Korean slang profile

자컨

jakeon

In-house idol content

Videos about idols' daily lives, reality shows, and entertainment produced by the K-pop agency itself.

This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.

01Examples, with English translations

Example by Julimmal
자컨 보는 재미로 팬 활동 해.
Watching the agency's in-house videos is part of what makes being a fan fun for me.
Quoted from a source
자컨은 ‘자체 제작 콘텐츠’의 줄임말로 K팝 기획사가 직접 만든 아이돌의 소소한 일상을 담은 리얼리티, 예능 등의 영상 콘텐츠를 뜻한다.[1]
자컨 is an abbreviation for ‘self-produced content’ and refers to video content such as reality and entertainment that contains the small daily lives of idols created directly by K-pop agencies.
English translation by Julimmal.

February 2021자컨 is an abbreviation for ‘self-produced content’ and refers to video content such as reality and entertainment that contains the small daily lives of idols created directly by K-pop agencies.[1]
April 2023Money Today: “‘자컨,’ an abbreviation for ‘self-produced content,’ refers to a reality show created directly by an agency, not an entertainment program produced by a broadcasting company.”[2]

Short for “자체 제작 콘텐츠.” The 2021 source from Kyunghyang Shinmun explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationHigh

The explanation is explicit in the sources, and at least two sources use the same meaning. When it was first used is unknown.

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.