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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  • Taeyeon Deep Dive #1/3: What Do We Call A Soloist Like Her?

    Kim Taeyeon is someone who needs no introduction to even the most casual kpop fan—and definitely not from me—but this is Married To The Music, so here’s a quick one anyway. Taeyeon debuted as the main vocalist of 2nd gen titan Girls Generation (aka Sonoshidae / SNSD) in 2007, and really hasn’t left the spotlight…

  • This Week On The Blog: 4/14/25

  • Kpop’s Best Albums: Gen 3 (.5)

    Kpop’s Best Albums: Generation #3 (.5) Simply put, the most cohesive, most unique, and most moving EPs and LPs from the industry, across all genres. This list will hopefully grow a lot longer as I continue doing my reviews. The 3rd gen was a breakthrough to the West, with a separation into “cutesy”, or more…

  • ICHILLIN Deep Dive: Dreams, Demigods, and Dance Covers

    ICHILLIN was formed in late 2021 by KM Entertainment, as their first kpop group, with eight members: Jiyoon, Chaerin, E.Ji, Jackie, Joonie, Yeju, Chowon, and Sohee, the last of which left the group soon after debut. The name is a combination, but not of English words “I” and “chilling” like I thought, but of Irish…

  • Cravity Deep Dive #2/2: Breaking All The Rules Of 4th Gen Kpop

    Here are my credentials (again): Like one and a half? One and a third? (How are credentials measured here? I’ll get back to you on that.) So, I know a few songs by Cravity, mostly their newer ones and a couple scattered b-sides recommended by friends and acquaintances, but I don’t think I’ve listened to…

  • Mark Lee Deep Dive: From Boy To Idol, From Toronto To Seoul

    Mark Lee (or Lee Minhyung) is probably one of the most famous idols of k-pop’s 3rd and 4th gen, between being in both regular groups NCT 127 and NCT Dream, several projects with NCT U, and of course, supergroup SuperM. And he’s also quite a successful solo artist, debuting his first album in 2025. Here…

  • This Week On The Blog: 4/7/25

  • Cravity Deep Dive #1/2: Breaking All The Rules Of 4th Gen Kpop

    CRAVITY was formed by Starship Entertainment (the home of Monsta X, WJSN, and IVE) in 2020, right in the middle of the 4th Gen. They have nine members: Allen, Jungmo, Woobin, Wonjin, Serim, Minhee, Taeyoung, Hyeongjun, and Seongmin, and according to their Wiki, their name is a combination of the words Creativity and Gravity, because…this…

  • COMING SOON: Week Of 4/7

  • TEN Deep Dive: The Next Lee Taemin Or Something All His Own?

    Ten Lee is a member of kpop giant NCT, as well as their subunits NCT U and WayV, and super group SuperM. He’s one of a growing number of kpop idols from Thailand, like CLC’s Sorn, (G)I-DLE’s Minnie, or 2PM’s Nichkhun, not to mention BLACKPINK’s Lisa. He debuted as a soloist back in 2018 but…

  • Xdinary Heroes Deep Dive #2/2: Everyone Can Be A Hero, But Can Everyone Be An Idol?

    Here are my credentials: nothing. Absolutely nothing. I’ve heard of them, sure, but I don’t know any of the members, I don’t know any of their songs, and I don’t know any of their albums. So this is sure to be a wild ride; let’s get into it! (Read Part One here!) Single #2: Open♭eta…

  • CLC Deep Dive #2/2: A Retrospective On 3rd Gen Kpop’s F(x)

    Here are my credentials (again): So, as the title says, I’m a Neverland, or a (G)I-DLE fan (read about that here), which has meant I’ve long heard about CLC second-hand through the members’ friendships with (G)I-DLE, especially Shuhua and Elkie and Minnie and Sorn. Now, CLC is approaching their tenth anniversary, so I wanted to…