Lightsticks are an essential part of the K-Pop culture. K-Pop fans own beautiful lightsticks to cheer on their favorite artists. Each fandom has its own lightstick (and some with several versions already). Fans bring their lightstick to concert venues as well as other events.ย In times of COVID-19, fans still put on the light of their lightstick at home in front of their screens.
Lightsticks mean a lot to fans and idols. It is a sign of passion, unity in the fandom, and love for the artists. Fans cheer on their idols with these lightsticks, and idols receive energy from these.
However, in some cases, there are no lightsticks to light the stadium ... a Black Ocean.
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What is a Black Ocean?
Have you heard of the term Black Ocean? In K-Pop, Black Ocean refers to fans putting off the light of their lightstick during an event to show their dissatisfaction.
It is "black" because there is no light. As for "ocean", the term is used for the lightstick of fans shining in concerts. Also, during Black Ocean fans keep quiet as if the stadium is empty and even worst in some cases fans scream bad words to the group.
You will have understood that having a Black Ocean is not something an
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