Bingu, Choom, & K-Pop Tunes

It's that time of the year that everyone looks forward to (until they don't, and all the memes are all over the internet)—Spotify Wrapped, 2022! This is Bingu and Choom's first-ever Wrapped Review. Tune in to find out which K-Pop artists and songs made their Top 10 and Top 5, and if Monsta X reigned supreme!

With award season nearing, artists are trying to fit in the last of their promotions—making October a busy month for comebacks! Bingu & Choom narrow down the month's releases to their top favorites, and there's both familiar names like Monsta X's Kihyun and Stray Kids, as well as some new faces to the list, like CLASS:y and WEi!

K-Dramas have always been a very popular global piece of media, especially because in comparison to America TV shows where multiple writers and producers work together to tell a story—there's typically only one person involved for Korean dramas, which helps depict a very specific tone. With a vast array of different genres, there's typically always something for everyone to watch if you dig a litt...

Were you a fan of the most recent 90s-themed Netflix movie released, "20th Century Girl"? Well, so was Choom! After its release, "20th Century Girl" rapidly gained love from across the globe due to its nostalgic feel mixed with high school characters and the perfectly told bittersweet love story, despite the heartbreaking ending. In this episode, Choom recommends some similarly-themed K-Dramas and...

With both K-Pop and K-Dramas, it's much less daunting to split the year of media in half. Just as Bingu & Choom discussed their favorite tracks for the first half of 2022 releases, Choom has decided to take on the same task for K-Dramas! In this episode, she discusses her favorite K-Dramas watched (so far) from the first half of the year—the list is small (because watching dramas takes a lot o...

It's that time! Bingu and Choom review their favorite comebacks for the month! The list for the month has been seriously narrowed down this time, and includes some new artists as well as familiar favorites like Oneus, Seventeen's Jun, and NCT 127.

Cancel culture is a bandwagon phenomenon that has become popular in the last 10-20 years. While the so called "movement" is well-known worldwide, some can argue that it's fairly prominent in K-Pop and fandom culture. But is cancel culture a real thing? And where should one draw the line at cancelling a real, living person versus simply helping them learn from their mistakes? Bingu and Choom delve...

Choom is catching up on Korean dramas from the summer, which also means trying to catch up on some reviews from over the summer she wanted to do! In this episode, Choom gives her final thoughts on the drama Why Her?, also known as Why Oh Soo Jae? But basically, this entire experience turned into the question of: Why me? Be prepared, because the final verdict isn't the best... but if you're looking...

K-Pop has been around for quite some time now, and in the early days of Bingu & Choom's K-Pop fangirl era, a distant mention of sasaeng fans were often an issue that popped up as something of a horror to the imagination—why would anyone want to stalk their favorite idol? But with time, more stories arose and revealed sasaeng fans to be a huge issue in K-Pop. In this episode, Bingu & Choom...

Summer comeback season has come to an end and is slowly starting to ease into the fall comebacks, darker concepts, and moodier sounds. Bingu & Choom aren't complaining, but there were certainly a handful of great August comebacks to choose from! From favorites like The Boyz, Wonho, Twice, and Key to newer favorites like IVE and DKB—August was a mix of calmer summer tracks without as much boist...

Garnering quite a bit of attention with their debut and breaking records for girl group first day sales on Hanteo charts, NewJeans is likely the beginning of a new trendsetting teenage group. A new girl group of HYBE under sub-label ADOR, the 5-member group is not only popular with likable music, but is gaining traction due to some worry from the K-Pop fanbase over their age, concept, and some que...

Summer comeback season just doesn't slow down! Sit down with Bingu & Choom as they discuss July's packed sphere of your typical summer comebacks, between a different range of genres like chill, upbeat, and throwback-esque. From Favorites like Seventeen, Monsta X, ATEEZ, SF9, and Purple Kiss—to some old favorites making returns like Hyolyn, Super Junior, and Apink CHOBOM—to some new faces like...

