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TWICE Deep Dive #3/4: A Ten Year Journey From Teenage Love To Fully Fledged Idols
Here are my credentials (again, again): TWICE, as they are for a lot of people, were one of the first groups I knew at the beginning of my getting into k-pop in the early 2020’s, and I would consider myself a fan. I know a lot of their singles, since they’re pretty inescapable, but I…
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TWICE Deep Dive #2/4: A Ten Year Journey From Teenage Love To Fully Fledged Idols
Here are my credentials (again): TWICE, as they are for a lot of people, were one of the first groups I knew at the beginning of my getting into k-pop in the early 2020’s, and I would consider myself a fan. I know a lot of their singles, since they’re pretty inescapable, but I wanted…
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TWICE Deep Dive #1/4: A Ten Year Journey From Teenage Love To Fully Fledged Idols
TWICE is one of the most popular k-pop groups right now—as they’ve been for the last decade—debuting on what was actually my birthday (October 20th) in 2015, after being formed through survival show Sixteen. They have nine members, who have been there since the beginning: Mina, Momo, Sana, Chaeyoung, Dahyun, Jeongyeon, Nayeon, Jihyo, and Tzuyu,…
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iKon Deep Dive: Beyond A Viral Hit
iKon is a part of the 3rd generation of k-pop, most known for the incredibly famous Love Scenario. They were formed in 2015, through the YG survival show Mix & Match, with seven members, Bobby, June, DK, Chan, Song, Jun, and B.I., the last of which left in 2019. In 2023, they joined a new…
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9Muses Deep Dive #1/2: More Than Just Pretty Faces
9Muses has since disbanded, but as of their last comeback, their members were Hyemi, Sungah, Gyeongree, Sojin, and Keumjo. Their past members were Jaekyung, Bini, Rana, Eunji, Leesem, Euaerin, Minha, and Hyuna, and due to all these lineup changes, they weren’t actually a nine member group for a sizable amount of their career. Here are…
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EXID Deep Dive: The Ups & Downs Of Fame And Freedom
EXID debuted towards the end of the 2nd generation, in 2012, with eight members: Solji, Elly, Hyelin, Jeonghwa, Hani, Haeryung, Yuji, and Dami, though the last three have since left. Though they were under a couple companies together during their tenure, the members now are under different companies from each other and self-organize their work…
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