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  𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐤𝐩𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 !   As you might now - because I've been posting so much about it !! - SM Entertainments Brand New Girl Group - AESPA - just debuted and currently is in the middle of their music show' promotions. Their single 'Black Mamba' became an absolute hit all over the globe minutes after it was released as well as got more than 20 milion views in just 24 hours - this is what we call a super rookie behaviour ladies and gentlemen.    Fans of the group were starving to see more from the members -  Karina, Winter, Giselle and NingNing and SM as always - served. On 26th of November on their Korean store' website - smtown and store ( smtownandstore.com ) they launched the first official AESPA merch. For now it only includes trifles although I'm sure that in a matter of weeks we are going to get more - I personally am hoping for some kind of hoodies with cool designs on them ! The official merch includes - lenti...

 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐤𝐩𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 ! It's me - your Kpop friend - here again. Todays post will be pretty short but its only due to the fact that we don't know much about the whole event. Sooo - Yes the moment that all EXO-L' have been anticipating - Kai' first mini solo debut is releasing very soon ! To be specific - the album titled - simply - KAI (开) is coming out on November 30 2020. It will be ( now is for pre order ) available in three versions which we don't know the names of as for now. Though couple of teaser pictures released gave fans a glimpse of how stunning the aesthetic and visuals of the photobook will be. Jongin' first mini consists of six songs which as SM states will all be a different genre. From what I could find on the internet I discovered that the title track is called 'Mmmh' and is a pretty minimal and R&B song - which in my opinion suits Kai very well. Hashtags #KAI & #KAI_1stSOLO flooded tw...

 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐤𝐩𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 ! On Tuesday, November 17 2020, 7PM KST AESPA' released their first single titled 'BLACK MAMBA'. Since I am writing this the day it came out - it's been around 1,5 hour and the song completely smashed the YouTube platform, the views froze on 476k and 500k likes ! - isn't that crazy ? It also got to the top lists on Korean streaming platforms like Bugs - 5th place and Genie - 17th place. I personally loved the MV! The outfits and choreography were amazing, the aesthetic was very colorful and bright although there was a moment that we were introduced to in one of Karina's teasers - everything got dark, quite scary the women dressed like a snake was talking to her -  It was a great contrast / juxtaposition in between concepts portrayed - maybe we will get some kind of storyline related to it? I guess we will have to wait until another music video. All the girls looked absolutely stunning and the song...

  𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐤𝐩𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 ! On October 30 posted another - maybe last ? - photo teasers for its New Girl group AESPA - this time we were introduced to GISELLE. If you are not familiar / do not understand the meaning of groups' name - AESPA is a combination of words ' Avatar x Experience ' & Aspect and as the entertainment stated on their twitter account ( @SMTOWNGLOBAL ) - a very intriguing theme of the Group will be ' Experiencing a new world via the encounter of the avatar, and your other self '. Giselle - the last suspected ( but who knows? ) member was revealed just yesterday. Stunning girl quickly captured hearts of many fans around the world and - same as all the other girls - right away started trending on Social media with hashtags - #GISELLE #AESPA Aeri Uchinaga ( real name ) was born in Japan in 2000, though after one of her parents - is half Korean. Giselle is rumored to have a training period of around a year ...

 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐤𝐩𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 ! On October 28 SM Entertainment published their third member teaser for their upcoming Girl Group AESPA. First foreign member out of predicted general four was revealed - NINGNING. If you guys haven't read my previous post and do not understand the name -  AESPA is a combination of words ' Avatar x Experience ' & Aspect and as the entertainment stated on their twitter account ( @SMTOWNGLOBAL ) - a very intriguing theme of the Group will be ' Experiencing a new world via the encounter of the avatar, and your other self '.  With publishing stunning teaser photos on both AESPA' official instagram ( aespa_official ) and twitter (aespa_official aswell) accounts came hype from many fans around the world - #NINGNING was trending in many countries for example - #17 in Indonesia, #23 in the Philippines and evengot to #15 WORLDWIDE ! ( twitter statistics/ranking ). Ning Yizhou was born on October 23, 2...

