1 to Sarang Kpop and Kdrama Podcast

Are mothers the ultimate AI? Because as they say in the show, “A mother can replace anything in this world. But nothing in this world can replace a mother.” We dive deep into our own complex relationships with ourmothers as we talk about our thoughts and feelings about Netflix’s latest hit Kdrama The Good Bad Mother and ponder over the show’s premise: is it okay to be a bad mother to be a good mot...

Busy na ulit ang mundo pero mas busy ang Hallyu world! With so much K-content out there and with everyone having way less time than before, let us help you figure out which content to watch (and not watch) as we share what we are currently bingeing: content from an extraordinary girl group, a reality food show featuring Chef Paik and his business savvy, and a youth drama about an alien invasion &a...

Summer days might be behind us but our delulu-ing knows no season! In this latest delulu episode, listeners tell us about their dream summer vacation with their ideal Hallyu barkada. From Philippine adventures to international escapades, girls' trip and boys' trip to BTS dogs trip, one thing is for sure: mataba talaga ang utak ng mga Pinoy! Music from: 1 - A Cachaca Romance by Redeemin&#39...

Happy Mon Mafia Day! For Mon's special day, we play a game of Mafia featuring her favorite (and not so favorite) sets from Kpop and Kdrama. And with her eye for design, she gets into the details of why some worked and why some didn't. Know more about our Dino-loving, art-obsessed quirky girl, her work as a production designer, what inspires her creativity and how Hallyu has enriched it. No...

In Taxi Driver 2, all's well that ends well with a few hacking, underground-cave planning, martial arts kicking, cosplaying and teamwork-ing. And it was a whirlwind ride! The retrograde (yes we blame the universe for this lol!) might've messed with our audio in this episode - our apologies to our dear listeners - but we still managed to drop some thoughts about this action-packed Kdrama, p...

Did we or DID WE see Secretary Cha's glorious dimples up close & personal?!?! Last April, your aging millennial unnies limbo-rocked their way to Kim Mingue's Heavenly Moment Fan Meet to work behind the scenes and finally meet the actor who shookth our Business Proposal world. In this episode, we talk about the show, our experience as Front of House staff, cute stories about the fans we...

Last March, we fortunately caught @kccphil's screening of the award-winning K-indie film Kim Min Young of the Report Card. We thought this episode was just going to be an honest review of the movie but it turned out to be an honest review of our friendships, from high school and beyond. Come and walk down memory lane with us and after listening, go and message your longest friends. They are st...

Boksoon is here and she's the mother you don't wanna f*ck with! In this episode we delve into Boksoon's (played by the fantastic Jeon Do Yeon) world where raising a teenage daughter is hell on earth compared to being hunted down by bloodthirsty assassins. We talk about the action choreography, the stunning sets, the interesting twists, and the film's take on mother-daughter relatio...

Moon Dong Eun, in the words of Dulce: "AKO ANG NAGWAGIIIII!" We have finally come to the end of Dong Eun's revenge plot and, wow, was Part 2 a ride! In this episode we talk about our favorite plot twists, unforgettable (and detestable) mothers and the characters' gory, gratifying, glorious ends.  ------- Music by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠DJ ERPAT⁠⁠⁠⁠ . ------- 1 to Sarang is part of the BUNK Collect...

Si Katie of Carat Land PH ba ang pinaka-maswerteng tao to ever guest on our show?? Listen in as she recounts her Carat Land 2023 experience - from ticketing, to getting that coveted merch, feeling the feels with Circles, and fully realizing what Seventeen truly means for her - as we, her unnies, listen on, with massive inggit, tingling kilig and loads and loads of happiness for her. Oh SEVENTEEN,...

Cutesy romance but make it adult? WE ARE SO THERE! Crash Course in Romance made us feel all sorts of kilig, but also made us think about the education system in Korea and compare it with our country. We invited @jdigs18 whose 14-year teaching career gave us great insight into the academe, along with his knowledge about old school Hallyu.  ------- Music by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠DJ ERPAT⁠⁠⁠⁠ . ------- 1 to Sarang is...

Every morning nagmamanifest kami na baka bigla kaming i-sponsor ng @cebupacific para makapunta na kami sa Korea, like, now na. Pero habang hindi pa nila kami napapansin, mag-paplano nalang muna kami. And who better to help us with the planning but travel buff and the girl na parang ginawang Cubao lang ang Seoul, Ela of Rebela Diaries! In this episode she will tell us her South Korea travel stories...

