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BLACKPINK Deep Dive: A Retrospective From A Former Fan
Blackpink were formed in 2016, with four members: Rose, Jennie, Lisa, and Jisoo, and became incredibly…
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NCT Dream Deep Dive #2/3: Growing Up In The Public Eye
So, here are my credentials (again!). NCT Dream was actually one of the first reviews I…
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NCT Dream Deep Dive #1/3: Growing Up In The Public Eye
NCT Dream is one of several units of NCT, the others being NCT 127, NCT U,…
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Golden Child Deep Dive #1/2: Do They Live Up To Their Name?
Golden Child was formed at the tail end of what’s considered the 3rd generation, in 2017,…
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Bol4 Deep Dive #1/2: Growing Up Through Song
Bol4 is short for Bolbbalgan4, which means “blushing youth”, and is considered a classic act that…
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NCT 127 Deep Dive #2/2: Can Noise Music Ever Be Good?
Here are my credentials: I’m a fan of NCT Dream, who was actually one of the…
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NCT 127 Deep Dive #1/2: Can Noise Music Ever Be Good?
NCT, if you don’t know, is an enormous k-pop group divided into several sub-units, including NCT…
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Chung Ha Deep Dive #1/2: Why Don’t You Know Her?
Chungha first debuted in 2016, through the temporary group I.O.I., which also launched the careers of…
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Fromis_9 Deep Dive #1/2: The New Orange Caramel?
Fromis_9, like many k-pop groups, was created through a reality show, and their name literally means…
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Kim Sejeong Deep Dive: Business Proposal To Soloist
Kim Sejeong, like Chungha, got her start in k-pop through the project group I.O.I., in 2016.…
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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…
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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…
32 responses to “BLACKPINK Deep Dive: A Retrospective From A Former Fan”
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[…] in their music having waned over the years as I discovered other groups that fit my style better (read about that here), the girls themselves still have—and likely always will have—a special place in my […]
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[…] from 2nd gen legends Super Junior to TWICE to NCT Dream to ATEEZ to a long awaited return from BLACKPINK. And that’s not even counting all the newer groups like Xdinary Heroes, HITGS, ILLIT, ViViZ, […]
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[…] at its best, has this great sense of build and drama (forgive the pun), but at its worst, like Blackpink or NCT 127, it comes across as empty posturing. Aespa are strong performers with great voices, and […]
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[…] and “mature”, or more electronic and dark, groups. Most people’s introduction to k-pop: BTS, BLACKPINK, TWICE, and Red Velvet. 2013-2017. All […]
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[…] and “mature”, or more electronic and dark, groups. Most people’s introduction to k-pop: BTS, BLACKPINK, TWICE, and Red Velvet. 2013-2017. All […]
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[…] Popular isn’t the same as “bad” of course; the two most well-known k-pop groups, BTS and BLACKPINK, are both talented, introspective, and enjoyable (Spring Day and Lovesick Girls respectively are […]
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[…] are my credentials: So, full disclosure, I used to be a Blink. BLACKPINK were one of the first groups I got into when I became a k-pop fan, and though their […]
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[…] use of the n-word in several songs or Mamamoo’s doing blackface on stage to subtler ones like Blackpink wearing black hairstyles in music videos or BigBang imitating the AAVE often found in American hip […]
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[…] Korean, and how I became a kpop fan. (If you’d like to learn the details of that journey, click here). It may sound a bit pretentious, but I like to think that this blog is about all of those things, […]
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[…] Stay by BLACKPINK […]
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[…] Rosé (BLACKPINK) […]
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[…] first heard the song So Hot from Blackpink’s cover of it a few years back, and while it didn’t strike me much then, I liked it this time. […]
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[…] of Seventeen staring up at fans in his last concert before military enlistment 15. Lisa of BLACKPINK celebrating the holidays with her puppy, Lemon 16. Yeongeun, drummer of Rolling Quartz, looking […]
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[…] one of the most well-known k-pop idols in the world, having debuted in the chart-topping group BLACKPINK with Jennie Kim, Lalisa Manobal, and Kim Jisoo in […]
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[…] it’s because he’s the eponymous founder of YG Entertainment, the company who created Blackpink, 2NE1, BigBang, and […]
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[…] Stay by BLACKPINK […]
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[…] Honorable Mentions: Huh Yunjin’s I = Doll, TWICE’s I Got You, SHINee’s Lucifer, Seo Taiji’s Regret Of The Times, and Blackpink’s Lovesick Girls. […]
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[…] #17: STAY by BLACKPINK […]
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[…] doesn’t fit neatly into a category, from traditional Korean (Promise by Kingdom), to Country (STAY by Blackpink), to Folk (Voyage by Kim […]
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[…] much deeper than that. I also know a bit about them from being a former Blink (read more about that here). But, since they’re reuniting for an anniversary tour, I thought that now would be a good time […]
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[…] Blackpink’s Lovesick Girls […]
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[…] Blackpink’s Stay […]
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[…] doesn’t fit neatly into a category, from traditional Korean (Promise by Kingdom), to Country (STAY by Blackpink), to Folk (Voyage by Kim […]
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[…] Lovesick Girls (Blackpink) […]
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[…] Artist #8: Lisa of BLACKPINK […]
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[…] Group: BLACKPINK was the first k-pop group I was ever a fan of, and though it hurts, I’ve really disliked […]
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[…] the early 1900’s, country takes influence from Black and Irish culture. Think O Sole Mio by Sf9, Stay by BLACKPINK, or 24/7 by […]
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[…] Best Songs: Whistle, Playing With Fire, Stay […]
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[…] in the early 1900’s, with influences from Black and Irish culture. Think O Sole Mio by Sf9, Stay by BLACKPINK, or 24/7 by […]
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[…] Artist #9: Rose of BLACKPINK […]
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[…] STAY by BLACKPINK […]
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[…] Boombayah; Blackpink (2016) […]
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