Ask Me About Kpop

Happy Summer! For this week's episode, we're taking a look at the 6 summer 'family' albums that SM Entertainment released between 2002-2009. Who was featured on these albums? What did the songs sound like? How much fun do you think they all had wrestling in the pool? Why haven't they done one of these albums for 13 years?!? All those questions and a lot of very cheesy summer music ahead!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let's watch along to another interestingly curated MBC playlist of the hit Kpop stages from 10 years ago! This is the full audio version where you can hear the video. Link to video: https://youtu.be/M4WMmZk_PGM Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let's watch along to another interestingly curated MBC playlist of the hit Kpop stages from 10 years ago! This is the version with only our commentary, sync up the video to watch!Link to video: https://youtu.be/M4WMmZk_PGM Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After many a rescheduling, we were finally able to use the Monsta X tickets we purchased 28 months ago and see our beloveds live and in person! Hear our experience of our first time with FLOOR SEATS and who won sexiest Monsta of the evening. As always we've got detailed outfit descriptions and our best recollection of the show as colored by the fog of our love and excitement and rapidly fading phone batteries. Plus, a voice message from a listener who saw them in a different city. Come back to us soon Monsta X! We miss you already! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Okay we're doing it! We're revisiting and updating an episode we did 4 years ago! Enough time has passed that it feels safe to put some brackets around what we consider 'the 3rd generation' of Kpop. Just as we did all those years ago in episodes 18 and 19, we will take a look at how music videos, concerts, fan engagement, concepts, scandals and more, differed from the generations before. What do you think of the 3rd Gen? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we posed a challenge for our Seasoned Fan Patreon Patrons, what is the "one" Kpop video for you? The single video you would show to a complete stranger who is asking you about Kpop. A Kpop 'elevator pitch' per se. We watched 14 different video submissions over on our Patreon, and then we came here to find out why each listener chose their one video, and then discuss the Kpop merits of each! Join our Patreon to see video reactions to these songs and get so much other content! patreon.com/amakpoppod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's episode is probably a topic we should have covered 190 episodes or so ago, but we're doing it now! It's time to talk about stage names! We studied stage names from a ton of random groups throughout all time to give us a good picture of where stage names come from, and the patterns and categories they often fall into. Then, we take a quiz to find out our Kpop stage names. What's your favorite stage name in Kpop?**This episode included an upsetting recording error resulting in maybe not the most amazing steady audio you've ever heard and we're really sorry please be nice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We got to see TWICE in a really big stadium with so many people!!! Listen to our tired and brain melted recap recorded the morning after that may be slightly jumbled, but we got the main point across. Which is that TWICE is really amazing and we're so happy we saw them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode topic was silly and ill-advised but we did it anyway. For some reason we decided to watch 25 covers of the 2008 TVXQ! song "Mirotic" in a row. Let us tell you about them. Pray that we will get the song out of our heads eventually. Youtube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-8Wdlv0O5P75UHAjVCgtGnBhMWUIh_ss Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello darlings, time was not on our side this week to give you a regular episode, but we couldn't leave you empty handed. So we're releasing this Patreon exclusive Queendom recap out into the world for free! And never fear loyal patrons who already listened, this ep includes a new intro and ends with a random game and recommendations as always. More Queendom recap episodes + so much fun video content waiting for you right now at patreon.com/amakpoppod - Thanks to everyone for your support as always! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's movie time again! Seventeen put on an encore presentation of their new movie Power Of Love: The Movie and we got to see it! Listen to us describe the whole movie to you, before we hear from a whole bunch of Alike Carats from all over the world and all their thoughts!! Cheers to more Kpop concert movies and manifesting SVT World Tour for everyone!