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Kpopalypse Nugu Alert Episode 85 – Yul2, Woona, Celestial Squad, Mayliz – KPOPALYPSE
It's time for Kpopalypse Nugu Alert to make a comeback! Let's take a look at some more nugus for 2024! It's getting close to the end of the year, which means it's time to consider what songs might be on the Kpopalypse favourites list. So I thought it was a good time to bring back…
Kpopalypse roundup – new k-pop releases 18/11/2024 – KPOPALYPSE
It's time for Kpopalypse roundup! Let's take a look at some new releases! Jin - Running Wild What I want to know: why does Jin get all the really good BTS solo songs, and every single other member gets absolute trash? I guess someone in the group had to have some music taste. Taeyeon -…
How Kpopalypse determines the use of AI-generated imagery in k-pop music videos – KPOPALYPSE
Caonimas have been noticing that AI-generated visuals have been appearing in k-pop music videos more and more over the course of the past year. At the same time, there's also been a rise in the denial of the use of AI in music videos by k-pop fans eager to cape for their biases. But what…
Kpopalypse roundup – new k-pop releases 11/11/2024 – KPOPALYPSE
It's time for Kpopalypse roundup! Let's take a look at some new releases! IVE, David Guetta - Supernova Love A blandly discofied version of Ryuichi Sakamoto's "Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence" isn't what I had on my IVE bingo card for this year. VIVIZ - Shhh! Lots of fuss about the dance for this one but…
Live review: H1-Key and The KingDom at Adelaide OzAsia Festival 2024 by Kpopalypse – KPOPALYPSE
H1-Key and The KingDom were in Adelaide, and Kpopalypse was there to see it! Did it meet required standards? Let's take a look in this Kpopalypse live concert review! As many caonimas will know, I have not had the opportunity to go to many live shows lately, which is a shame because the amount of…
Kpopalypse roundup – new k-pop releases 4/11/2024 – KPOPALYPSE
It's time for Kpopalypse roundup! Let's take a look at some new releases! G-DRAGON - Power That beat is not strong enough to carry an entire song on its own, I don't care who's nasally whining over the top. BABYMONSTER - Drip BabyMonster really are playing the 2NE3 card here with some parts of this…
QRIMOLE – November 2024 – KPOPALYPSE
It's time for QRIMOLE, the series where readers ask Kpopalypse questions! Let's take a look at the mailbag for the last month! You'll probably get 3 billion of these questions, but I'll try to make mine as specific as possible. I also know jack shit about the music industry, apologies. 1. How on earth have…
The RESULTS of the 2024 survey of caonima action! – KPOPALYPSE
Welcome to another Kpopalypse survey results post! This time we're wrapping up all the important survey results in the Kpopalypse 2024 survey of caonima action! Question 1: Hi! How are you? Please answer in as much or as little detail as applicable. The usual traditional opening question, which all readers have come to know and…
Kpopalypse roundup – new k-pop releases – KPOPALYPSE
It's time for Kpopalypse roundup! Let's take a look at some new releases! Jin - I’ll Be There For some reason Jin gets the best BTS solo tracks. I don't know why this is but I'm sensing a pattern. Maybe a small percentage of his fans aren't insane zombies after all. tripleS Visionary Vision -…
Kpopalypse roundup – new k-pop releases 21/10/2024 – KPOPALYPSE
It's time for Kpopalypse roundup! Let's take a look at some new releases! ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - ATP. By far the best post-Blackpink solo song ever, and certainly a hell of a lot better than Rose's awful solo songs from YG days, she gets it right here with a simple, catchy pop song that…
What I learned about writing by finishing a whole-ass book series – KPOPALYPSE
Kpopalypse is back with another post to help out those aspiring authors out there! Caonimas have probably noticed that recently I finished writing and publishing the entire Shin Hana series of four books. I already have posts about how to write and edit a book, and also how to publish a book, but I've picked…
Kpopalypse roundup – new k-pop releases 14/10/2024 – KPOPALYPSE
It's time for Kpopalypse roundup! Let's take a look at some new releases! Jennie - Mantra Jennie goes for a drive on some of those roads that she paved for your faves, and it's actually a really damn good backing track but the melody writer sounds like they fell asleep in the back seat. Lisa…
Kpopalypse’s music theory class for dumbass k-pop fans: part 20 – copyright basics – KPOPALYPSE
