THE KDROP: A KPop Podcast

Christina and Elle both went to the BTS ARIRANG tour, and they’re here to talk about it!! Elle jumps on the BTS Express for this special episode. We know y’all will love hearing their concert experiences + other BTS fangirl-ness  …. And, of course, before the express stops into town, Elle & Maddie will give the rundown on comebacks and what is current in boy group kpop. (Also some girl groups...

Here it is, you guys: an entire Beginner's Guide on the monster that is NCT (you KNOW you all have questions) ...... Elle and Maddie learned SO MUCH during this episode. They have been schooled. Their guest (& friend!) Meg comes in HOT today with the NCT knowledge and you are gonna want to hear this!! …. Not only does Meg share the entire NCT timeline (which is crazy helpful), but the girl...

방탄 is back and the BTS Express is making a pit-stop at The KDROP today!! Our BTS Correspondent Christina is here to give alllll the details and feels about ARIRANG and BTS’s whole comebacks and their current tour! …. And, of course, before the express stops into town Elle & Maddie will give the rundown on comebacks and what is current in boy group kpop. We hope you enjoy this special episode...

MY. CREW. U. NIQUE.  …. Elle & Maddie are BACK to update their bias list!!! Just because it’s fun, ya know ….. As you know, the girls are obsessed with new groups, every gen groups, survival show groups, all of the above. And their bias lists have expanded quite a bit since they last time they talked them. So, here they are to give you an update. (THIS IS FOR YOU, ALEX MOON.) ….. WHAT’S CURREN...

자기야!! 🥹❤️😘🤍 ….. What do TXT’s Yeonjun, ATEEZ’s Wooyoung, Stray Kids’ Changbin, CRAVITY’s Serim and SEVENTEEN’s Dino all have in common? The most iconic kpop friend group, duh!!  …. Elle and Maddie are here today to chat the 99-line of boy group KPop. But, more specifically, there here to talk THE DARLINGZ, which is the well known friend group of several 99-line boys. They also chat other 99e...

alpha drive ONE destiny DRIVE TO THE TOP!!!!! 🎉🚗✨ ….. It feels like just yesterday we were gushing over Xinlong’s speech at the BOYS2PLANET finale, and yet HERE WE ARE chatting the debut of ALPHA DRIVE ONE!! …. Y’all know Elle & Maddie have been way invested in these 8 guys and just frickin love this group. We hope you love our beginner’s guide to ALD1 and learn a few things along the way!  ......

Welcome to THE KDROP: A KPop Podcast!  If you need a place to gush over the latest releases, scream about survival show drama, and learn about the next big kpop boy group, you’ve found your new home. ....... MEET YOUR HOSTS Join boy group multi-stan’s Maddie and Elle ( and, as always , Joshua Hong) as we gush about everything we love about KPop boy groups. From the biggest debuts to the hidden B-s...

THE 2025 KDROP AWARDS ARE AMONG US, and Elle & Maddie are here to chat up everything they loved in boy-group KPop this year. Top 10 songs, favorite MV’s, favorite choreos - and allll their new biases and groups they’ve come to love.  .... If you know ya girls, you know that they love rookie groups and discovering hidden gems in the KPop world. What did they love from 2025?? How many times does Mad...

Anyone else need a moment of silence now that the BOYS PLANET series is over for the year 🥹😮‍💨 ….. Elle & Maddie have been on this B2P journey with y’all since frickin July and have loved every minute of it. Of course, after ALD1 was formed, they had to watch PLANET C: HOME RACE to figure out what happens to Jack (i mean, li zi hao) (and suren) ….. While PLANET C: HOME RACE was short, it was st...

Welcome to another segment of REALITY CHECK where the girls chat up PLANET C: HOME RACE and, most importantly, eyebrows!! ….. Today’s topic:  -HOT & DRAMA team performances  -we

SOLAR~ SOLAR~~~ ….. Lim Jack is BACK and so are we to cover PLANET C: HOME RACE!! Y’all know Elle & Maddie are obsessed with BOYS PLANET and were thrilled to have another MNet show to obsess over.  …. Has the budget been slashed in half? Yah. Are we half-expecting them to start collecting &BALLS for the &RING any time now? Yah (and such a deep cut - sorry if that’s too niche for you)....

8 MAKES 1 TEAM. Maddie binged all 40 episodes of ATEEZ WANTEEZ in like 2 days and the ladies are here to talk about it!! ….. Let’s be real - Elle has watched way more ATEEZ content than Maddie over the years (I mean, Wooyoung is her ult soooo), and she’s always been like “Maddie - WATCH WANTEEZ”. Maddie finally did, loved it, and both girls chose their Top 5 Favorite WANTEEZ episodes to chat up on...

The girls are here today to talk JYP Game Caterers!! …. If you’ve never watched Game Caterers before, it’s when Producer Nah (WE LUV HIM) gathers groups of idols to play games. And… that’s it HAHA. Always a good time. …. JYP gathered 40 idols from 10 different groups: 2PM, DAY6, TWICE, Stray Kids, ITZY, Xdinary Heroes, NMIXX, NiZiU, NEXZ, & KickFlip (oh, and J.Y. PARK himself). They played gam...

