Wah Daebak! Podcast - SYOK Podcast [ENG]

The last episode before our break! Merry Christmas y'all, Calista and Michelle suggest some tunes to add a festive vibe to your Kpop playlist if you don't know them already. And yes, of course Winter Bear is on there!

From V to Jackson, Michelle and Calista talk about some of the weirdest reasons or circumstances that your fav Kpop idols ended up joining their labels!

Ateez lands their first No. 1 on Billboard 200 with ‘The World EP.Fin: Will’ and announces their world tour ‘Towards the Light: Will to Power’. The girls talk about Jessica Jung and Mark Tuan coming to Malaysia soon, the Asia Artist Awards lineup and the final members of BTS starting their military service. 

Michelle does a total rundown of the MAMA Awards 2023, breaking down the recipients of the Daesangs and all the other awards.

That's Roseanne, Jennie, Jisoo and Lalisa MBE to you, ma'am. Blackpink received honorary MBEs from King Charles III at Buckingham Palace! Michelle is going solo today, talking about the remaining BTS members' military enlistments and also the Wah Daebak meet and greet on Saturday 2nd December @ Pavilion Bukit Jalil.

This week, Calista and Michelle covers the Billboard Music Awards, SEVENTEEN's session at the 13th UNESCO Youth Forum and SISTAR19's comeback after 11 years.

Calista and Michelle debrief about 9 Wave Music Festival and Calista's meeting with all the artists backstage! They also talk about JYP's partnership with LiveNation and Jessica Jung's upcoming new mini album.

BTS's Jungkook's 'Seven' is certified platinum in the U.S. and does 'Golden' sound like AOTY?! The girls also talk about Seventeen's new EP Seventeenth Heaven and Ateez's win at the esteemed Edaily Digital Awards.

There's no other area in pop culture more important than fandoms; they bring people together all in the name of Kpop! Calista and Michelle break down a list of the 'Top 10 Nicest Kpop Fandoms'.

Welcome to the world of Cupsleeve Events! If you're not familiar with them then don't worry — Calista, Michelle and their guest, Aishah from SYOK English, got you covered!

BamBam sang Insomniacks' Pulang at his KL concert and we're all in our feels after it. Epik High surprises their fans with their Barbie-inspired 20tth anniversary concert poster and Jungkook finally reveals his 'Golden' tracklist.

Stray Kids are one of the hottest in the game at the moment, and their streak of success is on fire! Calista and Michelle talk about Pentagon members parting way with Cube Entertainment, Le Sserafim's cancelled concerts, Jungkook's debut album dropping soon and more.

Lisa from Blackpink has had quite the week, from being the first Kpop soloist to hold 8 Guinness World Records to her exclusive performance at Crazy Horse Paris! BIGBANG And 2NE1’s “LOLLIPOP” MV Hits 100 million views after 14 years, 4 months, and 14 days.

OMG the moment we've been waiting for: we finally got Tannie on stage with V! Calista and Michelle talk about all 7 BTS members renewing their contract, 3 Stray Kids members having to cancel upcoming schedules due to a minor car accident and Blackpink's contract renewal.

2nd-Gen Kpop fans were jumping for joy after finding out that FX's iconic Pink Tape album was named Greatest Kpop Album of all time by Paste Magazine (and V is probably cheering along with you). This week, the girls cover J-Hope's enlistment, the screening of Blackpink's BornPink World Tour Finale and more!

Okay, we weren't ready for this past week's news. From Rosé being spotted exiting a recording studio in NYC with Taylor Swift to Hwasa being investigated for alleged public indecency after her performance at a university festival.

It's not everyday you can say that Troye Sivan told you a boldface lie when questioned about whether he had a Kpop collab in the works! Calista and Michelle also talk about GOT7's new lightsticks, more updates on the FIFTYFIFTY case and RIIZE's new fanclub name. Also, big shoutout to Taehyung Malaysia for sending over cupcakes to celebrate V's brand new album, Layover, we love you!

Wait, what? Monsta X's Hyungwon opened up his official solo YouTube Channel? Okay, we need more! Calista and Michelle talk about idols' Youtube channels, BTS' V's debut album and the surprising influences behind it and Stray Kids' upcoming debut performance at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Stan Twitter can be... a bit scary! But that doesn't mean that it can't be used for good (which we see many good examples of!). Calista and Michelle talk about the toxicity and competitiveness on Stan Twitter and how we can make it a healthier space.

This week, producer Yasmin steps in for Michelle to help Calista round up the news of this week, which includes: BTS SUGA's 3-day encore of the D-Day world tour, Super Junior's Kyuhyun signing with a nice agency, Jisoo's confirmed romance with Ahn Bo Hyun and more!

Calista and Michelle talk about Jungkook breaking records again, RIIZE's upcoming debut, updates on FIFTY FIFTY's case and also going broke for buying merch.

We didn't expect JK's explicit version of Seven and we are living for it. Calista and Michelle breakdown this week's Kpop tea including Blackpink X Starbucks, Ryan Gosling's Jimin reference in the new Barbie film and Jeon Somi's comeback!

Whoever said that Kpop was just a phase has it completely wrong, and the United States’ midyear list of the best-selling albums of 2023, provided by American music data tracking firm Luminate, has proven just that.

JJK1 is coming. That's it. That's the episode summary. Calista and Michelle also cover TXT x The Jonas Brothers, Fifty Fifty filing for an injunction to suspend their exclusive contracts with Attrakt and Hwasa's iconic on-stage signing with P Nation.

This week Calista and Michelle cover the recent press conference regarding iKON's upcoming performance in Malaysia, recent comebacks, stressing out about getting concert tickets, Michelle going to go watch ATEEZ (on her own!).