Kpopalypse music theory class is back! Let's learn about the incredibly boring topic of music copyright, and I'll try to make it as unboring as I possibly can but it probably won't be! Let's go! So why is music copyright being tackled as part of the Kpopalypse music theory series? Because if you're interested in…
Kpopalypse roundup – new k-pop releases 7/10/2024 – KPOPALYPSE
It's time for Kpopalypse roundup! Let's take a look at some new releases! KISS OF LIFE - R.E.M I'd make some joke about their careers needing a 'kiss of life' after this blandness, but we all know that's not true - Korea loves bullshit like this. Kiss Of Life are going to be huge, probably.…
Celebrating a year of sidebar Liz – KPOPALYPSE
Some of you have been clicking on IVE's Liz for no reason… but have you missed anything? Here’s a list of all the websites that were featured on the clickable sidebar Liz over the past year, just in case you missed any of the fun. Enjoy! GAME ABOUT SQUARES HYPERTRANSLATE THE DANCING LION SHAPE…
QRIMOLE – October 2024 – KPOPALYPSE
It's time for QRIMOLE, the series where readers ask Kpopalypse questions! Let's take a look at the mailbag for the last month! It seems like bambam is really going through something difficult. is there anything fans / kpop followers can do? it makes me nervous to see someone post stuff like this. The fanbase seems…
Kpopalypse roundup – new k-pop releases 30/9/2024 – KPOPALYPSE
It's time for Kpopalypse roundup! Let's take a look at some new releases! NCT WISH - Steady I watched "Beetlejuice" for the first time the other day (late to the party, I know) and so it's really weird to see this person wearing a sheet in this video. And yes that's all I've got to…
AustralianSana & Kpopalypse podcast – 21st September 2024 – KPOPALYPSE
It's the long-awaited return of the AustralianSana podcast! The podcast series where THE two most controversial figures in the caonima online space get together to discuss all things k-pop and otherwise! Continue reading for topics and timestamps! 0:00 - Introduction K-POP QUESTIONS4:50 - Fromis_9 in the dungeon?8:48 - "International" k-pop girl groups14:06 - Will BabyMonster's…
Kpopalypse roundup – new k-pop releases 23/9/2024 – KPOPALYPSE
It's time for Kpopalypse roundup! Let's take a look at some new releases! FIFTY FIFTY - SOS Ah, Fifty Fifty, their music is so relaxing, taking me back to a time when all was well in the world, everyone loved each other, there was no global conflict or prejudice and pop agencies could be trusted…
Kpopalypse roundup – new k-pop releases 16/9/2024 – KPOPALYPSE
It's time for Kpopalypse roundup! Let's take a look at some new releases! Naevis - Done Since it's a slow week due to the hanbok wearing we have to put up with SM's latest attempt to float their idiotic "culture technology gosh-we're-so-high-tech watch us embrace all this energy-sucking technology just because we can" AI monstrosity…
The Kpopalypse 2024 bias list – KPOPALYPSE
It’s time to update the Kpopalypse bias list for 2024! Let’s take a look at who Kpopalypse is biasing this year! Regular Kpopalypse readers have all probably either participated in or at the very least read the results of the objectification surveys – but I do not participate in those myself other than to count…
Kpopalypse roundup – new k-pop releases 9/9/2024 – KPOPALYPSE
It's time for Kpopalypse roundup! Let's take a look at some new releases! Megan Thee Stallion feat. RM - Neva Play A reasonable beat and Megan is just how she usually is but RM sounds laughable here, like his silly fake rap voice has been computer-pitched down about a third to make him seem "more…
The Kpopalypse 2024 Objectification Survey results part 4 of 4 – MOST ATTRACTIVE MEN AND WOMEN in k-pop – KPOPALYPSE
It’s the final part of the 2024 Kpopalypse Objectification Survey results! Who are the most attractive k-pop idols for 2024, according to Kpopalypse readers? Let’s take a look! The last part of the Kpopalypse 2024 Objectification Survey is essentially the “face” category, where we take a look at the most attractive men and women in…
Kpopalypse roundup – new k-pop releases 2/9/2024 – KPOPALYPSE
It's time for Kpopalypse roundup! Let's take a look at some new releases! LE SSERAFIM - Crazy It's not the greatest song because it suffers from being a bit too minimal, and that pre-chorus is a real lowlight, but this kind of vogue-ish nonsense otherwise actually suits Le Sserafim a lot more than what they've…
QRIMOLE – September 2024 – KPOPALYPSE
It's time for QRIMOLE, the series where readers ask Kpopalypse questions! Let's take a look at the mailbag for the last month! How are you? How is the partner? How is the cat? Good³ Since IVE is like a top group right now for you musically, I'm wondering if you have a bias rank for…
