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Juicy J and Ty Dolla Sign coming out at Lollapalooza
It feels like performing with Western artists at festivals is only going to become more common from now on. The…
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What would it have been like if TikTok challenges had existed back in 2015–2016 ?
In another universe we would have got Jennie x Irene tiktok, Jimin x Kai x Taemin tiktok, RM x Jackson,…
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Any thoughts on Akrapovič by Hamo? Lyrics and Translation
Not sure how many people on here are interested, but I’ve been listening to it on loop. It captures the…
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“Even prison will not save you”: unmarried young Korean women feared sexual enslavement in Imperial Japan’s wartime labor conscription, but officials said evaders would be imprisoned and then conscripted anyway (September 1944)
By early 1944, months before Japan formally promulgated the Women’s Labor Volunteer Corps Ordinance in August 1944, reports from colonial…
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Will GIRLSET ever be famous and explode like Katseye?
Really want this another global gg (who debuted first before Katseye) to at least have enough popularity and engagement like…
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How can fans come to terms when a member leaves a group, especially if it was the member’s own choice?
I’ve been having some thought into this and it’s very fitting in the situation surrounding the discussions around Enhypen. So…
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What should I do about this GO situation?
I love my GOM to bits, but I genuinely think this is my last straw. For her most recent batch,…
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the yeonjun “섹시/sexy” controversy is so dumb
ok so for context theres a variety show where txt raises a baby and theres this one clip here where…
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Am I a fake fan for not participating in music show voting?
As a student, I don’t have much time for voting and keeping up to date with all their appearances and…
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Former members of groups in books about Kpop?
So I’m currently working on a book about Kpop, and I find myself in a bit of a conundrum. Kpop…
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i don’t understand why people who claim to dislike kpop engage with this sub and others like it so frequently
something i’ve noticed since i joined this sub and other kpop-adjacent ones is that there’s a lot of users with…
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In Korea, even true statements can sometimes lead to criminal defamation charges
One topic that may surprise foreigners(especially Americans) in Korea is our defamation law. Korean law may impose criminal penalties for…
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Newer Generation don’t know Ulzzang(얼짱) anymore
I have a 14yr old niece who is deeply influenced by kpop and kdrama. She loves korean foods, cultures, skincare…
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TL;DR Reasons why I think izna is poised to blow up💥and if you value winning things like fan calls the best time may be now.
Hello potential investors, this is your resident portfolio manager👓 Recently a potential stock has come to my attention, izna! I…
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The Lemonade instrumental version goes hard af
In one of their YT videos they have the Lemonade instrumental playing, it’s actually so good as an EDM track.…
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The thing that makes me so mad about 100/BPM is that it should have worked.
Full disclosure: I am a Deobi. My ults are the Boyz. All of my opinions are biased. So when the…
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Plain Soups?
I just got out of the hospital with a pancreas infection and am on a liquid diet, meaning that I…
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Twice’s Journey From Cute Girls Next Door To Sexy, Empowered Women – An Analysis of their Korean singles (Part 1)
You know after almost a decade of following kpop I’ve seen plenty of things. Groups debuting, groups disbanding, members leaving,…
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Saint Satine final lineup is so weird and I can’t stick with it
I’m gonna be brutally honest and no hard feelings, but I can’t imagine SAKURA being in a group of Western…
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Who should I see in concert, katseye or lesserafim? help me choose
Hi everyone I’ve been a k-pop fan for a little over a year now, i used to be somewhat of…
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Japan’s Gen Z protests feature K-pop tunes, light sticks
Across Japan, a growing number of people from the MZ generation (born between the 1980s and early 2000s) are taking…
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Why are there ‘two’ Koreas?
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Two decades ago, as I packed my bags to come to South Korea and begin a journey that would change…
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Thoughts on NMIXX Newest Song Crescendo?
Listened to it like 20 times already. I’m in love. It’s exactly what Imagined when I heard the album name…
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My thoughts on LE SSERAFIM’s “Celebration”
this is as a straight guy who listens to all kinds of music. so idk if that changes how you…
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Isn’t the point of community/fandom … bringing in more members??
I CONSTANTLY see fanwars, and stans being shitty, and cannot understand it for the life of me. If you want…
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Kpop Idols Work Hours/”Weekends”/Holidays
I have been thinking about this a lot recently, especially in relation to my ult group ZEROBASEONE and I also…
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Western critics and journalists continuing to platform untrustworthy “experts” to talk about Kpop
Music critic and internet personality Anthony Fantano from The Needle Drop recently released a video on “The State of Kpop“,…
