Kpop in Public
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Challenge | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Kpop in Public |
| Date(s): | 2014(?)-present |
| Moderator(s): | NA |
| Founder: | |
| Type: | |
| Fandom: | K-Pop |
| URL: | |
| Click here for related articles on Fanlore. | |
Kpop in Public is a challenge about dancing to Kpop songs in public. Often, such videos are also "One Take" - that is, filmed continuously with no cuts or edits.
History and context
Perhaps the first incidence of this challenge was Jellybeannose with Dancing to K-Pop in Public (15,000 Subscribers Celebration!) in 2014 <ref>reddit comment claims "Jellybeannose aka Heather started it in Korea I think and it got like 200k+ views in a week in 2010 so I think she was one of the firsts if not the first." but the YouTube channel does not show such a video posted in 2010.
I don't know who exactly started it but it became a trend a few years ago. The fascination back then was that the "people in public" dont know K-Pop and gave the dancers weird looks or cheered them on. By now the term "K-Pop in Public" is thrown around everywhere. It takes away the joke when you are a well known huge dance formation performing in the streets of Thailand with prior announcement.
Examples
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Early Examples
- (2010 - Bandung) Kpop in Public in 2010! Flashmob | 2PM - Heartbeat In support of Jay from 2PM, when he left the group, part of a "Global Flashmob".