The K-Pop Corner

Jade and I discuss Cravity's newest album, Sonorous, their Louder m/v, and our thoughts on their direction and future. Next we go into great detail about our Monsta X concert experiences, tour stops, and my surprise ultimate VIP experience. Buckle up because we had so much to talk about and process together!

We start off talking about Big Ocean, a unique K-Pop group consisting of three members, all of which are hard of hearing. We talk about their latest single, Love Sign, because it's super catchy and the music video is mature, sexy and beautifully shot. They also incorporate sign language into their choreo as well. Then we briefly discuss some of the comebacks going on, Oneus and Cravity as well as Hendery's recent Cantonese single called Thursday. Lastly, we discuss our upcoming Monsta X concert predictions and manifestations, and give some concert etiquette reminders.

We start with my Omega X concert experience. I was fortunate enough to attend Omega X's concert here in Detroit on a flash sale for $1. I went in with no expectations except to have fun and they absolutely delivered and won my heart! Jade and I go over all the details big and small, and the biggest question of course: who is my bias? Next we discuss all of the exciting new music from Enhypen, SF9 and Monsta X. We talk about the music videos, everything we loved and the things we didn't. Lastly, we talk a bit about other notable K-Pop news coming up and our Monsta X concerts that are finally approaching.

Jade and I discuss new music from Wayv's album, Vision Wings, their M/V and how happy we are to see their Chinese culture brought to light in their title track. We then talk about concept photos from both SF9 and Monsta X, the latter of which brings up the discussion about the use of AI in K-Pop. If Monsta X has used it before in their promos, us fans have never seen it or caught it as blatantly as it was used in The Phase album promo content. Many fans, including Jade and I felt disappointed. AI might be prolific and here to stay, but creative realms that are created and curated by real people should stay human, not AI. It's a slippery slope. Artists should think twice about the harm it can cause and whether they would want AI music to take their place.

Jade and I discuss Wayv's New York concert and their concept photos for their Vision Wings comeback, SF9 and Monsta X's upcoming comebacks and lastly we talk about a sensitive subject so trigger warning. A K-pop fan took their own life after intense online bullying, relentless harassment and death threats from other fans. It prompted a discussion on how toxic fandoms can have deadly real life consequences, what can be done to prevent this in the future and can fans recognize and pull themselves out if K-pop becomes too all encompassing and toxic.