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No Kpop No Life

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Kpop podcast in which we discuss the newest releases. There is room for everyone: big profile acts, smaller indie acts, the nuguest rookies and everything in between.

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  1. Kpop ain't a science (TWICE, NCT, IU, Billlie, Dreamnote,...)

    In this episode we check the switch ups from Twice, NCT and IU + we discuss the very anticipated Billlie debut. 1:40 Twice – Scientist 24:00 NCT - Favorite (vampire) 34:25 IU - Strawberry Moon 37:15 B.I. - Cosmos 37:40 Boyz - Maverick 38:40 Oneus - Luna 42:40 Adora - Make u dance 43:50 Dreamnote…

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  2. The Rookie Rank shake ups (Pixy, Tri.be, Lightsum, Pritti-G, Hot Issue,...)

    A rookie ranks special episode. Will any of these rookie groups take Stayc's crown? 2:20 Posh Girls – Got Chu 6:45 Pritti-G – Hola 15:10 Azer Blossom - Elegante 25:15 Ichillin’ – Got’ya 34:40 Hot Issue – Icons 42:30 Pixy - Addicted 1:00:30 Tri.be – Would you run 1:12:50 Lightsum - Vivace 1:26:30...

  3. Oh my gosh, don’t you know we are actually little kids? (aespa, Twice, Key, Yukika, Jo Yuri, Craxy,…)

    We get knee-deep on aespa’s universe and share our thoughts on Twice’s western debut. 2:00 Aespa - Savage 39:05 Twice – The Feels 1:00:15 Key – Bad Love 1:05:10 Yukika – Tokyo Lights 1:10:15 Jo Yuri – Glassy 1:14:00 Craxy – Gaia 1:22:40 Luna - Madonna 1:24:50 Game: Stage name or real name?...

  4. That means we are teenage korean girls (Itzy, STAYC, Purple Kiss, Yukika, Bibi, Loona,...)

    Itzy unleashes their first full album and Stayc and Purple Kiss battle it out for the best spot in our rookie ranks. 1:30 Itzy - Loco 17:00 STAYC – Stereotype 31:30 Purple Kiss – Zombie 58:10 Bibi - Pado 1:00:50 Baek A Yeon – 0% 1:02:50 Lee Hi - 4 Only 1:07:15 Yukika –Tokyo Lights 1:11:30 Loona –...

  5. The fromis_9 triangle theorem (Red Velvet, fromis_9, Stray Kids, Eunbi, Somi, Brave Girls, Loona, Seori, Key, Youha,… )

    The queens are back. Red Velvet, Somi and fromis_9 agreed to release music in the same time period and Eunbi joins the party with her solo debut 2:10 Red Velvet - Queendom 20:00 fromis_9 – Talk & Talk 32:25 Eunbi - Door 48:35 Somi – Dumb Dumb 51:45 Seori - Dive with you (feat. eaJ) 53:30 Key –…

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  6. You can Tweet at us! @nknlpodcast (Weeekly, Dreamcatcher, Sunmi, D.O. AKMU, …)

    Past present and future summer vibes. 2:00 Weeekly - Holiday Party 17:35 Dreamcatcher - BEcause 30:55 Sunmi – You can’t sit with us 47:10 Cherry Coke – love game in summer 49:20 D.O – Rose 51:10 Hyolin & Dasom – Summer or summer 52:40 AKMU – Next Episode 57:00 Laboum – Journey to Atlantis 58:50...

  7. Rollin' into the summer season (Twice, Brave Girls, NCT Dream, 2PM, Soyeon, Taeyeon, Sori, Even of Day, Weeekly,...)

    The freshest releases for the summer season. 1:30 Brave Girls – Chi Mat Ba Ram 8:40 Twice – Alcohol free 18:20 NCT Dream – Hello Future 21:10 Soyeon (G)I-dle – Beam Beam 30:40 Sori – Deja Vu 33:00 Taeyeon – Weekend 36:55 Even of Day (Day6) – Right Through Me 38:55 2PM – Make it 42:00 Rookie…

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  8. HASEUL IS BACK! - [&] and PTT discussion - (Music, MV, Performances, Lore and more)

    In depth discussion of Loona's [&] comeback. 3:30 Paint The Town (P.T.T) song discussion 21:55 Music Video discussion 35:20 Lore discussion 53:50 Live performances 1:04:50 Track by track discussion 1:05:00 & 1:09:30 Wow 1:15:30 Be honest 1:23:00 Dance on my own 1:35:00 A different night 1:38:20 U…

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  9. Rookie ranks special: girl crush was the devil (aespa, woo!ah!, lightsum, tri.be, Hot Issue,...)

