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What is the Fancam situation?
Basically, a fancam is footage focusing on a single member of a band, usually while the group is performing. Any fan’s footage can be a fancam, though many die-hards like to follow fansites for more professional footage of their favorite member.
What does Fancam mean?
For those who are new to K-pop fandom, a fancam is a video closeup filmed by an audience member during a live performance by a K-pop idol group.
What are K-pop fan cams?
Fancams are idol focused videos shot by members of the audience.
Why do Fancams exist?
Produced by fansites and proliferated by social media, fancams are videos focused on a specific idol during concerts, awards shows, or music variety show performances. If you only care about one member in the group (controversial, but OK), or if you want to highlight a specific member’s talents, these are for you.
How did Fancams start?
As I’ve mentioned, fancams originated on Twitter from the K-pop community. It was never supposed to be a meme or funny in any way shape or form, it was simply a way for fans to promote their pop idols. It was frequently used when those idols came from pop groups, to give individuals a little bit more attention.
Why are Fancams a thing?
As a phenomenon that has mostly been contained in Stan Twitter, the reply of a fancam usually signifies a level of loyal support. It may not even be malicious, as oftentimes people use fancams simply to get others interested in their favorite group, or to encourage fans of similar groups to follow their account.
Do companies pay for Fancams?
Videos of individual artists performing (known as “fan cams”) are also sold separately to businesses. Since the singers and management companies cannot claim their rights even though it’s a video of the singers themselves performing on the show, this has caused a conflict between them and the networks.
What happened to fancams on Twitter?
However, things have evolved in a somewhat strange direction with fancams and Twitter. If you enter the fancam Twitter hashtag, you’ll see an endless list of fancam clips. Most of them are posted in replies and posts entirely unrelated to K-Pop or even music. Fundamentally, fancams have transformed into Twitter spam.
What is a fancam and how to make one?
A person who loves K-Pop so much will create short videos of their favorite performers singing and dancing – that’s called a fancam. These videos rarely go above seconds, and K-Pop fans use all kinds of sources to create them.
Are all fancams recorded by the person who posts them?
Not all fancams are recorded by the person who posts them – in fact, it’s very rare. Who could afford all those concerts? Instead, it’s easiest to repurpose the videos you find on Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, NicoNico, or other common online video platforms.
What are K-pop fancams and why are they so popular?
In a very predictable turn of events, K-Pop fancams have inspired others. Twitter and Instagram users around the world have taken this concept and made into something new. Now a Twitter search for fancams can lead to fan-made clips of a beloved celebrity doing something completely mundane, or standing on a red carpet at a glitzy event.