How long have you been using Twitter? If the answer is “too long”, you’ve probably heard of Twitter Fancams. However, if you are not young, you may not understand what these are all about.
When you log into Twitter, a fan cam pops up in the most unexpected places. In this article, we’ll cover the origins of fancams and how they evolved. We’ll also explain how best to use a fancam on Twitter.
What Exactly Is Fancam?
If you are not a Twitter user, you can decipher the concept of fancam by separating the word. The term implies that it is video footage created by a fan. Who’s a fan, you might be wondering? This is where it gets even more interesting.
The idea of a fancam is closely related to the K-Pop phenomenon. To wait. What is K-Pop? It is an extremely popular genre of music originating from South Korea. However, it is not limited to the country of origin. K-Pop fans are international and most of them are teenagers from the USA.
A person who loves K-Pop a lot will create short videos of their favorite artists singing and dancing – this is called fancam. These videos rarely go beyond seconds, and K-Pop fans use all kinds of sources to create them. They can have personal videos from a concert, an official music video, or a YouTube clip.
And since most K-Pop are boy or girl group groups, it’s very important that they focus on one member in particular. Most of the fancam videos you will see on Twitter have poor picture and sound quality. But they are easy to make and even easier to share.
How to Use Fancam Correctly on Twitter?
You may be wondering what the purpose of fancams is on Twitter right now. For one, K-Pop groups tend to have an incredibly active and loyal following. Their fans identify with them and follow the group members closely on social media.
When fancams first started popping up about five years ago, it was to promote and popularize K-pop groups on Twitter. There are many fan sites and websites dedicated to a particular K-pop group or person. Fans can find lots of information and even resources for their fancam videos.
However, with fancams and Twitter, things have developed in a somewhat strange direction. If you enter the fancam Twitter hashtag, you will see an endless list of fancam clips. Most of them post in replies and posts completely unrelated to K-Pop or even music.
Basically, fancams turned into Twitter spam. But even so, is there a right or wrong way to use a fancam? Not really. Twitter users often post fancams to distract people when replying to the original post. If someone has tweeted that they don’t like, spamming replies with fancams can keep people from reading replies.
So in that sense, it actually has a purpose. But most of the time, it’s just random and pretty much ridiculous. You can write it as a youth humor that only young people can understand. Or if you’re a K-pop fan, you’ll enjoy seeing fancams whenever they appear on Twitter.
Fancams Inspired by Fancams
In a very predictable event, K-Pop fancams have inspired others. Twitter and Instagram users around the world have taken this concept and turned it into something new. Now a Twitter fancam search can lead to fan-made clips of a beloved celebrity doing something completely ordinary or standing on the red carpet at a glitzy event.
And it’s not just about video. Accompaniment music is usually something very special or just something that aims to enhance the glamorous effect of the celebrity in question.
Timothée Chalamet is one of the most popular players in the Twitter fancam world. He is standing on the red carpet or just smiling and waving. But there are other celebrities whose fans make them fancams.
Will Twitter Fancams Remain?
Remarkably, the Twitter Fancam trend is still going strong. Most things have an expiration date on Twitter, no matter how big they are. Just ask Baby Yoda. But K-Pop is different, their fans are passionate and they always have a lot of time on their hands.
But still, fancams have stood the test of time and even found a way to shapeshift. They can be fun, but they can also mess up your Twitter feed. No matter how much you avoid fancams on Twitter, they will pop up from time to time.
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