Have you ever been curious about Kpop, but don’t know where to start? Or are you a huge Kpop fan with no one else to geek out with about it? Lucky for you, best friends Shannon & Angélica love talking about Kpop more than anything! Tune into Ask Me About Kpop each week for Kpop history, vocabulary words, great music, and of course some good old fashioned fangirling. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ep. 285: Kpop Spooktacular - Part Boooo!
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It's almost time for Halloween! So our Patreon Patrons sent us in some Kpop videos to get you in the mood! In this episode we will tell you all about the videos which you can watch in the below playlist, or you can watch us watch them on Patreon! Thanks to everyone who submitted something! We couldn't do it without you! Playlist: https://youtube.co…
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Ep. 284: Kpop Parlor Games - Guess Who?
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We literally haven't done a parlor game episode for 18 months!!! So let's change that. We're putting our spin on a classic board game and playing a little Guess Who! Get into it! Let us know if you were able to guess any of these from just the audio clues! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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A yearly tradition is upon us! The time where we celebrate all the new girl groups and this is our BIGGEST year yet!!! We have THIRTY EIGHT groups to tell you about and there would have been more but we had to make cuts lol. Tune in to hear sooo many different songs and all about the tropes and trends we noticed this time around. Who was your favor…
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Ep. 282: The Year In Kpop - 2004 Pt. 2
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Oh? Is the current Kpop timeline hellish? Get in our time machine!! We're going to 2004!! Make sure you get a spray tan and a bellybutton ring on the way or else you won't fit in!!! link to the playlist; https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-8Wdlv0O5P4XUOiB286jmZtk4DgimQ1n&si=fLLOX8hYpmMv0gXp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati…
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Ep. 281: Taemin is Eternal and Other Recent Happenings
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Y'all always ask for these, so here's another episode where we just talk about random things that are currently on our Kpop minds. First we must start with a very important day, TAEMIN'S DAY! We're giving our first listen reactions to Taemin's new album and watching the music video for 'Sexy In The Air' for the very first time LIVE ON THE POD! Then…
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Ep. 280: Ask YOU About Kpop at KCON LA 2024
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We've got an extra KCON 2024 episode for you today! We spent our KCON Saturday asking passersby a Kpop question in exchange for an AMAK concert bag and people actually talked to us!! Tune in for nearly an hour of real fans telling us their favorite Kpop things and also lots of fun LA street noise! Thanks so much to everyone who took the time to cha…
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(Sorry that this is a little late, post-con recovery takes awhile especially since this year involved plane travel for Shannon) BUT we're here to tell you all about our time at KCON 2024! We've got lots of new additions to the con to tell you about, and changes in general atmosphere to old lady complain about. Plus, tales of being SO FREAKING CLOSE…
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Ep. 278: 2014 Hit Stage Flashback Part 2 (full audio)
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Let's finish out our yearly tradition and enjoy some stages from a truly amazing year of Kpop shall we? (This episode has the video playing underneath our commentary so you can hear it all at once, but we do as always recommend checking out the video for yourself) Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czfh6QGr8Q0&ab_channel=MBCkpop Hosted …
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Ep. 278: 2014 Hit Stage Flashback Part 2 (commentary only)
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Let's finish out our yearly tradition and enjoy some stages from a truly amazing year of Kpop shall we? (This episode will only have our audio and is meant to be synced with the youtube video for a proper commentary experience) Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czfh6QGr8Q0&ab_channel=MBCkpop Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m…
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It's a Kpop tale as old as time, and now it has hit us very close to home. A girl group that should have been huge and deserved better has been unceremoniously disbanded. So we have to make an episode about them to process our grief. Weki Meki, you were so special to us, and we wish you had been special to Fantagio. Thank you for everything. You wi…
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We're back with yet another Patreon chosen deep dive! And this week the group in the spotlight is Highlight, formerly known as B2ST! Tune in for 15 years of Kpop history that span from the most 2nd gen anything could possibly be, all the way to like...a month ago. Filled with a ton of really great music, drama between members and their company, cra…
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Ep. 275: The Year In Kpop - 2004 Pt.1
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It's time once again to go back and look at the Korean music scene 20 years ago. And after doing these for 5 years, 2004 might be the oddest year yet? And not because the music is super crazy... but because there's barely any Kpop or Kpop adjacent songs! So come with us to explore this strange vast desert of a time when the 1st gen was solidly over…
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Ep. 274: Presidents of the Millboard
