K-Pop (General Discussion)
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I WISH my students knew about Loona. I keep telling my k-pop loving students to check them out, but every time I do they look at me like my taste in music can't be ever trusted.I made a new (online) k-pop hunty friend who has very similar tastes to me. He's an Orbit, naturally. Surprisingly, we just realized that we actually attend the same school (me as a teacher, he as a student). This is what he sent me:
Chungha should have won ages ago, but I'm happy she's finally getting what she deserves. I love a little feminism to start off 2019.
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I've been wondering lately, is there like a Spotify playlist (run by the forum or otherwise) where I can keep up with new K-Pop releases without having to wade through all the crap? As a newbie, I often miss out on lesser-known releases and then discover them several months later when the group's already been disbanded dddd
Maybe check the monthly charts @Slice of Life hosts.
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Hmm wouldn’t be too difficult to crear a 20 song playlist for each month and use them?
Conversely the SOTY rate has a big playlist with the top 5 of each month last year plus some extra tracks.
This (regularly updated) playlist is a life-saver:
They do one for each year, and also playlists with all the album tracks from newly released albums as well. I used the 2018 one loads.
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I love that Chungha doesn’t even pretend like she’s surprised or acts all emotional when she wins. She’s just like yeah bitch of course I won. Queen.
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This is just what I had in mind, thank you!
No probs. Sometimes it takes about two days for songs to be added, but I wouldn't be able to keep up with k-pop without it. A big part of why I briefly gave up on k-pop a couple of years ago was because I just couldn't keep track with everything. Spotify just makes it so much easier.
Right, I expected her to be bawling her eyes out on her 1st win, but she took it very well.
I made a new (online) k-pop hunty friend who has very similar tastes to me. He's an Orbit, of course. Surprisingly, we just realized that we actually attend the same school (me as a teacher, he as a student). This is what he sent me:
I don’t know if I love this or if I’m horrified haha
My school is very strict when it comes to teachers-students socialising out of school, so I’d probably block him if that happened to me ddd
Still, I take every chance I get to play them videos when I get ahead of the scheme of work (Blackpink is a favourite, duh) and on the Friday extracurriculars this week I blasted LOONA for 2 hours.
They’re gonna suffer when I leave.
Yeah, teacher/student social interaction can be a bit of a contentious thing - especially if it came to the attention of older, more conservative bosses. But this guy is in a completely different department + I haven't (and don't intend to) meet him in real-life.
I always make my students watch and analyze Orange Caramel videos, their legacy!
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One day I’ll try to get my boyfriend into K-pop. I’m just not sure how. His taste in music ranges from classical music to... Ed Sheeran and Adele (He’s from the Philippines and I believe they’re both very popular over there, one time we were in an Uber together and he started subconsciously singing Castle On The Hill and even though the song is trash it was the cutest thing ever. He’s also a few years older than me so maybe that’s why his tastes are more on the beige side.) but he enjoys the occasional Gaga and Ariana song too.