Ep. 294: The Year In Kpop - 2005 - Pt. 1

About this episode

The episode discusses the Kpop landscape of 2005, highlighting the dominance of rock bands and ballad singers as the genre was on the brink of the 2nd generation.

We're heading back 20 years ago once again, and this time it's a more barren landscape than we're used to. Rock bands and ballad singers are dominating the charts and the music shows, and the Soompi archive is broken so we're blind to any fun news stories, but Shannon still managed to find some things to talk about that feel close to the Kpop we're used to. The 2nd gen is almost here, but just not quite... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Shannon

Topics covered

• Kpop
• music history
• 2005

Keywords

• Soompi
• charts
• music shows

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