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Clueless episode 1: The roots of the Kpop industry
~ Clueless episode 1: A bit of history ~ Introduction Hey there and welcome to the first episode of our series named "Clueless"! This series is to help people gather clues around the Korean Music industry in order to gather elemen...

Lundi 5 Août à 09:56

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NEW BLOG: Kpop and Co.
Hey there! As I mentioned in a previous article, I have been working on a new blog for a few months, and this new blog is finally available! You can visit it on the following link: https://kpopandco.wordpress.com. This blog is now obsolete ...

Dimanche 1er Mai 2022 à 12:26

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NEW BLOG COMING SOON!
Hello everyone, it's Swan! It's been long since I posted something on the blog. I've got to admit that I missed writing about groups, comebacks and dramas. But hey! I come with good news  Indeed, I can proudly announce that the new blo...

Jeudi 17 Mars 2022 à 21:15

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INDEFINITE HIATUS
~ Indefinite Hiatus ~ Hey there, it's Swan! I hope you guys are all doing great and spent great and safe holidays with your loved ones. I am writing to you today to bring you some sad but also good news. Let's start with the sad news: The b...

Vendredi 7 Janvier 2022 à 22:43

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
~ HAPPY HOLIDAYS ~  Hey fam, Happy Holidays! Even though some of you don't celebrate Christmas, I do hope that you are well and surrounded by your loved ones. If that's not the case, I'm sending you all the love you need wherever you a...

Samedi 25 Décembre 2021 à 23:16

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The Swans Awards 1st edition
~ THE SWANS AWARDS ~ 1st edition: December 2021   Hello everyone and welcome to the first edition of The Swans Awards (hereafter referred as TSA)! Every year and around the month of December, Kpop award shows take place to reward the m...

Lundi 20 Décembre 2021 à 12:19

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Top Kmusic #14: November 2021
~ November 2021 ~ Hello everyone and welcome to the ranking of my favourite korean music releases for the month of November 2021. I discovered quite a handful of artists this month, some I didn't hear about and others I knew but never actua...

Lundi 13 Décembre 2021 à 21:15

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Clueless episode 0: Let's gather some clues!
~ Episode 0 : Let's gather some clues! ~ Hello everyone, and welcome to this brand new section of the blog! You might have noticed that the "K-news" section disappeared from the menu. Don't worry, the articles that were in there did not dis...

Vendredi 10 Décembre 2021 à 16:33

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Welcome to Dramaland #9: My Name
~ MY NAME ~ Average reading time: 8 minutes  Personal grade: 17,5/20 Korean Title: 마이 네임 English Title: My Name Country: South Korea Director: Kim Jin Min Screenwriter: Kim Ba Da Genres: Action, Thriller, Crime Episodes: ...

Lundi 6 Décembre 2021 à 12:05

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Top Kmusic #13: October 2021
~ OCTOBER 2021 ~ Hello everyone and welcome to our monthly rendez-vous! Today I'm going to rank my favourite kmusic releases for the month of October 2021. I know this one is VERY late (November is almost over), but I managed my time and my...

Mardi 23 Novembre 2021 à 18:09

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Kpop slang 101
~ Kpop slang 101 ~ Hello everyone, and welcome to "Kpop slang 101"! If you're new to the Kpop world and struggle to understand the "Kpop language", you're in the right place :) This article is like a dictionary for the words we often use wi...

Vendredi 29 Octobre 2021 à 19:57

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Top Kmusic #12: September 2021
~ September 2021 ~ Hello everyone and welcome to the top Kmusic of September 2021! This month was full of amazing comebacks which made it very hard for me to rank all of them. The top 3 kept changing to be honest but I had to make up m...

Lundi 18 Octobre 2021 à 17:12

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Welcome to Dramaland #8: Squid Game
~ SQUID GAME ~ Average reading time: 9 minutes.   16.5/20 Korean Title: 오징어 게임 English Title: Squid Game Country: South Korea Director: Hwang Dong Hyuk Screenwriter: Hwang Dong Hyuk Genres: Action, Thriller, Mystery...

Vendredi 8 Octobre 2021 à 16:57

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Group Presentation #11: Ready? All Light. Hello we are Everglow!
~ Everglow ~ Average reading time: 12 minutes Members from left to right: Aisha, E:U, Mia, Yiren, Onda and Sihyeon.  Who is Everglow? Everglow is a south-korean pop girl group that is under Yuehua entertainment and who debuted on Marc...

Lundi 27 Septembre 2021 à 20:45

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1st Year Anniversary: The Blog is 1 year old!
~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY ~ 생일 축하합니다! Happy birthday to my beautiful K family! One year ago, on September 15th, 2020, I decided to take on an exciting challenge: Creating my own blog. The reason why I clicked on the "create" butto...

