I will be using this one from Twitter. The newer releases have videos on Youtube.

I saw a video that before the show they will play the chants like this: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSAsPR4gN/ :) It's my first suju concert too so Im very excited!

For btob: Only one for me has melody split so half do the chorus rap and half do the vocals. Missing You has a fan chant that I can't listen to the song without hearing. Minhyuk' solo Tonight (with Melody) is writen to be performed with Melody singing. Pray (I'll be your man) is the first fan chant that they did a video for I think.

This is exo mma 2016 "monster fanchants" which is soo good, exols outrap Sehun and Chanyeol and i think you can also find idols reaction compilations to EXO's fanchants on youtube

EXO’s Growl. I saw Monsta X perform it at a fanmeet and you could literally hear on the videos Monbebes get tripped up halfway through chanting the EXO members’ names

g.o.d's Lies. Literally any crowd who hears this song live knows to sing the second voice in every line of the chorus, and also to shout "G! O! D! JJANG!" at the top of their lungs when the beat drops just before the big high note of the bridge. This is g.o.d performing it in 2023, a whole 23 years after the song was released. This is a performance of it by random people in I Can Hear Your Voice in 2016. 1:12 for the iconic chant. This one is a performance for SBS Gayo Daejun 2009 by g.o.d's Kim Taewoo, K.Will, 2PM's Junsu, and SHINee's Jonghyun. 1:06 for the chant. And this one is SHINee singing the song acapella back in 2016 with full second voice and fanchants.

Seventeen. My personal favourite is of Sumicha/Getting Closer.

https://acesse.one/RnI7N

I don’t think you need to label it :) if you think you’re a fan of something, then you’re a fan. You don’t have to know every single thing about.

Idk about other people but for me personally, i consider myself a fan when i go beyond just being a casual listener, and i start paying attention to the group more closely. I use “stan” to refer to when someone is a HUGEE fan of something, but i know a lot of people use it more loosely/casually lol, and that’s why i think you shouldn’t stress out about it because people use whatever they like.

You can also define what you’re being a fan of, if that helps. E.g being a fan of their music, being a fan of their live performances, being a fan of their variety content..etc.

If you think it’s all of that, then you’re a fan of them.

Literally just whatever you want. There are no requirements. Enjoy whatever content you want, and as much or little as you want. I'm a fan of a lot of groups, but basically all I do is listen to the music and watch music videos. But if you wanna do more, then great! If anyone gives you a hard time about it, ignore them. Don't let anyone tell you how to live your life or how to enjoy things.

It's really up to you... If you say you listen to one song of theirs and is a "fan" you'll be totally in the right screw anyone who says otherwise and tries to gatekeep.

Step 1: enjoy their music

There is no step 2

Oh, dear. I remember going through this exact dilemma two years ago, when I was a new fan to kpop.

Everyone has different standards for that question. Although in my opinion, if you follow the group for their music, and if their songs click with you, you're a fan. Some call these "casual fans" of said groups. Now if you interact with the fandom, know the inside jokes, the members, etc then I would say you're a (insert name of fandom, ie, army/stay/moa/etc). And no, you don't need to be attracted to the members— that is not necessary to be considered a fan in any way.

Kind of a basic choice I know, but I really like Obsession's fanchant. It suits the villain concept a lot, when fans are shouting the "I want you, I want you" in the beginning of the song. 

i love the call me baby fanchant. The part where everyone goes "E, X, O, LISTEN, WE, ARE, EX, O" so darn sick.

I like UN Village fanchant the most! Its easy and makes the most sense

Growl's Exo K and Exo M. Brings back the nostalgia.

Absolutely the Mars fanchant created by Kyungsoo!!! It's super fun and cute, most notably the samgyeopsal line 😊

"Will be with you, Doh Kyungsoo!" "Best in the universe, Doh Kyungsoo!" "I can't forget you!" "Tonight's dinner is samgyeopsal!"

The only “fanchant” I have ever heard at a US concert is barking LOL

You can check other KPOP artists' concerts and observe if they do it or not. There aren't any standards for any concerts, and it entirely depends on the people attending. For example, here in the Philippines, we sing along the entire song with the artist, and this happens to every single concert we have. I do it, too, and follow fanchants from time to time, but not always.

At the end of the day, do what you feel like to do and you should have fun!

the stans might know them and do them but generally fanchants are not a thing in the west. Usually people just sign along in general

The gorilla chants is a thing

for North America, the only song I can see everyone chanting loudly together in unison for is CRAZY (girling girling parts) cuz this track really hits hard live

and maybe just maybe the "KimChaewon-Sakura-HuhYunjin-Kazuha-HongEunchae-Piona-LeSseRaFim!" chant used at the beginning & end of certain songs like Come Over

I think there should be some YouTube videos for this :)

Fanmade ones of course. Just search for “Blackpink Pink Venom fanchant” for example and you should find some guides. I think the best ones are probably the ones where the pinks are performing and you can head the fanchant at the same time, but they should all work :)

The Korean name for NMIXX is 엔믹스 which is pronounced as en-mik-seu. You’re likely hearing that final -eu sound when they chant their name.

It’s to do with how Korean works. Broadly speaking, Korean words are comprised of syllables, that are themselves comprised of a starting consonant, a vowel, and an ending consonant. Either consonant can be omitted or silent, but every syllable must have a vowel.

NMIXX is spelt 엔믹스. First syllable is 엔, which is comprised of ㅇ (which, when used at the beginning of a syllable, is silent), ㅔ (which is often romanised as “ae” but makes a short “eh” sound, as in “pen”) and ㄴ(which is simply n). Together it is “aen” The next syllable 믹 has the same structure. ㅁ=m ㅣ=i, and ㄱ=k. But this syllable has now used up its starting consonant, vowel, and ending consonant, but so far we only have aenmik.

