Spotlight:
(Check the carousel for my personal favorite reviews; check below for my most recent posts. Enjoy!!)
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&Team Deep Dive #2/2: Werewolves, War Cries, and What Counts As Kpop
Here are my credentials (again): I would consider myself a casual fan of &TEAM, in that I liked one singular post about them and they haven’t stop invading my feed since. So I finally decided to listen to the universe and cover them. Then I opened Kprofiles and immediately went: “what do you mean werewolf…
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&Team Deep Dive #1/2: Werewolves, War Cries, and What Counts As Kpop
&TEAM was formed in 2022 through HYBE subsidiary YX Labels. Their nine members—Euijoo (EJ), Fuma, Yūdai (K), Nicholas, Yuma, Jo, Harua, Taki, and Maki, who range from 19 to 28—were the nine winners of a competition show. They’re a J-pop group, but they also do promotions in Korea, and made their K-pop debut in 2025.…
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ILLIT Deep Dive: Natural Talent, New Jeans, and ‘Not Cute Anymore’
ILLIT was formed in 2024 by HYBE subsidiary BE:LIFT (which also created Enhypen), through the survival show R U Next? Fun fact, which I didn’t know before this review: their name is pronounced “I’ll It”, not “ill it”, supposed to represent making your own decisions. They have five members, Yunah, Minju, Wonhee, Moka, and Iroha,…
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Girls’ Day Deep Dive #2/2: A Review About Female Presidents and Subverting Expectations
Here are my credentials (again): I’m coming at this one from a pretty roundabout direction, having heard of Girls’ Day via Hyeri and having heard of Hyeri via her role in the 2025 kdrama Friendly Rivalry. Just this month, she became (as far as I’m aware) the first kpop idol to win an award for…
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Aespa Deep Dive #2/2: Kpop, AI, and the Drama In-Between
Here are my credentials (again): I know a bit more about Aespa than I know about most other 4th and 5th generation girl groups. They had just debuted when I became a kpop fan and were among the first groups I became interested in after my introduction by Blackpink and Red Velvet. But I admit…
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Sunmi Deep Dive #2/2: Mental Health, Stardom, and Music Video Monsters
Here are my credentials (again): I would consider Sunmi my favorite kpop soloist, which is tough competition in a landscape that also includes Taeyeon, IU, and Wendy, all of whom I love. I first did this review in 2023, when I’d just started the blog, and now that Sunmi’s back, I thought this would be…
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