I hate when fans use idol's real name instead of their stage name

I will continue calling them by their real names.

like blinks calling rose chaeyoung? jk that never happens

It's like fans calling The Weeknd Abel. Who tf is that?

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It's like fans calling The Weeknd Abel. Who tf is that?

I mean, the weeknd sounds way cooler than Abel

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It's like fans calling The Weeknd Abel. Who tf is that?

The Weeknd

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The Weeknd

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Haha it's not a big deal if you can just look up their names right? 😆

wheres the akorns in that? ill settle for making a thread and complaining ty

I don't think it's an issue when they make it a specification that you can do it.

But doing it of your own volition indicates a level of familiarity that you are not owed by them.

I saw the same opinion on reddit too. Personally I prefer stage names, it’s easier for me because their real names are similars.

I think people do that to feel closer to their favs

if as long as artists allow it and fans follow the boundary, why do non fans care?

Sometimes the stage names are just too ugly, its better to pretend they dont exist

Well you should blame the members themselves, they are the ones starting this mess, they even has to choose what name they want to be called sometimes.

no because calling kyungsoo d.o. just doesnt feel right

I only the real name for Taehyung. "V" feels too short. It could be assumed as a typo.

I stan Twice, so I don't understand this problem.

Lol I will not use stage names for bts

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Don't get me wrong i understand why they do it, they want to feel closer to their idols or something but it's so hard for non fans when there are discussions in here and they use real names! i never know who they are talking about! i have seen it mostly with BTS and some exo members i feel left out

TwiceKaren meet WhyKnock , he who thinks it is bad juju to call idols by their preferred stage names.

So Blackpink has Pranpriya Manoban and Roseanne/Chae-young Park

Then there is Ennik Douma

But he is particularly about another idol "She who must not be named" , else she will comeback and destroy K-pop, therefore calls her by her original name or madeup names of his own creation.

But he does not do so because he feels close with them.. I will let him explain why.

D.O officially goes by Kyungsoo tho that’s his actual acting name. Also neither fans nor non fans call D.O. as well D.O.

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Just want to say i understand why you people call your idols by their real names and i am not saying it's bad for you to do it, i am just saying that as a non fan since i am not familiar with their real names i sometimes get lost when people talking about them like i am a bit familiar with some but i could totally be wrong

I think people call J-hope Hobi or something? and i think Suga is yongi or something like that? and Kyungsoo is D O and i forgot Kai's but i know is used often too, RM i thought i knew it already but i can't seem to recall anymore it's just confusing to me, it's a me issue not saying fans are wrong to do it just that i personally dislike it because it's hard to follow

Rm is Namjoon. i mean their real names are used in the fan chant instead of stage names so i guess its natural for many to also call them that and BTS seem alright with folks calling them with real names/stage names/nick names.

In my defense there was no was in hell I was gonna go around saying I stan rap monster

it's only confusing as nonfans. i thought there were like 5 other bts members at first bc everyone was using their real names instead of their stage names and i was like ????? how many people does this group even have??? until i googled it and realized what was happening

i get why fans do it it's just confusing for everyone else lol

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Does Jin have a real name? and also was i correct about Sugar? What about Jungkook? is that his real name?

Suga* is stage name of Yoongi

Jin uses short form of his name Seok Jin

Jung Kook uses his own name as stage name

J-Hope is stage name of Hoseok. Hobi is how hope-ie is pronounced in Korean so even intl fans call him that

RM stage name of Nam Joon

Jimin uses real name as Stage Name

V stage name of Tae Hyung

I like when it's fanchants

it's so classy

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In my defense there was no was in hell I was gonna go around saying I stan rap monster

Imagine him just being known as Joon. That's a cool sounding name, which isnt always the case when Korean names are translated into English. They never had to introduce Rap Monster, RM or anything else. Just Joon.

I think Hoseok and Jhope loses out the most. His Korean name is way too easily made fun of by locals, kids get bullied with names like that, it's literally pronounced Ho-Suck. But then some fans find Jhope cringey too. But as someone said, Hobi is a perfect stage name for him, it references his Korean name while also sounding cute to locals.

Imagine BTS as just this:

Jin

Jimin

JK

Hobi

Joon

YG

Tae

I think fans also take their cues from members

like others said BTS use their real names in the fanchant and they often use them when they talk to each other or about each other

so fans just copy that. I mostly use short forms for convenience, so Jin, JK, Jimin, Suga/Yoongi, RM/Joon, Hobi and Tae are the names I type the most. I dislike one letter names tbh, I often read people using v for very and get confused.

In Stray Kids I call Lee Know, Han and I.N Minho, Jisung and Jeongin, respectively when I'm between other fans. When I do threads, tho, I always take care to call them by their stage names, because I know people could mistake for SHINee's Minho or NCT Dream's Jisung LIKE