K-Pop Stans Take Break From Stanning To Support Black Lives Matter

K-Pop stans have called for a break from their usual social media behavior in order to amplify Black Lives Matter posts on social media in the wake of the Death of George Floyd and the Minneapolis Riots.

If you've been on Twitter in the past 100 years, you've likely encountered the K-Pop fandom, which has developed some notoriety for spamming hashtags and videos related to their favorite idols, particularly in replies to comments that have nothing to do with K-Pop. While egregious examples of this has netted K-Pop fans a poor reputation online, stans in the fandom recently began censoring the names of their favorite idols and relaxed on the fan-cam videos so that such topics wouldn't trend on Twitter during this momentous period in American history.

Fan accounts for K-Pop juggernauts including NCT 127 and Blackpink, two artists who have recently celebrated accomplishments that would surely trend on Twitter in other circumstances, called upon followers to forgo the usual spam tactics to "show respect" for protestors. Instead, they encouraged tweeting of #BlackLivesMatter.

To all BLINKs and BP fanbases! Please stop using the tagline so we can all show our respects for George Floyd. Instead let's put our energy into fighting for justice, signing petitions, and spreading awareness. I hope everyone understands, please and thank you. #BlackLivesMatter

— BLACKPINK AMERICA 🍬 (@BPinAmerica) May 28, 2020

if nct 127 win on mcountdown today, please let's not try to trend any hashtag worldwide in a time like this. let's show our respect instead and use our platform to spread awareness of this situation.

— 竜ryu (@nct_127) May 28, 2020

hello guys please remember to not use the hashtag for punch’s 1st win, we can celebrate it without using a hashtag as there are serious things happening rn and we do not want to overshadow such important matters. bring awareness and use #BlackLivesMatter please

— 툥 #PUNCH 🥊 (@touchnct) May 28, 2020

To my beloved fellow STAYS,

I've been informed that if ever Stray Kids drop something tonight, please let's not trend any hashtags to show respect and consideration to the current situation right now.

Thank you and please kindly spread.

— niah || 꿀리노🍯GO生 (@HONEYLIN0) May 28, 2020

Such a move likely matters little in the grand scheme of the Minneapolis protests and the racial tension in America, but it is nevertheless an interesting side effect of the time: in such a heated moment, even the most passionate fans on the internet have come together to support a real-world cause.