Mercredi 15 Septembre 2021 à 10:14

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Top Kmusic #11: August 2021
~ August 2021 ~ Average reading time: 8 minutes. Hello everyone and welcome to the top Kmusic for the month of August. This month was the hottest, in terms of weather and in terms of music! This ranking was hard to make first because so man...

Samedi 11 Septembre 2021 à 14:45

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Group presentation #10: Step out! Hello we are Stray Kids!
~ Stray Kids ~ Average reading time: 20 minutes. Stray Kids is a south-korean boy group under JYP Entertainment that is composed of 8 members: Bang Chan, Lee know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin and I.N. The group was formed throu...

Vendredi 27 Août 2021 à 10:38

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Group presentation #9: Hello we are A.C.E!
~ A.C.E ~ A.C.E (pronounced "Ace") is a south-korean boygroup who debuted on May 23rd, 2017 under the label "Beat Interactive". The group consists of five members: Donghun, Jun, Wow, Kim Byeongkwan and Chan.  "A.C.E stands for Ad...

Vendredi 20 Août 2021 à 10:45

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Top Kmusic #10: July 2021
~ July 2021 ~ Hello everyone, and welcome to the 10th top Kmusic of this blog! I can't believe I've been doing this for almost a year, and the reason why time passed by so fast is because I love doing it. Don't get me wrong, I don't like th...

Vendredi 6 Août 2021 à 17:19

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Top Kmusic #9: June 2021
~ June 2021 ~ Hello everyone and welcome to the monthly Kmusic ranking, where I rank all my favourite releases of the month. It took me so long to do this one because we got a lot of new songs during the month of June, more specificall...

Vendredi 9 Juillet 2021 à 11:24

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Welcome to Dramaland #7: Navillera
~ NAVILLERA ~ ~ 19/20 ~ Korean Title: 나빌레라 English Title: Navillera (like a butterfly) Country: South Korea Director: Han Dong Hwa Screenwriter: Lee Eun Mi Genres: Friendship, Life, Drama, Family, Dance.  Episodes: 12 Air...

Vendredi 2 Juillet 2021 à 17:02

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Group Presentation #8: Hello, we are N.Flying!
~ N.Flying ~ Members from left to right: Seunghyub, Hun, Dongsung, Jaehyun and Hweseung.  Who is N.Flying?  N.Flying is a South-Korean boyband under FNC entertainment that debuted on October 1st 2013 in Japan with the song "Baske...

Vendredi 25 Juin 2021 à 11:01

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Welcome to Dramaland #6: Wish You
  ~ WISH YOU ~ ~ 15/20 ~  Korean Title: WISH YOU: 나의 마음속 너의 멜로디 English Title: WISH YOU, your melody from my heart Country: South Korea Director: Seong Do Joon Genres: Music, Romance, Drama Episodes: 8 Aired: ...

Vendredi 18 Juin 2021 à 11:53

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NCT HOLLYWOOD: Is SM going over the limit?
On May 6, 2021, it was announced that SM entertainment (SME) would partner with MGM Television (an American television production/distribution studio) to launch an American competition show to create a new NCT sub-unit that would be called ...

Lundi 14 Juin 2021 à 11:50

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K-News Summary
Hello everyone and welcome to the summary of the "K-News" (Korean entertainment industry news) section. Here you'll find all the articles I wrote about the news within the Korean entertainment industry. Friendly reminder: this section is&nb...

Lundi 14 Juin 2021 à 11:48

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Kingdom Special
Hello everyone and welcome to this Kingdom Special! In this particular section I'll be debriefing the episodes of Mnet's competition show called "Kingdom Legendary War" which took place from April 1st, 2021 until June 3rd, 2021. The partici...

Dimanche 13 Juin 2021 à 19:53

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Kingdom Legendary War: Epilogue
~ Epilogue ~ Hello everyone, and welcome to the wrap up of Mnet's Kingdom competition. After several months of intense competition, Stray Kids have been crowned as the new Kings. In this article, I'd like to give some comments on the f...

Jeudi 10 Juin 2021 à 12:00

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Kingdom Legendary War: Episode 10 (FINALE)
~ Episode 10: Who's the King ~ Hello everyone! So, here we are, debriefing the finale of Kingdom Legendary War... Time flies! I remember waiting impatiently for the first episode to air, and now it's already over. Well, everything has to co...

Jeudi 10 Juin 2021 à 12:00

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Top Kmusic #8: May 2021
~ MAY 2021 ~ Hello everyone and welcome to the top Kmusic of May 2021! This month was filled with emotions to say the least: Taemin released his last solo comeback before his enlistment, NCT Dream finally came back as 7 with their Hot Sauce...

Mardi 8 Juin 2021 à 11:59