Not Your Average Netizens

It's our last podcast of the year, and it's our best and worst of 2020! Join Nat, Jemin, and Ashe as they give their picks for Best Boy Group, Scandal of the Year, Best Artist of the Year, and more!

Timestamps:

Our K-pop playlists1:21

Best Female Group of the Year10:33

Worst Female Group16:42

Best Male Group23:16

Best Soloist44:06

Worst Soloist49:29

Choreography of the year54:27

Scandal of the Year56:54

Best Quarantine Performance1:20:19

What Disbanded Groups Should Come Back?1:21:45

Songs We Liked Last Year That Fell Off1:22:42

Best NYAN Episode This Year?1:29:02

K-Idol That Helped Get You Through the Pandemic1:35:57

Best/Worst Song of the Year1:53:09

Best/Worst MV of the Year1:54:34

Album of the Year1:55:24

Worst Artist of the Year1:56:53

Worst Male Group1:58:07

Best Artist of the Year1:58:54

General Thoughts About K-pop in 20202:01:10

Shout Outs2:17:05

It's our K-pop Trends list of 2020! Join us as we discuss all the wonderful, weird, and wacky trends of this trash fire of a year. What happened with K-pop music, fashion, and fan meets in 2020? Do you agree with our list? Let us know how you feel about our trends and what you would/wouldn't add to the roster!

Timestamps:

Our K-pop Playlists1:26

K-pop Trends11:15

Trends: Retro music11:42

Trends: Idols becoming Youtubers34:18

Trends: Online concerts/virtual fan meet1:01:30

Trends: Normalizing of America promotions1:25:05

Trends: Noise as a substitute for music invading girl groups1:38:24

Trends: Fashion: Crop tops, Crocs, Boys with long hair, 2019’s yeehaw attire2:05:59

Trends: Gender fluidity?2:05:59

K-pop and Black validation2:24:54

K-pop and relationships2:39:40

Honorifics Silliness2:51:15

Shout Outs 2:55:01

The missing part of our last episode where we discuss the Weverse article 'BTS and the Grammy's: Why Now?'. Join us as we try to find the audacity of it all while also acknowledging the discrimination of the Grammys. You can reference the article here: https://magazine.weverse.io/article/view?num=53〈=en

In this episode of Not Your Average Netizens, fans give squicky parental affiliations to idols, Kang Daniel paved the way, Blackpink sell a gajillion copies, and how much are you willing to pay to subscribe to your favorite K-pop group? Plus, Jungkook robs an empty house. Also, look out for this recording's companion episode, in which we discuss and dissect that infamous WeVerse article about BTS and the Grammys.

Timestamps:

What are we listening to?0:49

Comebacks: Aespa, Kai, BTS 12:50

Stop asking idols to call you mommy… 33:37

CL postpones debut album +ALPHA+ until early next year to prepare a better album40:31

20 years of BoA42:03

Subscription-based Girl Group45:40

Nat hates MNET aka the casualties of vote rigging with PD1011:02:11

BLACKPINK now allegedly have the best selling korean girl group album of all time1:12:28

Toilet Yoochun to pay victim: 1:28:34

Hyeme leaves Black Swan due to men being lame:1:30:04

The Big Hit Block1:37:36

(Long-haired) Jungkook named ‘Sexiest international Man’ by People1:39:25

Bighit purchases Zico’s agency Koz Entertainment1:49:45

Shout Outs2:00:05

On the latest episode of Not Your Average Netizens, we commiserate about Aespa, and just how freakin creepy those A.I. look. Also, BTS fandom isn't a good primer for the stock market, oh and look, another cringeworthy documentary about K-pop fans! Also: will Taemin get his own WAP?

Timestamps:

Comebacks- Aespa and the uncanny valley, Taemin, G Dragon, TWICE5:54

Boy's World - A non-K-pop K-pop group?44:20

Himchan (ex BAP) 57:57

Big Hit’s stock is overvalued1:02:59

Aespa’s Yoo Jimin goes in on boy groups1:10:40

SMTOWN’s virtual reality hotel1:25:47

SM has no stance regarding Chanyeol’s scandal1:31:00

MTV’s Stan Accounts show1:38:11

Taemin’s new single is allegedly being produced by the producers of WAP1:48:10

VIXX’s N leaves Jellyfish1:52:27

Japan paved the way1:56:48

Shout Outs2:14:08

NYAN's back with more navel-gazing K-pop discussion, courtesy of Ashe, Nat, and Jemin! We try to figure out what exactly the marketing plan is for the BTS-inspired K-drama "Youth," and who did Jason Derulo forget to thank? Plus, black k-pop singers — are they simply reclaiming what's already been taken?

