TXT

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Tomorrow X Together (read as Tomorrow By Together) is a South Korean, Kpop group, who has it big since their debut in 2019. The members, who you can see in Figure 1, include, Soobin (TXT's leader), Yeonjun, Beomgyu, Taehyun, and Huening Kai capture multiple fans hearts. TXT's fandom name is called "MOA", which stands for "Moments of Alwaysness" (1). The group members created the name for their fans, of course, saying "Always and forever, all of the moments that TOMORROW X TOGETHER and fans spend together," and "TOMORROW X TOGETHER and fans 'moa' (gather) pieces of each other's dreams to complete one dream." Moas will never leave up a chance to praise the members of TXT, or talk about how amazing all of their songs are. 

Online Presence 

Moas have been on multiple social media accounts throughout the almost 4 years. Twitter is one of the popular social medias that Moas are on. On there, Moas can express their appreciation for the members and talk to other Moas about their love for them. They can share clips of their favorite moments of the group members. You can also find Moas on Instagram, doing the same thing. They post edits of a given member of the group. They post birthday edits for them. They will never let up a given chance to make others aware of how amazing TXT is in so many different ways. 

Merchandise 

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TXT has a sorts of merchandise for Moas to buy and collect. Moas can collect as many albums as they want. They evem buy multiple sets of an album to help support the TXT members and to also collect as many photocards (seen in Figure 2) as they can. On Weverse Shop, Moas can shop for many other merchandise other than albums. For example, they can buy exclusive items, like the member's birthday merch. Moas can also resort from different places, either offical merch or fanmade merch, which is still great. Moas can find many fanmade merch on places like esty, where you can find TXT themed beaded braclets, etc.

Concerts

Moas flourish to many of TXT's concerts. Recently, TXT had a tour from South Korea, USA, Japan, and some other asian countries. In Korea, during their first concert, "Around 5,000 fans flocked to the venue each night, for a total of around 10,000 attendees at the act’s first live concert" (2). Many Moas bring their lightsticks and dress themelves as song themes or album themes. Moas also film vlogs of them before the concert, during the concert and after the concert. You can see them being excited as ever seeing the group they love the most. Screaming about how good they look or how amazing they sound. The atmosphere is fun, and Moas enjoy this moment so much that they want to relive that moment over and over again. 

How I Contribute To The Fandom 

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I became a fan of TXT in April 2020, and so I've been a Moa for 2 and a half years now, which is crazy. Time does go fast when you are having fun. I collect albums of theirs and collect their photocards. I decorate my room, both at college and at home with many picture from albums and such. When it comes to merch other than the albums, I have the TXT Lightstick, as you can see what it looks like in Figure 3. I hope to use my lightstick in the near future, hopefully I will get a chance to go to one of their concerts. I also have two of Soobin's birthday merch, which would include the bracelet (as seen in Figure 4) and the photocard sets. I often wear the bracelet from this merch. Another thing I do within this fandom is that I have a twitter account, where I talk about the group members and talk to my other Moa friends. We share our love and amazement about TXT. 

Works Cited

1: DY_Kim. “TXT Reveals Official Fan Club Name.” Soompi, Soompi, 22 Aug. 2019, https://www.soompi.com/article/1347220wpp/txt-reveals-official-fan-club-name. 

2: Ji-won, Choi. “TXT Embarks on First World Tour with 'Act: Love Sick' in Seoul.” The Korea Herald, The Korea Herald, 4 July 2022, https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20220704000746.