Music fans love to show off who they’re listening to. Whether that be with T-Shirts or posters, we all want the world to know who we’re listening to. But in the world of K-Pop, it’s a whole different world. I’m sure some of you might be familiar with a light stick if you’ve gone to a concert or festival here in America, they have these small little sticks that usually have the artists’ name on it and it lights up usually in green, red, blue, or white. But in Korea it’s a different thing.
For K-Pop listeners, lightsticks represent the fandom you are a part of. If you’ve been a K-Pop fan for a long time, then you will know what group/artist the person next to you is listening to without even talking to them because of their lightstick. Lightsticks in Korea aren’t your basic flimsy lightstick like here in America no, it’s extravagant. Each lightstick is unique because it is designed specifically for that group or artist. Down below is an example of some lightsticks that I have that you can find on the internet. Two out of three of them are representing the two girl groups I listen to while the third one is a boy group that I listen to (BTS).
As you can see, they are quite extravagant and as I mentioned earlier, you can buy these from the internet. You don’t have to go to South Korea to get them. There a K-Pop stores online that sell them but due to a bad experience in receiving my BLACKPINK lightstick, I prefer to pay for the extra shipping to get my lightsticks from Korea. With my BLACKPINK lightstick, it took a month after I had ordered it, for it to arrive and the person who was selling them told me stories about how the truck carrying the shipment got damaged so they can’t send me my lightstick and a bunch of other things so I started losing hope in getting my lightstick but in the end it did arrive. Not all websites are bad, I would just recommend doing your research first on fakes vs the real thing and what to expect so you don’t get scammed.
One website that I trust is ktown4u.com. They are very reliable, and you will get what you asked for. The only thing is that shipping can be expensive, especially if you order it from South Korea like I do. If you find something that’s $12, with shipping (depending on the carrier), it can come to $30 maybe even $60 depending on what you’re getting. But lightsticks are so worth it because you can meet new people just by having a certain lightstick.
