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Kim Young-dae, our music critic, not only diagnoses the Korean pop music we listen today, such as BTS, BLANKPINK and aespa, but also traces back in time to excavate the charms of the old Korean pop music that require dire reevaluation. Our gab on Korean pop music culture, transcending timelines and generations, with Kim Young-dae, also the author of and , begins now!
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD look back on the past idol group audition shows and talk about their legacies.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD listen to the songs of artists that went their own way in a solo career.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD listen to duet songs where two voices harmonize together.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD will listen to the award-winning songs and go over the reasons for their wins.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: Spring songs we all hear every spring. SJ and YD debate on which spring song is the best.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD discuss why it is difficult to find K-POP albums on the top 100 music albums and discuss which albums could make the list going forward.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD listen to the 90s albums which made it to top 100 music albums and discuss reasons why so many of the 90s albums made the list.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD listen to the top 100 music albums which were selected three times and talk about how they were selected and changed throughout time.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD listen to Korean hiphop songs and look back at the changing tides of K-hiphop
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD talk about the remake craze while listening to various K-POP remakes.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD listen to songs about people's beloved hometowns
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: Winter vacation is back. SJ and YD talk listen to title songs of TV animations from the past.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD listen to songs that gives hopes and wishes in the new year.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD wrap up the year 2022 by reviewing the aspects in the K-POP market that was noteworthy this year.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD listen to various Christmas songs played in Korea and other parts of the world, and discuss which songs are loved in Korea.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD talk about songs to sing in Norae-bang while looking at the list of the most popular songs.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD look back on the beginning of the K-POP hallyu, Boa, who has been loved constantly by 22 years.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD talk about songs that are climbing back up the charts way after they were released.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: The World Cup season has kicked off in earnest. SJ and YD listen to and talk about the World Cup songs that cheer the South Korean teams.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: In the heyday of dating shows, SJ and YD talk about how the reality dating shows reflect the particular times they was broadcasted.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD discuss who deserves to be called the queen of ballad among female ballad singers we listen to when the weather gets chilly.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD listen to songs of remembrance for the families of the victims of tragedies
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD listens to scary songs for Halloween to get ready for the Halloween vibes.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD listens to ballad songs that come to mind in the fall and talk about their favorite ballad singers.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD explore various musical films loved by Koreans.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD talk about the 4th generation girl groups getting on various charts with new and different images and messages.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD talk about Park Jeongun, a 90s singer-songwriter who passed away recently, and listen to his songs.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD talk about impressive soundtracks of Hallyu dramas from the 2000s that took Asia by storm.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: With K-Drama taking the world by storm, SJ and YD talk about the greatest K-Drama soundtracks in the 1980s and 1990s and their features.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD talks about songs everyone can enjoy when people are thinking of their families on the Chuseok holiday.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: Celebrating the 19th anniversary of Arirang Radio, SJ and YD look back on the memories of the radio media which everyone has.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD discuss the meaning of 'getting sentimental in the fall(가을 탄다)', and the songs that fits the particular season.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD talk about Rock in K-POP and its relations with the characteristics of K-POP consumers.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD talk about the present and future of girl groups from the 3.5th generation girl groups who emerged with the boom of audition programs to the 4th generation who debuted recently.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: SJ and YD take a look into iconic K-pop girl groups that debuted between the mid-2000 to 2010, by sharing their favorite songs that defined this era.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: From the Kim Sisters to Girl’s Generation whose debut was 15 years ago, SJ and YD talk about the iconic K-POP girl groups in each generation.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: From the rock n roll of the 70's to the cute and smoking songs sung by female singers... SJ and YD does naming competitions of songs for you to enjoy.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: It has already been a decade since Gangnam Style hit the world. Today, we are going to throw back the days in 2012, when PSY rocked the whole world, and how it affected K-pop afterwards.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: We are going to talk about several key elements that shape K-pop as K-pop.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: We are going to talk about foreign members in K-pop group’s positions and performance.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: Plagiarism issues are commonly seen in the global music industry. But, is there an absolute criterion for determining the similarity in music? We will take a look at the complicated stances on music plagiarism.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: BTS announced that they would temporarily stop group activities nine years after its debut and turn into the next chapter with solo projects. We are going to talk about the background and potential effects of their decision.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: We are going to talk about stars, from Jeon Yeong-rok to IU, rocked both fields of acting and singing. (전영록부터 아이유까지, 연기와 노래 두 마리 토끼를 모두 잡은 스타들에 대해 이야기해 본다.)
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: We are going to talk about songs that make your driving more exciting and fun. (여행의 시작점인 운전할 때 듣고 싶은 노래, 차에서 들으면 더 좋은 노래들에 대해 이야기해 본다.)
