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The power of fandoms is best evident in the Kpop music industry. Catapulting their favorite artists onto the global stage and earning them massive recognition is all thanks to the dedicated fan bases of Kpop artists. But the fan labor does not go unnoticed. Over the years, Kpop acts have released some of the most heart-gripping songs dedicated to their loyal fans.
In 2013, SHINee released Misconception Of Us featuring the beautiful piano ballad, “Selene 6.23” written by member Jonghyun. The Korean title of the song translates to “the distance between you and me”. Selene is Greek for ‘moon’ and “6.23” refers to the date 06.23.2013 when there was a Supermoon phenomenon, during which the distance between the earth and the moon decreases.
In 2016, the K-Pop boy group released their debut studio album Love & Letter featuring the upbeat and bright track, “Healing”. The song was written by the members to convey how Seventeen and their fans go beyond love and in fact heal each other. The song amplified the power of their music with its message.
In 2017, one of the biggest girl groups in K-Pop announced their disbandment. “Goodbye” was written by 2NE1 as a farewell to their fans. While the song is heart-wrenching because of the context it was released in, “Goodbye” provides a sense of reassurance to the fans.
- Promise, 2014 by EXO
Released after a tumultuous year, “Promise, 2014” was written by members Chen, Chanyeol, and Lay expressing the struggles that the group and the fandom went through together. The song echoes the group’s catchphrase, “we are one” reciprocating the love that their fans have shown them.
BTS hits their fans with the harsh reality that things are bound to get tough. However, they share their own stories of hardships on this song reassuring their fans that they are not alone in the struggle. BTS manages to provide comfort through tough love.
The first song to be written by all nine members as a response to fan letters received by TWICE, the song conveyed their sincerity to the fans. In true TWICE fashion the title of the song has two meanings, it stands for ‘TWICE’, ‘ONCE’, and ‘TWICE has 9 members’ and simply that the title was decided at 21:29 hour.
A truly dedicated song for the fans, “Sweat” is a hidden track heard in the music video for their song “Eternally”. To listen to the song, fans were asked to unlock the track by answering quiz questions and little missions on the BigHit platform, Weverse.
On the surface, “Miracle” can seem like just another winter song, but in reality, the track has a somber origin story. Inspired and dedicated to a fan that passed away, the song and its music video depict the way we can create miracles for the people we loved the way GOT7 did for their fans.
- Losing You by WONHO
Debuting with a song thanking his fans was a bold move for singer Wonho but also the most appropriate as the fandom stuck by him through a very tumultuous time in his career. “Losing You” was a beautiful track focusing on Wonho’s lyricism and vocal skills.
- Dear Kamilia by KARA
Taking various forms, “Dear Kamilia” was originally released as the Japanese track, “Ima, Okuritai 「Arigatou」”. The song is dedicated by KARA to their fandom, Kamilia. The song’s release after the 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan made the song even more important.
Read the lyrics to all your favorite Korean songs on Genius. What is your favorite fan song?
Healing & Miracle 100% made me cry.
Wanted to throw in (albeit not as heart-wrenching and definitely more happy) Wanna One’s “Wanna Be (My Baby)” – made being a Wannable so easy and rewarding and overall so much fan service built into the song <3
https://genius.com/Stray-kids-you-can-stay-lyrics (ot8 version on SKZ2020) by stray kids and https://genius.com/Ateez-one-day-at-a-time-lyrics had me crying they love their stans so much i can’t ever leave them.😭 and https://genius.com/Stray-kids-i-am-you-lyrics (ot8 version on SKZ2020) as well made me cry. being a STAY,ATINY,ARMY,MOA is taking up my life and i love it. https://genius.com/Bts-we-are-bulletproof-the-eternal-lyrics made me cry too. they love ARMY.