Korean Phrases at a K-Pop Concert Film Cheering Screening
When a K-pop concert film opens in Korea, some showings are marked 응원상영 (eungwonsangyeong) — the cheering screening, where the lightsticks come out and nobody shushes you. 응원상영 맞죠? (eungwonsangyeong matjyo?), "This is the cheering screening, right?" is the question that keeps you out of the quiet room by mistake, and 응원봉 켜도 돼요? (eungwonbong kyeodo dwaeyo?), "Can I turn my lightstick on?" is the one that starts the night properly.
- Check the room: 응원상영 맞죠? (eungwonsangyeong matjyo?), "This is the cheering screening, right?"
- Get to your seat: 지나갈게요 (jinagalgeyo), "Coming through, thanks."
- Check the lightstick: 응원봉 켜도 돼요? (eungwonbong kyeodo dwaeyo?), "Can I turn my lightstick on?"
- Join the chant: 응원법 아세요? (eungwonbeop aseyo?), "Do you know the fanchant?"
- Say it after: 진짜 좋았어요 (jinjja joasseoyo), "That was so good."
How do you make sure you're in the cheering room?
The same film runs as a normal showing and as a cheering showing on the same day, often in rooms next to each other, and the ticket only says a time.
- 응원상영 맞죠? at the counter or to the staff member tearing tickets — five seconds, and it settles the whole evening.
- 지나갈게요 as you edge along the row, since these rooms fill to the last seat.
- 응원봉 켜도 돼요? because a few cinemas ask you to keep it low until the film starts.
- 응원법 아세요? to the fan beside you, who has almost certainly practised it on the way over.
- 진짜 좋았어요 on the way out, when everyone is talking to strangers anyway.
| Moment | Say this |
|---|---|
| Check the room | 응원상영 맞죠? (eungwonsangyeong matjyo?) |
| Get to your seat | 지나갈게요 (jinagalgeyo) |
| Check the lightstick | 응원봉 켜도 돼요? (eungwonbong kyeodo dwaeyo?) |
| Join the chant | 응원법 아세요? (eungwonbeop aseyo?) |
| Say it after | 진짜 좋았어요 (jinjja joasseoyo) |
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What do Korean speakers say back?
Cinema staff have answered this question all week, and the fans around you are in the friendliest mood they will be in all month.
You: 응원봉 켜도 돼요? — eungwonbong kyeodo dwaeyo? — "Can I turn my lightstick on?"
Them: 네, 응원상영이라 괜찮아요. 소리도 질러도 돼요 — ne, eungwonsangyeongira gwaenchanayo. sorido jilleodo dwaeyo — "Yes, it's a cheering screening, so it's fine. You can shout too."
You: 응원법 아세요? — eungwonbeop aseyo?
If the answer to the last one is yes, you get a whispered lesson before the lights drop. To arrive already knowing the parts, see Korean phrases when K-pop fans practice the fanchant together.
What usually goes wrong at a cheering screening?
The first mistake is assuming every showing is the loud one. Walking into a normal screening with a lit lightstick is a quiet kind of awful, and 응원상영 맞죠? at the door prevents it entirely.
The second is sitting through the whole thing silently because you don't know when to shout. Nobody minds being asked — 응원법 아세요? turns the stranger next to you into a coach, and by the second song you are in time with the room. If you are still deciding which lightstick is coming with you, see Korean phrases when a K-pop lightstick design drops.
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These lines all happen standing up, in a dark corridor, with a queue behind you.
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