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Mamamoo Deep Dive #2/2: Do Controversies Make A Band?
Here are my credentials (again): I would consider myself a casual fan of Mamamoo. I know…
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Mamamoo Deep Dive #1/2: Do Controversies Make A Band?
Mamamoo is considered an institution in k-pop, right up there with Red Velvet and TWICE, who…
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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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Onew Deep Dive: SHINee’s Hidden Gem
Onew is one of the five members of 2nd generation group SHINee, along with Key, Taemin,…
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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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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…
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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.…
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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…
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OnlyOneOf Deep Dive #1/2: Queerbaiting VS Representation in KPOP
OnlyOneOf debuted in 2019 with seven members: Nine, Yoojung, Rie, KB, Junji, Mill, and Love (the…
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WINNER Deep Dive: Are They ‘Really Really’ All They Could Be?
WINNER was formed in 2013 through a survival program, with five members: Hoony, Seungyoon, Mino, Jino,…
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Jonghyun Deep Dive: A Tribute To The Greatest Writer K-pop’s Ever Known
(TW: mentions of death, mental illness, and suicide) Kim Jonghyun was—and, let’s be clear, is—one of…
5 responses to “Mamamoo Deep Dive #2/2: Do Controversies Make A Band?”
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[…] and newer boy groups XONIK and DIGNITY. Tomorrow there’s Yugyeom of GOT7 and Moonbyul of MAMAMOO andWednesday there’s Stray Kids and Hearts2Hearts. Later in the week, there’s soloists […]
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[…] Tuesday, there’s soloists Hanhee and COOING, while later in the week we have Solar of MAMAMOO, newer boy groups DAYCHILD and XLOV, ATEEZ, LOONA’s ARTMS, and a collab between BAE173 and […]
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[…] rapper, though she does, of course, also sing. I admit that I’m not really a fan of them (read more about that here), as I find it hard to look past their many controversies, including cultural appropriation and […]
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[…] Where Are We Now by Mamamoo […]
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[…] where we’ll leave off for this week, a bit earlier than halfway through because next time we’ll start with the most famous project in Mamamoo’s career. […]
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