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idle’s Soyeon Deep Dive: A Genre-Bending Idol, An Unpretty Rap Star, and A Songwriter For The Ages
Jeon Soyeon, or, really just “Soyeon”, requires very little introduction from me, but here’s one anyway. She first came into the kpop world at age 17 on the TV competition show “Unpretty Rap Star”, and though she didn’t win her season, she never really left. Differently from the vast majority of idols, Soyeon debuted as…
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KATSEYE Deep Dive #2/2: A Kpop Blogger And Her Eyekon Best Friend On The Good, The Gnarly, and The ‘Girl Power’
Here are my credentials (again): So, like a lot of kpop fans, I’d consider myself at least a casual fan of KATSEYE. I know a decent amount of their songs, a decent amount about them as people, and a sprinkling of context surrounding Dream Academy and online conversation about them. I’ll be talking a little…
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KATSEYE Deep Dive #1/2: A Kpop Blogger And Her Eyekon Best Friend Take On The Good, The Gnarly, and The ‘Girl Power’
KATSEYE: An Intro KATSEYE was formed by HYBE Entertainment in 2024 through the 2023 survival show Dream Academy, and yes, I can already hear you screaming, they are not technically a kpop group. They have six members (Sophia Laforteza, Manon Bannerman, Daniela Avancini, Lara Raj, Megan Skiendiel, and Jeong Yoonchae*), who represent four countries and…
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ONF Deep Dive #2/2: Turning An ‘Ugly Dance’ Beautiful, Beautiful
Here are my credentials (again): So, cards on the table: I know next to nothing about ONF. I’ve heard a total of two songs by them, at most, and I can’t say I know much about the members either. ONF first came on my radar when the video of them all together in the military…
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ONF Deep Dive #1/2: Turning An ‘Ugly Dance’ Beautiful, Beautiful
ONF (or 온앤오프) stands for “ON & OFF”, and their six members—–Hyojin, E-Tion, Seungjun, Wyatt, Minkyun [MK], and Yuto [U]—-are divided into two teams of the same names. They were formed in 2017 by WM Entertainment* (alongside a seventh member, Laun, who departed in 2019) but left the company to self-manage in early 2026. *which…
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IVE Deep Dive #2/2: Who Are These It Girls, ‘Off The Record’?
Here are my credentials (again!): Like many people, I first learned about IVE through Wonyoung, who it’s not an exaggeration to call one of Kpop’s most prominent faces, for endorsements, crazy fangirling, and criticism alike. I remember when they debuted in 2021, but I’d say I really became aware of them when Love Dive came…
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