Extremely Online ‘Succession’ Fans Will Never Stop Editing Clips to Pop Songs

Since they first appeared on screen in 2018, the characters of HBO’s Succession have surprisingly stolen the hearts of millions of viewers. Despite their wavering politics, the show has been sympathetic to its characters, showing them as multifaceted—albeit immoral—people who make mistakes and suffer the consequences. These characters have resulted in Emmy wins for their actors, much-discussed profiles, and, most important of all, countless fanworks.

With the return of Succession on Sunday, it’s time to acknowledge some of the most integral aspects of the show’s success: the fancams and their editors.

A fancam, while similar to a fan edit, is a video focused on a character or actor, set to music and edited through different softwares. While fan edits have been around for decades, fancams are quite new, splicing clips together and pairing them with music that may or may not fit the characters vibe, giving you a glimpse at a show or character a creator wants you to love. Fan edits typically try to tell a story, while fancams are more interested in a moment.

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