What’s New from 17 Carat K-Pop
What’s New from 17 Carat K-Pop
Links to all of 2024’s articles and episodes so far!
On the 17 Carat K-Pop Podcast
Best New Music: February 2024: My ranking and review of the best new releases from K-pop, J-pop, and T-pop artists!
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Hi, It’z Me Again: After explaining the reason for this show’s hiatus and what the future of 17 Carat K-Pop looks like, I make seventeen predictions for 2024 (mostly K-pop-related, but some more general ones too)!
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TY for TY Tracks: The ultimate guide to TAEYONG’s TAP Era: the best lyrics, the thematic parallels to the SHALALA Era, theories about the “TAP” music video, the hidden meanings in the teaser images and videos, and so much more!
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LE SSERAFIM’s New Era: I use the movie Black Swan as a starting point for understanding the messages in LE SSERAFIM’s new mini-album, EASY; assess the ways the group’s new songs build on the foundation of their older ones; describe how the poem “Good Bones” is uniquely incorporated into the group’s story; and overall show why LE SSERAFIM’s discography remains as praiseworthy, resonant, and thoughtful as ever!
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Still Monster (Energy): A short overview of times the makers of Monster Energy (aka Monster Beverage Corporation) sued entities who used the word “Monster” in branding, the latest example being K-pop rookie girl group BABYMONSTER. Other news I cover in this episode: TikTok’s feud with Universal Music Group, all the things that went wrong at end-of-year awards shows, a crusade against lip-synching, publication of a shocking video, big updates for BLACKPINK as solo artists, and much more!
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Best New Music: January 2024: My ranking and review of January’s best new releases from K-pop, J-pop, and T-pop artists!
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Sneak Peek at Upcoming Episodes!
Feel free to guess, but these are the only hints I’ll give you about who and what the episodes I’m currently working on are about!
A discography deep-dive for an iconic female solo artist
Separate episodes about two K-pop boy groups and their upcoming releases
A series of Enthusiasts episodes that tells the story of a remarkable man who deserves to be considered as much of a household name as Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Even those who do know his name often do not know all the twists and turns his life includes, and those who do know the full story have never heard it through my distinct vantage point…
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Articles
The Best New Music: February 2024
The Best New Music: January 2024
NEW & IMPROVED: A Guide to TAEYONG’s Solo Music
TAEYONG’s Purposeful Playfulness
Hui Talks About His Hopes and “Hmm BOP”!
oceanfromtheblue’s True Colors
YUDABINBAND on Skills, Strengths, and Shows
P1Harmony Are Going Back on the Road!
“I hope you'll join me on the rugged yet beautiful path ahead”: Get to Know Kris Main!
A Guide to LE SSERAFIM’s New Era (paywalled)
Best New Music: February 2024 (Honorable Mentions) (paywalled)
Best New Music: January 2024 (Honorable Mentions) (paywalled)
Honorable Mentions: Best K-Pop Music Videos of 2023 (paywalled)
Honorable Mentions: Best Albums of 2023 (paywalled)
Even More Honorable Mentions for the Best of 2023! (paywalled)
Sources and Further Reading
“Good Bones” by Maggie Smith
What to know about Universal Music Group’s feud with TikTok
Twitch’s exit from South Korea
About the new “Inspire Arena”
StubHub’s 2023 recap
Luminate’s 2023 report
Some of the big reasons why Afrobeats got so popular worldwide
Some of the pieces that shaped my 2024 predictions about streaming, gaming/the digital world, places in South Korea to watch, entertainment industry sources of caution, and more
A leadership shake-up and rumored problems at The Sphere
Some of the many issues during end-of-2023 K-pop awards shows
Some of the many, many times Monster Energy sued those who use the word “Monster” in their branding…
… and one time THEY were sued!
The band Mayday’s headache
Past and current signs of fandom activity and K-pop interest in China being discouraged
The downfall of The Voice of China
“Is China Still a Meritocracy?”
A brief overview of Gachapon
An obscure book that might have appeared in TAEYONG’s music video that has a plot with strange parallels to NCT’s storyline…
Newly-public footage of North Koreans sentenced to hard labor for watching K-dramas
“Google, Apple face fines in South Korea”
Celebrating 50 years of Hello Kitty!