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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  • I-DLE Deep Dive #1/2: Breaking Boundaries In A Broken Industry

    I-DLE (or (G)I-DLE) has been unique for a K-pop girl group since their debut in 2018, both by being mainly self-produced and by not having a consistent genre. Over the years they’ve dipped their toes into tropical Moombahton, trap, traditional Chinese balladry, tango (Señorita), and hip-hop, just to name a few. They’ve sung in Korean,…

  • Lucy Deep Dive #1/2: A Kpop Fan And Her Dad Review K-pop…With A Violin?

    Lucy is the third full-fledged band I’ve covered here, which means that they compose, write, and play instruments. The members are Wonsang (bass), Sangyeop (guitar and vocals), Gwangil (drums), and Yechan (violin), and they debuted in 2020. Apparently, the name Lucy is in honor of a dog that lived close to where they practiced, which…

  • Key Deep Dive: Comedian, Open Book, and Underrated Artist

    Key first debuted with SHINee (which also includes Taemin, Minho, Onew, and the late Jonghyun) in 2008, and debuted as a soloist around their 10th anniversary in 2018, with Forever Yours. Here are my credentials: As I’ve made abundantly clear on this blog, I’m a Shawol, and SHINee are my ult group. I’m a huge…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Taemin Deep Dive #1/2: The ACE Of K-pop

    (This is on my list for a re-do, as I first wrote it back in 2023) Taemin has been an important figure in k-pop (to say the least) since he debuted in 2008 as the youngest member of 2nd generation group SHINee, with Jonghyun, Onew, Minho, and Key. He was the first of them to…

  • Red Velvet Deep Dive #2/2: Ten Years Of K-pop Outside The Box

    Here are my credentials: Red Velvet was the first k-pop group I ever loved, even though Blackpink was really my introduction. I became a ReVeLuv in 2019, because of Russian Roulette, and I’ve been a fan since, including of the members’ solo careers (Wendy in particular). But as I’ve gotten more into k-pop and since…

  • Red Velvet Deep Dive #1/2: Ten Years Of K-pop Outside The Box

    (Note: This deep dive is on my list for a redo, as I first wrote it in 2023, despite updating it in 2024) Red Velvet is now a decade old, having debuted with four members (Wendy, Joy, Irene, and Seulgi) in 2014, with the 5th, Yeri, being added the year after. Red Velvet is known…