Pop Culture with Jamie + Sofia

BTS PTD concerts in LA - (00:14)

Big 3 idols' dating: Blackpink - (02:25)

Big 3 idols' dating: Stray Kids - (06:50)

Big 3 idols' dating: NCT - (07:46)

Difference between single/dating/hooking up vs. in a relationship - (09:02)

Difference between blind tea submissions vs. info from sources - (10:50)

Live vocals - (11:41)

Thoughts on Coldplay x BTS "My Universe" - (14:01)

Stray thoughts on Stray Kids - (24:28)

You asked, and we heard! Tune in as we discuss kpop topics as chosen by all of you, including BTS enlistment/dating updates, AOA Mina vs. Jimin, and plastic surgery. We also give our thoughts on Stray Kids' new album and kpop star features on the absolutely fire Shang-Chi OST!

As you can probably tell from our slightly tweaked podcast title, we are expanding our show! As much as we love digging into the world of kpop, we've realized there are so many other pop culture events worth covering that we actually discuss in our free time already and would love to share with you all! As per usual, here are some helpful time stamps to guide you along the episode:

-(00:11): Why we're expanding our podcast, plus our anticipation of James Bond 25 aka "No Time to Die" coming out this October!

-(03:09): Jamie and Sofia's differing opinions on Daniel Day-Lewis, Jake Gyllenhaal, MCU as a Hollywood rite of passage

-(07:44): Gossip Girl reboot - Obie ain't it (so far), Luna's killer comedic timing, Julien's inconsistent acting, Aki our angel

Gyopo Hair live react: (00:30)

Kim Seokjin & Jafia’s potential street casting chops: (06:50)

Mental health interludes: (14:14), (39:30)

Permission to Dance R&B Remix: (26:36)

K-Pop content fatigue: (33:39)

This episode is even more random than usual because our brains are FRIED - here are time stamps to help y'all out:

-(00:11), (11:36) Highlights from Jafia's first joint IG Live (come chat with us on Wednesdays!)

-(04:25) Stray thoughts on Stray Kids 

-(08:36) Our initial impressions of Giselle from Aespa 

-(09:50) BTS's recent social media controversies 

-(13:37) BTS x Louis Vuitton (PS: Jungkook's brow piercing is most likely real!)

-(16:32) Jafia's Europe/Asia travel plans and Jamie's pitch to Sofia to watch futbol with her

-(24:19) Our advice on how to keep your k-pop fan experience fresh ft. yet another Stray Kids rant (i.e. our differing opinions on idols' sexy sides)

-(29:01) Our thoughts on tattoos (including BTS tattoos) and piercings

This week, we toggle between the light and dark sides - first of HYBE’s newest business partner, Scooter Braun (14:20) (we highly recommend Variety’s latest profile of the music titan, media skeptics be damned), and then of intense fan devotion (19:33)!

We are kicking off our Artist Spotlight series with the criminally underrated boy group, WayV! We’ll continue to sprinkle in the latest in kpop, but this Spotlight series will help introduce us to lesser known groups and/or do a deeper dive into artists we already know and love.

Happy Festa Week to our fellow Armys!! We are both back from vacation, and back on our chaotic podcast bullshit 😎 Enjoy our BTS Festa discussion, songs/idol groups of the week (10:00) (there are a LOT this blessed comeback season), Kingdom final thoughts (55:02), and Imitation recap for Ep. 3-5 (1:20:25)!

We are in full on Hot Girl Summer mode thanks to BTS Butter! Join us as we dig in to the group’s second all-English single and first series of Butter performances. We also sprinkle in the latest k-pop news (see: the beautiful, burgeoning friendship between SKZ, Deadpool, and even Wolverine!), our music picks of the week, and end with our live reaction to the Butter (Hotter Remix)! Thanks for tuning in, and we'd love to hear from you! Find us on Instagram and Twitter @sofiaskpop and @jamiexkpop

In our third episode (and favorite one yet!), we discuss the latest in K-pop news, music releases, and a spontaneous sneak peek into who our favorite idols are. In celebration of the world starting to open up again just in time for summer, we also share some of our summer bops, both old and new. Spoiler warning for our last segment on Imitation Episode 2! Thanks for tuning in, and we'd love to hear from you! Find us on Instagram and Twitter @sofiaskpop and @jamiexkpop