Patmmer Podcast: Kpop, Coffee, and Commentary Patricia Moran

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!



Times

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!



Times

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!

Tyler: linktr.ee/ManuelHung31

Brandi: TikTok: brandim994 and IG: bmacura1



Times

00:00 Start

00:13 Intro 

01:12 Getting to know this week's guests, Brandi and Tyler!

03:37 This week's topic: K-Pop from a couple's perspective 

05:14 K-Poppin' as a couple

08:07 Groups that our couple likes together vs alone 

14:51 Bonding and watching music videos together

15:41 Opinions on dating bans on K-pop Idols

21:15 Thoughts on K-pop couples tattoos

25:24 How does K-pop affect a couple's relationship?

27:53 Random K-pop anecdotes

32:12 Thank you Brandi and Tyler for joining us!



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We are back with another Coffee Break! Our friend Kevin joins us again! Join us as we talk all about the advantages, disadvantages, struggles, and differences between girl groups, boy groups, and co-ed groups!



Times

00:00 Start

00:13 Intro 

01:26 Getting to know this week's guest, Kevin

02:25 Introducing this week's topic - girl groups vs boy groups vs co-ed groups

02:53 What are some of the general differences between girl and boy groups?

05:36 Is there a bias towards boy groups?

09:35 Differences within the industry between girl and boy groups

10:51 Difference in standards between girl and boy groups

14:37 Strengths and weaknesses (and additional differences) of both girl and boy groups

19:29 Co-ed groups!

24:32 Opinions on girl group and boy group collaborations

30:49 Co-ed groups and Latin music

31:51 Marketability of co-ed groups

35:05 Thank you Kevin for joining us again!



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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!



Times

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



Times

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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