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!! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Ep. 177: K-Pop Parlor Games - Guess The English Rap Line

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! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ep. 176: October Melties 2021

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!! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ep. 175: What A Wonder Girl World

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!!! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ep. 174: Kpop Star Season 1 - Where Are They Now?

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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ep. 173: Misheard Lyrics (ver. 2)

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 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ep. 172: #supportgirlgroups2021

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 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ep. 171: Idol Gossip with Alexandra Leigh Young

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.! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ep. 170: The Originals - H.O.T.

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! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ep. 169: When We Disco

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? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ep. 168: Kpop Curtailed

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! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ep. 167: Double Down on SS501

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? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ep. 166: AMAK Movie Club: The Box (2021)

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? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ep. 165: Hide & Seek Battle

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 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ep. 164: The Year in Kpop - 2001 (Pt.2)

YALL!!!! 2PM IS BACK!!! DID YOU HEAR?!?!??!?! So we are taking time today for a true extravaganza trying to contain 4.5 years of pain and impatience that has transformed into the joy and pride of a literal perfect comeback all into one episode! Start out with a montage of all the things we've had to yell about 2PM up to this point, and hear a song that we wrote for them(?!?) before getting into this comeback! We're running down all the perfection that is MUST and all of it's visuals and great tracks. Then, get out a pen and paper for another fun quiz!! And finally, wrap it up by watching A NEW 2PM MUSIC VIDEO!!! CAN YALL EVEN REALLY BELIEVE THISSSS!?!?!??!Special thanks to the incomparable Wade Ryan for taking an unsupervised, shoddily crafted recording session and turned it into a listenable song. We love you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ep. 163: The 2PM Has Finally Returned To Us SPECTACULAR!

Have you ever been curious about Kpop, but don’t know where to start? Or are you a huge Kpop fan with no one else to geek out with about it? Lucky for you, best friends Shannon & Angelica love talking about Kpop more than anything! Tune into Ask Me About Kpop each week for Kpop history, vocabulary words, great music, and of course some good old fashioned fangirling. 

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