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back! First let's check in on the results of our song battles from episode 200. Then, we've got our producer spotlight back out to learn all we can about the works of the hitmaker duo, Black Eyed Pilseung. With an intro to them as partners and a little skip through their career with stops at some of the biggest or most interesting songs. Finishing out with each of us naming our top 5 BEP songs of all time. What are your favorites?Episode Playlists:Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5E1dSHfk7XgpuV96Fgxjnh?si=ec536229675243c0YouTube- https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-8Wdlv0O5P44gnAVcOQR2tqrpTx8WWLuDiscography spreadsheet for my fellow nerds: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/167TThRfF_d2Jz-ihcALQTaKOVdQYa4qcyxbrEvzHbq8/edit?usp=sharing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to a new era of AMAK! We've got a new theme song and we're ready to roll! This week to celebrate 200, we worked our way down from a huge list of Kpop songs with a "2" in the title, into 5 mini-battle match ups. Listen to us make a case for each song, and then vote here to make your pick! https://forms.gle/QCi1zYMdStzDU7VPAThank you to everyone who has ever listened to this show, whether you've heard one episode, or all 200, we love you so much!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're playing one of our favorite and funniest parlor games, Utter Nonsense - the game where we have to sing a ridiculous phrase to the tune of a Kpop song. That's all there is to it and it's really fun and hilarious. Please enjoy. See you next week for episode 200! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

C'mon we saved you a seat in the time machine, let's keep with tradition and check out the Kpop scene 20 years ago. This week we're covering the first 6 months of 2002 and all the popular music releases we could find. We've got a lot of music that sounds super familiar in ways we can't place, and singers that um... struggle with live singing in a way we have yet to see in these episodes. As well as assorted news including lost pets, drug scandals, dating, rough injuries, and some very strange PR choices. Strap in for a long episode of laughs and watch along with our playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-8Wdlv0O5P7oyQGJ6I4i1Astawz-4M4t Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Raise a glass and let's say farewell to NU'EST while simultaneously learning everything about them. That's right, today's episode is a bittersweet deep dive into NU'EST, recorded on, and in honor of, their official disbandment day. We've got 10 years of NU'EST to cover, from their beginnings as the first boy group at Pledis, to bringing Kpop to often skipped parts of the globe. And how a last ditch shot on a reality competition leads to Waiting, and finally making it to deserved acclaim. Tune in for some incredible bops and a lot of sadness that's all gotta end so soon. You did well NU'EST!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time to get back into Kpop Academia with a dissertation exploring the concept of a Kpop Fan Song. What do they sound like? How can you tell what is and isn't a fan song? Shannon carefully studied and analyzed 50 different songs throughout Kpop history to figure out the answers to these questions! Were the findings what you thought they would be? What's your favorite fan song?Spotify Episode Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4tbIBUkgxyXHGerJRvEoXG?si=c33a71098fa34447Spotify Full Dataset Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7prAzoFhlOZ2UQLrghOoKG?si=61541465fb0c4952YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-8Wdlv0O5P5s2ODwfhJ_Ap9PHxDZR4aXTHE SPREADSHEET: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j3ibtLadZfa2EJojoFwqS1eh3X4H7278FhREIeGWFqI/edit?usp=sharing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey happy March! We're revisiting an episode that we did in 2020, but actually in March this time lol. We made another meticulous March Madness bracket of different SHINee songs from across their whole discography and painfully ranked them! How did it go this time? How much did we agree? What song wins?!?!? Find out here! Check our instagram for a blank version of the bracket if you want to play your own way! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's that time of year again to go back in time 10 years with MBC and their compilation stage videos! Today we're watching the 2012 version and there's SO MANY GOOD SONGS so apologies in advance, we do scream a lot in this one. This version of the podcast does have the audio to the video we were watching so you can tell what we're reacting to without watching. If you'd rather watch along, try the other version!Watch along: https://youtu.be/EDHDpxy88ys Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's that time of year again to go back in time 10 years with MBC and their compilation stage videos! Today we're watching the 2012 version and there's SO MANY GOOD SONGS so apologies in advance, we do scream a lot in this one. This version of the podcast does not have the audio to the video we are watching so that you can watch yourself and listen to us.Watch along: https://youtu.be/EDHDpxy88ys Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We did it y'all! Idols on the podcast!! We were SO lucky to get to talk to rookie boy group BLITZERS before the start of their first US Tour. But before we hear from BLITZERS, we want to introduce you to the group. Tune in for a little 'snorkel' through the members and their last 9 months as a debuted idol group. Then, we interview BLITZERS! Hear their Kpop origin stories (as is tradition), their answers to our burning stage costume questions, and the best thing they've eaten in LA. Next up, a recap of the concert! And finally, we watch BLITZERS most popular mv for our random game! Thank you BLITZERS for such a wonderful experience! You will never ever shake us! Your AMAK 이모 love you forever <3Watch us play a game with BLITZERS! https://youtu.be/KPHo2h1quzMTranslations by: https://twitter.com/kamjaktThanks to: BLITZERS, Wuzu Entertainment, Powerhouse, Matt Locke and Wade Ryan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to part 2 of the story of super important and amazing boy group TVXQ! This is the chapter of the story where they continue after their dramatic split as a duo. And oh baby did they kill it. Listen in to hear about the rest of their super cohesive discography, a huge amount of live tours and beating Bon Jovi at literally everything(?). Also there is a lot of squealing and thirsting over sexy dudes in this episode because WE REALLY LOVE 2VXQ OKAY?!??! GET INTO IT! YOU'RE MISSING OUT!