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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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NMIXX Deep Dive #1/2: Brilliant Innovation Or Just Bad?
NMIXX were formed by JYP in 2022, and are most known for a controversial genre they began called “Mixxpop”. They have six members: Lily, Sullyoon, Bae, Kyujin, Jiwoo, and Haewon; member Jinni left the group in late 2022. Here are my credentials: NMIXX are a group that I admittedly don’t know very much about. I’ve…
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SEVENTEEN Deep Dive #1/3: An Ode To A Great K-pop Group
Seventeen is one of the biggest groups in k-pop (both in terms of fame and how many members they have and how popular they are) and they debuted in 2015. They actually have thirteen members, not seventeen: Woozi, Hoshi, Jeonghan, DK, Dino, Wonwoo, Seungkwan, S.Coups, The8, Jun, Joshua, Vernon, and Mingyu. Here are my credentials:…
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