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iKon Deep Dive: Beyond A Viral Hit
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NCT Dream Deep Dive #2/3: Growing Up In The Public Eye
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NCT Dream Deep Dive #1/3: Growing Up In The Public Eye
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Golden Child Deep Dive #1/2: Do They Live Up To Their Name?
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Bol4 Deep Dive #1/2: Growing Up Through Song
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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?
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Fromis_9 Deep Dive #1/2: The New Orange Caramel?
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Kim Sejeong Deep Dive: Business Proposal To Soloist
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Red Velvet Deep Dive #2/2: Ten Years Of K-pop Outside The Box
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9 responses to “iKon Deep Dive: Beyond A Viral Hit”
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[…] and also band N.Flying and BB Girls (aka Brave Girls). Later in the week we have soloist B.I. of iKon, the solo debut of Hwanwoong from ONEUS, and newer boy group […]
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[…] chorus has this interesting laid-back brand of catchiness that makes me think of a rock version of iKon’s Love Scenario. I wish it had more of a cathartic end to its great build-up in the pre-choruses, but otherwise […]
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[…] It’s subtle and understated, but still manages to be catchy, in the same way a song like Love Scenario or Super Shy is. But I confess that my attention while watching the MV wasn’t really on the […]
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[…] become the centerpiece of the song, with a laidback catchiness that’s fueled kpop hits like iKon’s Love Scenario or New Jeans’ Super Shy. I’m really happy, personally, with the direction he chose to […]
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[…] Featured artists in the thumbnail, L-R, Top: ONEWE, Wendy (Red Velvet); Bottom: TWICE, iKon […]
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[…] it’s most known for being the release that had the famous Love Scenario, Return is a strong album even without it, taking iKon’s core hip-hop sound and riffing on it with a […]
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[…] Artist #3: B.I. of iKon […]
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[…] it’s most known for being the release that had the famous Love Scenario, Return is a strong album even without it, taking iKon’s core hip-hop sound and riffing on it with a […]
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[…] Love Scenario; iKon (2018) […]
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