Oh wow it's a special 2 episode week and here's the second one! Listen to us recap our time at the Saturday KCON 2022 concert in LA! Find out how the small children in front of us reacted to boy groups, what happened to San's hair dye, which Stray Kids member caught Shannon's eye, and the ITZY song choice that made Angélica scream. As well as some pondering about the fairness of time allotments and why the show took so dang long! Plus, stay tuned after the random game for a recap of the Sunday c...
Aug 26, 2022•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 219
KCON LA is back!! It's really back y'all!! And oh did we really do KCON this year. Hear our recap of everything we saw over the weekend, including our precious Alikes, so many adorable idols, knowledgable professionals and nice dads just to name a few. Stick around to hear from some KCON-ers who we talked to outside the concert, as well as our thoughts on how this year's con was different than other years. Come back on Friday for a full recap of our concert night! Hope to see so many more of y'a...
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 218
After 13 years on the air, KBS late night music talk show 'You Huiyeol's Sketchbook' ended with it's 600th episode in July 2022. This week, learn all about You Huiyeol and his history as a composer and one man band. Then, a primer on You Huiyeol's Sketchbook and why it is every Korean singer's dream to be invited as a guest. Hear about some of the most memorable moments and our personal favorite performances throughout the years. Ending with the plagiarism controversy that brought the show to an...
Aug 17, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 217
In celebration of Kpop's biggest competition returning, this week we're bringing you the good, the bad, and the painful of MBC's Idol Star Athletic Championships! Learn all about the 21 different editions of ISAC, what the idols were wearing and what they were playing. Hear the records of ISAC's winningest Idol Athletes, as well as a long list of injuries sustained at the games. Plus, some of our favorite and most memorable moments and recommendations for what to watch before this year's games! ...
Aug 10, 2022•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 216
Let's return to a classic AMAK thought experiment, painstakingly choosing idols to fit into a fantasy group! And this time we're doing mixed gender groups!! We both approached the assignment very differently, resulting in some last minute changes (Angelica gets to make 2 groups cause Shannon is bad at rules) Which of these groups would you want to see the most? Who would be in your fantasy group! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 03, 2022•56 min•Ep. 215
Today's Deep Dive is celebrating 25 years since the debut of Kpop's first ever girl group, Baby V.O.X. The girl group who on one hand, was greatly responsible for the creation of 'Hallyu', and on the other hand had more anti-fans than anyone else. What did they do? Exist as women of course. Hear all about the early member changes (including a member hiding a huge secret), concept experiments, wild hairstyles, violence over dating rumors and so much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...
Jul 27, 2022•2 hr 9 min•Ep. 214
The song that swept the entire world in the summer of July 2012 is 10 years old this week, so we're dedicating an entire episode to Gangnam Style! We break down every bit of the song, the mv, the dance, Psy's whirlwind experience with the global media, controversies and the endless amount of parodies. Finishing it all off with a viewing of the legendary video itself. Do you remember where you were the first time you saw it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 213
This week, tune in to hear our live 'meet the hosts' Q&A segment from this year's KPSN Podcast Festival! Learn what we'd steal from each other's closets, our fangirl lives before Kpop, how we deal with ugly questions from 'locals', which idols we'd want to help us move house, and so much more. Thanks to everyone who tuned in live, and everyone who made this possible by sending in these great questions! You can still donate to KPSN's charity cause, the National Alliance for Mental Illness for...