The Kpopalypse 2024 Objectification Survey results part 3 of 4 – best FEMALE and MALE LEGS in k-pop – KPOPALYPSE
It’s time for the third part of the Kpopalypse Objectification Survey results! Let’s take a look at k-pop’s best legs for 2024! Is it true that k-pop fans really enjoy treating their favourite idols like objects? Of course they do! Just remember fans, that your bias is not an object – they are a person……
Kpopalypse roundup – new k-pop releases 26/8/2024 – KPOPALYPSE
It's time for Kpopalypse roundup! Let's take a look at some new releases! OH MY GIRL - Classified A return to the aesthetics of Oh My Girl's best era ("Secret Garden", "Closer" etc) which is very welcome, but also is kind of botched musically thanks to some weird dancehall rhythms and an oddly busy sound.…
The Love Complete – a Korean pop fiction novel by Kpopalypse – KPOPALYPSE
"The Love Complete”, the fourth and FINAL book in the Shin Hana series, is now available! CLICK HERE for availability and ordering information for all Kpopalypse books. Note that the story of “The Love Complete” picks up from exactly where the previous three books left off, so it’s strongly recommend that you read those first…
The Kpopalypse 2024 Objectification Survey results part 2 of 4 – best FEMALE and MALE ASSES in k-pop – KPOPALYPSE
It’s time for part two of the four-part Kpopalypse Objectification Survey results! These results are all about ass – who has the best asses in k-pop right now? Read on as Kpopalypse’s readers decide! Is it true that k-pop fans really enjoy treating their favourite idols like objects? Of course they do! Just remember fans,…
Kpopalypse roundup – new k-pop releases 19/8/2024 – KPOPALYPSE
It's time for Kpopalypse roundup! Let's take a look at some new releases! LISA feat. Rosalía - New Woman Definitely a song equally likely to get on the best AND the worst list for 2024, Lisa's new song is absolutely fantastic until precisely 1:28 where someone decided that we were all having too much fun…
The Kpopalypse 2024 Objectification Survey results part 1 of 4 – best FEMALE BOOBS and MALE TORSO/ABS in k-pop – KPOPALYPSE
It’s that time of the year again – time to objectify your favourite idols yet again in the Kpopalypse Objectification Survey results! Let’s take a look at the winners for 2023 in the all-important category of upper-body objectification! Every year I write some thing here about why I do these objectification surveys for the knuckleheads…
Kpopalypse roundup – new k-pop releases 12/8/2024 – KPOPALYPSE
It's time for Kpopalypse roundup! Let's take a look at some new releases! IVE - Crush Okay so like a lot of IVE songs lately it's just "I Am" again but a bit slower and more pedestrian, and I'm fine with that. If IVE are going to become the AC/DC or Iron Maiden of k-pop…
Kpopalypse roundup – new k-pop releases 5/8/2024 – KPOPALYPSE
It's time for Kpopalypse roundup! Let's take a look at some new releases! ENHYPEN - Brought The Heat Back Not much heat to be had here, although I did like the heat-vision footage which I tend to associate with watching innocent people get shot by helicopters thanks to seeing all that Iraq war footage Julian…
QRIMOLE – August 2024 – KPOPALYPSE
It's time for QRIMOLE, the series where readers ask Kpopalypse questions! Let's take a look at the mailbag for the last month! I read folks crapping on Lisa’s Rockstar for having bad lyrics. I know that song is in English, but I think Kpop has trained me quite well not to pay attention to the…
Kpopalypse roundup – new k-pop releases 29/7/2024 – KPOPALYPSE
It's time for Kpopalypse roundup! Let's take a look at some new releases! KARA - I Do I Do A nice bit of nostalgia for KARA fans but seriously, not even KARA fans are going to remember how this song sounds in a week. Never mind bringing Goo Hara's voice back which is honestly neither…
Kpopalypse checks out Jay Park’s OnlyFans, so you don’t have to – KPOPALYPSE
Readers recently alerted me to the fact that k-pop singer Jay Park has an OnlyFans account. As the expert of all things concerning objectification in k-pop, of course Kpopalypse had to be there! As the first k-pop performer to traverse this bold new frontier, does Jay Park's OnlyFans meet required standards? Let's find out! I…
Kpopalypse roundup – new k-pop releases 22/7/2024 – KPOPALYPSE
It's time for Kpopalypse roundup! Let's take a look at some new releases! Jimin - Who Who indeed. Stray Kids - Chk Chk Boom Not bad backings but it's hard to stan when the vocals are this cheesy. This is basically Jimin's song with a bit less "who" but the same amount of "why". Rolling…