To emulate the “x” sound, we need an “s”, so we must start a new syllable: 스. We have our ㅅ=s, but every syllable must have a consonant, so a ㅡ is used, which is romanised as “eu” and makes a sound that linguists call a schwa, which is kind of the neutral vowel. It’s the vowel that results when you relax all the muscles in your mouth that form articulation and vocalise. It’s the same sound as the first “a” in “arena” in most English accents. At the end of that, we have aenmikseu This was probably an unnecessarily long explanation but hopefully you get it now.

Sort of, but not exactly. X in English isn't a sound. it's two sounds, k and s. The extra vowel at the end comes not from x, but from the format of Korean not allowing consonants to stand on their own. An English word can end with the s sound, but a Korean word must have a vowel after, and it becomes an entirely new syllable. 엔믹스 sounds a bit more like enmikseu,

It has a different meaning in the context of Kpop, though some people do prefer not to use it because of its etymology (which isn't that great for fan either if we are being honest)

In fandom spaces people might use stan and fan interchangeably, or differentiate between them. If they do differentiate, stan refers to you having mental connection to the group and group disbanding would cause you mental distress (not necessarily severe though) etc., whereas fan refers to more casual involvement still level above casual listening when the music comes from the radio

Words change and adapt new meanings all the time. It's basically synonymous with fan now.

It has lost the original meaning, it basically means just a dedicated fan at this point. It's not used just in kpop, fans of western pop stars refer themselves as stans too. Words often change meanings over time and this is one of them

>The term stan literally means stalker+fan.

That’s not an objective truth, that’s a theory. Idk why no one has mentioned this yet but I guess it’s because most people here are either Gen Z or started listening to hip hop in like, 2013.

It was originated from Eminem’s song “Stan” in 2000. It’s about a fan, named Stan, who was obsessed with Eminem because he felt he could relate to the lyrics (Lyrics about r***, mur***, etc. Eminem was basically purely about shock factor back in the day in case you didn’t know). So obsessed that he started dressing and acting like him. Stan wrote fan mail to Eminem regularly detailing his obsession and how he felt like his love wasn’t being reciprocated because Eminem wouldn’t write back. In reality something was wrong with the mailing system and Eminem’s response letters were being held up. This culminated in Stan locking his pregnant girlfriend in a trunk and driving his truck off a pier in order to get Eminem’s attention, accidentally forgetting to get out of the car first himself in the process. As Eminem gets stans final letter, he see’s the aftermath of Stan’s story on the news.

The character in the song was likely only named Stan because it rhymes with fan, a word used many times in the song. Eminem being one of the biggest active acts in the world at the time, pop culture just ran with it. It being a combination of stalker and fan is a theory that doesn’t really have any actual validity, and even if it did, would still be relegated to being a theory about that specific character.

Stan has different meaning in Kpop in my opinion as kpop many many extra contents other than releasing music.

When I say I stan this group it means I follow them with their career. Like I stan BP , so I watch their every content and I'm up to date with what they are doing in their career and I buy their album(Lisa is mentoring with ywy2, Rosé is doing her solo promotion so now I'm watching their content. when snowdrop will release I'd watch that too). I would say stanning in kpop means growing up with the group.

And when I say I'm a fan of these group, I mean I don't watch everything they release or do. I mean I'm a casual fan and I love watching them. Like I'm a fan of mamammo, red velvet so I listen to their music or sometimes watch their fun content.

Congrats! Fansigns are so much fun, even if you don’t speak much Korean. In my experience the members are always very kind and considerate about your limited language capabilities and some will even try to speak to you in English!

I agree that it’s probably better to tailor the questions to the group members and their interests.

Questions I’ve asked before:

• Who’s the funniest member in the group?
• What’s your favorite drinking game?
• What’s your current go-to video game?
• What’s your favorite color?
• What Korean food do you recommend?

Simple questions that can spark conversation. If you’re obviously foreign, the group members will probably ask you where you’re from, why you’re in Korea, etc. You only have about 45-60 seconds with each member so you probably won’t have to struggle to find things to talk about! Also, idols are very good generally at communicating with fans, even through language barriers.

If you’re interested in asking any of the above questions by the way, let me know and I can get my translations for you.

If you don’t have a Korean friend to double check your Korean or translate for you, Papago generally does a decent job with translation. Even if the translation is stiff/unnatural, the group members will probably understand what you’re trying to ask.

Also, if your group allows gifts, it’s always fun to show up with stuffed animals/plushies/headbands.

I’m so excited for you! Fansigns were one of my favorite kpop activities to do in Korea. The idols are so kind and communicative and appreciative. I always recommend that people try and go to a fansign while they’re in Seoul. It’s easier to do with less popular groups, especially girl groups. One of the groups I did a fansign for you only really needed to buy one album to get in!

Edit: I also find that the phrase “한국어 잘 못 해요” (“I don’t speak Korean well”) comes in very handy. If you start with that then the group members are prepared to speak with you in simple Korean/English.

Try to think of questions that you can actually understand what their reply will be, since your Korean is limited. Favorite games/musicians, which member annoys them most, etc.

혹시 (home country/region)에 간 적이 있어요? is a simple one that always gets a good response. Even when the response is "no", you'll get a sad face and a whiny "가고 싶어요"

Which group? It'd be pointless to ask GFriend their opinions on NWA for example

Most Koreans know enough English to be able to ask them simple questions if you speak clearly and slowly.