Jul 13, 2022•58 min•Ep. 212
Happy Summer! For this week's episode, we're taking a look at the 6 summer 'family' albums that SM Entertainment released between 2002-2009. Who was featured on these albums? What did the songs sound like? How much fun do you think they all had wrestling in the pool? Why haven't they done one of these albums for 13 years?!? All those questions and a lot of very cheesy summer music ahead!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 07, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 211
Let's watch along to another interestingly curated MBC playlist of the hit Kpop stages from 10 years ago! This is the full audio version where you can hear the video. Link to video: https://youtu.be/M4WMmZk_PGM Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 210
Let's watch along to another interestingly curated MBC playlist of the hit Kpop stages from 10 years ago! This is the version with only our commentary, sync up the video to watch! Link to video: https://youtu.be/M4WMmZk_PGM Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr 41 min
After many a rescheduling, we were finally able to use the Monsta X tickets we purchased 28 months ago and see our beloveds live and in person! Hear our experience of our first time with FLOOR SEATS and who won sexiest Monsta of the evening. As always we've got detailed outfit descriptions and our best recollection of the show as colored by the fog of our love and excitement and rapidly fading phone batteries. Plus, a voice message from a listener who saw them in a different city. Come back to u...
Jun 15, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 209
Okay we're doing it! We're revisiting and updating an episode we did 4 years ago! Enough time has passed that it feels safe to put some brackets around what we consider 'the 3rd generation' of Kpop. Just as we did all those years ago in episodes 18 and 19, we will take a look at how music videos, concerts, fan engagement, concepts, scandals and more, differed from the generations before. What do you think of the 3rd Gen? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 08, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 208
This week we posed a challenge for our Seasoned Fan Patreon Patrons, what is the "one" Kpop video for you? The single video you would show to a complete stranger who is asking you about Kpop. A Kpop 'elevator pitch' per se. We watched 14 different video submissions over on our Patreon, and then we came here to find out why each listener chose their one video, and then discuss the Kpop merits of each! Join our Patreon to see video reactions to these songs and get so much other content! patreon.co...
Jun 01, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 207
This week's episode is probably a topic we should have covered 190 episodes or so ago, but we're doing it now! It's time to talk about stage names! We studied stage names from a ton of random groups throughout all time to give us a good picture of where stage names come from, and the patterns and categories they often fall into. Then, we take a quiz to find out our Kpop stage names. What's your favorite stage name in Kpop? **This episode included an upsetting recording error resulting in maybe n...
May 25, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 206
We got to see TWICE in a really big stadium with so many people!!! Listen to our tired and brain melted recap recorded the morning after that may be slightly jumbled, but we got the main point across. Which is that TWICE is really amazing and we're so happy we saw them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 18, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 205
This episode topic was silly and ill-advised but we did it anyway. For some reason we decided to watch 25 covers of the 2008 TVXQ! song "Mirotic" in a row. Let us tell you about them. Pray that we will get the song out of our heads eventually. Youtube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-8Wdlv0O5P75UHAjVCgtGnBhMWUIh_ss Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 11, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 204
Hello darlings, time was not on our side this week to give you a regular episode, but we couldn't leave you empty handed. So we're releasing this Patreon exclusive Queendom recap out into the world for free! And never fear loyal patrons who already listened, this ep includes a new intro and ends with a random game and recommendations as always. More Queendom recap episodes + so much fun video content waiting for you right now at patreon.com/amakpoppod - Thanks to everyone for your support as alw...
May 04, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 203
It's movie time again! Seventeen put on an encore presentation of their new movie Power Of Love: The Movie and we got to see it! Listen to us describe the whole movie to you, before we hear from a whole bunch of Alike Carats from all over the world and all their thoughts!! Cheers to more Kpop concert movies and manifesting SVT World Tour for everyone!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 27, 2022•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 202
We're back! First let's check in on the results of our song battles from episode 200. Then, we've got our producer spotlight back out to learn all we can about the works of the hitmaker duo, Black Eyed Pilseung. With an intro to them as partners and a little skip through their career with stops at some of the biggest or most interesting songs. Finishing out with each of us naming our top 5 BEP songs of all time. What are your favorites? Episode Playlists: Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/playli...
Apr 20, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 201
Welcome to a new era of AMAK! We've got a new theme song and we're ready to roll! This week to celebrate 200, we worked our way down from a huge list of Kpop songs with a "2" in the title, into 5 mini-battle match ups. Listen to us make a case for each song, and then vote here to make your pick! https://forms.gle/QCi1zYMdStzDU7VPA Thank you to everyone who has ever listened to this show, whether you've heard one episode, or all 200, we love you so much!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...