Timestamps:

What Have We Been Listening To?5:44

Comebacks14:17

JYP Entertainment Releases Statement In Response To School Violence Allegations About GOT7's Youngjae27:46

3 members of CNBLUE renew contracts with FNC Entertainment (formerly a 4 member group with Lee Jong-hyun)32:57

BTS film YOUTH finds its actors36:52

Pentagon scores first win!1:07:25

2 new black idols (1 soloist & 1 in Black Swan)1:09:33

Nth Room Update1:36:43

Safe stolen from Goo Hara’s home1:40:21

Jason Derulo/Armys?1:44:31

Shout Outs2:04:10

Since Ashe has a case of the (non-COVID) sniffles, Jemin and Nat take over hosting duties for this episode, which, maybe unexpectedly, harbors quite a bit of Blackpink content - what with The Album, the documentary, the fan scuffle with Cardi B, and the highly overrated nurse outfit. But no worries for non-Blinks, there's plenty of K-pop news left to cover what with Jay Park reading thirst tweets, SuperM becoming a legit part of the Marvel Universe, and ELFs determined to keep the remaining members of Super Junior single well into their 50's. It's a jam-packed episode, so make sure to listen and send us some feedback if you like what you hear!

Timestamps:

What we're listening to0:34

Blackpink in our area5:34

Comebacks (Golden Child, SUPERM, TXT, LOONA, NCT 2020) 12:07

Key discharged from the military19:34

Predebut group YOURS shows the girls how to run a cultural sensitivity seminar 26:00

Trainee ends up half a million dollars in debt after not debuting for 10 years 36:07

Trot singer Kwon Do Woon comes out as gay, wanted to speak out for human rights of sexual minorities: 46:05

Things only Nat is happy about; T-ara reunite for performances of Sexy Love and Roly Poly:50:52

Super Junior’s Ryeowook is dating and ELF’s are showing their asses again55:53

S. Korean tourism & culture industries log 10.7 TLN-won loss fromCOVID-191:06:21

Blackpink doc Light Up The Sky drops on Oct 14th1:18:37

Bacardi vs. BLINKS1:22:08

Jennie and the nurse outfit1:32:46

Friend of the podcast Jay Park reads thirst tweets1:42:02

Monsta X ft. Snoop Dog for Spongebob movie 1:46:33

Shout Outs2:03:06

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In the one-parter that should be a two-parter, Ashe, Nat and Jemin dive into the most notable K-pop stories of the past week, wherein problematic idols get called out, Everglow causes a national incident, and Pledis demonstrates a fundamental unawareness of copyright law.

Timestamps:

YGE admits all gambling charges against him0:48

Idol Rebooting Show ‘ Miss Baek'4:19

The Rose have contract termination request denied by courts11:20

Red Velvet’s Joy rocks ‘We Should All Be Feminists’17:31

Everglow’s company apologizes for military performance24:44

Cupid accuses SEVENTEEN plagiarizing “Cupid Shuffle” for “Left & Right”33:28

Spreading your culture by stealing from another48:58

FNCE’s Keeho has problematic past01:07:39

Ex-Stray Kids accused of sexual assault1:20:44

Outro/Shout outs2:13:50

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Join us for a very special episode of Not Your Average Netizens, where we welcome our special guest, K-pop journalist extraordinaire, Jeff Benjamin! Benjamin gives some great insight into the K-pop industry, and reveals his favorite interviews, most embarrassing encounters, and where he believes the genre is going in the future. He also joins us as we review "Dynamite" by BTS, and hash out our expectations for the Grammys.

Timestamps:

Interview 1:46

BTS 'Dynamite' MV 1:06:27

Comebacks: BTS, Super Junior, Red Velvet, Hyuna, KARD, Day6, CLC, New Blackpink X Selena Gomez teaser 1:16:59

Big Bang’s Anniversary, BOA’s upcoming anniversary 1:25:45

f(x)'s Krystal reportedly leaving SM Entertainment 1:36:34

Third-Fourth Generation K-Pop Groups /Songs You Believe Will Be Iconic In The Future 1:45:30

Kpop in the year of Covid-19: What is it even? 2:01:35

Kpop and the Grammy’s: Any expectations for 2021? 2:12:10

Ending/Shoutouts 2:23:29

This episode is the continuation of last week's "The No Safety Zone" in which we ponder Hallyu's surge of popularity in Japan, K-pop's supposed socialist agenda, and whether or not the pandemic has good ol' MTV pandering to us for ratings. Plus — a special guest!

Timestamps:

TOP is a troll; the future of Big Bang1:54

For the love of real football13:41

Han Seo Hee being Han Seo Hee21:24

3rd Hallyu wave in Japan24:43

Kpop is foreign propaganda47:23

Blackface is not the sincerest form of flattery, Korea56:40

K-pop at the VMAs1:09:40

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