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Girls Generation Deep Dive #2/2: The Nation’s Girl Group
K-pop Discography Deep Dives: Girls Generation / SNSD (Part TWO) Here are my credentials: So, I’m absolutely a fan of Girls’ Generation, although I’m in that weird space where I’m more than a casual one yet not quite a SONE (a full fan), but just like with Sunmi, I have a feeling that this deep…
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Girls Generation Deep Dive #1/2: The Nation’s Girl Group
Girls’ Generation debuted in 2007, with nine members: Taeyeon, Seohyun, Yoona, Yuri, Tiffany, Jessica (who left in 2014), Sunny, Sooyoung, and Hyoyeon, and soon became one of the most popular groups of the 2nd generation of k-pop with their catchy retro songs and down-to-earth image. Also, I’ll be using the names Girls Generation and SNSD…
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The Rose Deep Dive: On The Fringes Of K-pop
The Rose was formed a bit differently to most K-pop groups, because they aren’t exactly K-pop. They fall more in the category of an indie-rock band, with Woosung doing vocals and guitar, Dojoon on keyboard, Hajoon on drums, and Jaehyeong on bass. They also met organically while busking and then joined a company already formed,…
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TXT Deep Dive #1/2: Dreams, Chaos, And Everything In Between
Here are my credentials: yeah…none. I think the amount of TXT songs I know can be counted on one hand, and besides one, they’re all singles. But like with BTS, I’ve been a K-pop fan for four years and I figured that it was about time I make an effort to give them a try.…
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Sunmi Deep Dive #1/2: Mental Health, Stardom, and Music Video Monsters
Sunmi first came onto the kpop scene at age 15 with JYP’s Wonder Girls, before leaving the group in 2010 to focus on her studies. She debuted as a soloist in 2013, and left JYP in 2017. Here are my credentials: I would consider Sunmi my favorite kpop soloist, which is tough competition in a…
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Purple Kiss Deep Dive #1/2: Kpop Meets Jennifer’s Body
Purple Kiss debuted under RBW Entertainment (the home of ONEWE, Mamamoo, KARD, and Oh My Girl) in 2021, with a dark witchy concept and seven members: Goeun, Ireh, Chaein, Dosie, Yuki, Swan, and Jieun (the last of which left due to undisclosed health reasons in 2022). Here are my credentials: This is actually a redo…
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