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 2003, SM Entertainment debuted a new boy group that would change the scope of Kpop fandom forever. And 6 years into their reign, the group split, causing massive fallout that shook the entire industry. Today on the podcast, we start with chapter one of the story of TVXQ, the part where they had 5 members. Follow along as we teach you all about the many names of Dong Bang Shin Ki, the 5 original members, and a look through their timeline and discography from 2003-2010. Tune in next week for even MORE of the TVXQ story leading up to present day.Youtube playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-8Wdlv0O5P66JLfylXVKkXiSs71ItR-vSpotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1o3vEI6rkNzvu1wHMBEIG6?si=f9e6ac7fb8694190More AMAK: linktr.ee/amakpop Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's the best Kpop song you don't think anyone else has ever heard? That was the question we asked of our Seasoned Fan Patrons this week and they delivered! As we do, we found a rigid way to put them in order based on arbitrary data to see which song was truly heard the least. Gotta make it complicated! Enjoy all the hidden gems, cause we certainly did! Youtube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-8Wdlv0O5P5UkkfisaBy46KssgsvCFCBSpotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5CyOVVvQPFd20plYYADmNM?si=7a23d58d8e734bd4More Ask Me About Kpop - linktr.ee/amakpop Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's our podcast birthday!! And we had no idea what we'd be doing today when we started recording, but we knew our sweet Megan had organized a fan project :pleading face emoji: So tune in as we check out a special playlist made for us of songs that remind y'all of us (add yours here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5eMPy4fSk4j8DMqnRgcqMU?si=253d48a17b9442e9) and hear some of your truly amazing predictions for the future of the podcast. Thank you to each and every Alike out there from the bottom of our hearts for listening! Cheers to many more years together! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As promised last week we are keeping the format of our first SuperM episode, to introduce the ladies of Girls On Top: GOT The Beat, SM Entertainment's new super girl group. Meet each member of Girls on Top and hear some recommendations for solo content for you to get familiar with the members. Then we get into the first release, "Step Back" with a little round of 'Roses and Thorns' to address the controversies and downsides, while also taking time to gush about pretty outfits and vocals. Finally, the random number generator continues to grow stronger. All hail the random number generator. Member Recommendation Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-8Wdlv0O5P6rzG2VCLBU_NWExzbvJPZ0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the 3rd time in a row, we’re ending this year in Kpop the only way we know how… with our best boi Yusong Liu! This year's battle for the top 15 songs was intense as ever, but we also agreed more than ever!! Stay tuned for our rankings of the 15 songs (in a bunch of 3 way ties) that we loved the most in 2021, all ending with a super relevant random game. Happy 2022 y’all!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to another edition of the biggest event of the year, the AMAK Achievement in Kpop Awards!! We've got our categories ready, and our answers... sort of locked in? So tune in to hear the results of more painful decisions as we attempt to honor all of our fave Kpop this year. Were our choices predictable? You decide! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tradition continues once again as we start our look back at Kpop in 2021 with the songs you might not have heard if you didn't listen to the whole album. And this year, we're upping the ante and we've each picked 15 b-sides we loved to share with you!! Stay tuned next week for even more fun 2021 best-ofs!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's our first actual in-theatre movie club movie!! We schlepped up to Universal CityWalk to see Monsta X: The Dreaming in theatres and now we're gonna tell you about it! Stay tuned for a full recap of the movie if you didn't catch it yourself. After, we get out all of our questions and complaints about why this didn't quite feel like a movie? Plus, tons of thoughts and feelings from listeners who also went to the movie, and Shannon's story of visiting the LA pop up shop. Then, the random game brings us our first deep dive idea for 2022?!? And spoiler alert, even MORE talk about The Dreaming: The Album for recommendation time! