Category: Miscellaneous
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What Happens to a K-drama Fan When She Moves to Korea?
If you know me, you know I love Korean drama. If you’re new here, you should know – I love Korean drama. My love started way back in 2011 and has followed me for the past 10 years of my itinerant life. Within that time I graduated with a masters, worked in publishing, worked as…
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Soompi Feature: The 14 Most Unique Voices In K-Pop
(Image and text are samples from my work on Soompi and belong to Soompi.) The diversity of K-pop is part of what makes it shine from Korea to all four corners of the globe. Voices of all sorts have made themselves known, and some of those voices are so wonderfully singular that they are identifiable within a few…
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Soompi Feature: 7 Times Instrument-Playing Idols Have Melted Our Hearts
(Image and text are samples from my work on Soompi.com and belong to Soompi.) K-pop idols can sing and dance like nobody’s business. They’ve spent training days, debut days, music show performances, and more showing us that they know how to evoke feels with their incredible high notes and fluid dancing. But they are more…
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Soompi Feature: 6 Epic Forms of the Classic K-pop Lip Graze
(Image and text are samples from my work on Soompi.com and belong to Soompi.) The “lip graze” is one of the most iconic K-pop moves to exist in K-pop choreography along with the beckoning fingers, the head clutch, and the body rub. This classic move is a favorite with male and female K-pop stars and…
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Soompi Feature: 8 Reasons That Perfectly Sum Up Why SHINee Is Amazing
(Text is a sample from my work on Soompi.com and belongs to Soompi.) SHINee is one of K-pop’s super groups; these five boys have been cruising on top for eight years. They have just finished a circuit of concerts in North America, including their very first U.S. fanmeet, and it is only right to share why…
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Soompi Feature: Quiz – What Type of K-drama Villain Are You?
(Image and text are samples from my work on Soompi.com and belong to Soompi.) No K-drama is complete without a villain. They are the characters we love to hate, and hate to love. These are the people who make our beloved OTPs suffer and force us to consider reaching through our screens to deliver retribution.…
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Soompi Feature: Quiz – Which K-drama Cliche Are You?
(Image and text are samples from my work on Soompi.com and belong to Soompi.) K-drama is full of cliches that tickle us pink when they pop up in a drama. The first time the rough, gruff hero kneels down to help the ailing heroine home makes us melt inside. Or when a peck on the…
Lisa Espinosa 