    In this special episode, we do a big shake up to our rookie ranks after the wave of summer releases 2:00 Red Square graduation 6:00 Secret Number graduation 9:40 woo!ah! graduation + Purple 23:45 Hot Issue – Gratata 28:30 aespa – Next Level 45:30 tri.be – Rub-a-dum 56:50 Bling Bling – Oh mama...

  10. Anti-brainwashing protection (Everglow, Joy, Weeekly TXT, GWSN, B.I)

    Joy brings out the Joy of the panel and Everglow make their boldest release yet. 1:45 Everglow – First 16:05 Joy – Hello 30:00 Weeekly – 7Days Tension 34:50 TXT – 0x1=LOVESONG 41:00 Loona [&] Choerry teaser live reaction 46:50 GWNS – Like it hot 58:10 B.I. – Waterfall 1:01:25 Game – Guess the...

  11. Grown-up kpop (Oh My Girl, fromis_9, BTS, WJSN: The Black, Heize, Rocket Punch, NCT Dream, Taemin)

    This episode is all about groups with several years under their belt, that have mature their sound. 2:00 Oh My Girl – Dun Dun Dance 18:40 fromis_9 – We Go 41:00 BTS – Butter 56:00 WJSN: The Black – Easy 1:06:10 Yuqi (from (G)I-dle) – Giant 1:13:10 Heize – Happen 1:20:00 Rocket Punch – Ring Ring...

  12. The panda expressification era (Itzy, Twice, Enhypen, Highlight, Bibi, ph1, Hot Issue, …)

    Itzy takes a left turn, Bibi sticks on her line while Twice fuses their different sounds for their latest japanese release. 1:25 Itzy – Mafia in the morning 28:30 Bibi – Bad, sad and mad 38:00 Twice – Kkura Kkura 45:10 ph1 – 365&7, Cheeze – Loser, Meenoi – Dool 48:40 Rookie Ranks : Hot Issue –...

  13. Dotes for Antidote (Kang Daniel, SHINee, NU'EST, Wheein, DAY6, Majors, Davichi)

    In this episode we tackle SHINee's transformative repackage album, and Kang Daniel's trilogy closer YELLOW, as well as new releases from DAY6, Whee In, NU'EST and Majors. 1:25 SHINee - Atlantis 16:30 Kang Daniel – Antidote 32:00 Rookie Ranks: Majors – Rain on me 52:20 DAY6 – You make me 1:03:40...

  14. Salad ballad (STAYC, Wendy, Sejeong, Yukika, Baekhyun, WJSN, OnlyOneOf, 3YE, Lunarsolar)

    We tackle the divisive Stayc comeback, as well as the interesting different approaches from soloists Yukika, Sejeong, Wendy and much more. 1:25 Stayc - ASAP 26:10 Yukika – Insomnia 38:20 Kookie rant (Yukika, Sejeong and Wendy) 44:50 Wendy – Like Water 57:20 Sejeong – Warning 1:07:20 Rookie Ranks:...

  15. What a coinkydink (Rosé, ATEEZ, WayV, Majors, Rain, Neon Bunny,...)

    Rosé gets to debut and WayV and ATEEZ get slightly out of their comfort zone with mixed results. Some new rookie debuts to spice things up fror our Rookie ranks, plus a wave of indie releases that took our attention. 2:45 Rosé – On the ground 17:30 ATEEZ – Fireworks (I’m the one) 32:30 WayV –…

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  16. Sometimes you gotta be bold (Sunmi, Chungha, SHINee, Kang Daniel, ONF, Tri.be, Keembo)

    Some of the veteran artists are feeling really bold in 2021, and that's the reason why we have this stacked episode with long awaited releases from SHINee, Chung Ha and Sunmi. But it's not all about the bold releases, Keembo, Kang Daniel and ONF stay on their very effective lines and we get 2 new...

  17. Can't wait for GIRL CRUSH! (aespa, Purple Kiss, Bibi, Youra, E.X.I.D., Momoland, ...)

    The big profile rookies go for unconventional follow up singles and we place some ridiculous bets for Kpop in 2021 2:30 Rookie ranks: cignature graduating 4:00 Purple Kiss – Can we talk again 18:30 aespa – Forever 34:10 Bibi – Eat my love 39:00 Youra – MIMI 42:45 EXID – B.L.E.S.S.E.D 50:55…

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  18. Cool is not Hyuna either (Dreamcatcher, IU, Hyuna, Cherry Bullet, Epik High,...)