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IT'S OUR BEST BOY'S BIRTHDAY!!! So we're being the change we want to see in the world and making more Choi Minho content for you. So listen to us gush about Minho as an actor, a variety king, a perfect stand in dad, an athlete, a friend and so so much more. Then, a list of 30 random reasons we love him for his 30th bday. WE LOVE YOU MINHO!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's already December!!!! So let's clean out our voicemail box and hear from listeners at all different points of 2021! We've got predictions, squeals and complaints about comebacks, stories of friends getting into Kpop and much more! Want to send us a voicemail of your own? Call us anytime! 1-81-AMAKPOP-5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You've had 2 months to read and now it's time to watch the movie (in our minds). That's right it's finally time for Idol Gossip book club! Head over to Patreon for the full spoiler-y discussion, but here on the free feed we're once again putting on our casting director hats. But first, the results of our head to head battles! Then it's time to pull out the headshot presentation of your submissions (follow along here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1McXZz8xeaYKYfvZdZHvm2OBqG2xbL8M5Li6vW5ZLOFE/edit?usp=sharing) to decide who will star in Idol Gossip! Do you like our casting? Who would you choose? Post your dream cast and any other Idol Gossip thoughts in the book club channel on Discord! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're Never Ever going to forget the first 7 years of GOT7, so we're celebrating them today with a deep dive!! Meet the seven members of GOT7 and learn about their varied backgrounds before idol life. Then we run through the timeline of GOT7's extensive discography including their legendary dance practices, their dozens of reality shows, and near constant tours around the world. We finish up with a very hype viewing of their 2nd most watched mv and tons of recommendations for hilarious content and great songs. We will be waiting for you GOT7!! Enjoy your solo time! <3 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're trying out a new type of song battle this week, 5 rounds of head-to-head contrasting title competition (that we refuse to choose a winner in). That's right YOU, the listener, must choose the winner of each of these opposite title match ups. You can vote here: https://forms.gle/wLAZfZ51ku78uiGY8 and we will reveal the winners in an upcoming episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's episode starts out with a surprise love bomb from the listeners and Shannon crying. (thank you for the love you sneakies) Then we get into a rundown of groups and solo artists that were the very first to debut at their companies. What kind of impact did these folks make on the scene at large? Who stuck around and who was quietly disappeared? It's a return to Kpop college with a bunch of history and stages you have to see! Then, a super fun 2nd gen group in the random game! A million more thank yous for your support. Y'all are the greatest listeners on earth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's game day again! With the help of our Patreon patrons, we're trying to get each other to guess random English rap lines. With dramatic readings, performances and clips from the song, will we be able to guess? It's one of those episodes where we can't guess something you think is obvious for a super long time and y'all yell at your phones and get super frustrated at us. So I hope that's fun!! Thanks to all our Seasoned Fan Patreon patrons for helping us with this episode!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our brains are melted by life and the fact that it's already October. So this week we didn't do any research about anything at all and we're just gonna talk about some new Kpop stuff okay? So tune in for thoughts on Woodz, Aespa, assorted Monsta X questions, Hyuna's haircut, the probable end of KNK, Seventeen teasers and some more random stuff! Thanks for listening, we're gonna go have a nap. bye! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tell me tell me t-t-t-t-tell me everything there is to know about Wonder Girls on today's deep dive episode! Learn all about the Wonder Girls (and JYP) and their ten years as a group (and JYP is here too). Meet the 7 members and try to keep track of the 4 different combinations they will appear in throughout their career (oh look JYP is back there!). Then we jump into the timeline which includes super baby rookies, a lot of time spent in America, members leaving and returning, viral choreo, songs and tours that all start with "JYP and The Wonder Girls", an appearance by Nick Cannon, a TON of amazing timeless perfect bops, oh and did we tell you that JYP is always there too? Enjoy this almost 2 hours with the wonderful Wonder Girls!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's one of those weeks where we needed to chase down a curiosity, and ended up with an extremely relevant episode! This week we're taking a look at the first season of Kpop Star which aired on SBS 10 years ago this December. Learn all about how this reality competition show worked, and then meet the Top 10 contestants from Season 1. How did they do on their season Kpop Star and how are they doing these days? Let's find out!