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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  • The Best Of The Best: 20 to 11

    The Best Of The Best The Top K-pop Songs: 20 To 11 The Best Of The Best, from a shoulder to cry on in the dark to a friend to pull you onto the dance floor to a bubblegum explosion of love. (See 50 to 41 here)(See 40 to 31 here)(See 30 to 21 here)(See…

  • Song Jieun Deep Dive: Can An Idol Say “Don’t Look At Me Like That!”?

    Song Jieun first debuted as a k-pop idol in the group Secret in 2009, and was with them for almost nine years before debuting under her own agency as a soloist.  Here are my credentials: So, I know (and have loved) Jieun’s song Don’t Look At Me Like That for a while now, and consider…

  • K-pop Recommendations: Other Genres

    K-pop Recommendations: Other Genres Very simply, this “Other” category is everything that doesn’t fit neatly into a category, from traditional Korean (Promise by Kingdom), to Country (STAY by Blackpink), to Folk (Voyage by Kim Sejeong) (For Other Recs, click here) (For genres, click here) (For all special features, click here) Groups: The Kingdom Description: Kingdom…

  • 2NE1 Deep Dive: The Original Blackpink

    2NE1 was founded in 2009 by YG Entertainment, home of BigBang, AKMU, BabyMonster, and yes, Blackpink. They were a huge girl group in the 2nd generation, but disbanded in 2016, before reuniting in 2024 for a 15th anniversary tour. Right now, just like at their formation, they have four members: Park Bom, Dara, Minzy, and…

  • Gfriend Deep Dive #3/3: Roller Skating, Outer Space, and Modern Witches, Oh My!

    So, let me lay out my credentials for Gfriend: I’ve been a Buddy since I stumbled across MAGO in a compilation in 2020 or so, and needless to say I was crushed to find out that they disbanded. I still consider myself a Buddy, and in the last few years, I’ve listened to all their…

  • TripleS Deep Dive #1/2: LOONA Done Right or NCT Done Wrong?

    TripleS (also known as Social Sonyo Seoul) is a fairly new girl group formed by LOONA creator Jaden Jeong, with twenty-four members, probably the largest in k-pop history. Ready for these names? Alright. Deep breaths. There’s Korean members Yooyeon, Nakyoung, Sohyun, Dahyun, Seoyeon, Jiyeon, Chaeyeon, Yubin, Jiwoo, Shion, Hyerin, Chaewon, Hayeon, Soomin, Yeonji, Joobin, and…

  • SuperM VS GOT The Beat: Will It Be The Boys Or Girls On Top?

    After discovering that SuperM’s 5th anniversary was coming up, I was considering doing a review of them. But, being an SM supergroup, they don’t have that large a discography, and so I decided to combine a deep dive of them with one of SM’s other supergroup, GOT The Beat, and then compare and contrast, similarly…

  • Yesung Deep Dive: A (Somewhat) Accidental Review By A K-pop Stan And Her Mom

    Yesung has been in k-pop longer than most groups have existed. Debuting with the institution that is Super Junior in 2005 with fellow members Leeteuk, Heechul, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Siwon, Donghae, Ryeowook, and Kyuhyun. Since then, he’s created a solo career for himself, and that’s what we’re here to talk about today. Here are my…

  • Is A Blog A Full-Time Job?: A 1st Anniversary Post

    One of my answers to this question would be running a k-pop blog (the others, in order, a fiction writer and owner of a cat cafe), and then I thought, today, the : “isn’t this blog already kind of a full time job?” And to tell the truth, it is. When I started Married To…

  • My Favorite Album: Jonghyun’s The Collection “Story Op.1”

    (An excerpt from: Jonghyun Deep Dive: A Tribute To The Greatest Writer K-pop’s Ever Known) One of only five albums by the late, great Jonghyun of SHINee, The Story: Collection 1 is a moody yet ultimately hopeful release that was inspired by the stories he was sent while working on his Blue Night radio program,…

  • Kpop BG Soloists Ranking #3: Who’s The Best?

    (Featuring Joohoney, Changbin, Mino, YoungK, and U-Know Yunho) 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 Monsta X to Stray…

  • K-pop Recommendations: Metal

    K-pop Recommendations: Metal In-your-face and often furious, metal uses shredding guitars and heavy drums to force you to watch. Think What by Dreamcatcher, Internet War by Seo Taiji, or Guerrilla by ATEEZ. (For Other Recs, click here) (For genres, click here) (For all special features, click here) Groups: Seo Taiji & Boys Description: Often considered the “first…