Ask Me About Kpop

Today we are tackling the often avoided topic of cultural appropriation in Kpop. Learn what it is, and how it manifests in Kpop and other pop culture. We have a discussion about hair and why it's never 'just hair. Plus, who makes these decisions and what can be done to keep them from happening, and more on how to navigate the very fine line between appropriation and appreciation. Finally, the newest mv ever in the random game, and... a body hair mystery??**apologies for sound issues, we are figuring out home recording and appreciate your love and patience!Join us at the #KPSNpodcastfest on July 18th! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the last few weeks we have been asking listeners to send in their thoughts on the current BLM protests and how Kpop is and is not responding. And today, we will hear directly from some of our Black listeners about how they are feeling these days. Plus chats from our discord around what responsibility idols and fandoms have when it comes to making change. All ending with possibly the worst screen time distribution in kpop mv history during the random game. Thank you again to all of the listeners who took time to share for this episode. Stay safe and wear a mask!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the first episode in an unfortunate series about all the ways idols let us down with problematic words and behaviors. Today we will be focusing on specific incidents of anti-blackness that have occurred in Kpop over the past few years. We're talking about everything from colorism in groups, to using slurs and the horrible implications of blackface. We must do more to protect Black fans and listen to their hurts, and we have to do more to encourage our idols to be better. Or else it's time to pack it up. And wouldn't we all rather just see change?If you have thoughts about this episode, or anything surrounding Kpop and Black Lives Matter, please email or call. We want to hear from you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi Dearies! We've missed you! Sorry we've been gone, but we've been out protesting. But not to worry, we got home microphones and the show will go on! Tune in for this lil check in and we will be back next week with a new ep! Send us your thoughts on the intersection of Black Lives Matter and Kpop and how you've been doing these days. We want to hear from you! +1 81A-MAK-POP5 for voicemailsTake care of yourselves!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back in the teaching game with another episode chock full of tips for learning Korean! First, updates on the resources Shannon talked about in the first episode (ep. 24). Then, we answer some questions from listeners who are learning, and go over some common phrases you might hear in your fave Kpop songs! Happy studying! 할 수 있다! Join our discord! https://discord.gg/q39Z9v Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a bit of catch up recent events, we attempt to turn an acting style party game into a kpop game. Does it work? That's up to you to decide. Is this episode 85% scream laughing? You bet it is. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time for Part TWO of our deep dive into the career of Rain(비)! Learn about how Rain created his own company (more than once), butted against the censors and kicked ass in the movies. Even more iconic dance moves, business deals, signature lewks, and of course gushy romance await you! Thank you Rain for all you have done to inspire our idols and make us swoon for the last 18 years <3 (Also Rain, if you're reading this, do Hip Song on TikTok it will be perfect we promise) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Let's talk about Rain if it's the last thing we do" - Today's episode is the first of a TWO PART deep dive into the career of Rain!!! Learn all about Jung Ji Hoon and his shaky starts in a boy band, audition failures, and finally his debut as a solo artist. Get a rundown of all the most important 'Rainisms' and the best tracks from the first half of his career! Come back next week for even more skin, more body rolls, and MORE RAIN!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Who cares if it's not March? There's plenty of madness to go around! And today, we're pitting the best selling SHINee songs against each other in an epic bracket battle! Who will come out on top? Tune in to find out! (But, you might figure it out pretty fast) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back! First we're catching up on current life including forced dance party playlists, and using idols to scold you into chores. Then we're running down a list of idols and their siblings that are also famous. And a bunch of them are twins! Mostly we're just comparing people's faces so get your google image search ready. Then the random game stays listening as always. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In dark times, we must turn toward the light. So come with us on a journey through the iconic career of Shannon's literal idol, HyunA. From a 15 year old's rocky start with JYP, and a second chance at a rookie company. Follow from scandalous solos, legendary lewks, classic dance moves, secret romance and one too many tumultuous endings. All leading to a new rebirth, and happiness. Hyuna we love you and can never thank you enough for the impact you've had on us, and Kpop history. <3 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The world feels upside down, so come try and ground yourselves with us. We didn't plan anything for this episode, but we wanted to do at least one thing that was normal. Hear about our new discord server, and how we're handling things. Some voicemails, recs about the things we actually are watching, and many reminders to take care of yourself! We love