    2021 first heavy hitter releases take us from the familiarity of Dreamcatcher's rock, to the new ground of mainstream IU, with some surprises from Cherry Bullet, Epik High and Itzy. 1:43 Dreamcatcher – Odd Eye 20:20 IU – Celebrity 30:45 Hyuna – I’m not cool 38:15 Cherry Bullet – Love so sweet…

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  19. Old Cheese & a time capsule (Treasure, (G)I-dle, TWICE, Youha, Woo!ah!, AleXa,...)

    Starting Season 3 having a look at the first releases to start the year, plus look back at our 2020 time capsule. 1:50 (G)I-dle – HWAA 21:13 Treasure – My Treasure 32:00 TWICE – Cry For Me 36:55 Youha – A bittipsy 39:25 Woo!ah! – I don’t miss U 49:12 Alexa – never let you go 50:50 Opening the…

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  20. NKNL's Best of 2020 in kpop (album, song, performance, group, rookies, MV, ...)

    Join us why we look back at the best releases from 2020 in kpop. We cover everything from songs, albums, music videos... to best cover, best concept in our longest episode yet. 0:02:00 MV of the year 0:23:10 Bonus Cool award: A minute of moments 0:43:43 ROTY 0:53:40 Bonus Doul award: Survived the...

  21. The IZ*ONE formula (BoA, NCT 2020, IZ*ONE, woo!ah!, Purple Kiss, Baek Yerin, Enhyphen,...)

    Last episode before our best of the year episode. Everyone decided to drop long format albums, from 20 year veteran BoA, to big mega groups IZ*ONE and NCT, but not forgetting indie darling Baek Yerin. Also, big shake ups in the rookie ranks, with Purple Kiss and Bling Bling getting in the mix and...

  22. Curb your aespa (Gfriend, æspa, STAYC, Akmu, Momoland, BTS,...)

    Gfirend shaking things up and high profile debuts from aespa and Stayc for our last regular episode of 2020. 1:10 - Gfriend – MAGO 14:18 aespa – Black Mamba 31:21 Stayc – So bad 46:30 Rookie Ranks 1:06:00 Loona – Star MV discussion 1:14:30 AKMU – Happening 1:16:02 Momoland – Ready or Not 1:20:12...

  23. Impactful enough (TWICE, K/DA, Secret Number, CIX, TXT, Dreamcatcher, ...)

    Some Twice hot takes and some rookie ranks shake ups Note: There is some synchronization issues with the recording, sorry for the inconvenience. 1:17 Twice - Can’t stop me 24:30 KD/A – More 34:30 Rookie Ranks : Secret Number – Got that Boom 47:40 Primary, Sam Kim, Woodz, ph-1 – Bless you 50:24 –...

  24. LOONA's back, Check it, Why Not? Do it! (music, MV, performance and lore discussion)

    The long anticipated comeback. We got together to fanboy over Loona’s [12:00] (Midnight) with a big deep dive were we cover the title track, the MV, the album, the performances, the lore, and even the styling and the hair! Join us in this 2 hours and a half extravaganza, where we discuss the…

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  25. Hey Dawn, what's goin' awn (Weeekly, NCT U, Weki Meki, Dawn, Jessi, WJSN Chocome

    Quick turnaround release from some of the groups trying to build their resume for our End of the Year awards, with Weeekly, NCT U and Weki Meki as part of our bold releases. 1:00 Weeekly – Zig Zag 3:37 Kookie’s Tirade (11 minutes lmao) 21:22 Rookie Ranks 23:12 “SM Girl Group definitely not…

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  26. You are a group now! (Blackpink, Everglow, SuperM, cignature, Checkmate, Treasure)

    Blackpink with The Album, Everglow with The Comeback and SuperM with The SHINee. (0:50) Blackpink – Lovesick Girls (20:05) Everglow – LA DI DADA (33:00) SuperM – One (Monster & Infinity) (47:40) Rookie Ranks update: cignature – Arisong (1:05:41) Treasure - Boy (1:07:44) Checkmate – Drum (1:08:55)...

  27. That's a big but (Taemin, fromis_9, Stray Kids, YooA, Mamamoo, ...)

    Kpop got extra diverse with fresh releases from fromis_9, Taemin, Stray Kids and Yooa's solo debut as part of the bold releases. 0:45 Fromis_9 – Feel Good (Secret Code) 9:05 Taemin – Criminal 14:50 Stray Kids – Back Door 20:03 YooA (Oh My Girl) – Bon Voyage 31:50 Mamamoo – Wanna be myself 35:10...

