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What’s the fastest you’ve ever stanned a group? Up until a few months ago, my fastest stan time was one day, and the group I clocked that record with was B.A.P. Some groups have come close to that

I·dol /ˈīdl/    A person that is greatly admired, loved, or revered. I recently saw a K-pop album on sale for the insanely low price of 99 cents. 99 cents!! I knew I really liked one of the

I didn’t think my experience at KCON LA 2018 could be topped, but wow, was I wrong! KCON ‘19 gave me and my family the most incredible moments, including one that I never imagined possible, but we’ll get

Today is my 2 year K-pop birthday!!!! It’s been exactly two years since I fell head-first down the rabbit-hole of K-pop, chasing BTS into the mysterious and captivating unknown. There has been so much to discover, so much

At last summer’s KCON LA, two of the panels that excited me the most were “The Struggles of Being a K-pop Fan” and “Underrated K-pop Groups.” As it happens, these two topics have frustratingly collided for me this

Awhile ago, I vowed to never watch another survival show that results in a temporary idol group. I’ve had my heartbroken by them more than once in the past year, and I’m not going to let it happen

My last couple posts have been a little salty, so I decided to write about something purely positive to cleanse my palate. Day6 is a group I started liking in January 2018 after seeing the MV for “If,”

I’ve been immersed in a lot of K-pop content recently, and the majority, if not all, of it has originated from Korea or in many cases, from the K-pop fandom itself. However, I’ve also watched some of the

Lately I’ve been annoyed about the immense popularity of western pop and the fact that K-pop doesn’t get equal respect. Peers of mine gush about how a particular pop group is “so amazing,” artist X is “an incredible

Last month I enjoyed one of the most surprising and unexpectedly fun experiences in my life as I was somehow convinced by my girls to drive down to KCONLA! It was the 7th KCON held in Los Angeles,