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BLACKPINK Deep Dive: A Retrospective From A Former Fan
Blackpink were formed in 2016, with four members: Rose, Jennie, Lisa, and Jisoo, and became incredibly popular incredibly quickly, basically becoming the face of the girl-crush in k-pop. Part of this is of course being from YG entertainment, but another is due to excellent marketing and timing. Here are my credentials: So…I used to be…
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NCT Dream Deep Dive #2/3: Growing Up In The Public Eye
So, here are my credentials (again!). NCT Dream was actually one of the first reviews I wrote, back many months ago, when I was a pretty casual fan. By the end of that review, though, between reality shows and their talents, I was absolutely a DreamZen. Now, I’m rewriting this one since they’re making a…
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NCT Dream Deep Dive #1/3: Growing Up In The Public Eye
NCT Dream is one of several units of NCT, the others being NCT 127, NCT U, NCT Wish, and WayV. NCT Dream debuted in 2016, at around ages 14-16 (and now, no longer being that young, I wince internally). They have seven members: Mark, Jeno, Jaemin, Chenle, Haechan, Jisung, and Renjun. So, here are my…
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Mamamoo Deep Dive #2/2: Do Controversies Make A Band?
Here are my credentials (again): I would consider myself a casual fan of Mamamoo. I know a decent amount of their singles, a couple b-sides, and I saw their performances on the 1st season of Queendom. I think they’re very talented, but I also know of the controversies surrounding racism (including actual blackface, which I…
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Mamamoo Deep Dive #1/2: Do Controversies Make A Band?
Mamamoo is considered an institution in k-pop, right up there with Red Velvet and TWICE, who all debuted around the same time, in the 2014-15 period that birthed so many classic girl groups. They have four members: Solar, Moonbyul, Wheein, and Hwasa, who are all in their late 20’s / early 30’s now. Here are…
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Golden Child Deep Dive #1/2: Do They Live Up To Their Name?
Golden Child was formed at the tail end of what’s considered the 3rd generation, in 2017, by Woollim Entertainment, a label that also founded Lovelyz, Infinite, Rocket Punch, and Epik High. It originally had eleven members: Y, Tag, Seungmin, Jibeom, Jaehyun, Donghyun, Bomin, Joochan, Dayeol, Jangjun, and Jaeseok (the last of which left the group…
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