Knee Slappin Kpop Podcast

In the next installment of Asian Drama November, Sammi and Kayla discuss the 4 season highly rated crime Kdrama Voice, and it's Thai and Japanese remakes. 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: h...

In the second installment of our themed episodes for Asian drama November, Kayla and Sammi discuss the 2016 kdrama Let's Fight Ghost, and it's 2021 Thai remake.  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 Youtub...

For (a majority) of Asian drama November this year, Kayla and Sammi decided to watch a collection of shows that have been adapted in multiple countries. First up is Criminal Minds, the beloved 15 season long American crime show, and it's 2017 Korean adaptation.  In this podcast we’ll talk about everything and anything even tangentially related to kpop including song reviews, kdramas, cdramas,...

It's my (Kayla's) birthday! And apparently not enough of my life has ben spent watching kpop survival shows and then podcasting about them. So for my birthday episode, I'm joined by Sammi to tier rank 41 kpop survival shows, all of which I have seen over the course of being a kpop fan. From everything like Produce 101, to SuperstarK, to Mix & Match, and to most recently, Wild Idol Extreme Debu...

Being the kdrama fans we are, we had to review the most popular show ever to be aired through Netflix, the 2021 kdrama Squid Game. Sammi, Kayla, and Maria are all here to break down the show, it's problems, comparison to Alice in Borderland and other similar Japanese media, and what a kdrama becoming so popular in Western media can mean for the future of kdramas.   I n this podcast we’ll talk...

To finish off Produce Month, Kayla and Sammi are here to talk about the last season of Produce this year, Youth with You 3, the season that not only brought about the end of the Youth with You series, but also the end of idol survival shows in China. We're here to discuss the season, but mostly the five major controversies that occurred over the course of this season from Adidas censorship, to mil...

This week in Produce Month, Kayla and Sammi are here to talk about Chuang 2021, which is one of our newest favorite installments of the Produce series. Hear us talking about everything wild form the series including the most international group ever made on this series including members named Patrick, Santa, and Nine, covering our favorite vocal performance song from Produce 101 Japan again and wo...

Kayla and Sammi start off our review of the 2021 Produce seasons by talking about Produce 101 Japan Season 2. In what's the least dramatic and truest form of Produce 101 of the shows we watched this year, we talk through the performances, our favorite contestants, the amount of adjustments the show had to make while filming during a pandemic, and how we're already trying to stop ourselves from buy...

It's time for us to kick off Produce Month Part 2! And in our first episode, Kayla and Sammi are joined by Maria as a neutral third party to listen to and tier rank 60 songs from all 14 groups formed through Produce 101: IOI, Wanna One, IZ*ONE, X1, Nine Percent, UNINE, THE9, IXFORM (who has no music yet), Rocket Girls, R1SE, Bon Bon Girls 303, INTO1, JO1, and INI.  In this podcast we’ll talk...

In what will likely be our only kpop episode until December, Kayla and Sammi have searched through the internet for some fun unpopular kpop opinions and are here to give our own opinions on them! 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 bet...

Because Kayla and Sammi can't stop watching terrible shows together, we're back once again for another evil powerpoint presentation, this time on The Penthouse 3, maybe the worst show of the year so far. Join us as we discuss how a show that started off so good for two seasons could've possibly driven the plot off a cliff as much as this season did, add even more plot holes and time inconsistencie...

Kayla and Sammi are suckers for a rich people murder show, so in this week's episode we're here to talk about three of our favorites, Sky Castle, The Penthouse, and Mine, and give out some fun awards to them along the way! 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 s...

It's time for another Knee Slapper Game Night, and this time Dan had prepared the game! Sammi, Kayla, and Lucas first compete in a round of kpop themed Jeopardy and then collaborate on a few rounds of kpop themed family feud rounds! 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,...

Sammi and Kayla finally decided to watch and talk about a show we enjoyed, instead of ones that we hate, so here is the debut of the "Inspirational Powerpoint", a spin on our evil powerpoint where we talk about everything we liked about the cdrama, The Untamed, starting one of our favorite people, Wang Yibo. In this podcast we’ll talk about everything and anything even tangentially related to kpop...

We're back to play Kpop Fashion Price is Right, but this time with a twist! This time, Kayla and Sammi have prepared an assortment of items for Lucas, the resident fashion expert, so see how good he is at guessing the brands and prices of various kpop fashion items!    Twitter accounts Sammi and Kayla pulled images from:  @in_btscloset  @twicecloset20  @boxiaoscloset ...

It's about the one year anniversary of the Big Hit survival show I-LAND which created the group Enhypen, so Sammi is here to take a look back and give her thoughts and feelings on watching it while it aired, and is joined by Kayla who watched I-LAND about a year after it aired. In this podcast we’ll talk about everything and anything even tangentially related to kpop including song reviews, kdrama...

In this week episode it's Sammi and Wang Yibo's birthday, so to celebrate  Sammi Kayla and Dan are tier ranking 24 of the best Wang Yibo Ads videos. Wang Yibo Ads playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXGoWasGLYCIRXKc7sp2MiYXEJgzAmnB2&ab_channel=KneeSlappinKpopPodcast In this podcast we’ll talk about everything and anything even tangentially related to kpop including song revie...

If Vincenzo gave us anything, at least it gave us a fun format on how to talk about dramas we hate! So Kayla and Sammi are back again with another evil powerpoint presentation on why we absolutely hated the Kdrama Imitation. 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...

In this episode, Kayla and Sammi are here to give an update on our album collections since we talked about them last year, and we're also joined by Maria this time to talk about her album collection! We also talk about some of our favorite and least favorite trends in kpop album packaging, and some fun stories about Knee Slapper birthday presents and our secret santa from last year! In this podcas...

The gang's all here! The Knee Slappers are back in full form, and now new and improved with intro music! And what better way to celebrate than with a game of Ultimate Kay-Pop Trivia, a kpop trivia game created and run by Kayla with unnecessarily complicated rules that brings nothing but sadness and disappointment for everyone involved. In this podcast we’ll talk about everything and anything even...

Continuing on a series from last year, Kayla, Sammi, and Dan are here to talk about 12 boy groups that have debuted in 2021 so far! 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/...

In this week's episode, Sammi and Kayla are here for yet another tier ranking, where we go through 115 kpop songs from 2015, the year both of us first got into kpop. The playlist of songs we tier ranked: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXGoWasGLYCLtFb8H-4H3N4lfRJbu7UzG The Tier Ranker form we used: https://tiermaker.com/create/2015-iconic-kpop-bops-913355 In this podcast we’ll talk about ev...

Kayla and Sammi are back for some more kdrama content, but with a twist this time! We're here to talk through all of our thoughts and feelings about 2021 Kdrama Vincenzo, starting Song Joong Ki. Fittingly, we're here with an evil PowerPoint presentation of our own to describe how it's terrible show with a long list of problems and how Taecyeon is doing his best to save this show from a dumpster fi...

In what's our first fully kpop episode on a while, Sammi and Kayla provide an update on our thoughts and opinions on the recent music and activities of the 2020 boy groups. 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...

We’re returning for another game of Mastermind, this time social media themed! So what else would be more fitting than for the two people who use social media the least, Dan and Lucas, to struggle through a game about social media run by the two people who use it the most, Sammi and Kayla. In this podcast we’ll talk about everything and anything even tangentially related to kpop including song rev...