In a crazy world that asks so much from you, where do you go to find solace? Acclaimed female Korean director Yim Soon Rye takes us along the quiet yet complicated journey of a young woman (played by a delightful Kim Tae Ri) coming to terms with who she is and what she wants, as she moves from the city to her childhood home, in Yim's film Little Forest. Listen in on our special Women's Mon...

Revenge is a dish best serve cold and, wow, did we feel the shivers when we watched Netflix's hit revenge drama The Glory starring Kdrama empress Song Hye Kyo. In this episode, we dive into the performances, the writing and the visual metaphors that made this show so effective. It also got us to thinking, kung kami ang nasa posisyon ni Moon Dong Eun (Song Hye Kyo), would we have exacted reveng...

Traffic too crazy? Work too stressful? The people around you too insufferable? Escape with us in this episode as we fall into the rabbithole of our Hallyu daydreams! With fantasies from our own delulu archives and some sent by our dear listeners, we talk about our meet cutes, Valentine's Day dates and even a whole Kdrama plotline. So sit back and relax. It's time to let go of some weight,...

Bakit init na init naman kami? Pwedeng climate, baka na-sobrahan ng soju, pero most likely dahil sa sizzling hot second edition of the hit dating show Single's Inferno! We talk about this season's perfect beyond perfect cast, like Piano Princess and Coffee Prince, Real Army Jungkook and Harvard Sanaol, and the abs'- ahem, we mean, the show's impact on us. We bring the heat on as we...

If you've listened to our Alchemy of Souls episode in the first season, you'd know our thoughts and feels about the show. But despite our not so glowing critique, we still wanted to know how its second part would shape up.  So this review of the second season seeks to answer these  thought-provoking questions:  Bakit walang eyeliner si Naksu/Buyeon? Did we really need a season 2? Can the a...

Saengil chukahamnida 1 to Sarang shi! Saengil chukahamnidaaaaa!!!    Ilabas ang seaweed soup because today we turn 1!!! And we can't let this day pass without celebrating with an episode! In this special ep, we look back at our first year and talk about our favorite moments, how we evolved as Hallyu lovers our dreams and hopes for the future. Thank you to everyone for making all these po...

In this new year, we look back at the many wonderful Kdramas that have kept us company last 2022. And we recognize some of the best moments & performances of the year in 1 to Sarang's year end special. For the first time in Youtube, catch Monica, Pia & Trency as they choose their picks for:   - Standout Performance  - Favorite Landian Scene  - Most Memorable Kdrama Scene&nbs...

Time to wrap up this very eventful year in Kpop with a special year end presentation by your 1 to Sarang ladies, who are finally on Youtube! Catch Monica, Pia & Trency, in full awards show regalia with matching pa-trophy, in their very first vodcast, as they choose their picks for:   - Best Thing That Happened in 2022 Kpop  - Best Solo Release  - Best Live Stage  - Favorite...

It's a buy 1 take 1 episode as we delve into the first few episodes of new(ish)-kid-on-the-block Prime Video's leading Kdrama shows, Curtain Call & Love in Contract! Are we ready for Curtain Call's slow burn melodrama? How many different Park Min Young's will we get in Love in Contract? And, is Prime Video worth the subscription and the lack of sleep from more bingeing? Music by DJ ERPAT . SVT...

Sa kaka-Kdrama namin, naka-ilang round trip flights na utak namin to South Korea - enough to get us  first class tickets via miles! Well, this coming year, we plan on  making this a reality (Universe, hello!). And to start our 2023 Journey to Korea, we begin with pinpointing our go-to locations for our dream itinerary: from Kdrama centrale Jeonju, Hongbanjang's reel-to-real city of Pohan...

Last stretch until the end of the year and if you're looking for more Korean entertainment to cap off 2022, we gotchu! For our second offering of Hallyuvator Pitch, we have three titles to share with you:  Broker , this year's big winner during the film festival circuit, starring IU and Song Kang Ho;  Missing: The Other Side , a "light" drama for your next K crime binge; and, The Sixth S...

Ani pa nga ng Spice Girls, who do you think you are (lapagan na ng age!)??? Korean culture has several popular ways to find this out, like, through your blood type or through the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator. In this episode we get fully naked as we explore the strengths and weaknesses of our MBTI types, how close they come to our actual personalities, and most important of all, which of our biase...

Guys, be proud of us. Kahit na-tanga kami sa workout montage ni PSJ at Kang Haneul, nagawa pa rin naming mag-focus sa underlying issues ng Midnight Runners, their buddy-cop comedy showing on Netflix. After gushing over our two favorite actors, their visuals and their refreshing chemistry, we dive into the movie's take on social inequalities and broken systems in another one of our whirlwind convos...