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K-pop Genres A to Z
K-pop, Genres A to Z Though “pop” is in the name, k-pop actually covers dozens of genres, from country to metal to jazz. Take a look! A: Afrobeats More of an umbrella term for West African music, including Juju and Zouk. Think Tinnitus by TXT, BTBT by B.I., or The Other Side by Fatou. B:…
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You’re Wrong About K-pop
(This is an article I originally wrote for a school newspaper, but I decided it would get better reach if it was here too.) K-pop. I bet I’ve got one of a few reactions out of you right now: excitement because you love it, ambivalence with slight interest or slight disinterest, or a full-on groan.…
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KARA Deep Dive #3/3: Seventeen Years Of Sweet Melodies
TW: discussion of mental health, assault, depression, and suicide Here are my credentials (again): While I only became a k-pop fan after KARA went on hiatus, I of course heard of them, and have heard a good handful of their title tracks. I know a bit about some of their members, having seen Youngji in…
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KARA Deep Dive #2/3: Seventeen Years Of Sweet Melodies
TW: discussion of mental health, assault, depression, and suicide Here are my credentials (again): While I only became a k-pop fan after KARA went on hiatus, I of course heard of them, and have heard a good handful of their title tracks. I know a bit about some of their members, having seen Youngji in…
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KARA Deep Dive #1/3: Seventeen Years Of Sweet Melodies
TW: discussion of mental health, assault, depression, and suicide KARA was one of the most important groups of k-pop’s second generation, and though their name is not as well known now as, say, Girls Generation or SHINee, they’re also still going strong. They debuted in 2008 with four members: Sunghee, Nicole, Gyuri, and Seungyeon, but…
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KARA’s Goo Hara: A Special Post
TW: mental health, depression, sexual assault, suicide (Edit, 8-28-24) I was struggling to decide what to do with the Moon Taeil news this morning. Posting as normal didn’t seem right. Neither did going silent. So I decided that it was the right time to publish this piece, if only to give some insight, the only…
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