K-YOS

Oh Lord everything comes out in March, huh. Artists discussed: waterbaby, Blessing Jolie, Giant Claw & galen tipton, James Blake, The Scratch, The Sophs, BTS, Coco Jones, Naomi Scott, underscores, galen tipton (again!), Charlie Puth, Fetty Wap, Robyn, Slayyyter, Thundercat, The Strokes, Jessie Ware, the Foo Fighters, and Jam2go.

K-pop is dead, long live K-YOS. We're back as a music podcast that doesn't forget k-pop, as opposed to a k-pop podcast that occasionally talks about other music. Artists discussed: Madison Beer, Ari Lennox, XG, Jam2go, Joyce Manor, Labrinth, Maris, Blusher, Knocked Loose ft. Denzel Curry, MUNA, Hemlocke Springs, and RIIZE.

WHOOPS, it's summer all of a sudden. The slow month of April, dotted with a couple vacations by the girls, rolled into the even slower month of May with some more time off in June. So, why not wrap everything up into one for Spring 2025? Artists discussed: NCT Wish, UNIS, &TEAM, Katseye, RIIZE, SHINee, Seventeen, UAU (Dreamcatcher), Enhypen, ARTMS, ILLIT, Cravity, fromis_9, aespa, and... Lorde?

We're late, but at least there's a new microphone on deck! Dani and Lotus discuss a relatively thin but very vibey month of k-pop alongside a non-k-pop recommendation each. Artists discussed: XG, Jennie (Blackpink), LE SSERAFIM, NMIXX, The Boyz, STAYC, Just B, Skrillex, and One Ok Rock.

Returning from the 2024 recap, Dani and Lotus are back to their regular schedule reviewing the k-pop tracks that caught their attention — one way or another — from the end of last year through February. Additionally, going forward they may mention non-k-pop artists they'd like to bring to your attention, although the podcast will continue to be k-pop focused!

Artists mentioned: Twice, &TEAM, XLOV, ONF, Zerobaseone, Lisa (Blackpink), MUNA, and Paledusk.

It's a little scuffed and more than a little late but it's here! Azalea joins Dani and Lotus to reveal their Top 25 K-Pop Songs of 2024, discussing each entry as it comes along in as reasonable an amount of time as they can muster.

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It was a nice, normal October in the k-pop world, consisting of a steady stream of releases from many artists. We didn't feel strongly about the majority of them, but it was a good month!

Artists mentioned: Yuta (NCT), Xdinary Heroes, ITZY, &TEAM, aespa, Seventeen, The Boyz, and StayC.

We're all moved in and back to podcasting! August and September were surprisingly uneventful months, containing mostly very standard releases. But there were a few that stood out to us...

Artists mentioned: fromis_9, Lisa (Blackpink), Young Posse, Le Sserafim, Loossemble, Riize, Onewe, Tzuyu (Twice), naevis (aespa), Yeonjun (TXT), and P1Harmony.

Well, it finally happened... There's no k-pop we want to talk about. July was a relatively standard month in k-pop, but we just weren't enthusiastic enough about what did release to fill a regular episode. Instead of skipping the month altogether, we decided to check in with the rest of the music world. Azalea joins us to talk about our favorite non-kpop songs of this year — so far! — as well as some other releases we wanted to discuss.

Artists mentioned: Bring Me The Horizon, Alice Longyu Gao, 12th House Sun, Brittany Howard, Caroline Polachek, Camellia, Doechii, Charli xcx, flowerovlove, Dog Race, Chelsea Wolfe, The Last Dinner Party, Everything Everything, Flyana Boss, Rachel Chinouriri, Future Islands, Kali Uchis, RaiNao, Jamie xx, Maggie Rogers, øneheart, Vampire Weekend, Megan Thee Stallion, MGMT, TURQUOISEDEATH, Twenty One Pilots, Porter Robinson, and Zach Bryan.

Summer is finally starting to get into gear in the k-pop world!

Artists mentioned: Xdinary Heroes, Kep1er, WayV, Everglow, Weki Meki, Nayeon (Twice), Jeonghan x Wonwoo (Seventeen), NewJeans, Red Velvet, TWS, Chuu, and Lisa (Blackpink).

There ain't no dang music!

Artists mentioned: tripleS, Stray Kids, IVE, aespa, Yves (ex LOONA), and ARTMS.

A rollercoaster of a month for the girls at K-YOS...

Artists mentioned: Le Sserafim at Coachella, Stray Kids at The Met Gala, Babymonster, TXT, EPEX, BoyNextDoor, Onewe, Riize, Seventeen, and IVE.

Artists mentioned: ZeroBaseOne, Lun8, Purple Kiss, The New Six, Lucy, ILLIT, NCT Dream, j-hope (BTS), ARTMS, and aespa.

Artists mentioned: P1harmony, Billlie, Yena, Ten (NCT), Aimers, Le Sserafim, A.C.E., Twice, Taeyong (NCT), and Cravity.

2024 has arrived and, likewise, the k-pop machine begins to spin back up. December and January are notoriously slow months in k-pop, so we've combined the two to recap the releases that most caught our attention!

