TheKPopScholar
TheKpopScholar is a project started by an academic librarian to promote the scholarship of KPOP music in academia.
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Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
In today's episode I continue our discussion with cultural appropriation, dive into Blackface in Korea, GD saying the N-word, and CA being brushed off by fandom.
Articles used:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2158244017710294
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279274576_Performing_Post-Racial_Asianness_K-Pop's_Appropriation_of_Hip-Hop_Culture
https://www.reddit.com/r/kpopnoir/comments/k9k0b7/2nd_gen_idols_and_their_blatant_racism/
https://www.reddit.com/r/kpopnoir/comments/kcfi89/apparently_you_cant_call_out_ca_for_another_group/
Sunday Dec 06, 2020
Sunday Dec 06, 2020
In today's episode, I discuss the definition of cultural appropriation, what it could mean for different people across countries, what it could mean to different generations, CA idol scandals, and fans educating/informing idols on CA seen as offensive.
Sunday Nov 22, 2020
Sunday Nov 22, 2020
In today's episode, I discuss Black artists in Kpop, not just artists who are half Korean. I cover some artists struggles with being bi-racial in south korea and racism with being a non-Asian artist singing in Korean. I briefly question Kpop's history of cultural appropriation, acceptance of Asian decent idols vs western ethnicities, and what does the K mean in Kpop today.
Article: http://kissmykimchi.com/2016/09/kmk-black-artists-k-pop.html/
Sunday Nov 15, 2020
Sunday Nov 15, 2020
In today's episode, I explore the definition of "foreigner," list popular foreign idols in Kpop, and talk about some trainee horror stories.
Articles:
https://www.koreaboo.com/lists/16-korean-idols-werent-born-raised-south-korea/
https://www.hellokpop.com/featured/foreign-idols-who-have-taken-the-k-pop-industry-by-storm/
https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-51476159
https://www.koreaboo.com/lists/8-disturbing-stories-trainees-kpops-dark-side/
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
In today's episode, I speak about collabs you may have heard about or never knew.
Sunday Oct 25, 2020
Sunday Oct 25, 2020
In today's episode I invite Nene and Brit to examine some of the current hits in Kpop and give their opinion. I tried to select from different genres to get a feel of the variety out there. I did not ask the two's preference beforehand. All of this is uncut reactions to the five videos: Day6 "Zombie," Jessi "NuNu NaNa," SuperM "100," Dawn "dawndididawn" feat. Jessi, and Blackpink "Lovesick Girls."
Disclaimer: The clips of music in this podcast is not owned by me and all rights belong to the respective artists and music companies.
Sunday Oct 18, 2020
Sunday Oct 18, 2020
In today's episode, Nene and I examine kpop idol diets in depth. While not every reported idol diet is listed in the articles examined, we do discuss the effects of the diets on the kpop idols physical and mental health. Listed below are articles we used:
https://www.allkpop.com/article/2018/09/8-k-pop-idol-diets-that-will-shock-you
https://www.koreaboo.com/lists/9-kpop-idols-done-extremely-unsafe-diets-in-past/
https://www.koreaboo.com/lists/10-idols-reveal-personal-tricks-lose-weight/
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/8030059/kpop-body-image-diets-eating-disorders-essay
https://www.hellokpop.com/list/kpop-idols-unbelievable-diet-regimen/
https://channel-korea.com/kpop-idol-diet-plan-and-workout/
https://www.kpopmap.com/the-extreme-kpop-idol-diet-meal-plan-compilation/
https://kfanatics.com/kpop-idols-diet-secrets-learn-korean-idols-eat-lose-weight/
https://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/292455/20200412/look-here-are-some-of-the-extreme-diets-of-k-pop-idols-that-you-shouldn-t-try-at-all.htm
https://www.insider.com/kpop-dark-side-gym-diet-dating-great-guys-crayon-pop-2019-10
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Today's episode, featuring Nene, explores KPOP slang terms, industry marketing strategies, some idol scandals, and much more.
Articles used:
Refinery29- https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/k-pop-music-fans-terms-meaning
Koreaboo- https://www.koreaboo.com/lists/kpop-slang-terms-true-fan-know/
Sunday Sep 27, 2020
Sunday Sep 27, 2020
I talk about the experiences of Black kpop fans from different sources and give my insight.
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
Tokyo_Seoul and I talk about her history of kpop fandom and why she left. We mention kpop diets, scandals, former groups, and much more.
Diet article used: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2018/09/8-k-pop-idol-diets-that-will-shock-you