Spotlight:
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Oh My Girl Deep Dive #1/2: Proving Nature Has A Place In Pop
Oh My Girl is one of the pillars of 3rd generation “cutesy” k-pop, at odds with the more “mature” side that many other popular bands of the time showed. They debuted in 2015 under WM Entertainment (which also formed ONF, B1A4, and Uspeer), with eight members: Hyojung, YooA, Seunghee, Arin, Yubin, Mimi, JinE, and Jiho,…
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WayV Deep Dive #1/2: What Counts As K-pop?
WayV is one of four fixed subunits of NCT (which also includes NCT Dream, NCT 127, NCT Wish). They’re technically both a Mandopop band and a K-pop band, but for our purposes here, they’re k-pop. They debuted in 2019, with seven members: Kun, YangYang, WinWin, Ten, Hendery, Xiaojun, and Lucas, the last of which left…
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SHINee Deep Dive #3/3: How The ‘Princes Of K-pop’ Turned Into Kings
Here are my credentials (again, again): Put simply, I’m a ShaWol, absolutely, and have been since 2020. But more deeply, finding SHINee was really the final step that made me the k-pop fan (and blogger) that I am today. I was a casual fan already, through first Blackpink and then Red Velvet, but SHINee was…
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TREASURE Deep Dive: YG’s First Step Into The 4th Gen
TREASURE are a part of the 4th generation of k-pop, having debuted in mid-2020 after being formed through the k-pop survival show YG Treasure Box the year before. They debuted with twelve members, who are approximately equally Korean and Japanese: Hyunsuk, Jaehyuk, Asahi, Doyoung, Haruto, Jihoon, Yoshi, Junkyu, Jeongwoo, Junghwan, Mashiho, and Yedam, though the…
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Aespa Deep Dive #1/2: Kpop, AI, and the Drama In-Between
Aespa (에스파) was formed in 2020 by SM Entertainment (home of Red Velvet, Girls Generation, and SHINee), and soon became one of the main faces of Kpop’s 4th generation, defined by bold performances and unique concepts. They have four members—leader Karina, rapper Giselle, vocalistWinter, and maknae NingNing—who represent three different countries. Here are my credentials:…
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SHINee Deep Dive #2/3: How The ‘Princes Of K-pop’ Turned Into Kings
Here are my credentials (again): Put simply, I’m a ShaWol, absolutely, and have been since 2020. But more deeply, finding SHINee was really the final step that made me the k-pop fan (and blogger) that I am today. I was a casual fan already, through first Blackpink and then Red Velvet, but SHINee was the first…
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