 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐤𝐩𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 ! On October 27 the second member - KARINA - of SM Entertainments New Girl Group AESPA was revealed. If you guys haven't read my previous post and do not understand the name -  AESPA is a combination of words ' Avatar x Experience ' & Aspect and as the entertainment stated on their twitter account ( @SMTOWNGLOBAL ) - a very intriguing theme of the Group will be ' Experiencing a new world via the encounter of the avatar, and your other self '.  With the gorgeous teaser photos release - just as the previous member - hashtags #KARINA and #AESPA - floded the Korean and Western social media. In less than 24 hours Karina's pictures got more than 100K likes and 60k shares on groups' official twitter account ( @aespa_official ) Yoo Jimin ( real name ) was born in South Korea in 2000 and went through a 4 years long training period. During that time she was a part os SM' 'public trainees...

   𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐤𝐩𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 ! On October 26 at 12 KST SM Entertainment posted first member photo teasers for its New Girl group AESPA. The name AESPA is a combination of words ' Avatar x Experience ' & Aspect and as the entertainment stated on their twitter account ( @SMTOWNGLOBAL ) - a very intriguing theme of the Group will be ' Experiencing a new world via the encounter of the avatar, and your other self '. AESPA is suspected to have four members from three different parts of Asia - Korea, Japan and China. First member to be revealed was - Winter. Gorgeous blonde stole hearts of many fans with her visuals and striking similarity to SNSD' Taeyon. She immediately started trending on various different Korean as well as international sites and social media - hashtags #WINTER and #AESPA took over the internet .  Kim Minjeong ( real name) was born in South Korea in 2001 and is rumored to have a training period of 3 up to arou...

  𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐤𝐩𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 ! Todays post is all about new NCT’ member - SHOTARO. Get ready ! With his first appereance on groups ' RESONANCE ' comeback show - Shotaro quite immidiately stole hearts of many nctzens all around the world. Fans couldnt get enough of his charms both personality and visually wise - he became extremely popular just overnight and when he made his official debut on stage with ' Make a wish ' his fancam got a total of 1.9 milion  views in only a week making it the most streamed fancam out of all the members. Got curious after reading the introduction ? Wanna get to know Shotaro a bit more ? Lets move on to TMI ! His full name : Osaki Shotaro ( Japanese :  大崎将太郎 , Korean : 쇼다로 ) Birthplace : Kanagawa, Japan Birthday : 25 November 2000 ( He is 19 in International age & 21 in Korean age ) Zodiac sign : saggitarius Blood type : A Unit and Position : NCT U, rapper, dancer Hobbies : dancing, playing basketbal...

  𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐤𝐩𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 ! On 21st of September at midnight SM Entertainment revealed the first animation announcing NCT' comeback. Fans of the group got a 1 minute 30 second long film that showed all the previous Music videos that were a part of a ' RESONANCE ' project.  Today ( Spetember 22nd ) the YearParty teaser was released ( link down below ) . What got us all shocked was the fact that this hear NCT 2020 will not only include NCT127, WayV and NCT Dream but also two new members Shotaro and Sungchan  - which literally became social media phenomenon ever since their names have been revealed and who will later on be joining NCT U. Group will be having its official comeback in the middle of October - 12 to be exact with ' RESONANCE Pt.1 '. Album will be available in two versions ' The Past ', ' The Future ' & for pre orders from 21st of September. Disc will conatin of 12 Songs. The unconventional part i...

  𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐤𝐩𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 ! Yes, yes It’s another post about literal KINGS of Korean pop - SuperM - and let me repeat my cheesy sentence from last post - I hope that you are Super excited for this one !  ‘ Tiger Inside ‘ ( 호랑이 - in Korean ) is the second SuperM song alongside ' 100 ' and 13 other tracks that will be featured on their first full album ' Super One ' that will premiere late September 2020. I personally love the beat, vibe and the lyrics of ' Tiger inside ' - I think that same as the last one ( ' 100 ' ) matches SuperM’ concept and the music video really focuses on each member’ charms, it also really reminds me of NCTs ‘ Black on Black ‘ MV - which as I fan I absolutely love because I feel like every time I watch it I go back to 2018. This song - even if it sounds happy and powerful  - Is about overcoming hardships in life.  In my opinion it was a great timing for that kind of release since many fans ...

 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐤𝐩𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 ! It’s me - your kpop friend back at it again and im here to deliver you another post about an amazing comeback from an SM artist. It’s time for SuperM everybody - I hope that you are Super excited !  Single ' 100 ' came out on August 14 2020 and in around a week got more than 13 milion views ( you will find a link to the music video down below ). It quickly started to raise up in charts - not only in South Korea but all around the world and got everyone mesmerized very quickly. The beat, lyrics and rythm of the song are quite unique yet they still keep the vibe and the energy of the group they also lets every single member - Mark, Taeyong, Taemin, Kai, Lucas, Ten and Baekhyun - shine in their own ways - by well distributing screen time according to the arrangement . SuperM fans - obviously me as well -  have been waiting for this single for a long time and it was totally worth it - but guess what this was ...

𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐤𝐩𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 ! Im coming back to you all with another post today ! Hope You’ll enjoy. Can you believe that it has already been 6 years since Red Velvet debuted - because I definitely can’t  !  On August 1st 2014 Irene, Wendy, Seulgi and Joy made their official debut under SM Entertainment with their first single ' Happiness ' which was their massive success. Their music video became the second most viewed Kpop MVworldwide for the month of August 2014. Girls immidiately gained popularity and started being reconized not only in South Korea but all over the globe. During their comeback with ' Ice Cream Cake ' Yeri - a new member - joined the group at only 16 years old as a maknae. That’s when Red Velvet - as five - got their first win on March 27 2015 on the Music Bank. Red Velvet became one of the most viewed 3rd generation Idol groups and still continiues their career as a band - with their last comeback being 'Psyc...

𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐤𝐩𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 ! It’s time for ' DESSERT ' 🍰 Have you seen the newest single from SNSD Hyoyeon ? - If not I’ll link the Music video that came out on the 22 of july for you guys at the end of the post as well as some Girls Generation merch. Kim Hyoyeon made her debut as a member of SM Ent’s SNSD in 2007 and as a solo artist in the end of 2016. This comeback is Hyoyeon’s 4th single. It’s style & suits her very very well - it really gives me the girl boss energy which I love ! and it features popular artists such as Loopy and Soyeon from G-IDLE. I fell for the Song the second it started playing - since it is definitely fits the type of Music that I usually listen to - rappy and electronic. All the lyrics where written by singer - which makes the song special and a lot more relatable for fans. I got to see Hyoyeon once while I was in South Korea and I have to admit that she is one of the nicest idols I’ve ever met and she...

𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐤𝐩𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 ! What have you been doing this past few and hot days ?  - because I have been - literally non stop a listening to the newest EXO’ SC album ' 1 BILION VIEWS ' to which I will provide you the link down below. I waited for this one for what feels like such a long time but it’s finally here - I think that both Chanyeol and Sehun match together as a duo perfectly - they just seem to have the same vibe and style of singing -  and did such a great job on this album. It is perfect for the summer time since all the songs are very cheerful and energetic I truly love all of the songs but I think that my two favourites are ' Say it ' - which was in collaboration with PENOMECO ( South Korean rapper ) - and ' Nothin '. I am so proud of them and can’t wait to see and hear more From them ! 🖤 Which songs From ' 1 BILION VIEWS ' and what do you think about this comeback in general ? Let me know in the ...