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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  • ASTRO’s Moon Bin: A Special Post

    (TW: mental health, depression, suicide) Hi everyone. This is a special review, so I’m starting with a personal note. I admit I didn’t know much about ASTRO before last year, until Moonbin, one of their members, passed away, but as a ShaWol (SHINee fan) and a huge fan of Jonghyun, who left us in the…

  • Yena Deep Dive: K-pop That’s Gonna Make You Smile

    Yena first debuted in the huge project group IZ*ONE (whose other members included IVE’s Wonyoung and Yujin, Le Sserafim’s Sakura and Chaewon, and current soloists Jo Yuri, Lee Chaeyeon, and Kwon Eunbi) in 2018 at age 19. After their disbandment, she became a soloist herself in early 2022. Here are my credentials: I first became…

  • Stray Kids Deep Dive #3/3: Proving K-pop Can Be Self-Produced

    Here are my credentials (one last time): If my stan card was a 2012 FaceBook status, it’d be labeled “it’s complicated”. I’ve been a k-pop fan since early 2019, and Stray Kids were one of the first groups I knew and started liking. But, despite still occasionally keeping up with their work and being a…

  • SHINHWA Deep Dive #3/4: Racism, Protest, and The Messy Legacy Of 1st Gen Kpop

    TW: mention and discussion of cultural appropriation, racism, and the n-word. Deeper discussion in a separate post. Here are my credentials (one last time): uh…none? I can name about three SHINHWA songs off of the top of my head, which is slightly embarrassing. I know of course about their incredible legacy, but similarly to BTS,…

  • LOONA Deep Dive #2/3: Twelve Until The End

    Here’s are my credentials (again): LOONA first appeared on my radar thanks to my Orbit friend, who showed me Paint The Town a few years ago, and while I didn’t know what to think of it the first time, it grew on me, and it’s joined my regular workout playlist. I became a fan myself…

  • TWICE Deep Dive #4/4: A Ten Year Journey From Teenage Love To Fully Fledged Idols

    Here are my credentials (one more time): TWICE, as they are for a lot of people, were one of the first groups I knew at the beginning of my getting into k-pop in the early 2020’s, and I would consider myself a fan. I know a lot of their singles, since they’re pretty inescapable, but…

  • Stray Kids Deep Dive #2/3: Proving K-pop Can Be Self-Produced

    Here are my credentials (again): If my stan card was a 2012 FaceBook status, it’d be labeled “it’s complicated”. I’ve been a k-pop fan since early 2019, and Stray Kids were one of the first groups I knew and started liking. But, despite still occasionally keeping up with their work and being a fan of…

  • 9Muses Deep Dive #2/2: More Than Just Pretty Faces

    Here are my credentials (again): Very few, this time. I know a few of the members of 9Muses (Sera and Hyuna especially), but since there are / were so many, I don’t know them all. I think I’m too casual to be a casual fan of them, but I do really like the songs I’ve…

  • Golden Child Deep Dive #2/2: Do They Live Up To Their Name?

    Here are my credentials (again): basically nothing, I’m afraid. I know one song from Golden Child, and, though I do really like it, I have no idea how representative of their discography it is. But, I have a friend who’s a huge fan (a Goldenness), and so I decided to give them a try! (Part…

  • Bol4 Deep Dive #2/2: Growing Up Through Song

    Here are my credentials: I’d consider myself something around a casual fan of Bol4. Of course I’ve heard of them, listened to a couple of their titles (one of which is a particular favorite of mine), seen some MVs, but I confess I know next to nothing about them as people and basically no b-sides.…

  • Stray Kids Deep Dive #1/3: Proving K-pop Can Be Self-Produced

    Stray Kids are a band who really need no introduction, and certainly not from me, a random college student on the Internet™. But if you don’t know who they are, they’re one of the biggest k-pop groups out there, and were formed on the precipice of the 4th generation in 2017 on a survival show…

  • Dreamcatcher Deep Dive #3/3: Rocking The World Of Kpop

    Here are my credentials: I’m a HUGE fan of Dreamcatcher, and have been an Insomnia since mid-2021 or so, just after the release of BEcause. They were actually the first concert I’ve ever been to, and I couldn’t have asked for a better experience for that. They totally gave their all for those two hours…