K-pop World: Black Ocean meaning Explained
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The K-pop world has its own terms and ways of appreciating a k-pop group performing on stage similar to the one that’s called the Black Ocean. Well, if you are a diehard k-pop fan then you certainly must be knowing about the term Black Ocean and how it affects performance. But in case you are clueless about it. Then here we are to make you understand the meaning Black Ocean holds in the k-pop world.
Read ahead to know more about the Black Ocean and its meaning in the k-pop world.
Black Ocean and its connection with the k-pop world
You might have seen k-pop groups growing popular with the passage of time and then having a light stick of their own for the fans. Which fans use when they attend a concert of that group. What fans does the best with this light stick is they turn it on when their favorite group is performing. This is done as an act of support for the k-pop group.
A Black Ocean is a very well planned act, is not something you come up with at the last minute. It’s something that harms artists, imagine working day and night to perform hoping for people/ fans to enjoy your stage and you just see: Black, nothing, no light+
— MR.JORDAN (@Mr_jordan69) July 26, 2022
When fans turn on the light stick during a performance in a concert. The ocean of light among the fans is a delight to watch. It’s an act of support for the k-pop groups. But that’s not all the opposite happens too when they turn off the light stick during a group’s performance to show their lack of support. Which creates Black Ocean among the audience. Black Ocean in the k-pop world thus means the part of the audience that shows a lack of support during a performance by turning off their light stick.
The Lighsticks are known in kpop: almost all fandoms have an official one, we wave and light our lightsticks to show support, to show love, to show that we acknowledge artist’s work and efforts to perform.
— MR.JORDAN (@Mr_jord an69) July 26, 2022Advertisement
When does the Black Ocean occur?
Usually when a group audience is not supporting a k-pop group or its performance then only one can witness a black ocean among the audience. This site is mostly seen in concerts where more than one k-pop group is performing.
Sometimes, it may be due to a lack of interest in the performance of the group. Or sometimes it’s an act by the opponent group’s fans. Where they willingly turn off their light stick to create a black ocean. In the k-pop world, there have been several instances where the black ocean occurred.
"Fans aren't that toxic before"
— shun (@kibumkeyk_) December 26, 2020
Also fans during 2008 dream concert when Girls' Generation is still a rookie and performed in black ocean while SUJU and TVXQ's fans screaming Wonder Girls pic.twitter.com/0e2YJ78F0Q
Which k-pop groups have faced the black ocean?
Though all these in the k-pop world seem like a normal things. However, both oceans of light and the black ocean do affect the performance of a k-pop group. In fact, there have been many such k-pop groups where that saw a black ocean during their performance at events.
One of them was Girls Generation, where during their performance in the year 2008. They saw a black ocean during their performance at the Dream concert. No doubt there were other k-pop groups to perform at the event too. In 2015, even Seventeen had such an experience of a black ocean during their performance for MAMA Awards.
BTS too had to face a black ocean during Melon Music Awards. Where the fans of Exo group as revenge turned off their light stick for BTS.
so seventeen experienced a black ocean, way back 2015??at first I didn't believe to this because SEVENTEEN on MAMA 2015 is one of the most iconic performance of them… getting a black ocean is so harsh😭 every kpop groups doesn't deserve this…😭 pic.twitter.com/T5xoiFvAzJ
— wen (@awwwoozi1) August 20, 2020
bts received black ocean way back in 2013-2016, all fans turning off their lightstick in every awarding shows when it's bts time to perform but look at them now, owning the whole kpop awarding shows like their own concert. pic.twitter.com/GOIi9i15Sl
— divi⁷ (@tkluvus) June 11, 2020
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