you all very very much!! Join our discord! discord.gg/xSTkWxQ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time for the stunning conclusion of our first year deep dive into Kpop in 2000! We've still got some big comebacks and a scandal or two to cover but all the songs are starting to sound the same and our brains are melting. Help us solve our many "what song does this sound like?" mysteries and make sure to check out our youtube playlist for this series. You really need to see most of this for yourself. What year in Kpop should we cover next?Join our new discord server! discord.gg/xSTkWxQ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time for a brand new episode theme and it's even TWO parts!! Welcome to the 'The Year in Kpop' series where we cover a year in Kpop. This time: the new millenium, the year 2000! (Jan-June cause oops we talked too long and it's 2 parts now!) Get your peroxide and your plastic pants ready cause we've got a lot of poor singing, insane hair moments, pretty catchy tunes and more backup dancers than you can count! Come back next week for part two and hear our final thoughts on the year 2000 and how it shaped the Kpop that came after! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time once again for a heated song battle! Today's title: TONIGHT. And you better believe there's some drama in this one. Will our friendship survive a ranking betrayal? Tune in to find out! Plus: the random game makes us feel like we've teleported to another dimension... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time to watch something together again! Turns out, MBC made TWO 2010 hit stage mixes so let's watch the first one right now!! Watch along to see more pleather than you've ever seen, and a lot of terrible wigs. And get your ears ready for some screaming because one Rain and his abs may show up here... Finally, a babby girl group in a quick lil random game! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time to watch something together again! Turns out, MBC made TWO 2010 hit stage mixes so let's watch the first one right now!! Watch along to see more pleather than you've ever seen, and a lot of terrible wigs. And get your ears ready for some screaming because one Rain and his abs may show up here... Finally, a babby girl group in a quick lil random game! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to a new era of AMAK! Hope you like the new theme song ;) It's time for our first group deep dive of 2020! And today we're learning all about second-gen power vocal boy group, Infinite!! Hear about cute members we can't describe well, our favorite choreos and the music videos that scared us the most! Plus a surprise drop in by a past guest? Listen to find out more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

(Baek 백 means 100 in Korean, can't resist a pun) Welcome to our 100th episode celebration! We had set out to come up with 100 things we've learned, and instead found the most important lessons are all that you, our listeners have shown us. Tune in for voicemails and emails from listeners and a whole lot of feelings and a few tears. But don't worry, we've still got a fun random game and some screaming about boys to do. Thank you all for listening to these last 100 episodes. It's truly our honor to be part of this journey with you. <3Check out choicemusicla.com for all your Kpop shopping needs! And tell them Ask Me About Kpop sent you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oh my god there's only one episode left until 100!! So obviously for this one we're phoning it in a little and just ranting and talking over each other about recent news as we do sometimes. This time: daddy Jongbae, a #wheresYanan update (yelling), anticipation for AMAK bookclub, new boy groups as water metaphors, yeehaw NCT and so much more. Then we fudge the random game just a little bit cause we deserve it dammit. See y'all at 100!Check out our new Spotify channel for playlists from eps: AMAKpop Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have tried our best to float back to Earth to tell you about our extremely surreal night with SuperM. And we brought our Kai akgae/Kpop virgin friend Kara along for the ride! From meeting new pals in the bathroom, first times with light sticks, sobbing on the ground and out of body experiences... we have a lot to say about this one. Plus the random game generator is being creepier than ever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We were in need of some relaxation between our two epic concert weekend, so this week we're taking some fun Kpop quizzes from Soompi and Buzzfeed! Find out who our Got7 biases are based on song taste, or which TXT + Itzy members we are. Plus we take some knowledge quizzes and try to remember mvs and idols names! Then a new band that actually isnt new in the random game! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back again with raspy voices for another post-concert ep! We got to see Seventeen perform at The Forum in Los Angeles for their Ode To You 2020 tour! Hear from some other listeners who saw the tour in a new voicemail segment, and then we run down our night! From costumes, aesthetic vcrs and many many tears, to a few disappointments and sleepy brains. Plus, the wildest random game group ever, and make sure you stay tuned all the way til the end of this one... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've got a lot to cover today so strap in! A listener called in to lament the end of X1, and because we're us, we decided to turn that into homework. This week, tune in for a rundown of all 4 seasons of Produce 101 and the groups that came out of it. All culminating in a massive rigging scandal that collapsed the whole thing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We made it to another year y'all! Welcome to 2020! Today we're catching up on some of our favorite performances from the end of the year. Then we're running down a list of rumored upcoming projects. Followed by the first very handsome random group of the year!Leave us a voicemail! Call our new voicemail box at 1 81AMAKPOP5 and leave us your questions, comments and feels!