Spotlight:
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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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Bol4 Deep Dive #1/2: Growing Up Through Song
Bol4 is short for Bolbbalgan4, which means “blushing youth”, and is considered a classic act that toes the line of k-pop and indie. They debuted at the beginning of 3rd gen in 2014 with just three members: Ahn Jiyoung (on vocals), Woo Jiyun (on bass), and Kwon Jiwon (on guitar) though the last two left…
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NCT 127 Deep Dive #2/2: Can Noise Music Ever Be Good?
Here are my credentials: I’m a fan of NCT Dream, who was actually one of the first groups I reviewed on this blog, and I’m a fan of Mark’s solos (Child especially) and just Haechan in general. However, if you’ve read one of my reviews before, you’ll know that I have…a negative opinion of 127…
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