  28. Sound shake up extravaganza ( Blackpink, Lovelyz, Sori, KARD, CLC, SuperM, KD/A, Jackson Wang, ...)

    Blackpink, Lovelyz and Sori, all our bold releases showing a new side of them with their releases, but where they successful? We also cover latest KD/A, CLC, SuperM, KARD, Jackson Wang. Timestamps 0:47 Blackpink – Ice cream (ft. Selena Gomez) 10:52 Sori – Initial S 24:26 Lovelyz – Obliviate 35:42...

  29. When we discord (JYP, Sunmi, Dreamcatcher, Itzy, Kang Daniel, BoA, BTS, Rocket Punch,… )

    In this episode we time travel to the past, present and future of kpop thanks to the releases from JYP, Dreamcatcher and Itzy. We also discuss the latest releases from Produce 101 alumni Sejeong and Kang Daniel, as well as first all English BTS track, BoA’s 20th anniversary project and new Rocket...

  30. What you waiting for? Not this (SSAK3, Yukika, Somi, ATEEZ, Gfriend, ...)

    Join us in our trip down memory lane assisted by the insane SSAK3 project and the queen of our hearts, Yukika. But not everything is looking back, we have a deep look at Gfriend's and ATEEZ's future, Red Velvet's magical hidden Bside and Somi's first comeback among others. 0:38 SSAK3 - Beach…

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  31. Weeekly mooonster (Red Velvet Irene & Seulgi, Sunmi, Chungha, Weeekly, ...)

    In this episode we tackle the debuts of the Irene and Seulgi Red Velvet subunit and the front runner rookies Weeekly that have taken over the panel’s bias lists. The rest of releases are mostly powerful soloists: Sunmi, Chungha, Yukika and Bibi battling it out to land in our playlists. To put a...

  32. Evolve or retread? (Blackpink, WJSN, IZ*ONE, Weki Meki, Momoland, DIA, Nature, Twice,...)

    Blackpink asked everyone “How You Like That” and we got a lengthy answer for them. We also discuss the latest releases from IZ*ONE and WJSN without the supervision of Doul. It’s three weeks worth of content, including DIA, Nature, Momoland, Twice, Weki Meki, Baek A Yeon, Heize, IU, … For the…

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  33. Looking back at our 2019 kpop SOTYs and More (& More) (Twice, Baekhyun, Moonbyul, Ryu Su Jeong, SOLE, Minseo)

    All our attention goes to Twice’s anticipated comeback More & More. But that’s not all, we also have a look back at osme releases we overlooked as well as a revisit to our Top 10 kpop songs of the year from 2019. For the game, we try our amazing English lyrics knowledge to guess the kpop song.…

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  34. Can't you see the punch? (NCT, TXT, Bvndit, August D, Day6, Crush, Keembo, OnlyOneOf, Sujeong, ...)

    Some heavy hitters and some soloists battle it out for our attention in this episode. We discuss the new releases from NCT127, TXT and Bvndit as part of our bold releases, but we also dive into the new music from DAY6, August D, Crush, OnlyOneOf, Keembo, Sujeong and BOL4. We also introduce a new...

  35. Chart juggernauts (Oh My Girl, IU, Suga, Chungha, Taeyeon, NCT Dream, ...)

    It's the battle of the korean charts. We focus our attention on Oh My Girl's breakout hit NONSTOP and the top billing IU single featuring Suga from BTS. But there is also room for other releases, like new music form Chungha, GWSN, NCT Dream, Risso, Taeyeon and, what could possibly be the worst…

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  36. 너는나은! / kpop is saved! (Apink, April, Got7, Ha:tfelt, BEN, Jinsoul, Hajin, ...)

    It’s the battle of the Naeuns, but we all win! Join our discussion of April’s and Apink’s long awaited comebacks and new GOT7. We also go really deep on some indie recommendations with the debuts of Hajin and Hoppipolla, the full album of Ha:tfelt and we also dab into some ballad territory, in…

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  37. Deep Dive ((G)I-dle, dalSooobin, Suho, Changmin, DeVita, cignature, MCND, ...)

    In this episode we take a deep dive with the heavy tracks from (G)I-dle’s Oh My God and DalSooobin’s DIVE. Some other releases caught our attention include the surprising debuts from EXO’s Suho and new AOMG artist DeVita and other equally surprising relesase from TVXQ’s Changmin/MAX, Cignature,...

  38. Beethoven sunbaenim (Sejeong, Jackson, Winner, ONEUS, Kang Daniel, Purple Beck, Xydo, ...)

    Animal Crossing took over, but we still find some time to discuss (or re-discuss) the latest releases in kpop. The closer game is GUESS THE REVERSED KPOP SONG by boo chan: https://youtu.be/PU0tXRG_lrA 1:03 Animal Crossing 1:40 Kookie caught a Sturgeon 1:50 Sejeong – Plant 15:57 Winner – Hold…

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  39. Let me introduce you to some new thangs (NCT127, Itzy, elris, Chungha, AleXa, Yezi, Eyedi, ...)

