1. What does it mean?

스밍 is a clipped form of 스트리밍. Fans use it when listening to or watching content online, sometimes in the context of supporting a release. It can describe ordinary streaming without implying an organized campaign.

Also written or said as 스트리밍, seuming

2. The nuance

It is not the same as buying a download or owning a file. Whether a play counts toward a chart depends on that service's rules, not the slang term.

3. Examples

“출근길에 새 앨범 스밍하면서 갔어.”

I streamed the new album on my way to work.

“스밍으로 먼저 듣고 마음에 드는 곡을 골랐어.”

I streamed it first and picked the tracks I liked.

Related words

Sources

Hanglow

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