Artists mentioned: Lucy, Riize, Itzy, SF9, OnlyOneOf, NMIXX, Hui (Pentagon), TWS, and CIX

2023 has come and gone, meaning it's time for us to cover our favorite k-pop songs of the year! From the period of December 1st, 2022 to November 30th, 2023, we saw dozens upon dozens of amazing releases in and around the realm of k-pop, many of which we covered monthly on this very podcast. But now, it's time for only the best of the best. Dani, Lotus, and Azalea join up once more to share their ranked Top 25 lists and share an important announcement about the future of the podcast.

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It's the last episode before our yearly wrap-up! There were quite a few last minute releases this November, and we're here to review the ones that caught our attention.

Artists mentioned: WayV, Jungkook (BTS), ZEROBASEONE, aespa, Stray Kids, Red Velvet, &TEAM, The Boyz, VIXX, and Dreamcatcher.

With autumn comes more k-pop releases as artists try to squeeze in before the slow season of winter. Dani and Lotus recap all the k-pop comebacks they had opinions about during October... and share some video game opinions, too!

Artists mentioned: NewJeans, ONF, NCT 127, TXT, IVE, Kingdom, Seventeen, Paranoia (Baekhyun), Le Sserafim, Riize, and Taemin (SHINee).

September was, as per usual, another light month for k-pop. Although we mostly saw singles and pre-releases, there are still some good comebacks for Dani and Lotus to talk about!

Artists discussed: Seventeen & New Kids on the Block, RIIZE, Purple Kiss, Blackswan, Stray Kids, V (BTS), Cravity, Weeekly, Tempest, ONEUS, and Jungkook (BTS).

It's a quieter month for k-pop despite the influx of new releases, so our episode is a little quieter, too!

Artists discussed: xikers, The Boyz, Jeon Somi, STAYC, Lucy, Jihyo (Twice), Seventeen, and NCT 2023/NCT U.

Sorry we're late! K-pop season is in full swing with lots of releases each month, and no sign of slowing down until the end of the year.

Artists discussed: Jun (Seventeen), TXT, EXO, ZeroBaseOne, NMIXX, Enhypen, Jungkook (BTS), NCT Dream, MiSaMo (Twice), NewJeans, Oh My Girl, Treasure, and ITZY.

June has come and gone, so Dani and Lotus are back to talk about the k-pop releases that caught their attention!

Artists discussed: Stray Kids, Halsey ft. Suga (BTS), fromis_9, The New Six, &Team, Ateez, SHINee, Treasure, and UKISS.

As per usual, May was a pretty light month as far as k-pop comebacks go. However, we expect to see a few of these in SOTY/AOTY discussions at the end of the year... or maybe just ours?

Artists discussed: LE SSERAFIM, Oneus, (G)-IDLE, Enhypen, Joohoney (Monsta X), KARD, Dreamcatcher, CIX, and Twice.

It's April in k-pop land! This was a strange month for k-pop with releases like NewJeans's Coca-Cola collaboration, IVE's album I've IVE, and multiple soloist and subunit releases — Iz*One's Lee Chaeyeon, BTS's Suga, and NCT's DoJaeJung, to name a few. Dani and Lotus hash out their thoughts on this month's comebacks, as well as what they're looking forward to in May.

Other artists discussed: Apink, Kep1er, Onewe's Giuk, Seventeen, Taeyang, and Enhypen.

Dani and Lotus have fixed their mics, returned from vacation, and are ready to judge the k-pop releases of March 2023. Correction: nabi (나비) means "butterfly," nabillera (나빌레라) means "like a butterfly."

Artists mentioned: Jimin (BTS), Billlie, Kai (EXO), OnlyOneOf, NMIXX, Twice, j-hope (BTS), and more.

Dani and Lotus return to cover the goings-on in the k-pop world for February 2023.

Artists mentioned: Stray Kids, Key (Shinee), tripleS, TRI.BE, Purple Kiss, The New Six, The Boyz, Fifty Fifty, and more.

K-YOS's new schedule begins with Dani and Lotus discussing the k-pop scene of the last couple months — the comebacks we liked, the ones we didn't, and some major news.

Artists mentioned: ATEEZ, NewJeans, SMCU, LOONA, OnlyOneOf, Twice, TXT, MAVE, and more.

We're officially in 2023, so you know what that means: K-YOS is back to provide you with our ranked lists of the best k-pop songs from the last year. We discuss not only our top 25 songs each, but also how we felt about the year in k-pop overall and our podcasting plans for 2023. In order to get the podcast out in a timely manner, we modified our release window to be January 1st to November 30th, so please keep that in mind. Our audio is pretty scuffed due to issues we found after recording, which we'll hopefully have fixed by the next episode!

Listen to our playlists and follow us on social media:

Dani (@Chironidess): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1061BHjAavBTxVgW6f467T?si=ce7df1cec6d24fe9

Lotus (@LotusLovesLotus): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1IAWTazptAOYmotuBerJr3?si=c0a45d6164d64271

Azalea (@twelveazalea): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YPXBcLH2nlx1X9EPm5VnB?si=0573232d2f4544d0

Concept: "How much do we really like these groups?" but with math. Dani, Azalea, and Lotus return for a deep dive into the discographies of some of the most popular k-pop groups in the world (including BTS, STAYC, NCT 127, and more) and use math to determine how good they really are.

Dani, Lotus, and Azalea have decided to enable each other in an official capacity and start a k-pop podcast. We're swinging big with our first episode and giving a full SOTY list for 2021, with 25 songs each.