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All-kill
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A song receives an “all-kill” distinction when it simultaneously reaches the #1 spot on all Korean music charts
| #1 spot |
RAK |
CAK |
PAK |
| all realtime charts |
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✕ |
✕ |
| all daily charts |
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✕ |
✕ |
| Instiz Weekly Chart |
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✕ |
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Akgae 악개 ahk·geh
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A fan who only stans one member of a group and actively dislikes other members. Shortened form of 악성 개인 aksung gaein “a malicious individual fan”
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Bias
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Your favorite member in a group, the idol you’re biased toward
- Ult/Ultimate bias
- The one idol you love most compared to alllllll other idols
- Bias wrecker
- An idol you have a fondness for, but is not your bias in your bias’ group
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Daesang 대상 deh·sahng
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At the end-of-year music award shows, the Daesang award is an honor given to one artist based on record releases and album sales. Literally “grand prize”
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I-Fan
- International fan. A kpop fan who doesn’t live in Korea. Kpop fans are all over the world, so don’t assume all non-Korean fans are Western/American fans!
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_____-line
- The term for grouping idols — think of it as the Western slang equivalent of "squad" or "crew". You’ll usually see this referred to as [year of birth]-line, [position]-line, etc.
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Netizen/knetz
- Portmanteau for “internet citizen.” Korean netizens are notoriously toxic in their critiques of idols (especially appearance) and blowing scandals out of proportion
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Point choreography
- The point dance or point choreography is the key memorable move of a song’s choreography, often featured in the chorus or bridge
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Project group
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A temporary group, ususally formed from a survival TV show (such as PD101 or The Unit) or made of idols from other groups (such as Cosmic Girls and Weki Meki forming WJMK)
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Sajaegi 사재기 sah·jeh·kee
- A method of manipulating chart rankings by a group’s own agency bulk-buying their albums. Literally “stockpiling”
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Sasaeng 사생 sah·seng
- Stalker fan, not in a cute “stan” way. 사 sah “private” 생 saeng “life” — referencing the fan’s invasion of an idol’s private life
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Sub-unit
- A smaller group within a larger group. Sub-units have their own name and concept, typically exploring a different genre than the main group focuses on