Knee Slappin Kpop Podcast

In this week's episode Kayla and Sammi continue with our kpop company reviews, and this week we're here to talk about Yuehua Entertainment, a company not was well known among kpop fans, but one of the most influential companies in China and a company completely entangled within the Produce series.  In this podcast we’ll talk about everything and anything even tangentially related to kpop incl...

We're here for our second BL episode of the month, and we're here to bring back one of our favorite game's we've played this year, survivor! This time instead of Heroes vs Villains, we're doing a simulation of Blood vs Water with Thai BL couples! Join us as we talk through this crazy season and all of the fake drama that will unfold. In this podcast we’ll talk about everything and anything even ta...

This is the continuation of our uploads of back catalog episodes onto the podcast feed! Our mics are a lot worse than they are now and we were generally so much worse at podcasting than we are now, so I hope you don't cringe are much as I did getting these all together. 10/10 In the last of our back catalog episodes, we discuss the finale of Road to Kingdom. In this podcast we’ll talk about everyt...

It's Sammi's birthday episode! This time we decided to give tier maker a break and try out bracket fights instead! So for her birthday episode, Sammi is here to do a bracket of 32 BL dramas and Kayla is here for emotional support. In this podcast we’ll talk about everything and anything even tangentially related to kpop including song reviews, kdramas, cdramas, khip-hop/kR&B, Korean fashion, v...

This is the continuation of our uploads of back catalog episodes onto the podcast feed! Our mics are a lot worse than they are now and we were generally so much worse at podcasting than we are now, so I hope you don't cringe are much as I did getting these all together. 9/10 In this episode we discuss round 3 of Road to Kingdom. In this podcast we’ll talk about everything and anything even tangent...

We've reached Tier 7 of the kpop scandal iceberg and today's iceberg we talk about scandals such as Jay Park leaving 2PM, Jae of Day6 and all of his nonsense, multiple Zico related scandals and more! In this podcast we’ll talk about everything and anything even tangentially related to kpop including song reviews, kdramas, cdramas, khip-hop/kR&B, Korean fashion, variety shows, and everything in...

This is the continuation of our uploads of back catalog episodes onto the podcast feed! Our mics are a lot worse than they are now and we were generally so much worse at podcasting than we are now, so I hope you don't cringe are much as I did getting these all together. 8/10 Next up is our recap of Round 2 of Road to Kingdom . In this podcast we’ll talk about everything and anything even tangentia...

This week we continue our review of kpop companies and this week is a two for one special! In this episode we first go over Jellyfish Entertainment and how they rose to fame with their first group Vixx and have been struggling to reach the same highs ever since. Second we go over Fantagio Entertainment and their two groups, but mostly how they were briefly held hostage by a Chinese investment comp...

This is the continuation of our uploads of back catalog episodes onto the podcast feed! Our mics are a lot worse than they are now and we were generally so much worse at podcasting than we are now, so I hope you don't cringe are much as I did getting these all together. 7/10 In this episode we discuss round 1 of Road to Kingdom. In this podcast we’ll talk about everything and anything even tangent...

It's time for our annual review of the new boy groups of the year! This year we have 11 newly debuted boy groups from South Korea and Japan to review. In this episode we review their debut, their music, road to debut, how they're doing, and what we think about them. In this podcast we’ll talk about everything and anything even tangentially related to kpop including song reviews, kdramas, cdramas,...

This is the continuation of our uploads of back catalog episodes onto the podcast feed! Our mics are a lot worse than they are now and we were generally so much worse at podcasting than we are now, so I hope you don't cringe are much as I did getting these all together. 6/10 In this episode we finally get to the actual airing or Road to Kingdom where we recap the premiere of the show. In this podc...

It's time for another installment of our kpop scandal iceberg! In this tier we get to the highly anticipated alpaca gate, the man YG himself, the sad saga of the girl group Stellar along with a lot of impromptu talk about cults  In this podcast we’ll talk about everything and anything even tangentially related to kpop including song reviews, kdramas, cdramas, khip-hop/kR&B, Korean fashion...

