K-pop in the YouTube era: 'Sajaegi'

By David Tizzard
It is natural to be a fan of something or someone, and therefore fandom is sometimes mistakenly assumed to not require study or investigation. It's just something that we all do in our own little way.
But fandom is performative. That is, individuals become fans through the performance of fandom. Football fans, opera fans, and K-pop fans will all carry out particular performances relevant to their interest and this kind of performance in turn affects their dress, linguistic choices, mannerisms, spending habits, and so on.
And even if two people are a fan of the same thing, their level of devotion will probably differ. Some theorists divide such people into either "followers and fans" or "admirers, fans, and cult fans." More colloquially, we now have "stans," "sasaeng" fans, "antis," and so on.

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