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: We are going to talk about the ‘National Singing Contest’ that have been loved by Koreans for a long time and the oldest host Song Hae, and how one program became a legacy of mass culture in South Korea.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: Trot, which was considered as the exclusive property of the elderly, now encountered its second golden age with the appearance of a number of young and attractive trot singers. Today, we are going to talk about trot’s origin in genre and the most beloved trot songs in South Korea.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: We are going to talk about Japanese 1980s music genre, Citypop, that has became popular in South Korea amid Retro boom.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: Marking the opening of Jeonju International Film Festival, we are going to talk about movies and sound track musics that embodied radio.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: We will talk about B graded songs that amuse people.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: Classical pieces in pop. Today, we talk about K-pop songs that were inspired by popular classical music.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: We’re going to talk about BTS’ performance at 2022 Grammy Awards, and eye-catching episodes at the awards.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: We will talk about the spring songs that naturally come into our mind in spring season.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: We will talk about singers whose voices are so unique that caught people’s attention even with a few bars.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: After 30 years since 1992, Seo Taiji is often referred as “President of culture” in South Korea today. We are going to talk about Seo Taiji’s influence into K-pop.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: We will talk about South Korea’s entertainment agencies that supported global success of K-Pop
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: Why are people into retro music? Today, we will talk about retro music that is getting popular again these days in South Korea, and some other retro contents in mass culture.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: Today we introduce an influence of music and songs that gave comfort and strength to people in dark times
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: Today we will introduce couple of songs suitable for proposal and wedding celebration in South Korea
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: We will talk about campaign songs that contributed positive images of presidential candidates in history.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: Today we will be talking about one-hit wonders, who disappeared after leaving one hit songs, that South Korean still reminisce.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
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Different performance experiences amid the pandemic
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There have been remarkably lesser performances since COVID-19 pandemic. However, we will talk about memorable and joyful performance experiences, foreign artists’ performance in South Korea, and features of virtual performance, which is called the future of performance.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: Sales of K-pop CDs hit an all-time high last year. Today we talk about how physical media such as CDs become booming again in the digital era.
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: Today we introduce OST that bring us back to the past and make us immerse into the dramas. (한국 드라마의 몰입감을 더 높여주는 추억의 OST들을 소개합니다.)
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: We introduce the new form of gradutaion ceremony culture, and Korean songs that Young-dae wants to play for those who recently graduated.(달라진 졸업식 문화와 이제 막 졸업한 사람들에게 들려주고 싶은 한국 노래를 소개합니다.)
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: Let’s dig into what the term of “Ballad” is, and the origin of using it. We also touch upon the representative Korean Ballad musics and its history. (한국에만 있다는 음악 장르 '발라드'란 어디에서 온 표현이고 기원은 무엇인지, 한국의 대표 발라드 곡들의 흐름을 짚어봅니다.)
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: Let’s talk about Christmas carol songs as well as winter songs that Koreans enjoy to listen to during Christmas season. (매년 이맘때면 꼭 생각나는 크리스마스 캐롤과 한국인들이 즐겨 듣는 겨울 노래에 대한 이야기 나눠봅니다.)
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: Let’s learn about 90s’ songs that embrace the spirit of rebellious, individual and computer-friendly characters.(반항적, 개인주의적이고 컴퓨터 친화적인 세대인 X 세대, 그들의 정서가 담긴 1990년대 노래들을 알아봅니다.)
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: Tracking success stories of Korean singers and singer groups entering music market overseas : Part 2
From Kim Sisters to Wonder Girls, we explore to track the Korean singers and singer groups who had made their names known in the music markets overseas even before BTS' success in many countries including Japan, China and the United States. (김시스터즈부터 원더걸스까지, 오늘날 세계를 매혹시킨 BTS 이전에 일본, 중국은 물론 미국 음악 시장에까지 진출했던 한국 가수들의 도전사, 그 두 번째 이야기를 들어봅니다.)
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: From Kim Sisters to Wonder Girls, we explore to track the Korean singers and singer groups who had made their names known in the music markets overseas even before BTS' success in many countries including Japan, China and the United States. (김시스터즈부터 원더걸스까지, 오늘날 세계를 매혹시킨 BTS 이전에 일본, 중국은 물론 미국 음악 시장에까지 진출했던 한국 가수들의 도전사를 알아봅니다.)
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: BTS has been nominated for the second time at the Grammy Awards. Let's learn more about how the group made their way to the mainstream pop stars staging globally over South Korea. (2년 연속 그래미에 노미네이트된 BTS! 그들은 어떻게 한국을 너머 세계 팝 시장의 주류가 되었는지 이야기 나워봅니다.)
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: Is BTS the best Korean popular music artist group of all time? Are they the so-called "National singers"? Who becomes the "national singers" in South Korea? What are the standards to consider for an artist or artist groups to be national singers? (방탄소년단은 한국 대중음악 역사상 최고의 아티스트, 국민가수인가? 한국인이 뽑는 국민가수는 누가 있는지, 국민가수의 조건은 무엇인지 이야기 나눠봅니다.)
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Today's Topic: South Koreans' favorite rock ballad songs (한국인들이 사랑하는 록 발라드)
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- We talk about the changes and transitions of the various mixed-groups in Korean popular music such as ZAM, KOYOTE, Trouble Maker, SSAK3, etc.. (잼, 코요태, 트러블메이커, 싹쓰리 등 한국대중음악계의 혼성그룹의 변천사에 대해 이야기 나눠봅니다.)
Music critic Kim Young-dae's interesting take on music and culture.
- Restrospecting on Adam, the Korean cyber-singer, through the virtual-reality based girl group aespa. (가상현실 기반 걸그룹 에스파를 통해 되돌아본 사이버가수 아담의 추억)