Spotlight:
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SHINee Deep Dive #1/3: How The ‘Princes Of K-pop’ Turned Into Kings
SHINee, known by many different nicknames such as “The Princes of K-pop” were founded in the heyday of the 2nd generation, in 2008, with five members: Key, Taemin, Onew, Minho, and Jonghyun, the last of whom, if you know anything about k-pop, you’ll know took his own life in 2017. SHINee now promotes as a…
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New Jeans: Getting The ‘Attention’ Of The World
New Jeans are one of the most popular groups in k-pop right now, and it’s not a stretch to say that, with both Blackpink and BTS on hiatuses for different reasons, they’re really at the forefront of bringing the genre to international audiences. They’re part of the 5th generation of k-pop, and debuted in 2022…
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SEVENTEEN Deep Dive #3/3: An Ode To A Great K-pop Group
Here are my credentials (again, again): I would consider myself a fan of Seventeen. I’ve heard many of their songs and like them, including some b-sides. And I know a little about the members from watching interviews. But, I decided to do this deep dive because I wanted to know more, and I felt like…
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ZeroBaseOne (ZB1) Deep Dive: Breaking Records Just Two Years Out
ZB1 is a project group formed by the huge MNET survival show Boys Planet in 2023, and have a two and a half year long contract. They have nine members: Hanbin, Zhang Hao, Matthew, Ricky, Tae Rae, Gyuvin, Yujin, Jiwoong, and Gunwook. Here are my credentials: As is becoming a theme in these reviews, I…
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K-pop BG Soloist Ranking #1: Who’s The Best?
This time, I thought I would try something different on the blog. Instead of doing a deep dive into one group, I’m doing shallow dives into a bunch of soloists and their first mini albums, then comparing and contrasting. This time is male soloists, from SHINee to ASTRO to BTS. For each, I watched an…
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SEVENTEEN Deep Dive #2/3: An Ode To A Great K-pop Group
Here are my credentials: I would consider myself a fan of Seventeen. I’ve heard many of their songs and like them, including some b-sides. And I know a little about the members from watching interviews. But, I decided to do this deep dive because I wanted to know more, and I felt like this month…
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