Married To The Music: K-pop Discography Deep Dives & Random Thoughts From A Longtime K-pop Fan (And Occasionally Her Friends)

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  • OnlyOneOf Deep Dive #2/2: Queerbaiting VS Representation in KPOP

    Here are my credentials (again): I’d already been a fan of SHINee for a while before, but it was actually OnlyOneOf that helped me realize that I wasn’t just a girl group stan and SHINee weren’t just a one-off. I’m mainly a fan of their Underground Idol solos series so I’m looking forward to hearing…

  • NiZiU Deep Dive #3/3: A 3 AM Review By A K-pop Fan And Her Friend

    Here are my credentials: (one more time) pretty few. NiZiU, like WayV, aren’t talked about much in kpop spaces, so I actually first heard of them through Bang Chan and Felix’s radio show, where Chan recommended a song of theirs that I liked. They’ve been on my list since, and I thought, since they’re having…

  • NiZiU Deep Dive #2/3: A 3 AM Review By A K-pop Fan And Her Friend

    Here are my credentials: (again) pretty few. NiZiU, like WayV, aren’t talked about much in kpop spaces, so I actually first heard of them through Bang Chan and Felix’s radio show, where Chan recommended a song of theirs that I liked. They’ve been on my list since, and I thought, since they’re having a comeback…

  • NiZiU Deep Dive #1/3: A 3 AM Review By A K-pop Fan And Her Friend

    NiZiU is one of those groups that toe the line between kpop and J-pop, being a Japanese girl group under a Korean company, like JYP’s Japanese version of WayV. They mostly release Japanese music, but have done music in Korean too. They have nine members: Mako, Rio, Riku, Maya, Ayaka, Mayuka, Rima, Miihi, and Nina,…

  • Chung Ha Deep Dive #2/2: Why Don’t You Know Her?

    Here are my credentials (again): I’d consider myself a casual fan of Chung Ha, who I know mainly through her friend Sunmi. I’ve heard a decent amount of her title tracks, and a few b-sides, but I’m looking forward to hearing more of her songs and forming a more accurate opinion of her work as…

  • BG Solo Ranking #5: Who’s The Best?

    (Featuring Eunhyuk, G-Dragon, RM, Eric Nam, and Kangta) 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 Super Junior…

  • Lucy Deep Dive #2/2: A Kpop Fan And Her Dad Review K-pop…With A Violin?

    Here are my credentials (again): Uh…very few, I’m afraid. Lucy caught my eye in a compilation video (or rather, the violin did), and I decided to check out their music. I know a few title tracks, but very few of their b-sides, and very little about the members themselves, so I’m looking forward to learning…

  • Cherry Bullet Deep Dive: A Retrospective From A Non-Fan

    Cherry Bullet was created by FNC Entertainment in 2019, which means that (at time of writing), it’s about to be their sixth anniversary. They originally had ten members: May, Chaerin, Yuju, Haeyoon, Jiwon, Bora, Remi, Mirae, Kokoro, and Linlin, but the last three left due to various personal reasons soon after debut. The group disbanded…

  • QWER Deep Dive: Fresh Faces Or Fake Idols?

    QWER are truly fifth generation, having debuted in late 2023 under Tamago Production. They’re a band with four members: guitarist Siyeon, keyboardist Hina, bassist Magenta, and drummer Chodan; all of them sing, and all were somewhat in the public eye before this, two being Twitch streamers, one being a J-pop idol, and one being a…

  • Married To The Music’s Gallery (Page SEVEN)

    November 11th 2024 –> January 25th 2025 (See all Gallery Pages) In “honor” of the blog being a year old, I’ve decided to do these little roundups every so often, starting in September of last year. Here are my Top 2 songs of every artist I covered from November 11th 2024 to January 25th 2025,…

  • BoA Deep Dive #3/3: The Queen Of K-pop, 25 Years On

    Here are my credentials (once again): Somewhat shockingly for someone who’s been a k-pop fan for going on six years now, I’ve never sat down and listened to BoA’s discography. So, I figured that, now, on the 25th anniversary of her debut, was as good a time as any. Let’s get into it! (Also, important…

  • BoA Deep Dive #2/3: The Queen Of K-pop, 25 Years On

    Here are my credentials: Somewhat shockingly for someone who’s been a k-pop fan for going on six years now, I’ve never sat down and listened to BoA’s discography. So, I figured that, now, on the 25th anniversary of her debut, was as good a time as any. Let’s get into it! (Also, important to note:…