Top 5 Kpop MVs: A Little Bit of Newtro, A Little Bit of PSY

PSY has been dominating the Kpop world this week with his 9th album, PSY 9th, and the subsequent MVs! Fun fact: the “Celeb” MV with Suzy was made THREE YEARS AGO, right before the pandemic ground the performance world to a halt. iKON and Monsta X have had some excellent newtro entries into kpopland as well – this week has been an absolute delight to the ears. Check it out!

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First Impression: Start-Up

I am here to admit for the entire Kimchi clan that we did NOT do our job with upcoming dramas and realizing that writer Park Hye Ryun had a new drama coming out. In our defense, October has been the dramapalooza of drama months. We also missed the fact that she teamed up with her While You Were Sleeping director for this one. As penance, we are prepared to share with you ALL the pretty screen shots we can for our first impression.

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All the Running and Shooting in New Vagabond Teaser!

Lee Seung Gi. Bae Suzy. Shin Sung Rok. Netflix. September 20th. Do you really need to know any more??

If you do, watch this teaser!

And in case you need a reminder like I did, here’s the plot description again:

“Cha Dal-gun (Lee Seung-gi) becomes an awakened tiger in the face of his nephew’s death in a mysterious plane crash. As an orphan himself, he had raised his nephew single-handedly in place of his brother who had passed on. Triggered by the large-scale cover up of the incident, he sets off on a journey to discover the truth.  Go Hae-ri (Bae Suzy) is the eldest daughter of a marine who died during an operation. She has always wanted to be a normal civil servant to support her family, but life had other plans and she ends up as a National Intelligence Service (NIS) agent.  Their lives intertwine as they discover a tangled web of corruption behind the plane crash. “

I’m totally and completely in! What about you, k-fans?

While You Were Sleeping Episodes 21 & 22

As I watch a drama, there is always the rise and ebb of the plot’s pacing. Sometimes it’s all action and you are literally bursting with adrenaline while watching. Other episodes are plot development episodes where it fleshes out characters and creates the setup for future plot points. And then you have my least favorite part of a drama….the plateau. That spot where we seem to be going nowhere and just re-watching the same type of conflict happen over and over. I think that is where we currently are with While You Were Sleeping. Continue reading