Stan vs Fan

I neither spend money not have an emotional attachment nor do I defend nor attack any such groups...

I like their content and their music and that's it ...

hence I'll just classify myself as a fan...

oh and this...

A stan is someone that contributes significant time to their favs whether it's through streaming or literally taking about them online lol

Someone on here posted that a stan is a stalker + fan lmaoo

I would say stan is more like a dedicated fan and fan is just used in a more casual context like when you like a group but they arent exactly your ult...

when talking about kpop

Obsession tier:

1. Stan
2. Fan
3. Me
4. Casual listener

I used to be a stan early on when I got into K pop to the point of obsession, but nowadays I only take a passing interest in it which just makes me a fan. I have never bought any merch, but was still passionate about my bias groups. My definition of stan was being fanatical and a fan just admiring a group and their music.

Quote from HardcoreBLINK

A stan is someone that contributes significant time to their favs whether it's through streaming or literally taking about them online lol

I like that definition the best

Quote from superyeah

If it's a part of your lifestyle, you're a stan. If you just like the music and wouldn't necessarily call it part of your identity, you're a fan. That's my perspective.

Also... selfmate You beat me to it! I saw you posted in here and immediately thought of "Stan" by Eminem. He started this whole thing and "stan" actually used to have a negative connotation to it, meaning "unhealthily obsessed fan." Interesting how it's just a casual and neutral term now.

exactly one should watch stan's MV and listen to the lyrics and then come to the conclusion if you are a stan lol

(in which case hopefully no one will!!!!!)

Quote from MissBehave

*Looks at users aesthetics, badges, and guild* You're somewhere between fan and casual listener of Twice? *Looks again*....

Well.. I'm not committed to streaming, buying, and voting

I'm a girl group fan

I stream girl group songs on the regular

I don't even know what Seohyun is up to half the time, don't follow her on Instagram and I hardly even talk about her lets be real.

so yea I'm a fan of Seohyun, I still like her very much but no where close to call myself a stan let's be real.

i would think a fan is someone who follows up on music and know basic names, company and stuff, while a stan is someone who's more invested in the artist

I consider myself a stan when I have a parasocial attachment that makes me go beyond their music and consume their non-musical content.

If it's about voting and streaming then I believe I've already been kicked out from all my fandoms.

In the end, only you can say if you are or not a stan.

Quote from peachyjoon

i would think a fan is someone who follows up on music and know basic names, company and stuff, while a stan is someone who's more invested in the artist

Quote from omnimorphism

I consider myself a stan when I have a parasocial attachment that makes me go beyond their music and consume their non-musical content.

If it's about voting and streaming then I believe I've already been kicked out from all my fandoms.

In the end, only you can say if you are or not a stan.

Yeah this is always how I saw it as!

Like I'm a TWICE stan for sure as I've bought their albums and even traveled to Chicago and paid to see them in concert. I'm also a stan for T-ara even though I've only bought 1 album but I can say I know more information about T-ara than TWICE.

As for fan it's any musical artist that I enjoy listening to beyond just 1 or 2 songs and I follow their releases which would be EXO, BTS, and SHINee for me.

Quote from omnimorphism

I consider myself a stan when I have a parasocial attachment that makes me go beyond their music and consume their non-musical content.

Quote from emanresu

My personal definition is if one has an emotional attachment to a group.

I consider that a Stan.

I agree here.

That's my definition too

I swear people are always asking the stupidest questions...

This is a fan:

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And this is Stan:

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I am a stan and a fan. So for me:

I stan BTS - know most of their discography, spend time and money on them, knows unhealthy amount of BTS trivia, recognise individual shadows or any other body parts (well 75% of the time) lol

I am also a fan of few other kpop acts - know selected discography, help stream or give engagements to their releases, don’t spend money on them, still have problem telling some of them apart sometimes (it’s more for the music not for the group).

So that’s my definition of stan vs fan