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In attempt to get one song out of our head, we're forcing it out by listening to the same song 25+ times! This time we found as many covers as we could of Baek Ji Young song 'My Ears Candy'. We came up with criteria for what to look for in each performance and analyzed them all carefully! We've got stages ranging from pretty spicy to mannerly and awkward, some with 5 people and some with siblings(?). Which 'My Ears Candy' was your favorite? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For literally no other reason than we wanted to, we're finally doing a SISTAR deep dive this week!! Tune in to learn all about 4 member superstar girl group SISTAR and their spotless reputation, excellent voices, cheeky music videos, sexy tan legs, and seven straight years of incredible iconic bops. Kpop would never have been the same without our summer queens and we are forever grateful!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Halloween!! Let's celebrate by watching spooky themed Kpop videos submitted by our Patreon Patrons! We've got some cheeky fun music videos, a few actually scary ones, costumed dance practices and special stages to discuss! Join our Patreon to see the full video of our real time reactions to these submissions. What's your favorite Kpop spooky? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kpop Star Season 2 aired 10 years ago this fall, so let's do what we did for Season 1 and check in on the Top Ten to see where they ended up! We've got a rundown of how this season worked and differed from the first, along with an intro and an update to all the singers (and groups?!) that made it to the top 10, ending with a list of great stages from throughout the season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the last two years, 10 different Kpop songs have all been released with the same trendy title. So we're returning to an old format and doing a head-to-head hosts-only song battle for the title 'Villain'! What is it about this word that has Kpop so swept up? Find out as we hear and judge 10 very fun villainous songs! What's your personal favorite from this list? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've been so so so busy the last few months with important Kpop business that we haven't had any time to just gab and chitty chat on the show about Kpop news and comebacks and such. So let's do that today! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ready to get into some new girl groups?! It's time for one of our absolute favorite yearly traditions, introducing you to every girl group we could find that has debuted since last September. We've got 34 new groups for you to meet and great songs to recommend! We wish nothing but success and many many comebacks for all of these gals. Who is your favorite from the AMAK girl group support class of 2022? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can you believe it? Yes it's really our 6th concert recap for the year. We were graciously invited to see true Kpop superstar Sunmi on her 2nd World Tour and it was A TREAT! Hear all about all the ways that queen Sunmi mesmerized and impressed us and the setlist that was full to the brim with bangers. Here's hoping that Sunmi gets the 3rd world tour she wished for and that you all get the chance to behold her wonder in person someday!! Thank you so much to Abyss for making this happen! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time to get in the time machine blah blah you know how these work by now... seriously though why are all the music videos from this time period about dead women?!? We're finishing out our recap of Korean popular music in 2002 and ooh boy it's a doozy. Tune in to hear us describe so so many 8 minute long tragedy music videos. Oh, also I guess there were songs? But for real these mvs are all we can think about.Help us figure out what merch to do! https://forms.gle/LYHsyEjJBmPNYTWS9 Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seventeen came back to LA and everything was right again! And we're here to tell you all about our 4th time seeing Seventeen live and in person! Hear about our very oddly placed seats and the things we saw because of them, as well as a full recap of the whole concert based on our hastily taken notes as always. Then, we have highlights from our dear friend Genna who was our date for the concert, and even more emails and voicemails from Carats who saw this tour from different cities all over the world! Seventeen please come back to us next year so we can resume our yearly tradition!Random game video link: https://youtu.be/t_tyLHqA-P0 Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oh wow it's a special 2 episode week and here's the second one! Listen to us recap our time at the Saturday KCON 2022 concert in LA! Find out how the small children in front of us reacted to boy groups, what happened to San's hair dye, which Stray Kids member caught Shannon's eye, and the ITZY song choice that made Angélica scream. As well as some pondering about the fairness of time allotments and why the show took so dang long! Plus, stay tuned after the random game for a recap of the Sunday concert that we didn't go to by some of our Alikes who did! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

KCON LA is back!! It's really back y'all!! And oh did we really do KCON this year. Hear our recap of everything we saw over the weekend, including our precious Alikes, so many adorable idols, knowledgable professionals and nice dads just to name a few. Stick around to hear from some KCON-ers who we talked to outside the concert, as well as our thoughts on how this year's con was different than other years. Come back on Friday for a full recap of our concert night! Hope to see so many more of y'all at next year's KCON! Thank you to KCON USA, CJ ENM and Toyota for making all of this possible! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

After 13 years on the air, KBS late night music talk show 'You Huiyeol's Sketchbook' ended with it's 600th episode in July 2022. This week, learn all about You Huiyeol and his history as a composer and one man band. Then, a primer on You Huiyeol's Sketchbook and why it is every Korean singer's dream to be invited as a guest. Hear about some of the most memorable moments and our personal favorite performances throughout the years. Ending with the plagiarism controversy that brought the show to an abrupt close, plus a recap of the final episode. Tune in for great singing and lamentation over what a loss this is for fans of great performance. What's your all time favorite Sketchbook performance? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

In celebration of Kpop's biggest competition returning, this week we're bringing you the good, the bad, and the painful of MBC's Idol Star Athletic Championships! Learn all about the 21 different editions of ISAC, what the idols were wearing and what they were playing. Hear the records of ISAC's winningest Idol Athletes, as well as a long list of injuries sustained at the games. Plus, some of our favorite and most memorable moments and recommendations for what to watch before this year's games! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Let's return to a classic AMAK thought experiment, painstakingly choosing idols to fit into a fantasy group! And this time we're doing mixed gender groups!! We both approached the assignment very differently, resulting in some last minute changes (Angelica gets to make 2 groups cause Shannon is bad at rules) Which of these groups would you want to see the most? Who would be in your fantasy group! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today's Deep Dive is celebrating 25 years since the debut of Kpop's first ever girl group, Baby V.O.X. The girl group who on one hand, was greatly responsible for the creation of 'Hallyu', and on the other hand had more anti-fans than anyone else. What did they do? Exist as women of course. Hear all about the early member changes (including a member hiding a huge secret), concept experiments, wild hairstyles, violence over dating rumors and so much more! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The song that swept the entire world in the summer of July 2012 is 10 years old this week, so we're dedicating an entire episode to Gangnam Style! We break down every bit of the song, the mv, the dance, Psy's whirlwind experience with the global media, controversies and the endless amount of parodies. Finishing it all off with a viewing of the legendary video itself. Do you remember where you were the first time you saw it? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, tune in to hear our live 'meet the hosts' Q&A segment from this year's KPSN Podcast Festival! Learn what we'd steal from each other's closets, our fangirl lives before Kpop, how we deal with ugly questions from 'locals', which idols we'd want to help us move house, and so much more. Thanks to everyone who tuned in live, and everyone who made this possible by sending in these great questions! You can still donate to KPSN's charity cause, the National Alliance for Mental Illness for the rest of July with this link: https://donate.nami.org/fundraiser/3783658 Even $1 goes a long way to reaching the goal. Thank you! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Happy Summer! For this week's episode, we're taking a look at the 6 summer 'family' albums that SM Entertainment released between 2002-2009. Who was featured on these albums? What did the songs sound like? How much fun do you think they all had wrestling in the pool? Why haven't they done one of these albums for 13 years?!? All those questions and a lot of very cheesy summer music ahead!! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Let's watch along to another interestingly curated MBC playlist of the hit Kpop stages from 10 years ago! This is the full audio version where you can hear the video. Link to video: https://youtu.be/M4WMmZk_PGM See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.