Jade and I discuss Monsta X's new all English album, Unfold, our thoughts on the music and the Heal music video, we discuss Heeseung's new stage name announcement and other current K-pop news.

Jade and I discuss new music from SF9 & BTS. For BTS, we talk about our expectations for the album versus our current opinions as well as the issues that arose from their concert in Gwanghwamun Square, we discuss the remaining Monsta X concept photos for Unfold, their upcoming all English album, and lastly we discuss the concerning format for Kangmin's (Verivery) solo Lucky Ticket Event and what that could entail for K-Pop moving forward.

*I apologize for the audio quality this episode. This is the best I could make it sound without scraping the whole episode*

Jade and I discuss IVE's full length album, REVIVE+, as well as their music video for Blackhole. We celebrate WJSN finally getting some love with their 10th anniversary single album, Bloom Hour, and Killing Voice appearance, then we discuss Monsta X's concept 1 photos for their all English album Unfold, as well as recent tour news, and lastly we talk about Heeseung’s sudden departure from Enhypen and other K-pop news.

Jade and I discuss IVE's pre-release single Bang Bang, Chung Ha's single Save Me and AI visualizer, I.M's Coda crew (I.M, Yoonseok, Wooki & OF'F) released a digital single called IYWO and lastly we talk about recent K-pop news including Zerobaseone and Wayv's Kun discussing SM's staffing shortages on a recent live.

Jade and I discuss the Monsta X Nexus Tour, which kicked off in Korea with three days of concerts. We talk about the members' solo stages, the shocking moment I.M shaved his head on stage, on the last day of the concert and then the sudden announcement of a new song, Growing Pains, releasing very shortly. Lastly, we discuss some upcoming comebacks and other K-Pop events on our radar.

Jade and I discuss four boy group comebacks starting with Oneus' single album and last release under RBW, Alpha Drive One's highly anticipated debut album, Euphoria, EXO's 6 member album, REVERXE, and Enhypen's The Sin: Vanish. Lastly, we discuss JustB's US tour, the crowd funding technique for choosing the top 15 cities and our thoughts on how this method seems to be problematic and doesn't sit right with us.

Jade and I discuss Jooheon's (of Monsta X) 2nd EP, Insanity, and the music video for Sting. We then talk about some K-pop updates. Enhypen's The Sin: Vanish comeback, Inseong's (of SF9) solo debut, Onewe digital single + Studio WE upcoming album, Oneus departing from RBW, but remaining as a group + their last comeback under the label, and lastly we briefly discuss the new KBand hrtz.wav and the maknae's decision to wear a mask.

Jade and I talk about Jooheon's pre-release single Push featuring Rei of IVE, we talk a bit about Jingle Ball and tour info for Monsta X's 2026 world tour, and lastly we discuss our thoughts about Billboard categorizing Katseye as K-Pop, naming them in the top K-Pop artists of 2025, and the key changes Billboard is making to their charting and how it will affect streaming moving forward.

Happy New Year everyone!

Jade and I discuss Monsta X's movie, Connect X, that was showing in movie theaters at the beginning of December, we talk about Wayv's exciting new music from their album, Eternal White and then we wrap things up with our wishes and things we like to see or not see in K-Pop for 2026.

Jade and I discuss Heize's new title track, Love Virus, featuring I.M of Monsta X, Wayv's photo concepts and scheduler for their Eternal White comeback, Monsta X's world tour announcement, and lastly, we discuss the end of year award shows, the controversies and lack of excitement.