What is a Kpop Lightstick?

A Kpop Lightstick is a symbol of unity and support to fans' favorite artists, and is an essential item when attending Kpop concerts, or other events cheering for your favorite group.  Even for fans that are unable to attend concerts, it is a collectible item with symbolic meaning of emotional support for their favorite artists.

Each lightstick design is unique to the group, demonstrating the group's logo and fandom colors so that people will know even from far away which group the lightstick represents.  

With advancement of technology, most Kpop Lightsticks have now evolved to having bluetooth functionality, in which fans can pair the lightstick with official apps on their phone and change the fanlight's colors.  In Kpop concerts, this allows the fans to enter seat numbers at the venue and the concert director can control all lightsticks simultaneously creating gorgeous lighting effects in unison (called the "Kpop Ocean").  Each lightstick may also have an official name (e.g. BTS' lightstick is called the "Army Bomb", Twice's lightstick is called the "Candy Bong", etc). As technology and designs evolve, a group may have several versions of lightsticks.  For example, BTS' Army Bomb currently has 3 versions and a special edition version, and Astro Lightstick ("Robong") currently has 2 versions.

Group Name	Lightstick Name & Latest Version	Lightstick
BTS	Army Bomb V3 Special Edition ("Map of the Soul") Version
Twice	Candy Bong Z
Stray Kids	Nachimbong
Ateez	Lightiny
TXT	TXT Official Lightstick
Astro	Robong Ver 2
Seventeen	Carat Bong Ver 2
Blackpink	Bl-ping-bong
SF9	Jigu Bong Ver 2
GOT7	Ahgabong Ver 2
Mamamoo	MooBong Ver 2.5
Pentagon	Uni Bong
Day6	Day6 Official Lightband
Oh My Girl	Oh My Girl Official Lightstick
Red Velvet	Kim Man Bong
Monsta X	Mondoongie Ver 2
SHINee	Shating Star
NCT	NCT Official Lightstick
Chungha	Byulrangbong
AB6IX	AB6IX Official Lightstick
Super Junior	Subong Ver 2
BigBang	Bang Bong Ver 4