Bingu and Choom say one final goodbye to July and all the craziness, between comebacks and otherwise, in this episode. Focusing on some final news and trending topics within the K-Pop sphere, the girls discuss ATEEZ going on yet another world tour, HYBE's final decision to let Garam go from the company, Jennie's American acting debut, Yoo Heeyeol's Sketchbook coming to an end after 600 episodes wi...

July is here, which means the first half of 2022 is now officially over! In K-Pop, that means that so many more releases are set to come as award shows begin to near for the end of the year. Bingu & Choom decided to split the year in half and each review their favorite Top 10 song releases of the year (so far), and they don't just stop at the title songs!

The June and July dramasphere has been quite busy, and things are finally coming to and nearing their ends! Fear not, though—even more dramas are releasing and set to release, and Choom has herself busy with all the content to watch! But, in the meantime, as July begins and currently airing dramas come to an end, Choom has some final thoughts to share with listeners concerning her opinion on drama...

June was jam-packed with comebacks! Bingu & Choom delve into the good and the bad of the month by sharing their opinions on comebacks and debuts, and this month is fairly opinionated with the mix of music that was released! From well-knowns and favorites like BTS, Wonho, Youngjae, and Dawn—as well as the newbies like Lapillus and Drippin—and many a female acts after so much time away, includin...

First impressions can always make or break a drama, how committed a viewer is, and viewership and ratings. The June 2022 KDrama sphere is full of some juicy content to start off summer break! Choom is here to give her first impressions of four currently airing dramas on her watchlist, including Eve, Link: Eat, Love, Kill, Why Oh Soo Jae, and Alchemy of Souls.

Speaking from experience—every K-Pop fan, at some point or another in time, almost always has the dream of either visiting or living in Korea and being able to live out their K-Pop influenced dreams. Bingu & Choom were no different! In this episode, they take some time to discuss the kind of dreams, fantasies, and perceptions that K-Pop had put in their heads back when they were teenagers and...

Bingu & Choom break down the comebacks and trending news of May! From their personal favorites artists to some familiar faces they haven't seen in a while, and even a debut surrounded in controversy—they've got it all! GOT7, Oneus, B.I, TXT, Victon, Le Sserafim and more are all on the table, including Lee Garam's bullying case and Holland's hate crime in Itaewon.

In this episode of Choom & Chill, Choom dives into her least favorite drama with her two favorite thrillers—W: Two Worlds & He Is Psychometric. She also compares the two romantic sub-genres of said shows versus their thriller status, and details what that "grab moment" of the thrillers were for her that sucked her in!

Korean Dramas and Romantic Comedy are the perfect pair⁠—especially if all the common romcom tropes and cliches are done correctly! In this episode, Choom gives a review of 2022 KDrama "A Business Proposal" and goes over what makes it and all the overused tropes that appear so great.

Bingu & Choom are back to review their favorite group's most recent album—you guessed it, "Shape of Love" by Monsta X! Which song was their favorite... was it Wildfire? Breathe? The title track, LOVE? Tune in to find out, and to listen to much fangirling happen!

The first half of the year is practically over, and Bingu and Choom take this episode to chill out and go over what's on their playlist for 2022! Whether it be new or old songs, ult groups like Monsta X or fan favorites like Red Velvet and SHINee, this is what the girls have on repeat!

Ever since the pandemic hit full force back in 2020, fancalls with KPop idols have become a huge hit—but as things grow and become more popular, a culture forms and develops. In this episode, Choom educates Bingu on different fancall cultures and what "popular" questions and requests of idols are, while also referencing her most recent fancall with ultimate bias, Jooheon, of Monsta X.

April was a busy month with a lot to talk about! But don't worry, Bingu & Choom break it all down! They talk comebacks—including Jackson Wang, Monsta X, Onew, DKB, and more—as well as discuss the handful of Kpop news which trended during the month—like EPEX's major lyrical error, Choice being upset over Verivery's title song choice, and BIGBANG being... back? Gone? Listen and find out!