My Lists: 10 favorite k-pop male idol groups

It's time for another list and this time I'm listing down my top 10 favorite male idol groups. I'm not even going to lie, while most of these groups are insanely talented, they're also very pretty. And the pretty was what initially drew me in. So thank god they also happen to produce genuinely good music, this helps me justify my irrational fangirling. This list is not in any real order - as they tend to shuffle depending on who's recently...

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1 Night 2 Days catch up - Seung-woo leaves, Hae-jin arrives

I was able to catch Kim Seung-woo's exit episode on 1 Night 2 Days over the weekend and, man, there were tears down my face. This ahjussi will be sorely missed. Having only started watching this show last year, when the new additions to the cast were introduced, I'm more attached to them than I ever was to the first season's former cast members. I have backtracked a bit and have seen several episodes from the original cast, and I was indeed...

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My Lists: 10 favorite songs from a k-drama series

It's interesting how, in Seoul, every drama series calls for an original soundtrack. Living in a country where not even movies require original material for the soundtrack, and the immediate action would be to reuse old songs, I'm impressed by how the k-drama industry ties in quite nicely with the k-pop industry. It's the whole dynamic marketing of South Korea that makes Hallyu what it is today. Watching a drama, hearing their music, seeing Seoul...

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Monster Rookie is killing it!

It's no secret that I'm hugely YG-biased, but I think it's safe to say that their newest family member, K-Pop Star 2nd placer Lee Hi, is just killing it and it comes to me as a shock that it's only been 5 months since the release of her debut single "1,2,3,4." Lee Hi, at the tender age of 16 (Korean age is 18), has won over the k-pop listening audience worldwide with yet another number 1 hit, "Rose." And she's totally won me over. Every...

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Current Addiction: You're The Best Lee Soon Shin

I've never stayed committed to a long-running family drama ever in my life, no matter my conviction in the early stages. Awhile back, I had sworn to watch Ojagkyo Brothers to the end but halfway through I ended up dropping the series in exchange for reading its recaps online, my love for Joo Won be damned. About a month ago though, I had made a similar promise to stick to the new KBS family drama You're The Best Lee Soon Shin, which...

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A sort of introduction may be in order

Hi! For over 10 years, I've blogged endlessly on different platforms and on different subjects. I've been on blogger, and livejournal, and tumblr... I've blogged about pop culture, music, books, fashion, food, and random personal things. And for the past year or so, I've been incessantly blogging and reblogging about my Korean obsessions on tumblr (I sure have spent my time wisely, eh?) and I wanted a better platform to let my thoughts out. Et voila! I started this blog to accompany me on my journey deeper into the wilderness...

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