An Album a Day

On this odd episode, Ashley rants about podcasting, exercise, busy schedules and the greatness of Shoott.com.

While editing this I realized that I jinked myself tremendously. If you can stick it out to hear the full review, then you'll hear how I doomed myself to not upload this when it dropped, too.

That realization aside, I'm still listening to the album and enjoying its facets. It's a unique piece. I apologize for the way this episode drags on... it's a reflection of early morning recording, for real.

Some key points are identified in the transcript. To read more on this review, visit https://a3day.tumblr.com/

Thank you for waiting.

Since the podcast is back and we are doing what needs to be done for Season 6 in my own little way before all of the beauty and Immaculate work of my new team comes through for season seven and eight (which start very soon!). We need to finish this season and there's no way I can get through today, March 13 2023, without acknowledging EXO Kai.

1:58 - I give up on recording

2:02 - full audio reaction

It's been over seven months, and the K-pop scene is rapidly evolving.

You already binge on K-pop. So now's the time to know a little about everything with your favorite foreign Korean music historian explorin all the industry from A to Z!

Journey through the entire catalog of some of Korean entertainment's most popular artists and become familiar with lesser known acts with my shortcast, "An Album a Day."

Were traversing over 30 years of discographies with opinionated and fact-based commentary. Join the experience when you find An Album a Day on your favorite podcast platform or on www.a3daypodcast.com.

Thank you for your listenership, support, constructive criticism and more!

YG Entertainment boy group BIGBANG make their official comeback as a foursome this month. The host of A3Day provides live commentary as she views and reacts to the comeback video on April 4, 2022 U.S. time.

An Album a Day is my exploration into the Korean music scene. This podcast will cover mainstream, indie and some underground artists within the scene and provide both factual and opinionated commentary. The biggest benefit to sharing my thoughts this way is that it will hopefully expose you to more great music and exploration of your own.

Visit a3day.tumblr.com to read the full show notes.

Special shout out to my Patreon patrons -- the Freshmen, Student Body, the Scholars, and the Staff (Jackie P. and Laura T.) -- who keep my vision of becoming your favorite foreign Korean music historian, exploring all the industry from A to Z a real thing.

An Album a Day is my exploration into the Korean music scene. This podcast will cover mainstream, indie and some underground artists within the scene and provide both factual and opinionated commentary. The biggest benefit to sharing my thoughts this way is that it will hopefully expose you to more great music and exploration of your own.

Within this K-pop fangirl experience, Ive had just a handful of correct predictions: 2017 was the official start of girl groups taking more risks and making their presence known, BTS would release an album featuring solos by each member, B.A.P. would come back for one last hoorah in 2018, Wonho wouldnt come back to Monsta X, G-Dragons government-named album was the end of an era; and in a 2019 ATEEZ, along with another group whose name Ill withhold until later in this episode, are the next big thing. The album that sealed the deal, right after the drop.

Youre tuned into An Album a Day. Show, start.

Hey yall. I wish I could find the tweet within my archives to back me. As an online content creator, I download all my tweets annually I dont like saying that I said something without receipts and I definitely dont like providing social media with more than it already has of things to jab back at me about. I said it, nonetheless, I absolutely said it. And how could I possibly know such a thing when I hadnt listened to any of Ateezs music until this point in time, youre wondering? I know momentum in entertainment. I know trends, knew journalistic buzz, and I knew from the moment the Internet was buzzing over their KQ Fellaz videos that something attention grabbing was coming from an unexpected label. 

I had no musical proof to back this whatsoever beforehand. However, after listening to Treasure EP.3: One to All and Treasure EP.Fin: All to Action, the statement I made last week about Ateez declaring theyre going nowhere was solidified. 

First, One to All. At the time of this recording, it is winter in my country. Listening to this bubbly, warm, summer-birthed 18-minute EP while wearing layers was ridiculous. The albums crafted with this vibe intentionally, as it pulls from moombahton, a genre of music derived from EDM, house, and reggaeton. This is the first time Ive identified an album in Korean pop idol music that drives that genre home. It is sonically pleasing and consistent from start to finish, despite picking a horrible time to listen to it, climate-wise.

All to Action though? ATEEZ delivered a dynamic 30-minute hip-hop and R&B experience that even they used to announce that they dont know whats next, but they know whos next: themselves. This is a no-skip album, truly. And the greatest flex of the entire first studio album is the trifecta of tracks 4, 5, and 6. The time between these two projects is four months June and October 2019, respectively is a small window of time to level up so greatly as a group. Its insane. Its genuinely insane how much they progressed in such a short time.

Eden and his team? Touch his face. Its not time yet for me to dive into the production nuances but understand that singer-songwriter Eden, a name associated with ATEEZs sound since their debut, put a whole, entire, moisturized foot into the process of this album. As I said earlier, ATEEZ and another group, Stray Kids (who made their debut a year before ATEEZ in 2017), are ones to watch.  

I feel confined by not getting deeper into it! This self-inflicted restriction is equal parts needing to clean up my content on this podcast so that it appeals to wider English-speaking audiences who dont prefer to hear explicit language and the desire to secure more sponsorship.

An Album a Day is my exploration into the Korean music scene. This podcast will cover mainstream, indie and some underground artists within the scene and provide both factual and opinionated commentary. The biggest benefit to sharing my thoughts this way is that it will hopefully expose you to more great music and exploration of your own.

Visit a3day.tumblr.com to read the full show notes.

Special shout out to my Patreon patrons -- the Freshmen, Student Body, the Scholars, and the Staff (Jackie P. and Laura T.) -- who keep my vision of becoming your favorite foreign Korean music historian, exploring all the industry from A to Z a real thing.