LEEEEET’S KCON!!!

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If y’all know Maddie and Elle, you know that we love KCON LA. You can catch them at everrrrrrry stage all weekend as they celebrate the barricades they can only achieve at KCON. (bc, let’s be real, they don’t get barricade at any other concert ever)

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Today they’re here to chat KCON LA 2025 and all their adventures! Discovering new groups (heyyy NEWBEAT, hey 82MAJOR, hey JO1!!!) and seeing old artists they’ve loved forever (P1Harmony, ZB1, Jackson Wang, Hwasa, ECTTT)

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WHAT’S CURRENT IN KPOP:

(04:33) ZEROBASEONE’s “Slam Dunk” (Kenny Ortega wants his uniforms back)

(09:57) IDID’s pre-debut “STEP IT UP” (MONSTA X’s grandchildren)

(14:07) THE BOYZ’S “Stylish” and “Aura” (gahhhhhhhh we want more for THE BOYZ we love u kevin)

(18:26) XHAN & XOUL’s “Waste no Time” (Seunghan’s new debut - cheering him on!!)

(22:14) EVNNE’s “How Can I Do” 

(24:55) YOUNITE’s “BOMBA” (we need a MV!!)

(27:50) NEWBEAT’s “Cappuccino” (our new fav song!!!!!!)

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(32:25)OTHER KPOP NEWS-8/13: JINJIN & MJ (ASTRO) unit - ZOONIZINI

-8/21: 8TURN’s  “Electric Heart” 

-8/22: Stray Kids’s “Karma”

-9/1: ZEROBASEONE’s (Never Say Never) 

-9/1: MONSTA X’s “The X♾️”

-SEVENTEEN World tour

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(39:57) BTS EXPRESS

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(49:50) What even is KCON LA? What were our thoughts on this year’s KCON?

(57:11) What does a typical day at KCON look like?

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(1:01:25) FRIDAY 

-We saw NEWBEAT 20 feet away and fell in love

-Turns out you can see 82MAJOR just yapping away whenever you want (thanks, Yechan)

-Elle finally saw CRAVITY!!

-Lee Youngji is frickin hilarious

-Maddie’s first regret: not spending enough time at So Soo-bin’s stage

-MARK LEE THANKS FOR THE GREAT TIME

-We all thought Saja Boys were coming for sure

-HANBIN tutting!!!

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(1:23:42) SATURDAY

-Maddie was convinced she was gonna meet SHOWNU

-We luv’d the BOYS II PLANET booth way too much

-Official thanks to the hot guy from the Olive Young booth

-Everyone and their mother made it out to the ZB1 Artist Stage

-QUEEN HWASA REIGN FOREVER!!!!!

-We love the KPOP COWBOY (thanks for dancing XOXO)

-MONSTA XXXXXXXXXXXXXX UR SO HOTTTTTT

-Everyone go and google Zhang Hao and Yuqi’s duet stage NOW. 

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(1:50:42) SUNDAY

-Maddie auditioned for the HxW dream stage!

-Elle went to CRAVITY’s meet & greet (and has some advice)

-WE FELL IN LOVE WITH JO1!!!!!!! (prince Junki!!)

-Roy Kim is dreamy as crap

-P1Harmony’s Artist Stage was littttt

-NEWBEAT ripping their shirts off was a MOMENT

-Maddie finally saw RIIZE!

-HOSHI/WOOZI CAME AND CONQUERED

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(2:16:00) What do we love about KCON every year?

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(2:20:07) Apologies for the Joshua Hong interview conflict! Next time!

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

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