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's our last episode of 2019, and we wouldn't know how else to spend it but with YOU our listeners. We received an insane amount of emails from you describing your favorite Kpop memories of 2019. So today we are reading a selection of them for you! We've got great concert memories, new bias groups, new hobbies and more. Capping off with a listener voice memo that made us laugh so hard. We're so grateful for all of you tuning in this year and we look forward to all that 2020 has for us! Happy New Year!! <3 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We couldn't possibly try and choose the best songs of the year without a little outside help. So we proudly welcomed back our pal Yusong! We start out with a little Christmas present time before we each share our runner up choices that didn't make the cut. Then it's finally time to choose the best songs of 2019 (according to the three of us and our arbitrary points system)! See you next week for your favorite Kpop memories of 2019! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We told y'all we had too much music to talk about this year. So in continuing with this excuse to cram as many fave songs onto the show as possible, we present you with our faves in 10 different categories. From Best Music Video to favorite SM Station song. Our choices may be predictable in most cases, but there are sure to be some surprises on the list. Come back next week when we count down the top 15 of 2019 with a special guest!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the end of the year already! Can you believe? So it's time for episode one of our FOUR end of year specials this year! First up, we're talking about a few of our favorite B-sides from 2019. It was very hard for us to choose them but we kept it strict to 5 and now the episode is actually very short and I regret everything.... also another edition of "The Random Number Generator Is Being Creepy" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time for the last deep-dive ep of 2019 when we learn everything about EXID! Get to know the members, and all about their rocky start to idol life. Plus, their climb back up the charts, legendary Shinsadong Tiger bops, hilarious music videos are more! Let's celebrate this funny, sexy, legendary girl group! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hope you like beautiful harmony and great collabs because that's what we're talking about today! We will be running down a list of some of our favorite Kpop duets of all time! Some are bouncy and fun, some sexy, some sad, but they're all duets! Ending with a glorious tale of friendship and betrayal that gets us very riled up... don't worry, it has a happy ending. Finally, a too hot for tv girl group in the random game! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You have to take the good with the bad, and October 2019 was a pretty rough month. We experienced shocking loss and more than one heartbreak. So today we're taking some time to discuss last month's 'thorns'. (Monbebe: you can skip to 43:50 if you're done hearing about your troubles) Then, we try and turn it around and focus on the joys that October brought with a list of 'roses' that listeners helped us compile. Finally, the controversy continues in the random game with a girl group that was ended over a blackmail scandal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time for another song battle! Today's title was "Hello" and we really struggled with these ones. Then a short lived, but somehow timely group in the random game! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's episode is all about the unsung heroes (and occasional villains) of the Kpop industry: Managers and Staff. Learn about what an idol manager's day looks like (spoiler: its very long). And hear tales of the worst of the worst managers, and of course some brighter stories of lasting friendship and a specific kind of fan service. Then, the longest random game mv yet! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's deep dive is a real doozy as we try to cover 13+ years of SUPER JUNIOR! Meet all the members past and present, and follow us on one of the greatest hair journeys so far. Through member changes and seemingly endless military enlistments, find out what has earned Super Junior a place on the "Hallyu Mount Rushmore". And check out Super Junior's latest release 'Super CLAP' now!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We took a stroll down the grossest street on Earth to visit our super boys at the SuperM pop up store! Hear tales of photo binders, forbidden fans, cute wall signatures, and the merch we couldn't help but buy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

