It’s SUMMER 2024 and Elle is living her BEST KPop life (since summer jams are her taste in KPop all year long)

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Maddie and Elle jump on the mic this week to pitch their top 10 favorite summer songs, along with chat up what has been happening in the KPop world this past month (HINT: it’s a lot)

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WHAT’S CURRENT IN KPOP:

(07:08) RIIZE’s “Boom Boom Bass” & Maddie’s BRIIZE life

(09:20) EVNNE’s “Badder Love” (a different EVNNE taste, but a good one)

(12:06) Jeonghan + Wonwoo’s “Last Night” (& our MV theories)

(17:52) Lee Youngji’s “Small Girl” (FEAT. D.O!!!) (this song rocksssss)

(22:01) TWS’s album “Summer Beat” (boyhood concept perfected)

(25:30) NCT Wish’s “Songbird” (Do we need another NCT group? Thoughts??)

(28:29) B.D.U’s “My One” (debut group from Build Up - JAY CHANG 4 LYFE!!!)

(30:13) Rocky’s “Jealousy” (THIS. SONG. IS. CRAZY. GOOD.)

(34:09) LISA’s “Rockstar” (differing opinions on this one)

(35:36) KATSEYE’s “Debut” (which is a debut)

(37:45) BOYNEXTDOOR’s “Lucky Charm” (from Miss Night & Day OST)

(39:50) BABYMONSTER’S “FOREVER” (pretty girl swag at it’s finest)

(42:06) BE:FIRST x ATEEZ’s “Hush Hush” (just, visuals ALL DAY)

(44:12) THE BOYZ’ “Gibberish” (Maddie is obsessed)

(46:16) TXT’s “We’ll Never Change” (Japanese single)

(47:47) Christina’s BTS Express (ALL ABOARD LOL)

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WHAT’S COMING UP:

July 12 - Enhypen - “Romance: Untold” 

July 15 - NCT 127 - “Walk” 

July 16 - Waker - “Sweet Tape”

July 19 - Jimin - “Muse”

July 19 - Stray Kids - “Ate” TT “Chk Chk Boom”

July 19 - The Boyz full Japanese Album

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(1:11:51) Maddie & Elle’s quick MAKEMATE1 update (WE LOVE THIS SHOW!!)

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(1:19:13) Maddie & Ellle’s top 10 summer songs

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(1:43:41) Joshua Hong interview COMING NEXT WEEK!!! 

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ELLE’S TOP 10 SUMMER JAMS:

10. ZEROBASEONE’s “Sunday RIDE”

9. POW’s “Dazzling”

8. ENHYPEN’s “Polaroid Love”

7. ASTRO’s “Crazy Sexy Cool”

6. CRAVITY’s “Cheese”

5. Stray Kids’ “Astronaut”

4. BTS’s “Dynamite”

3. VANNER’’s “Rollin”

2. SEVENTEEN’s “Snap Shoot”

1. THE BOYZ’ “Lip Gloss”

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MADDIE’S TOP 10 SUMMER JAMS:

10. TEN’S “Paint Me Naked”

9. MCND’s “Hey You”

8. AKMU’s “200%:

7. iKON’s “Cocktail”

6. PENTAGON’s “Humph!”

5. ATEEZ’s “Stay”

4. THE BOYZ’ “Nectar”

3. TWS’s “hey! hey!” 

2. ASTRO’s “Footprint:

1. THE BOYZ’ “Lip Gloss”

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HONORABLE MENTION SUMMER SONGS:

ATEEZ’s “Eternal Sunshine”

BOYNEXTDOOR’s “l i f e  i s  c o o l”

ASTRO’s “Candy Sugar Pop”

Stray Kids’ “Surfin”

WayV’s “We go nanana”

SEVENTEEN’S “Not Alone”

Kep1er’s “Back to the City”

TXT’s “MOA Diary (Dubaddu War Wari)”

BOYS PLANET’s “Say My Name”

D.O’s “Mars”

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