Attempting to be individual is the "in" thing right now, I'm guessing.
But since it's the "in" thing, you're pretty much just getting into the mainstream, even though you don't realize that you are doing the same thing everyone is doing..you are.
Being individual is doing whatever you want, regardless of whatever the hell anyone else thinks. Think about you, and you only when it comes to your style, taste in music, books, etc.
SOme people think that being individual is liking what you want, but making sure other people like it too, and that you're not the poor, outcast sitting in the corner by themself.
In my opinion, it's hard to explain the difference between individualism and mainstream. You might guess this only because you may have NO idea what I just said in the above Paragraphs.
I myself, am struggling to understand what I just said, but you can all get the general point, right?