Spotlight:
(Check the carousel for my personal favorite reviews; check below for my most recent posts. Enjoy!!)
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BoA Deep Dive #1/3: The Queen Of K-pop, 25 Years On
BoA (whose real name is Kwon Bo Ah) is truly one of a kind in the k-pop industry. I’m not the first, or even the 100th, to call her the Queen Of Kpop; since her debut in 2000 at the age of thirteen, she’s never really left the hearts and minds of the Korean and…
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What’s My Dream Job?
I’m guessing that a lot of people are going to guess I’d say something to do with music—-singer, blogger, reviewer, etc—considering how I currently spend a lot of my free time. But they’d be wrong. It’s true I’ve always loved music, and if I had to spend a day without listening to it, I might…
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Dreamcatcher Concert Review: A Kpop Fan And Her Mom’s Experience At The Apocalypse Tour
Intro: I’ve been going to kpop concerts for a while now, and I figured typing out my thoughts—with some help from the people I dragged along—they could be something interesting that’s a bit different from my usual reviews. (If you’d like to see all concert reviews, click here) Dreamcatcher debuted in early 2017, so they’re…
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A Kpop Fan’s Favorite Albums (In General)
Matching my personal favorite albums with some of the best k-pop songs, and vice versa. Also check out the colors playlists! This is just for a bit of fun; I hope you can find a new book and / or song to enjoy. Share your favorite pair in the comments down below! (Also: can you…
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NCT U Deep Dive #2/2: The End Of The ‘Golden Age’ Of K-pop?
CW: discussion of sexual assault; I’d recommend reading Part 1 first for context. Here are my credentials (again): I consider myself a fan of NCT Dream (see my review here), and while the music of NCT 127 isn’t always for me, I do know a fair bit about them, having done a review and having…
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NCT U Deep Dive #1/2: The End Of The ‘Golden Age’ Of K-pop?
CW: discussion of sexual assault NCT is a behemoth of a group, with half as many members as there are states in my country. They’re separated into four fixed, smaller groups. First is NCT 127 with Taeyong, Johnny, Yuta, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Jungwoo, Mark, and Haechan. The last two are also in NCT Dream with Chenle,…
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