Song Fandom
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| Name(s): | song fandom | ||||
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| Scope/Focus: | music fandom that uses songs or the work of a musician as canon to base fanworks on | ||||
| Date(s): | ...? - present
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Song fandom is a somewhat meta-ish fandom in which fans create non-vid-based fanworks (usually fanfiction) for particular songs, or occasionally albums or a musician's oeuvre.[1]
During the annual Yuletide fic exchange it is common to see requests for fics about various songs' canons.
The LiveJournal and Dreamwidth community "5MinuteFandoms" and the associated AO3 collection is not limited to song fandom fanworks[2], but it includes multiple examples (including from Yuletide).[3][4][5]
The official music videos for songs also sometimes become fandoms in their own right, as the visuals and story-lines are usually distinct from and often unrelated to the song itself. For example the official music video of "Genghis Khan" by Miike Snow, that draws inspiration from classic spy movies, but with a romantic twist. The video tells a story of two characters: a James Bond-like secret agent and a villain reminiscent of classic Bond antagonists.
Song Fandom vs. Songfic
Song fandom fic differs from songfic.
In songfic, a fanwriter typically uses lyrics from a song as emotional shorthand to set the scene in parts of a fic set in the world of another medium's canon (such as a tv series, film, or book).
By contrast, although song fandom fics may also quote lyrics from a song and may even be crossovers with other fandoms, they tend to use the song lyrics as a departure point and as building materials for a setting or characters based on that song, instead of using the lyrics as a shorthand way to illustrate scenes or emotions for characters in another canon's world.
Example Song Fandoms
- "Best Song Ever" music video subfandom of One Direction. A few fics were also written about the song itself
- Danger Days/Killjoys verse, based on MCR's album plus music videos plus related material
- "Genghis Khan" music video by Miike Snow.
- "America's Suite hearts" music video by Fallout Boy.
- "Bad Blood" music video by Taylor Swift.
- "We Go Up" music video by NCT Dream.
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Example Song Fandom Fics
- Sincerely, L. Cohen by resonant, for the song Famous Blue Raincoat by Leonard Cohen.
- Jesse's Girl's Man by enigel for the song Jessie's Girl by Rick Springfield.
- A Day in the Life, Archived version by rimedio for the song Code Monkey by Jonathan Coulton.
- Ides of March, Archived version by pax for the song Re: Your Brains by Jonathan Coulton.
- Sweet Caroline by mjules for the song Son of a Preacher Man by Dusty Springfield.
- Finding My Religion by kayim for the song Son of a Preacher Man by Dusty Springfield.
- Being Good Isn't Always Easy by valderys, crossover between American Gothic and the song Son of a Preacher Man by Dusty Springfield.
Example Official Music Video Fandom Fics
- Just like in the pulp magazines by adreadfulidea, for the Genghis Khan music video by Miike Snow.
References
- ^ E.g., fics tagged "The Mysterious Production of Eggs (Album)" or fics tagged "Janelle Monae (Works)" at AO3.
- ^ "What this community is for: Any "fandom" that can be learned in approximately five minutes or less: songs, music videos, TV commercials, short poetry, artwork, or whatever else you can think of that fits in that category." From the community profile at 5minutefandoms.dreamwidth.org (Accessed 10 Jan 2012)
- ^ 5MinuteFandoms on LiveJournal (Accessed 10 Jan 2012)
- ^ 5MinuteFandoms on Dreamwidth (Accessed 10 Jan 2012)
- ^ 5MinuteFandoms collection at the AO3 (Accessed 10 Jan 2012)