LIVE from the Amino App, it's Ask Me About Kpop! Today's episode is a recording of the live stream that we did on the Kpop Amino community on 9/29/19. First we introduce ourselves to all the new friends in the chat room, then we play a little Kpop parlor game where the winner in the chat room gets to pick any video for all of us to watch. Then, of course we end with a random game and someone joins the chat just in time to hear us yell, "nipples!".Download the Amino App to join the Ask Me About Kpop community and chat with other listeners about kpop! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's SuperM eve! And we wanted to take an opportunity for any newcomers to explain who these guys are! Hear a rundown of each member of SuperM and their careers up to this point! Plus, recommendations for each member so you can get to know them as individuals! Then, a random game group that doesn't make us sad for once. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're feeling stuck in the floating void between comebacks and lamenting how the news is always right on our tails. Then, we're testing out new Kpop parlor games based on our Kpop playlists and the good ol shuffle button. Some work better than others, but we definitely have a lot of fun. Which game did you like best? Then, it's a very colorful random game.Download the Amino App now and join our first LIVE episode of AMAK 9/29/19 right on Amino!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's nothing more important than friends! And today we're celebrating our own friend-aversary (12 years!!!) with some presents and exploring legendary idol friendships. From childhood friends, and group chats everyone wants to be a part of, to soulmates and friends that may be more? Finally the most tumultuous random game group yet! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's that time of year again! Where we take the week to only girl groups! And it's the new ones to boot! First, we play catch up with the groups who debuted in 2018 after the last celebration. And then get to know some of the gals who have debuted so far in 2019. And lastly, a truly amazing and hilarious mv in the random game. Support girl groups every year, all year long!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Time to fire up the Google image search cause we're talking about tattoos that you can't see on a podcast. First we break down the legal grey area that is getting tattoos in South Korea. Then we talk about some of our faves tattoos, as well as some of yours! There's conspiracy, misspellings, and some scary portraits of moms! Lastly, it's time to highlight a beloved boy group in the random game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You waited patiently and it's finally time for our KCON LA 2019 wrap up! And we are joined once again by the lovely Jordan Duffy who joined us for KCON! Hear all about what we wore, how we made what we wore, who we met, what we saw and everything else you'd want to know about our time at KCON LA 2019! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time to revisit y'alls favorite topic... dating scandals! We'll start with some very recent news, and demand a public apology from a certain big mouth idol. Then, dip back into the past for a variety of stories we didn't get to last time. Finishing out with a very juicy cheating scandal that includes some pretty salty instagram essays. Finally, it's time for one of those sad random games where the group is good but aren't around anymore :( #letidolsbang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Kpop Gods are shining down on us this week! First we catch up on comebacks, supergroup pros and cons, and a serendipitous encounter with a Kpop star. Then it's time to recount our time seeing Monsta X on their WE ARE HERE tour in LA at the Staples Center. Hear all about the fabulous wardrobe, out of this world visuals, hilarious vcrs and more! Then some rookie boys in the random game! Don't forget to rate and review! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's deep dive takes us head first into Shannon's ultimate girl group, Apink. My My, do we ever get into the history and discography of this second gen fairy idol group. From their start as a perfect picture of innocent charm, to their current dgaf style. Only One video will be watched at the end and, No No No we didn't forget to give some b-side recommendations. Thank you for opening the gate for us Apink, you are the Only One! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time for another {dun dun] SONG BATTLE! The title we are throwing into the ring this time is "Butterfly". As usual, our tastes are almost completely opposite, making for a very interesting ranking. Then, a group that subverts all expectations in the random game. And finally, FINALLY it's time to talk about EXO-SC!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our new friend Yusong Liu (Doughboys, Maybe Don't) was bursting with excitement to talk to us about Kpop. We get to know each other's Kpop likes and watch videos of each other dancing (with much protest) and laugh a whole lot. Then, there's only one thing to describe the discussion around the random game group: peach emoji. Follow Yusong! Twitter: @YusongL Instagram: @yusong_liuListen to Yusong's new podcast 'Maybe Don't' wherever you get podcasts! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

First off, it must be said that this is the most heavily edited episode of AMAK ever. Because you see, we just wanted to talk about all the pop groups we loved as youths and the nostalgia took over. Despite it's runtime, an entire hour was actually edited out of this conversation. So sit back and relax and listen as we take a stroll down memory lane and revisit some objectively terrible, actually perfect, late 90s pop! Don't worry if you can't relate, we do try to bring it all back to Kpop somehow! Then, a real cute patootie in the random game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Staying up to date on all things in the Kpop world can feel like an impossible task. So today we are sharing some of our favorite resources for finding reliable Kpop news, as well as giving a word of warning about resources to take with a grain of salt. Plus, defending and supporting Kpop journalists who are doing their best! And finally, the random game to end all random games. (But its not the end) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.