TheKPopScholar

Episode 15: Kpop Industry Reported Salaries

In this episode, we dive into reported earnings of idols and employees at idol companies such as the Big 3. What do you think about these reported earnings?
Articles Used:
https://www.koreaboo.com/lists/heres-much-money-youd-make-worked-sm-jyp-yg/
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3042568/how-much-money-bts-make-and-how-they-spend-it-fashion-flats
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/6443687/k-pop-star-earning-average-salary
https://www.sbs.com.au/popasia/blog/2018/01/29/how-much-money-k-pop-idol-makes-according-former-k-pop-idol

Episode 14: 2nd Wave Idols & New Music Feat. Nene

In today's episode with Nene, we talk about 4 idols from the 2nd wave that have new music out now. We grade the music videos, lyrics, and music based off our opinions of past music and research. Of course, we mention scandals too scholars.
Articles:
https://www.soompi.com/article/1450035wpp/tvxqs-yunho-talks-about-his-collaborators-on-comeback-why-he-likes-his-passionate-character-and-more
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/epik-high-cl-and-zico-rosario-song-review-1116351/
https://www.soompi.com/article/1444115wpp/rain-and-park-jin-young-talk-about-their-upcoming-collaboration-the-importance-of-values-and-more
http://tokkistar.com/did-rain-and-jyp-plagiarize-bobby-browns-every-little-step/
https://www.allkpop.com/article/2020/12/album-mv-review-taeyeon-what-do-i-call-you
https://seoulbeats.com/2020/12/taeyeon-keeps-things-simple-in-what-do-i-call-you/

Episode 13: Kpop & Cultural Appropriation Part 2

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/

Episode 12: Kpop & Cultural Appropriation Part 1

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.

Episode 11: Black Artists in Kpop

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/

Episode 10: Foreign Idols

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/

Episode 9: Kpop & Western Collabs

In today's episode, I speak about collabs you may have heard about or never knew.

Episode 8: Reaction to Current Kpop Feat. Nene & Brit

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.

Episode 7: Kpop Idol Diets Feat. Nene

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

Episode 6: Kpop Fandom/Fan Culture Feat. Nene

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/