MIA2K - A KPop Podcast

H1GHR GANG  All caps, no cap, ah                                                 - pH-1   H1GHR Music Group is one of our favorite hip hop and R&B labe...

BTS and the Grammys have been in quite a long relationship, and it's complicated. Check out our blog for the WHOLE story with every detail and intricacy that explains why Army feels the way they feel about this particular awards show.   Here's the Melon Music Awards performance that we mentioned during this episode, which took place in 2019 and is THE awards show performance to end all awards...

When Jay Park set out to do things on his own in the Korean music industry, he didn't wait on anyone to back him or help him get on his feet. He pulled himself up by his own bootstraps by founding a music label - AOMG (Above Ordinary Music Group) - in 2013, which would house him and other artists he would find along the way that also wanted to take a different approach to making music for the Kore...

How many times will Kathy and Laura watch the Permission To Dance concert? YES.  (Other possible answers: the limit does not exist.) Army around the world will understand without question that it doesn't matter how many times BTS performs the same songs or setlist, it's still worth watching for those moments where the members go off script – and off the rails. The Permission To Dance concert...

"YoUr DoG sPeAkS cHiNeSe?!"  If you've come across this meme , you know Eric Nam . If you haven't, it's time to get to know him.  Eric Nam is a staple of Korean entertainment, and in our eyes, he's also the Prince of Atlanta. Born and raised there, he took a chance on his talent and Korean execs jumped at the opportunity to have him. While he mainly sought to pursue music, he found anoth...

We know we have talked at LENGTH about the boy groups and male artists we follow, but for International Women's Day we decided to drop an episode covering a good amount of the female Korean entertainers that have our full attention. From idol soloists and girl group members to comedians and actresses, we compiled a short list of the women who have earned their rightful spot on our feeds and in our...

Any other Latinos in the house, make some noiseeeee!  Growing up in a Hispanic household in South America, we were always exposed to English/American influences, which at the time we were praised for and it was definitely the cool thing to do. Now that we're into KPop, though, our families and friends aren't as into it.  "But you don't understand the language!" - we didn't either when we...

Rappers within KPop idol groups have always caused a ruckus - can they really rap? Should they be considered rappers? The rap and hip hop community within South Korea is not very fond of idol rappers, but what happens when there are great rappers who just so happened to end up in idol groups?  We discuss ALL of this in great detail today, and we go into some of our favorite groups including B...

Stray Kids is one of our top KPop groups to follow, for SO many reasons... eight to be exact:  Bang Chan Lee Know Changbin Hyunjin Han Felix Seungmin I.N  This eight-member group is a force of the fourth generation, showcasing stellar performances with some of the most powerful stage presence we've seen. They are so easy to fall in love with as they share so much of their personality, pa...

The 80s are over but ATEEZ is JUST getting started! This amazing 4th generation KPop group made its way into our hearts last year with their title single "Fireworks (I'm the One)" and we haven't been able to stop gushing over them since!   Their introduction phrase is "eight makes one team," and they're a true shining example of a close group that seem like an unfairly talented family. ...

Another week of vulnerability, brought to you by our inability to be concise 😂   Last week you found out about our ults and biases in some of our top groups, but we're here with another batch, because #multistans.      (If you don't know what a bias is and want to just get a tiny taste of some KPop idol terminology, part 1 of this episode has some 101 vibes with just a fe...

Are you ready for us to get VULNERABLE here?!  Seriously, we're not being dramatic, you can know a LOT about a person once you know who they bias in a group, and for us humble multi-stans giving you all the tea on our multiple biases and bias wreckers across the board... you're not ready for this!  Also, if you don't know what a bias is and want to just get a tiny taste of some KPop idol...

Last week you listened to our summary of our experience at Head In The Clouds festival in early November 2021, and now this week we're bringing you back to LA with us again to share ALL the details about our two-day stint at the BTS Permission To Dance - ON STAGE - LA concert series at SoFi StAHdium (yes, this is the new correct spelling, listen to/watch the episode to find out why). We tried to u...

Our podcast today is about our experience at the Head in the Clouds music festival, which took place in Pasadena California just over 2 months ago before Omicron hit us all in the face. We’ll talk about how we ended up there, how Laura dragged her poor husband Ryan on this adventure with us, the lineup, the food, and everything in between.  Some of the artists we'll be talking about:  88...

Hi guys! We are Kathy & Laura, and welcome to the MIA2K PODCAST, YOUR TICKET FROM MIAMI TO SEOUL! In this first episode of our MIA2K podcast we're diving into all the chaos caused by the BTS members creating and managing individual Instagram accounts for themselves - especially considering it's been less than a month since this all started.  Are you following the members yet? Make sure to...

Hi guys! We are Kathy & Laura, and WELCOME TO MIA2K PODCAST, YOUR TICKET FROM MIAMI TO SEOUL! We decided to start this podcast because we don’t have much hope of our favorites making their way down to SoFLo and it’s getting expensive to travel around the country to see them. This means it's now up to us to rally the troops and get everyone we know to become K-stans along with us! All jokes aside,...