This is the continuation of our uploads of back catalog episodes onto the podcast feed! Our mics are a lot worse than they are now and we were generally so much worse at podcasting than we are now, so I hope you don't cringe are much as I did getting these all together. 5/10 The second half of our preview coverage on the groups participating in Road to Kingdom. In this episode we go over The Boyz,...

With BTS recently announcing their hiatus from group activities, Kayla and Sammi found this to be a good time to finally sit down and talk about BTS and their past, present, and future.  In this podcast we’ll talk about everything and anything even tangentially related to kpop including song reviews, kdramas, cdramas, khip-hop/kR&B, Korean fashion, variety shows, and everything in between...

This is the continuation of our uploads of back catalog episodes onto the podcast feed! Our mics are a lot worse than they are now and we were generally so much worse at podcasting than we are now, so I hope you don't cringe are much as I did getting these all together. 4/10 It's all Road to Kingdom from here on out! To start things off, the fourth episode from out back catalog is part 1 of our pr...

In this week's episode Kayla, Sammi, and Marie are back with the next installment of the Kpop Scandal Iceberg after a bit of a wait. We cover a wide variety of scandals in this tier from everything to attempted murder, kidnappings, DUIs and more!  In this podcast we’ll talk about everything and anything even tangentially related to kpop including song reviews, kdramas, cdramas, khip-hop/kR&am...

This is the continuation of our uploads of back catalog episodes onto the podcast feed! Our mics are a lot worse than they are now and we were generally so much worse at podcasting than we are now, so I hope you don't cringe are much as I did getting these all together. 3/10 The third episode up is what is still one of our most off topic episodes ever where Kayla and Maria discuss Avatar the Last...

As a follow up to our history of Boys Over Flowers, Kayla and Sammi are here to give out some awards to the characters, setting, OSTs, and more across the different versions of this story. Awards will only be given to the four interrelations of this we have seen, which include: Hana Yori Dango (2005, Live Action, Japan), Boys Over Flowers (2009, Live Action, South Korea), Meteor Garden (2018, Live...

This is the continuation of our uploads of back catalog episodes onto the podcast feed! Our mics are a lot worse than they are now and we were generally so much worse at podcasting than we are now, so I hope you don't cringe are much as I did getting these all together. 2/10 The second episode up is the start of our now dead First Contact series were Dan and Maria talk about the group Twice. In th...

Because so much of our podcast revolves around Mnet survival shows, Kayla and Sammi are here to recap the entirety of Queendom 2 and how we think it compares to the past iterations of this series.  In this podcast we’ll talk about everything and anything even tangentially related to kpop including song reviews, kdramas, cdramas, khip-hop/kR&B, Korean fashion, variety shows, and everything...

Hey everyone! We've recently remembered that a bunch of our earliest episodes never made it onto the podcast feed and are only available on Youtube since we were still figuring stuff out at the time. So, for the next ten weeks we will be uploading an extra "bonus" episode every Wednesday until all of our early episodes episodes are up! Our mics are a lot worse than they are now and we were general...

The release of F4: Thailand: Boys Over Flowers this year, marked the 11th official adaptation of the Hana Yori Dango manga that has since spawned an entire international phenomenon over the past 30 years. Most commonly known through the 2009 Kdrama Boys Over Flowers, Sammi and Kayla thought this would be a good opportunity to take a look back on this story that has been retold countless times in m...

In this month's installation of our kpop company reviews, we discuss the history and groups of Woollim Entertainment.  In this podcast we’ll talk about everything and anything even tangentially related to kpop including song reviews, kdramas, cdramas, khip-hop/kR&B, Korean fashion, variety shows, and everything in between! Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/...

In this week's episode, Kayla has read Jessica Jung's newest book Bright (sequel to Shine), and here to tell Sammi all of the piping hot tea she included in it. In what is essentially an autobiography full of very obvious parallels to real people and events in Jessica's life, Kayla goes through the plot of the book and explain all of the various claims Jessica makes which may or may not be true as...

In this week's episode we're bringing back the Evil Powerpoint and today it's a double feature! In preparation for BL month coming in August, Kayla and Sammi are here to present an evil powerpoint presentation on the two worst BLs of the year so far, Tinted with You and Rainbow Prince.  In this podcast we’ll talk about everything and anything even tangentially related to kpop including song r...