A year ago I wrote “The struggle of stanning an underrated group, pt.1,” and intended to post pt.2 soon after. With Corona putting the world on hold for a year, “soon” has become a relative concept, so I’m
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A year ago I wrote “The struggle of stanning an underrated group, pt.1,” and intended to post pt.2 soon after. With Corona putting the world on hold for a year, “soon” has become a relative concept, so I’m
Continue readingMy closest K-Pop friends are my teenage daughters. Before we became a trio, they were somewhat like two lonely islands in the same K-Pop bay. They both liked the music, but they stanned different groups, loved different songs,
Continue readingI seem to be crying a lot lately. I blame Covid, mainly because I blame Covid for everything. TXT just put out a song whose title perfectly sums up 2020: We Lost the Summer. It’s so fitting, so
Continue readingI cried over a K-Pop group the other day. And I’m not embarrassed. I don’t mean I wailed like a Beatlemaniac, not that there’s anything wrong with that (there isn’t). But yes, I sobbed real tears, streaming down
Continue readingWhat’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
Continue readingI·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
Continue readingI 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
Continue readingToday 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
Continue readingAt 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
Continue readingAwhile 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
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