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The Best New Music: February 2022 Stream the episode here! Read the write-up here! Read my full-length review of milet’s stellar new album, visions, here! On 17 Carat K-Pop Guess the K-Pop Song: Guess 50 K-pop songs by the English lyrics! 7Fates: CHAKHO Ep. 4, 5, and 6 Recap: The first half of this episode recaps episodes 4, 5, and 6 of 7Fates: CHAKHO. The second half runs through all of the latest K-pop headlines: tons of in-person and livestream concert announcements, what we know so far about Queendom season two, and much more! The Global Impacts of K-Pop Fans: The power of K-pop fan mobilization is hard to overstate. K-pop fans have helped change the political tides in Chile, revived a dying facet of Thailand's tourism industry, organized flash mobs as a form of protest, founded grassroots organizations to work on all sorts of issues, lobbied for certain legislation, and even created some of the first-ever fan-run sites. This power to make tangible change has been used for bad as well as good: K-pop "anti-fans" have mobilized to manufacture conspiratorial theories, attack members of different fandoms, and spread misinformation, all of which have caused "real world" harm. The bottom line: the power of K-pop fans extends well beyond the internet. This episode covers stories from the nineties up to the present day, from countries all over the world, that are prime examples of K-pop fans' concrete impacts- the good, the bad, and the ugly. Epik High is Still Here: A close reading of the lyrics in Epik High Is Here 下, Pt. 2 and the parallels to the references, metaphors, and overall themes in Pt. 1! B.A.P Forever: From thought-provoking messages to a unique blend of musical influences, B.A.P is a remarkable group worthy of its lasting legacy. This episode follows a timeline of B.A.P’s career highs and lows, explores the best B.A.P song lyrics and music video storylines, and overall shows how B.A.P impacted the world of K-pop in ways that are still felt today. K-Pop x Artwork: ATEEZ, BTS, CLC, IZ*ONE, LOONA… so many K-pop artists have incorporated famous works of art into their song lyrics and/or music videos! This episode provides seventeen examples and tells the stories behind the sculptures, paintings, and art installations referenced in K-pop! Let’s Play (Basket)ball: A recap of 7Fates: CHAKHO episodes two and three, HyunA and DAWN's engagement, Jimmy Kimmel's monologue criticism, a BTS version of Wordle, the surprising impact of BamBam's tweets, and even more K-pop headlines and commentary! “STAY Tuned” Ep. 12: A new study confirming the most dangerous songs to listen to while driving, scrutiny over the When We Were Young Fest, and more of the latest headlines from the world of audio entertainment! New K-Pop, J-Pop, & C-Pop: Best of January 2022: A ranking and review of the twenty best new music releases of January! How to Stan is Back! Episode 43 looks at the rumors and conspiracy theories surrounding Elvis’s life and death. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts! This Month’s Writing All About Rumble-G Rocking doll’s Unique World-Building BTS and My Reinvigorated Love of Reading The Week in Review: February 11th, 2022 (PAYWALL REMOVED) NEWS: Republic Records Announces Expansion of Historic Alliance with JYP Entertainment Teenage Penster Anna Sofia Faces Fears and Thought Confines in Her New Single “No.5” NEWS: GROOVL1N x 17 Carat K-Pop! “Teach me to dance for the next show!” Famous Producer and DJ Alan Walker Reacts to MCND’s Cover The Best New K-Pop, J-Pop, and C-Pop: January 2022 A Guide to ATEEZ’s Music Video World (PAYWALL) The Best Lyrics from Epik High Is Here 下, Pt. 1 and Pt. 2 (PAYWALL) A Guide to the LOONAverse (PAYWALL) Sources and Further Reading 7Fates: CHAKHO Episode Two 7Fates: CHAKHO Episode Three 7Fates: CHAKHO Episode Four 7Fates: CHAKHO Episode Five 7Fates: CHAKHO Episode Six The series of BTS Vogue interviews discussed on the show: RM’s, Suga’s, Jungkook’s, J-Hope’s, Jin’s, V’s, and Jimin’s The study on how stock market performance correlates with music-listening habits The study that determined the most and least dangerous songs to listen to while driving Woozi discussing his single “Ruby” Reporting on K-pop fan activism The concept of “subversive frivolity” One in an ARMY’s official website "Fan activism, cybervigilantism, and Othering mechanisms in K-pop fandom” K-pop fans’ efforts to mobilize voters in Chile’s elections A separate instance of K-pop fans being cited as a political force in Chile K-pop fans’ efforts to support a struggling industry in Thailand About the artists and works of art covered in “K-Pop x Artwork” Auguste Rodin René Magritte More on Magritte Mark Rothko Camille Claudel Anish Kapoor’s Svayambh Salvador Dali’s work and other art referenced by T.O.P Valerie Hegarty’s Niagara Falls MC Eschers’ Relativity Kandinsky’s Composition VII Christian Boltanski’s No Man’s Land View the Substack version of this piece here!
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