KPOP Meaning
Fan service (fansa in Japanese fan slang) means the gestures and extras an artist offers to please fans. The Japanese dictionary Digital Daijisen defines it as services or events entertainers and athletes do for fans beyond their main work, such as signing and handshake events, answering encore calls or blowing kisses at concerts. Another Japanese dictionary adds that it often refers to spontaneous, quick-witted gestures. Both describe the Japanese term as a coinage from the English words fan and service.
Usage
Used for how artists treat fans at events, e.g. "got fan service from the stage".
Examples
- Answering an encore call or blowing kisses at a concert counts as fan service.
- Events held apart from an artist's main work, such as signings and handshake events, are also fan service.
In context
Sources
- Weblio (Digital Daijisen and Practical Japanese Expressions Dictionary): "fan service"
What we checked
Weblio (Digital Daijisen and Practical Japanese Expressions Dictionary): "fan service"