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yep. We're doing this one again. Y'all sent us a ton more misheard lyrics after the first episode so let's check these new submissions out together. Do you hear the same things as the other listeners? Warning: this episode is VERY silly and we get kinda nutty and loud at the end pls don't be mad at us we're all just trying to get through our wretched existence with laughs and wishes for songs that are longer than 2 minutes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's already that time of year again! Time to meet all of the girl groups that have debuted since last September! What make this group of gals special? Well, a lot of things but they also all debuted to empty auditoriums as our first only-pandemic-times girl group class. But a lack of live audience has not stopped these girl groups from creating some truly excellent Kpop! So fire up the youtube and get your follow button finger ready cause we have 33 new groups in need of your support! #supportgirlgroups Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are so excited today to be joined by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and the author of our new fave Kpop YA novel, Alexandra Leigh Young! We read Alex's new book Idol Gossip and we have so many questions for her! First get Alex's Kpop origin story as is tradition before getting into a non-spoiler-y discussion of Idol Gossip. Hear about the work that went into building Alice Choy's world as a kpop trainee, Alex's real world inspiration, how she balanced actual Kpop history with fiction, and what lessons she took for more realistic portrayals of performing. Pre-order your copy of Idol Gossip now! We have so much more with Alex coming in a super spoilery book club episode soon!! Pre-order Link -- https://forms.gle/JGhwTUZ9gw3jC5ag6 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Get ready for a super historically important deep dive just in time for this group to celebrate 25 years since their debut. It's time to finally meet SM's first boy group, H.O.T.! Learn all the ways that H.O.T. and their legendary fan club set the standard for the Kpop fandom we still participate in to this day. We've got so much to cover, so much hair to comment on, so many old school SM smenglish lyrics to try and decipher. So put on your rain poncho and blow up a white balloon and let's party with H.O.T.! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shannon wanted to make a Kpop disco playlist. So we asked our Seasoned Fan Tier Patrons to submit their favorite Kpop Disco song for consideration. But first, a crash course in what Disco is and it's rise and fall in popularity, as well as it's Japanese cousin City Pop and how they both play into modern Pop and Kpop all over the world. Then, we go through our listeners submissions to see if they quality for our ultimate disco playlist. We learned a whole lot and this might be harder than we thought! You can watch the video of us reacting to today's submissions if you join our Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are chasing a curiosity and taking an audit of some of the biggest Kpop companies to figure out which of their groups had the shortest life span. Tune in for 12 stories of kpop groups that on average, lasted less than 2 years a piece. We've got a lot of disappointment in this one gang. Plus, Angelica challenges the random number generator and it flaunts it's great psychic power in a truly perfect way. What was your favorite group that never got the time to thrive? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time once again for a deep dive! This time we jump into the 2nd gen boy group credited with kicking in the door for Korean boy groups in Japan, SS501! Meet the 5 members and tackle a similar-name challenge before diving into the short 5 year timeline of the group. With a humble start at a small company and a whole bunch of best newcomer awards, learn about their breakthrough in Japan and how the drama Boys Over Flowers comes into play. Then, we wonder what might have happened if this group stuck around as long as their counterparts. Top it all off with a viewing of their final music video. Let us know what you thought of SS501! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Grab some popcorn, it's time for another edition of Movie Club!! It's our very first Korean film assignment for the club, "The Box" starring EXO member and Angelica's fave, Park Chanyeol. A film about a record executive trying to make a star out of a silent puppy boy with debilitating stage fright. We start out by recapping the entire movie, so spoilers abound if you haven't watched yet!! Then hear some reviews from listeners who also checked out the movie. Let us know what you think when you watch! What movie should we watch for movie club next? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You can run but you can't hide from our newest Song Battle Challenge!! This time our title is "Hide & Seek" and alongside the Seasoned Fan Patrons we ranked them from 10 to 1 as is tradition! Start with a small Korean lesson about the Korean version of Hide & Seek and it's nursery rhyme counterpart, and then it's time to hunt for the best Hide and Seek song! Which ones will you search out, and which will make you want to stow away? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hop in the Kpop time machine pals! We've got another year in Kpop to finish exploring! Join us LIVE from the KPSN Podcast Festival 2021 for the 2nd half of our deep dive into Kpop in the year 2001! Slideshow HERE: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1VzpM8Fo9lk1Kskw_IKcpep77vWBMHioaWVQ6Y4x2ODA/edit?usp=sharing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.