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In 2021, when Brave Girls shot onto the charts, a phenomenon known as 'The Millboard Chart' came into public consciousness. So today, we're going to explore the Korean military's effect on Kpop girl groups and soloists. Tune in to learn all about 'Military Presidents' from all throughout history, starting in the 1960s and on. We'll learn about the …
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Ep. 273: AMAK Movie Club - My SHINee World 1st to 15th
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Y'all know we love any excuse to make a SHINee ep, and this is a really good one!!!! The SHINee 15th anniversary movie is now available with English subtitles so you know we had to watch it (several times)!!! Tune in for a full recap of the movie, including a key for figuring out which SHINee World concerts each stage is from, getting teary eyed ov…
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Ep. 272: Writing 'Monster' Hits with Chikk
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How do you thank the person responsible for writing the song that changed your life as a fangirl forever? That's what we had to figure out this week as we welcomed the one and only Chikk to the podcast!! Chikk has written dozens of Kpop mega hits including SHINee's 'Don't Call Me', NCT127's 'Kick It' and of course our EXO gateway, 'Monster'!!!! We …
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This week, AMAK is proud to welcome the incredibly talented and unbearably adorable girl group, Weeekly!!! We'll start out with an infamous AMAK group "snorkel" into their career with member intros and a quick timeline rundown. Then it's time to hear from Weeekly themselves! We discuss our incredibly similar music tastes, skateboard lessons, stage …
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Ep. 270: 2014 Hit Stage Flashback Part 1 (full audio)
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It's flashback time again and the time machine is taking us to the year 2014, which might have been huge for Kpop drama, but it was also huge for GREAT FRIGGIN SONGS! Listen along as we freak out exponentially from stage to stage because this one is ALL BOPS OKAY?!?! (This episode has the video playing underneath so you don't have to watch at the s…
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Ep. 270: 2014 Hit Stage Flashback Part 1 (commentary only)
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It's flashback time again and the time machine is taking us to the year 2014, which might have been huge for Kpop drama, but it was also huge for GREAT FRIGGIN SONGS! Listen along as we freak out exponentially from stage to stage because this one is ALL BOPS OKAY?!?! (This episode does not contain video audio as it is meant to sync up with the vide…
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Ep. 269: Deja Vu Battle (Deja Vu Battle)
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Did you just get deja vu? Cause it's time again to battle some songs! Along with our seasoned fan tier patreon patrons, we're ranking 10 different songs that are all titled 'Deja Vu'. This list was pretty diverse, and the listeners opinions were as well! Listen to hear the songs and discussions around their common themes, and find out which song re…
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Ep. 268: Erased From The SM Timeline
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This week's episode is based off a joke we've been making to ourselves for years and though the title isn't actually accurate, we're keeping it anyway. But before we get to talking about some SM singers from the past you may not know about, Shannon has to get some fangirl heartbreak off her chest. (If you don't want to hear this, the real episode s…
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It's been 20 glorious years since TVXQ first graced the kpop world with their incredible vocals and we couldn't think of a better way to kick off this new year than to celebrate them!! So we're giving you a full episode all about their 20th anniversary album '20&2'. Starting off with the teaser images that felt like a punch in the face, then on to …
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It's time to put a little bow on 2023 and pick our favorite title tracks of the year! If you've listened to the last couple episodes (or just the podcast at any point), a lot of this will not be a surprise. But there are a few outliers! We contain multitudes after all!!! Thanks for being with us for another fun year of Kpop! We love you all! See yo…
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Ep. 265: Best of 2023 - AMAK Awards
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Get on your red carpet best, because it's another star studded evening at the 6th annual AMAK Awards!! We have 18 trophies to hand out all our traditional categories like Best Rookie, Best MV, Best English Song, and of course the prestigious Swim Good Honorary Achievement in Performance Award! Some of the choices were incredibly easy, some unanimou…
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It's that time of year again!! And it's time for us to try and pick our top 15 favorite b-sides of the year (emphasis on the word try). As always, these episodes are our personal favorites, so therefore they will be biased choices that might not match up with your own tastes or what is actually most popular. But we hope that you come away with some…
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Ep. 263: Catching Up Before Wrapping Up
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WE'RE BACK!!!!! Brace yourselves because there's OPINIONS INCOMING!!! Before we get into our traditional end of year episodes, we have some comebacks and news to discuss first! Tune in for our thoughts on tons of stuff like, Dawn, Sunmi, Taemin, Seventeen, VIVIZ, Red Velvet, The Boyz, JYP, MAMA and MMA awards and so many other things. Thanks for wa…
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