It’s def nottttt the middle of the year, but hi we’re here for our MID-YEAR KPOP CHECK IN!!

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2025 has already brought us sooooo much good (boy group) kpop and Elle and Maddie are here to talk all about it. Who has been winning the year for us this year? Which songs can we not get enough of? 

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We couldn’t wait until our end of the year awards to shout out some of our fav kpop content this year, so enjoy this episode of us gushing about the songs and groups we can’t get enough of in 2025!

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WHAT’S CURRENT IN KPOP:

(06:10) idntt’s debut “Storm”, “Boytude” and “You Never Met” (interesting concept, idntt?) (sorry)

(11:26) AMPERS&ONE’s “That’s That” + EP “LOUD & PROUD” (plz listen to our pod, kyrell)

(17:40) ZOONIZINI’s (ASTRO) “Some Things Never Change” + EP “DICE” (thank you for never changing, Jinjin and MJ!!!!)

(21:24) CORTIS debut “What You Want” + “GO!” (ok we all know this is the greatest thing out right now)

(26:22) BOYNEXTDOOR’s “Count To Love” (frickin adorable japanese release)

(29:32) 8TURN’s “Electric Heart” (GREAT JOB ALEX!!!!!!!)

(32:12) Stray Kids’s “CEREMONY” + Album “KARMA” (sports)

(38:48) JUSTB’s “Too Late” (Y2K goodness!!!!)

(40:38) JAEHYUN’s (NCT127) “Timeless” (bro kept this in the vault forever)

(43:44) KickFlip’s “Band-Aid” (i counted. there are 93 skateboards in this MV)

(46:26) TREASURE’s “PARADISE” (thx for teaching me who all the members are, elle)

(56:01) ZEROBASEONE’s “ICONIK” (best zb1 track to date, says maddie)

(1:00:29) MONSTA X’s “N the Front” + Album “THE X” (this is great. thank you for being here today. ur all so frickin hot. especially u, I.M. great music. much like. i am woman. so hot.)

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(1:08:21) Who won the comebacks for us this month?….

(1:09:17) What we’re looking forward to in KPop

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MID(ish) 2025 KPOP CHECK IN:

(1:13:57) Which concerts have we gone to this year? Which were the best?

(1:28:08) Some of our fav songs from 2025 so far

(1:38:07) 2025 debuts that are catching our eye 

(1:38:47) Groups that we’ve loved getting into this year

(1:45:05) Our hopes and dreams for the rest of 2025

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*POSTPONED* We apologize, but our Joshua Hong (SEVENTEEN) interview is postponed until next episode due to scheduling conflicts. Thank you for your understanding!

If you're new to THE KDROP, welcome!! We are so glad you are here! 

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