Apr 06, 2022•45 min•Ep. 200
This week we're playing one of our favorite and funniest parlor games, Utter Nonsense - the game where we have to sing a ridiculous phrase to the tune of a Kpop song. That's all there is to it and it's really fun and hilarious. Please enjoy. See you next week for episode 200! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 30, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 199
C'mon we saved you a seat in the time machine, let's keep with tradition and check out the Kpop scene 20 years ago. This week we're covering the first 6 months of 2002 and all the popular music releases we could find. We've got a lot of music that sounds super familiar in ways we can't place, and singers that um... struggle with live singing in a way we have yet to see in these episodes. As well as assorted news including lost pets, drug scandals, dating, rough injuries, and some very strange PR...
Mar 23, 2022•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 198
Raise a glass and let's say farewell to NU'EST while simultaneously learning everything about them. That's right, today's episode is a bittersweet deep dive into NU'EST, recorded on, and in honor of, their official disbandment day. We've got 10 years of NU'EST to cover, from their beginnings as the first boy group at Pledis, to bringing Kpop to often skipped parts of the globe. And how a last ditch shot on a reality competition leads to Waiting, and finally making it to deserved acclaim. Tune in...
Mar 16, 2022•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 197
It's time to get back into Kpop Academia with a dissertation exploring the concept of a Kpop Fan Song. What do they sound like? How can you tell what is and isn't a fan song? Shannon carefully studied and analyzed 50 different songs throughout Kpop history to figure out the answers to these questions! Were the findings what you thought they would be? What's your favorite fan song? Spotify Episode Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4tbIBUkgxyXHGerJRvEoXG?si=c33a71098fa34447 Spotify Full ...
Mar 09, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 196
Hey happy March! We're revisiting an episode that we did in 2020, but actually in March this time lol. We made another meticulous March Madness bracket of different SHINee songs from across their whole discography and painfully ranked them! How did it go this time? How much did we agree? What song wins?!?!? Find out here! Check our instagram for a blank version of the bracket if you want to play your own way! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 03, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 195
It's that time of year again to go back in time 10 years with MBC and their compilation stage videos! Today we're watching the 2012 version and there's SO MANY GOOD SONGS so apologies in advance, we do scream a lot in this one. This version of the podcast does have the audio to the video we were watching so you can tell what we're reacting to without watching. If you'd rather watch along, try the other version! Watch along: https://youtu.be/EDHDpxy88ys Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
Feb 24, 2022•1 hr 28 min
It's that time of year again to go back in time 10 years with MBC and their compilation stage videos! Today we're watching the 2012 version and there's SO MANY GOOD SONGS so apologies in advance, we do scream a lot in this one. This version of the podcast does not have the audio to the video we are watching so that you can watch yourself and listen to us. Watch along: https://youtu.be/EDHDpxy88ys Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 24, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 194
We did it y'all! Idols on the podcast!! We were SO lucky to get to talk to rookie boy group BLITZERS before the start of their first US Tour. But before we hear from BLITZERS, we want to introduce you to the group. Tune in for a little 'snorkel' through the members and their last 9 months as a debuted idol group. Then, we interview BLITZERS! Hear their Kpop origin stories (as is tradition), their answers to our burning stage costume questions, and the best thing they've eaten in LA. Next up, a r...
Feb 16, 2022•57 min•Ep. 193
Welcome to part 2 of the story of super important and amazing boy group TVXQ! This is the chapter of the story where they continue after their dramatic split as a duo. And oh baby did they kill it. Listen in to hear about the rest of their super cohesive discography, a huge amount of live tours and beating Bon Jovi at literally everything(?). Also there is a lot of squealing and thirsting over sexy dudes in this episode because WE REALLY LOVE 2VXQ OKAY?!??! GET INTO IT! YOU'RE MISSING OUT!!! Hos...
Feb 10, 2022•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 192