    In this episode we share our thoughts on some February kpop releases. We start things with the latest comebacks from ITZY, NCT 127 and ELRIS. We complete the music discussion with new Chungha, AleXa, Favorite, Eyedi and Yezi, as well as having a look back at Zico’s viral sensation Any Song. For…

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  40. February kpop avalanche: part 2 (IZ*ONE, BTS, Dreamcatcher, Rocket Punch, KARD, Weki Meki, Moonbyul, ...)

    Us against the flood of February kpop releases. Check who wins as we go through new releases from IZ*ONE, BTS, Dreamcatcher, Rocket Punch, KARD, Cherry Bullet, Weki Meki and Moonbyul. To close the podcast, we have a new game were llehuty tries his best to trick roa, kookie and Doul with ambiguous...

  41. February kpop avalanche: part 1 (LOONA, Everglow, Gfriend, Bvndit, Cignature, Siyeon, ...)

    In this episode, we try to collect our thoughts on the stampede of girl group comebacks on February. Loona, Gfriend, Everglow, Cignature, Bvndit, Siyeon from Dreamcatcher, Bibi and Saay have new music for us to analyse and discuss. There is an excerpt of Loona So What lore discussion at the end....

  42. The calm before the storm (Taeyeon, BTS, Stray Kids, Solar, Chungha, ...)

    2020 still warming up, and before the February kpopalypse we get to discuss BTS’ prerelease track Black Swan, both the studio version and the performance version, and Taeyeon’s Purpose repackage album. We also share out thoughts about the intriguing Stray Kids English EP, Sophiya’s latest release...

  43. Season 2 is here! (Momoland, ATEEZ, Younha, Dreamnote, ph-1, Baek Yerin)

    Season 2 is here! We trimmed a bit the format and we will be focusing on the newest stuff. We start the year with in depth discussion of Momoland’s first comeback with the new lineup, Ateez’s EP that closes their Treasure saga and Younha doing her thing in her new mini album. We also discuss new...

  44. Best of kpop 2019

    This is it. We say goodbye to 2019 picking or favourite everything in kpop, going from music video and album of the year to best rap verses and driving songs. Check No Kpop No Life twitter account (https://twitter.com/nknlpodcast) for the visual companion guide of our “best outfits” award. 2:05...

  45. Texas subunit goes to Korea!

    This time we tackle the latest releases leading to the end of the year, with new music from IU, AOA, EXO, WJSN, Twice, Crush, Sejeong. The meat of the episode is however, the Korean adventures of No Kpop No Life Texan subunit composed by @ElevenGreenEggs and @david_theworld. They explained their...

  46. Dumb Hip Shower

    In this episode, we tackle a varied set of new releases from Bvndit, Mamamoo, Hyuna, Rainbow, Stray Kids, Nature and WayV among others. Our Texan subunit also shares their hype about their long trip to South Korea. We end up making up our minds on our official MAMA ballot and play a quick game...

  47. Concerts impressions and voting for our MAMAs

    In this packed episode, we go through impressions from 2 recent live events some members of our panel attended: Doul and roa saw Dreamcatcher live in Paris on 191103 as part of the European leg of their “Invitation from Nightmare City” and kookie saw Weki Meki and Chic Angel on 191026 in Kpop...

  48. Ep 7: Fake or True

    You won’t believe what we talk about in this episode! Just kidding. As usual, we discuss the most recent releases, including Twice’s Fake and True, Ladies Code’s Set Me Free, Tiffany Young’s Run For Your Life, ATEEZ’s Wonderland, Stray Kids’ Double Knot, Lim Kim’s Yellow, AB6IX’s Blind for Love,...

  49. Ep 6: Mark, get back to work!

    In this packed episode we discuss the newest comeback from Twice and SuperM’s debut, as well as plenty other releases including KARD, AKMU, Chungha x Rich Brian and Sonamoo. Roa’s ASMR throwback takes us through the history of one the groups with the craziest trajectory in the kpop scene, and...

  50. Bonus: 2019 Kpop ERA LOONA member ranking

    Video version: https://youtu.be/25_KWM5wxgg Join us while we reveal and discuss the results of the 2019 Loona member rankings by Kpop-ERA. Thread: https://www.resetera.com/threads/k-pop-era-ot-into-the-new-world.455/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nknlpodcast Youtube:...

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