwz pic.twitter.com/BEj3gJi5Du
— bebsiblue (@bambeong) November 10, 2021
15. CRAVITY’s Seongmin using $100 USD to pay for ice cream
16. NCT’s Taeyong and Jaehyun slaying in front of ATM
17. SEVENTEEN posing with the gum wall
Don’t touch it?!
18. Stray Kids filming their dance practice video in a neighborhood in California
19. TWICE in the middle of literally nowhere in Brooklyn, surrounded by warehouses
20. P1Harmony’s Intak in the shoe aisle
21. NCT in Trader Joe’s
jungwoo tried to buy a pie(?) but taeyong mom said no, but mark told him to secretly hide it in the cart so they could still buy it 😭 (2019) pic.twitter.com/1z7fpWpg8b
— jungwoo things (@kjwcentral) August 27, 2019
22. THE BOYZ’s Juyeon as a cone taking a picture with a cone at Coney Island
23. NCT at In-N-Out
24. VERIVERY in Walmart
verivery are so real shopping at walmart rather than target like, theyre just like me fr THEYRE JUST LIKE ME pic.twitter.com/Cahzn92umN
— Stream From Now to 1 mil or ya momma dies🤍 (@MyManHoseok) September 26, 2022
25. NCT doing a photoshoot at a pawn shop
26. TXT’s Soobin in Downtown Dallas
27. EXO’s Kai eating Chipotle
junmyeon: "what are you eating?"
jongin with the cutest voice: "mollayo. chicken burrito"
and he even had a chocolate milk next to him. he looked so excited to eat everything pic.twitter.com/zrXafO4M1M
— irene || 开 (@addictivejongin) March 29, 2018
28. NCT’s Doyoung with his gas station hotdog, covered in pickles
29. BIGBANG’s T.O.P at Turkey Hut in Houston
30. ONEUS in USA is next level.
31. OMEGA X’s Kevin and Yechan in front of a Family Dollar
32. SHINee at In-N-Out
33. KARD’s BM posing in front of a Botilleria
34. WJSN’s (Cosmic Girls) Bona looking at the ice cream truck’s menu
35. THE BOYZ’s Hyunjae outside the Cheesecake Factory
36. ATEEZ’s Seonghwa in the suburbs
37. THE BOYZ’s Q and Kevin walking to the gas station for a Slurpee in Texas
38. LABOUM’s Haein at the M&M store in Las Vegas
39. Wonho in front of frozen waffles
40. LOONA’s HeeJin and Kim Lip drinking Corona beer outside Target
heejin and kim lip drinking corona at midday in front of a target store… this is so unreal 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/nmJqd8sImi
— ًeun kim lip’s gf || ia (@rvsluvies) July 30, 2022
41. BLACKPINK at Target
Shop BLACKPINK’s ‘BORN PINK’ @Target exclusive box sets, available now!
▶️https://t.co/7fp3p5wXSH pic.twitter.com/7n7UOhGRi5
— BLACKPINKOFFICIAL (@BLACKPINK) September 19, 2022
42. LOONA walking through Target
Came to Target to get some kombucha and casually ran into LOOΠΔ @loonatheworld @loonalog pic.twitter.com/4OzQ1SuygD
— Paddington Boar (@joeyoinks) August 16, 2019
43. MONSTA X buying their album at Target
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