Among the many things vying for your attention this week, what made your heart beat?
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[Idols/MVs] TXT, Teen Top
TXT‘s
Soobin did a K-pop Talk vlive this week and it was such a blast from the past. He mostly played second and third generation stuff, like
Teen Top,
Sistar, and
Block B while he talked about his memories listening to those songs in junior high. It gave me similar flashbacks to my university years when those same songs came out, and I was amazed that I still knew every word to Nillili Mambo. Everyone has diverse music tastes, of course, but I always love seeing idols get excited about K-pop and fanboying/fangirling to the music that inspired them. The
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Kim Myung Soo has now enlisted for his mandatory military service. On February 22, Kim Myung Soo’s agency Management Esang confirmed that he enlisted that day in the Marine Corps. After five weeks of basic training, he’ll be carrying out active service. The day before, Kim Myung Soo shared a video message for fans. He said,
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Infinite, SHINee (Getty Images)
In the season finale of K-pop Verzuz, two heavyweight K-pop groups SHINee and Infinite will be battling it out with fan-made epic playlists. Date, time, where to tune in, here’s everything you need to know about the K-pop fan arranged Verzuz battle.
For the unversed, K-pop Verzuz is a concept taken from the Apple Music show Verzuz battle series presented by legendary beatmakers Swizz Beatz and Timbaland where they pit different musicians against each other for a head to head battle. For K-pop Verzuz, fans arrange a legitimate setlist for both the participating groups and an equal number of songs are prepared, which get played in a live-stream session back to back. Based on whose music hit the hardest, the winner is decided through social media voting.