Maddie knows nothing about KPop plushies, y’all, but Christina and Elle are pup-sessed. (sorry) … ANITEEZ, MINITEEN, BT21, SKZOO…. Elle made a KPop plushy powerpoint (this is how we use our college degrees) to teach Maddie allll about the world of stuffed kpop keychain things and why she needs to get into them. Is Maddie converted? Is she about to go and buy a Joshua Hong deer plushy? LISTEN TO FI...

BOYS II PLANET is officially over and we would just like to say.... ice on my teeth, ice on my teeth.... ….. Maddie, Elle and Ori all agree that this season of BOYS PLANET was one of their favorite survival shows ever (and they’ve seen a lot). The cross-cultural friendships formed by the contestants and the way they supported each other through to the end was so special to watch. THE HUG TO END AL...

WE MUST RALLY Y’ALL SANGWON P02 HE IS NOT SAFE I REPEAT HE IS NOT SAFE ….. said us never (except ori. she would say this) ….. Welcome to the FINAL ELIMINATIONS of BOYS II PLANET. What even is our life after this frickin show is over (i mean, this effing show.) What is life if not collecting alpha energy to get planet cards I MEANNN ?? …. The girls are back to say VOTE XINLONG *cough* I mean to tal...

It’s def nottttt the middle of the year, but hi we’re here for our MID-YEAR KPOP CHECK IN!! …. 2025 has already brought us sooooo much good (boy group) kpop and Elle and Maddie are here to talk all about it. Who has been winning the year for us this year? Which songs can we not get enough of?  … We couldn’t wait until our end of the year awards to shout out some of our fav kpop content this year,...

I need to write an episode description but all I can think about is how cat Masato is looking for a caretaker ..... Ummmm hi you guys we're here to talk the semi-finals of BOYS II PLANET. Our friendships (may) be intact, Elle is channeling her inner Kangmin-rage, Maddie is sitting pretty on her Xinlong-cloud, and Ori is trying to defend Sangwon by blaming MNet when we all know the real culprit her...

M-NET is back with BOYS II PLANET and you know the girls are in for the drama!! … BOYS II PLANET is a KPop survival show, featuring 156 contestants of all different nationalities and backgrounds. They are competing for a spot in “ZEROBASETWO” lol, or whatever they’re gonna call the final lineup. Maddie, Elle and Ori are always in for the M-NET edit and the crazy reddit theories that come with any...

M-NET is back with BOYS II PLANET and you know the girls are in for the drama!! … BOYS II PLANET is a KPop survival show, featuring 156 contestants of all different nationalities and backgrounds. They are competing for a spot in “ZEROBASETWO” lol, or whatever they’re gonna call the final lineup. Maddie, Elle and Ori are always in for the M-NET edit and the crazy reddit theories that come with any...

M-NET is back with BOYS II PLANET and you know the girls are in for the drama!! … BOYS II PLANET is a KPop survival show, featuring 156 contestants of all different nationalities and backgrounds. They are competing for a spot in “ZEROBASETWO” lol, or whatever they’re gonna call the final lineup. Maddie, Elle and Ori are always in for the M-NET edit and the crazy reddit theories that come with any...

LEEEEET’S KCON!!! ….. If y’all know Maddie and Elle, you know that we love KCON LA. You can catch them at everrrrrrry stage all weekend as they celebrate the barricades they can only achieve at KCON. (bc, let’s be real, they don’t get barricade at any other concert ever) …. Today they’re here to chat KCON LA 2025 and all their adventures! Discovering new groups (heyyy NEWBEAT, hey 82MAJOR, hey JO1...

BOYS II PLANET is totally underway and the girls are HOOKED. (Don't let Elle convince you she wants shorter episodes - SHE DOESN'T.) … BOYS II PLANET is a KPop survival show, featuring 156 contestants of all different nationalities and backgrounds. They are competing for a spot in “ZEROBASETWO” lol, or whatever they’re gonna call the final lineup. Maddie, Elle and Ori are always in for the...

M-NET is back with BOYS II PLANET and you know the girls are in for the drama!! … BOYS II PLANET is a KPop survival show, featuring 156 contestants of all different nationalities and backgrounds. They are competing for a spot in “ZEROBASETWO” lol, or whatever they’re gonna call the final lineup. Maddie, Elle and Ori are always in for the M-NET edit and the crazy reddit theories that come with any...

CALLING ALL MONBEBE’S!!! (and/or enjoyers of hot and grown men) …… Today the girls are talking MONSTAAAA X!!! They took way too long to get into this group, as seems to be their problem, and let me tell you Maddie is absolutely freaking obsessed with I.M’s nose, I.M’s hair, that one line where he’s like “LOOK IN MY EYES. STRAIGHT INTO MY EYES.” yah.  …. If you’re new to THE KDROP Beginner’s Guides...