Stan mode is the activated, full-throttle state of being where someone drops all pretense of chill and goes full fan. When stan mode kicks in, the person is streaming every song, liking every tweet, defending their fave in every comment section, and refreshing for updates every twenty minutes. It's not a permanent way of existing — it's a gear shift triggered by an announcement, a comeback, or a piece of drama that reignites everything. People enter stan mode voluntarily and sometimes come out of it mildly embarrassed.
I was totally unbothered until she dropped those tour dates and now I'm fully in stan mode, I cannot be stopped.
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