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SHINHWA Deep Dive #1/4: Racism, Protest, and The Messy Legacy Of 1st Gen Kpop
TW: mention and discussion of cultural appropriation, racism, and the n-word. Deeper discussion in a separate…
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iKon Deep Dive: Beyond A Viral Hit
iKon is a part of the 3rd generation of k-pop, most known for the incredibly famous…
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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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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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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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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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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…
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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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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…
24 responses to “SHINHWA Deep Dive #1/4: Racism, Protest, and The Messy Legacy Of 1st Gen Kpop”
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[…] to learning more! Also, from a more logistical side, I’m just on the heels of a four week long SHINHWA deep dive, and I needed something shorter, more fun, and way less heavy. So, let’s get into […]
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[…] to learning more! Also, from a more logistical side, I’m just on the heels of a four week long SHINHWA deep dive, and I needed something shorter, more fun, and way less heavy. So, let’s get into […]
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[…] credentials: Fin.K.L. will be the 5th 1st generation artist I’ve covered on the blog, after SHINHWA, BoA, Lee Hyori, and Seo Taiji. It was actually looking into her solo career that made me […]
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[…] that 1st, 2nd, and some 3rd gen artists would make in the early years of kpop, more specifically SHINHWA’s Winter Story. I mean this as a compliment; it’s different from your usual 5th gen album, but I think it […]
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[…] some definite social messaging and very little filter (for better or for worse). The legends–SHINHWA, Seo Taiji, S.E.S., and BoA–all got their start here, with songs like Perfect Man, Come Back […]
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[…] of cultural appropriation, I’m not naive to this fact. From very obvious examples like SHINHWA’s use of the n-word in several songs or Mamamoo’s doing blackface on stage to subtler ones like […]
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[…] artists’ early careers. Obviously I can only go off of the ones I’ve heard, but in my opinion, SHINHWA, Lee Hyori, Seo Taiji, and BoA have all had much stronger albums after their “peaks” were over: […]
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[…] bounce, the mix of electric guitar riffs and random bursts of strings, like a female version of SHINHWA’s Perfect Man. And not only that, but it keeps elevating itself; there’s the gospel choir, her […]
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[…] ballads that’s unfortunately carried on through the years in groups like Big Bang or SHINHWA. And, even more so, I’m a singer. I’m here for great vocals, and often, Seo […]
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[…] period from the 1st generation to the 2nd generation. I can see reflections of 1st gen groups like SHINHWA and H.O.T in the harmony-heavy ballads and “cool” hip-hop, and hints of the kind of pop and R […]
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[…] The oldest group here is SHINHWA (Gen 1), who debuted in 1998, and the newest is Rolling Quartz (Gen 4), who debuted in […]
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[…] Again, a very wide genre, this includes everything from Afrobeats (which encompasses Juju and Zouk) to Blues, which often don’t get the credit they deserve. Think The Other Side by Fatou, Piano Man by Mamamoo, or Yo! by SHINHWA. […]
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[…] Again, a very wide genre, this includes everything from Afrobeats (which encompasses Juju and Zouk) to Blues, which often don’t get the credit they deserve. Think The Other Side by Fatou, Piano Man by Mamamoo, or Yo! by SHINHWA. […]
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[…] Run (SHINHWA) […]
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[…] Venus (SHINHWA) […]
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[…] Created by African-Americans, based on drum beats and often featuring rapping or sing-talk, hip-hop is a huge part of k-pop. Think Uh-Oh by (G)I-DLE, Child by Mark, or SHINHWA’s early work. […]
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[…] Best Songs: Perfect Man, I Pray 4 U, Shout […]
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[…] Created by African-Americans, based on drum beats and often featuring rapping or sing-talk. Think Uh-Oh by (G)I-DLE, Child by Mark, or SHINHWA’s early work. […]
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[…] I know, it’s shocking. Taking from a nineties / early aughts hip-hop sound that reminded me of SHINHWA’s classics like Perfect Man, it’s got a solid flow that had me grooving along at points, and though its choruses still lean […]
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[…] time, we’ll be doing part 2 of the SHINHWA deep dive and a girl group supplemental. […]
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[…] (Part One) […]
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[…] (Part One)(Part Two) […]
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[…] (Part One)(Part Two)(Part Three) […]
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[…] Perfect Man; SHINHWA (2002) […]
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