Patmmer Podcast: Kpop, Coffee, and Commentary

We are back with our final Coffee Break (for now)! Join us for the second half of our discussion on the dark and light sides of K-Pop! This time we talk about the light side of K-pop!

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00:00 Start

00:13 Intro 

01:41 This week's topic: Dark and Light sides of K-pop

02:03 How has K-pop helped us personally 

11:06 How K-pop has created a cultural bridge

14:34 K-pop in Korea vs K-pop internationally 

16:25 K-pop = high quality music and content 

18:41 The wonder and magic of K-pop albums

24:05 Making friends through K-pop

26:30 Thanks for joining us on our Coffee Breaks! 

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We are back with another Coffee Break! We have no special guests joining us this week - just your OG Patmmer crew! We will be diving into a two part episode in which we debate and discuss the dark and light sides of K-Pop! Up first is the exploration of the dark side of K-Pop!

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00:00 Start

00:13 Intro 

01:16 This week's topic: Dark and Light sides of K-pop

02:36 Slave Contracts 

06:05 How young is too young to start training to debut as an Idol?

07:54 Mental Health Issues

09:47 Competition and over saturation of the market for K-pop

13:06 Misconduct in the industry 

15:10 Scandals - when power and fame lead Idols to the dark side

20:30 Sexism

22:57 Vanity and unrealistic beauty standards 

30:09 Treatment of Foreigners in the K-pop industry 

34:11 What makes K-pop, K-pop?

37:15 Bye, bye! See y'all next week!

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We are back with another Coffee Break! This week we have not one, but two special guests! Joining us are our friends Brandi and Tyler! Have you ever been curious what it would be like to share the passion for K-Pop with your partner? Brandi and Tyler will be sharing their stories and insights on how K-pop has affected their relationship as a couple!

Love our friends as much as we do? You can follow them both on their socials below!

We are back with another Coffee Break! This week our friend Kevin joins us! Kevin has been in the K-pop world for quite some time now; you can trust this man's commentary and musical taste - he was rollin' to the beat of Brave Girls BEFORE it was cool! So grab your coffee, get comfy, and join us as we discuss some of the common concepts seen in K-pop!

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00:00 Start

00:13 Intro 

01:01 Getting to know this week's guest, Kevin (aka the accidental K-pop fan)

04:32 What are some of the common K-pop concepts?

06:31 "Rite of Passage" concepts

10:01 Does age and/or a group's agency impact concepts? What happens when groups get "stuck" doing a certain concept?

16:02 Current concept trends?

18:07 We LOVE Retro concepts!

20:20 How do we feel about Latin inspired songs and concepts?

23:52 Holiday concepts (featuring our college Christmas tradition)

26:25 Cute concepts

29:30 Music videos with concepts/storylines that carry over from video to video

31:52 Concepts we don't love

40:05 Kevin's recommendations from the current K-pop generation 

43:07 Thank you Kevin for sharing your insights and recommendations!

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We are back with another Coffee Break! Our local K-pop Guru, J-Minnie joins us again! This week we discuss everyone's favorite pastime - the K-pop concert experience. Concert experience, fandom wars, what it's like to work at a K-pop concert, we discuss it all!

Don't forget to follow J-Minnie on all of her socials! And guess what?! J-Minnie manages a K-hip hop artist that you can follow as well! Show some love to J-Minnie and her artist Keezy!

J-Minnie IG: jminqueen

Keezy IG: 616_keezy

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00:00 Start

00:13 Intro 

01:40 Getting to know this week's guest, J-Minnie

09:34 K-pop Concerts - how do they differ from the "regular" concert experience? 

14:46 Funny Story - fandom wars

20:32 What it is like to work a K-pop concert? Inside scoop how it works!

30:48 Positives of working a K-pop concert + J-Minnie's advice

35:00 Thank you J-Minnie for joining us and sharing your insider knowledge with us! Don't forget to follow her to stay up to date on her future projects!

