Stan Loona

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About

Stan Loona is a catchphrase used to by and to describe fans of the all-girl, 12-member K-Pop musical group Loona, using the slang term stan, meaning fan or obsessive.

Origin

On September 25th, 2016, Twitter ^[1] user @lgbtluda tweeted, "I'm ready to stan loona." The post is the first known usage of the phrase (shown below). This post comes within 24 hours of the first announcement of Loona members on YouTube, ^[10] so it is likely that this is in reference to the group.

Spread

Throughout the year, new fans of the group began using the phrase with more frequency. On December 8th, 2016, Twitter^[2] user @noonatheworld tweeted pictures of the members with the caption (shown below, left), "you need to STAN LOONA now They will shock Kpop World (official debut next year) stan before it's to late he #Heejin #Hyunjin #Haseul #LOONA."

The following year, the phrase grew in popularity as people became more familiar with the group. On November 5th, 2017, Twitter^[3] user @rtyourgirlgroup posted a Loona music video with the caption, "stan loona." Within one year, the post (shown below, center) received more than 1,100 retweets and 1,100 likes.

On January 31st, 2018, drag queen and RuPaul's Drag Race contestant Kim Chi tweeted,^[4] "Good morning stan Loona." The post (shown below, right) received more than 2,500 retweets and 4,700 likes in less than one year.

The following day, Kim Chi tweeted a video of herself listening to Loona with the caption, "Good afternoon stan Loona." The post (shown below) received more than 3,800 retweets and 9,700 likes in less than one year.

On May 9th, 2018, Urban Dictionary ^[5] user loonanator defined the phrase, "A popular phrase used by twitter gays under every popular tweet encouraging readers to stan Korean girl group LOONA. It is often accompanied by a video clip of their songs “Girl Front” or “Eclipse”, although it is not always exclusively these two." The post (shown below) received more than 270 upvotes in three months.

Several media outlets have covered the phrase, including Polygon,^[6] Babe,^[7] MTV^[8] and more.