Did Kpop create artists' fandom names?

idk

No, I don't think so. I think that fandom names from music artists are based off of fandom names for books, movies, show series, sports teams, etc. I think they come from those since fandom names have been around for a long time (especially in sports, I believe) like the Red Sox Nation was a fandom name made in 1986.

I don't know, but maybe kpop is the only one that the group themselves name their fandom? Because in all the western artists I've known it was the own fandom the one that came up with the name and then the artist would notice it and start talking about it too.

But that's just my experience

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I don't know, but maybe kpop is the only one that the group themselves name their fandom? Because in all the western artists I've known it was the own fandom the one that came up with the name and then the artist would notice it and start talking about it too.

But that's just my experience

Yeah that is what usually happens.

In the sports world, especially football, supporters of teams have had nicknames/fan names for decades - even for more than a century in some cases, and even within a teams supporter group there are occasions where a specific group of ultras has its own name. Why do kpop fans have to say everything starts from kpop. Is it a form of validation or something?

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no I mean fandom names of music artists/singers strictly. No one read my paragraph and it shows

Oh yeah, that's what I mean, like I think that all artist fandoms were inspired by fandoms outside of music :P

So I don't think other artists' fandom names are inspired by KPOP

Tbh I don't know many fandom names but from my observation western fandoms are just named after artist's name (like arianators, if I am correct about the name of course lol) while in kpop (and maybe among asian musical acts in overall) name of an act and fandom's name are mostly very different (like BTS- army, TXT-moa) so yeah, mayhaps you're right and in kpop it's more creative at least cause it comes directly from company, they create and announce it, while it the west it just comes up by itself

I agree with most people there, I think there were 'fandom names', but not official ones. Kpop groups really make themselves a specific name for their fandoms, and the name isn't just a derivative of the group's name.

For example the Directionners just called that themselves, I don't think their label at some point were like 'here is your name guys'.

someone give fans of LSM aka selfmate a fandom name