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Culture tipSeptember 5, 2026
Korean fans learn the chants before the show
- In a Korean concert hall the audience is not there to watch. Every song has its own call-and-response pattern, and it is called the fan chant.
- The order the members' names are called in, the lines the crowd answers with, even the parts that stay quiet, are all fixed. None of it is improvised.
- One to two weeks before a show, fan accounts post chant guides. Search the group's name with 응원법 on X and you will find videos with the words and the timing on screen.
- You do not need all of them. Five to ten of the best-known songs will carry you through most of the night.
- The official lightstick connects by Bluetooth to the venue's control system. That is why a whole hall changes colour at once or moves like a wave. Nobody is doing that by hand.
- An overseas fan who joins in even partly is noticed immediately by the people beside them. It does not have to be perfect.
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