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Got7 Deep Dive #2/3: A Miracle For The Industry
Here are my credentials (again): While I don’t know much about Got7’s music, I do know a decent amount about them as people. I first heard about them when I watched Jinyoung’s fantastic performance in The Devil Judge (one of my all-time favorite k-dramas), and then started to learn more about them. I’ve also seen…
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Orange Caramel Deep Dive: Kitsch, Kpop, And Magical Girls
Orange Caramel is an oddity in k-pop for many reasons, not the least of which being that they were originally a subunit of Afterschool whose popularity grew to be almost as much as that of Afterschool itself. Though they’re now inactive, they have three members: Nana, Lizzy, and Raina. Here are my credentials: Like most…
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Got7 Deep Dive #1: A Miracle For The Industry
Got7 is one of the most important k-pop boy groups of the late 3rd generation of k-pop, JYP’s answer to Big Hit’s BTS, YG’s Winner, and SM’s EXO. They debuted in 2014, with seven members: Jinyoung, Jackson, BamBam, Yugyeom, Jaebeom (JB), Mark, and Youngjae. Here are my credentials: While I don’t know much about Got7’s…
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Lee Hyori #2/2: Kpop’s Greatest (And Most Underrated) Soloist?
Here are my credentials (again): I don’t know much about Hyori, to be honest. I actually decided to do this review when I saw Hyori’s Hoodie E Banbaji music video (which came out last year) on the giant screens at a Korean restaurant, and then her collab with Jennie. I looked her up and found…
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Lee Hyori #1/2: Kpop’s Greatest (And Most Underrated) Soloist?
Lee Hyori was—and, frankly, still is—one of the most important soloists in k-pop history, second only to maybe Rain and BoA. She debuted as part of the 1st generation k-pop group Fin.K.L. in 1998 at age 21, older for the industry than is usual. She’s been making music for the last twenty years, and just…
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CIX Deep Dive: Can K-pop Be ‘Cinema’?
CIX stands for “Complete In X” (I have no idea what that means either), and is a part of the 4th generation of k-pop, having debuted in 2019. They debuted with five members: Seunghan, Yonghee, Hyunsuk, BX, and Bae Jinyoung (who left in 2024). Here are my credentials: None. Absolutely none. I’ve heard one song…
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