Korean slang profile

막콘

makcon

The final concert date

The last concert in a run that takes place over several days.

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

01Examples, with English translations

Example by Julimmal
막콘 티켓은 구하기 정말 어려워.
Tickets for the final concert date are really hard to get.
Quoted from a source
7월24일 일요일 오후 4시에 개최되는 막콘(마지막날 콘서트)는 일찍부터 장사진을 이루고 있었다.[1]
막콘 (last day concert), held at 4pm on Sunday, July 24th, was drawing a long line from early on.
English translation by Julimmal.

July 2011막콘 (last day concert), held at 4pm on Sunday, July 24th, was drawing a long line from early on.[1]
October 2020Asia Today: “Around January of last year, Mr. Kim posted a post on his social networking service (SNS) to the effect, “I am handing over Wanna One’s 막콘 (last concert).”[2]

Short for “마지막날 콘서트.” The 2011 source from Dong-A Ilbo 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.