Spotlight:
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2NE1 Deep Dive: The Original Blackpink
2NE1 was founded in 2009 by YG Entertainment, home of BigBang, AKMU, BabyMonster, and yes, Blackpink. They were a huge girl group in the 2nd generation, but disbanded in 2016, before reuniting in 2024 for a 15th anniversary tour. Right now, just like at their formation, they have four members: Park Bom, Dara, Minzy, and…
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Gfriend Deep Dive #3/3: Roller Skating, Outer Space, and Modern Witches, Oh My!
So, let me lay out my credentials for Gfriend: I’ve been a Buddy since I stumbled across MAGO in a compilation in 2020 or so, and needless to say I was crushed to find out that they disbanded. I still consider myself a Buddy, and in the last few years, I’ve listened to all their…
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TripleS Deep Dive #1/2: LOONA Done Right or NCT Done Wrong?
TripleS (also known as Social Sonyo Seoul) is a fairly new girl group formed by LOONA creator Jaden Jeong, with twenty-four members, probably the largest in k-pop history. Ready for these names? Alright. Deep breaths. There’s Korean members Yooyeon, Nakyoung, Sohyun, Dahyun, Seoyeon, Jiyeon, Chaeyeon, Yubin, Jiwoo, Shion, Hyerin, Chaewon, Hayeon, Soomin, Yeonji, Joobin, and…
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SuperM VS GOT The Beat: Will It Be The Boys Or Girls On Top?
After discovering that SuperM’s 5th anniversary was coming up, I was considering doing a review of them. But, being an SM supergroup, they don’t have that large a discography, and so I decided to combine a deep dive of them with one of SM’s other supergroup, GOT The Beat, and then compare and contrast, similarly…
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Yesung Deep Dive: A (Somewhat) Accidental Review By A K-pop Stan And Her Mom
Yesung has been in k-pop longer than most groups have existed. Debuting with the institution that is Super Junior in 2005 with fellow members Leeteuk, Heechul, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Siwon, Donghae, Ryeowook, and Kyuhyun. Since then, he’s created a solo career for himself, and that’s what we’re here to talk about today. Here are my…
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Is A Blog A Full-Time Job?: A 1st Anniversary Post
One of my answers to this question would be running a k-pop blog (the others, in order, a fiction writer and owner of a cat cafe), and then I thought, today, the : “isn’t this blog already kind of a full time job?” And to tell the truth, it is. When I started Married To…
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