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We are finally back!!! We will continue our regular learn and react episodes, however, we are kicking off our comeback with something new! Join us this week for the first of many bite sized Coffee Break episodes! Our Coffee Break series will feature honest conversations with various friends we have made thanks to K-Pop! Our first guest is an OG K-pop fan - she isn't just any K-pop expert, she is a K-pop Guru! Please welcome our friend J-Minnie!

Don't forget to follow J-Minnie on all of her socials as well as the K-hip hop artist she manages, Keezy!

J-Minnie IG: jminqueen

Keezy IG: 616_keezy

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00:00 Start

00:13 Intro (i.e. welcome to our first Coffee Break)

01:25 Getting to know this week's guest, J-Minnie

07:15 How has K-pop changed throughout the years

10:26 Breaking down the K-pop generations 

16:15 The future of K-pop

21:02 Globalization of K-pop

29:56 J-Minnie's current K-pop suggestions 

34:23 Thank you J-Minnie for joining us! Don't forget to follow her to stay up to date on her future projects!

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We are so happy we finally reacted to this week's group! We are definitely late to the party but it was time for us to FACE the music and give this group a chance! We LOVE this group - their visuals, vocals, story as comeback kings - we LOVE it all! Join us this week as we fall in LOVE with NU'EST!

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It must be our birthday, 'cause this week's group is definitely a gift! Join us as we continue our journey in exploring all the NCT units! This week we are reacting to NCT U! Which NCT unit should we look into next?!?! Let us know in the comments.

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Y'ALL, somebody needs to give this week's group an actual crown - 'cause these queens are killing us with their powerhouse vocals! Join us as we finally get to learn, react, and bask in the glory that is Mamamoo!

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We could literally shed tears over how late we are with getting to know this week's group! Join us as we explore, listen, and learn about the 9 SENSATIONAL guys of SF9! Spoiler Alert: We definitely think the hype and FANFARE around these guys is on point!

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After watching the most recent comeback for this week's group, we are left with tons of questions!  We have so many questions, but one thing we are not questioning is how much we LOVED all the songs we reacted to! Grab your KOMBATs and join us as we learn and react to iKON!

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This is it, this is the video you need to comment on if you would like to be entered into our Kevin Woo merch giveaway!

In order to best prepare ourselves for Kevin's upcoming concert, we decided to do an entire episode on the one and only Kevin Woo! If you are not already familiar with Kevin, it's not too late to join the party! Fasten your seatbelt and RIDE ALONG with us as we learn about and react to Kevin! Spoiler Alert: If Kevin was trying to get our attention, we'd have to say he definitely GOT IT! 

We have been hearing all about this week's group for years - so we figured it was finally time that we give them a proper reaction! Join us this week as we learn and react to ASTRO! Spoiler Alert: We are going to be listening to ASTRO ALL NIGHT long!

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Y'all better call a FIRETRUCK, cause this week's group is lit! We finally take our first look at an NCT group and spoiler alert: we loved it! Join us as we learn, react, and fan girl over NCT 127! 

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This week's group has a special place in our hearts - whenever we are feeling down, this group never fails to make us instantly CHEER UP! Join us this week as we catch up with, react, and re-fall in love with the lovely ladies of TWICE!

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It is crazy how fast time flies in the K-pop world - some people might even say it is INSANE! Join us this week as we take a trip down memory lane to catch up with the vocal kings of K-pop, BTOB!

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Thanks to this week's group, we promise to never STRAY away from the world of K-pop ever again! We'll definitely be leaving the BACK DOOR to our Noona hearts open for these guys! Join us this week as we learn all about STRAY KIDS!

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This week's group had us constantly asking "how are these girls so talented and why are we just now reacting to them"?! Raw talent, clean choreography, visuals - these girls have it all! Join us as we learn, listen, and react to the fabulous ladies of LOONA!

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This week's group conquered the Road to Kingdom, and now they are conquering our Noona hearts! We are definitely late to the party when it comes to reacting to this group and we are sorry for that! Join us this week as we finally react to The Boyz!

