It's the Melanin For Me

It's the Melanin For Me

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  • Hide & Seek-Purple Kiss (Album Review)

    Terra raves about Purple Kiss' new album. This is the second installment in our mini series. (We only play snippets of the songs to encourage you to listen to the album!)

    Songs:

    • Zombie
    • 2am
    • Cast Pearls before swine
    • So WhY
    • Twinkle
    • ZzZz
      • 19 min
    • Somo:Fume-Jay B (Album Review)
      While we're on break, we'll be releasing mini episodes (episodes that are under 30 minutes). This week Terra and Jay talk about Jay B's first album* under the label H1ghr Music. We recommend pausing so it feels like you're listening with us!
      *To encourage y'all to listen to the albums we review, we will just be letting you hear small snippets of each song. 
      Tracklist: 
      BTW (feat. Jay Park)
      AM PM (feat. Whee in)
      Fame (feat. Junny)
      In to You (feat. g1nger)
      Switch it up (feat.sokodomo)
      Count on Me
      18 min
    • S2EP13: Season Two Wrap-up

      In this Season Finale the crew talk about idol's dating, argue over album packaging, and discuss our current status as a kpop stan. Enjoy!

      Rec:

      Jay: Point of View: U-Yugyeom (Album/2021)

      Jamie: "Transracial" people should shut the fuck up

      Terra: Blue Birthday (Kdrama/2021)

      Sav: Paint the Town-Loona (Song/2021)

      58 min
    • S2EP12: Teamone Roundtable
      This week Jamie and Terra talk with Alyssah, a fan that ulted 1Team! They ke-ke about the group's humble beginnings, creative concepts and their new future as individuals after disbandment. Hope you guys enjoy this short heartfelt episode. 
      Songs Played: 
      Rolling Rolling-1Team
      Vibe-1Team
      Vamos-Omega X
      Love It-1Team
      26 min
    • S2EP11: Onces Roundtable

      Jay and Sav talk with Sasha (a resident Once) about Twice's future in JYP, dating rumors, and their underrated bops. Hope you enjoy our first girl group fandom interview!


      Songs in Order: 

      • Like OOH-AAH-Twice
      • What is Love-Twice
      • SOS-Twice
      • First Time-Twice
        • 44 min
      • S2EP10: The Anime Episode

        Join the gang as we talk about anime! Episode was recorded a month ago, so if things seem dated that is why lol. 

        Recs: 

        1. Jay: Nightmare Vacation - Rico Nasty (Album/2021)
        2. Jamie: Inuyashiki (Anime/2017)
        3. Terra: Into Violet - Purple Kiss (Album/2021)
        4. Sav: Salute - Little Mix (Album/2013)

          5. *disclaimer: spoilers for some anime so be warned/the last question was "worst anime you've watched"

          Opening Song: Death Parade Theme Song

          1 hr 49 min
        5. S2E9: Shawol Roundtable

          (Note: This was recorded on April 15, 2021) 

          This week Sav and Terra talk with Christa on how it is to be a SHINee fan in 2021, her opinion on SuperM, and more! 

          Christa: Twitter 

          Songs:  

          Advice-Taemin 

          Married to the Music-SHINee 

          Don't Call Me-SHINee 

          Blue-Onew 

          I'm Home-Minho 

          She is-Jonghyun 

          Good Good-Key

          1 hr 15 min
        6. S2E8: The Gang's Back Together

          Intro Song: Hot Sauce-NCT Dream

          Topics of the Week 

          • Dream Comeback
          • NCT Hollywood
          • H1gher Newcomer (Jay B)
          • Enlistments with SM

            • Weekly Z-Flections

            Q&A

            • Unrequited Love
            • Why did god make me black? sksksks

              • Recs

              • Jay: Invincible (Show/2021)
              • Jamie: Headspace Guide to Sleep (Show/2021)*
              • Terra: Taxi Driver (Kdrama/2021)
              • Sav: Drunk Dazed-Enhypen and Sunmi's Whole Discography 

                • *Jamie's part got cut for some reason for recs but the show is on Netflix and she thinks it's neat cuz it helps her sleep. 

                57 min
              • S2E7: Nctzen Roundtable Part.2
                (Warning: Audio is a bit distorted for the guest this week so sorry about that)
                This week Jay talks with Sierra, another black Nctzen about unit separatists, puzzle piece slander, and more! (Sadly Sav wasn't able to join us for this ep, but she'll be in other interview episodes!)
                Sierra: Link
                Intro Song: The 7th Sense-Nct U
                1 hr 7 min
              • S2E6: Release the Kpop Shackles

                Topics of the week: 

                • Fav Kpop of March
                • Incoming Kpop for April
                • Exo Enlistments
                • Twitter Spaces

                  • Weekly Z-Flections

                  Recs:

                  • Jay: She Would Never Know (Kdrama/2021)
                  • Terra: The Boys-SNSD (Album/2011)
                  • Sav: Mirrors-Jackson Wang (Album/2019)

                    • Intro Song: Blue Lemonade-Red Velvet

                    37 min

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                  Young adulthood through the lens of four black nerds