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This week's group just celebrated 10 years in the K-pop industry - and they did so with a bang! Join us as we learn, listen, and react to

Brave Girls! Spoiler Alert: Their story is quite a rollercoaster, but we are thrilled with the ending! #2021ComeBackQueens

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We are back! This week's group in an oldie but a goodie; Kings of the Hallyu Wave! Join us as we go through 15 years of history with Super Junior!

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We are back with season 2! To kick it off, we decided to react to unhelpful/guides to two amazing groups. Join us in this second part as we react to IZ*ONE!

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We are back with season 2! To kick it off, we decided to react to unhelpful/helpful guides to two amazing groups. Join us in this first part as we react to TREASURE videos!

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We finally catch up with BLACKPINK and spoiler alert, their recent releases have us feeling like LOVESICK GIRLS! Join us as we listen and react to these K-pop icons!

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We remember when this week's group debuted—they were fresh to the k-pop world, just like us! We are guilty of falling behind on several of their recent releases. But, spoiler alert: we still LOVE these boys and we have to admit that their last comeback was KILLA! Join us this week as we catch up on k-pop monsters, MONSTA X!

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We are definitely late when it comes to checking out this week's group, but when we heard they had finally received their first music show win last year, we figured better late than never? In the UNIVERSE that is K-pop, this group SHINEs bright and we are thrilled to see what they will achieve in the future. Beat your chest like a GORILLA and join us as we finally react to PENTAGON!

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Any bartenders out there? In this week's episode, we react to a girl group that is the perfect pop cocktail! Throw in great vocals, slick dancing, a splash of kpop, and a dash of jpop and what do you get? IZ*ONE!

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This week we check out A.C.E and after listening to this group we think they are certainly one of our new favorites! Join us as we react, fangirl, and fall in love with them!

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Today we spend some time discussing Red Velvet and their incredible music. We also dissect all of the many scandalous incidents surrounding this talented group! But above all, can we join ReVeluv?! 

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This week we catch up on a group full of Kings, Aces, and Jokers. Join us as we revisit KARD! They had some great new releases up their sleeves and SPOILER ALERT, we were WILD for all of them!

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This week we revisit an old friend - a friend that we know we can always rely on to cheer us up when we're feeling down and BLUE. They're burning, lovely, untouchable, and emotional. Who is this amazing friend? None other than CNBLUE! They're back and they did not disappoint!

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What do Patmmer and your average pirate have in common? They love TREASURE! Join us this week as we get to know YG's rookie boy group, TREASURE! Spoiler alert - we think this group is a treasure box full of potential, talent, and surprises!

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When choosing this week's group to explore, we (Patmmer) had ONE requirement; we WANNA be hit with epic choreography and vocals. That's right, this week's episode is all about Wanna One!

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This week we check out a rookie girl and we are #NotShy about how much we enjoyed their videos! These girls are fierce and fabulous! Join us this week as we react to IZTY!

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This week's journey leads to a group that is best known for "be-witching" their way to their first music show win. Bounce along with us as we discuss none other than Boyfriend! Watch till the end to see who we name as our official Boyfriend bias.

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Raise your hand if you are as done with 2020 as we are? If there was one thing we enjoyed, it was all the new groups and music we experienced! Here's to hoping 2021 brings us bigger and better music, laughs, and memories!

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00:00 Start 

00:54 SuperM 

04:43 2PM 

06:41 ATEEZ 

07:39 U-KISS 

08:47 Seventeen 

10:25 Winner 

13:43 EXID 

15:19 TXT 

28:25 Momoland

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Merry Christmas! Join us for the second half of our Christmas gift to our viewers—a guide to TXT! We appreciate all the comments and suggestions and we were thrilled to learn more about this special group!  

Merry Christmas y'all! As a thank you to everyone that has supported us so far, we are reacting to some very highly requested videos - member guides! Join us as we react to a very hilarious "unhelpful" guide to Ateez!