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Pop Excellence radio show: on hiatus for now. @SinglesJukebox. Mostly tweeting about pop music. She/her.

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I wrote about Basic by Brown Eyed Girls—a great album by one of the most underappreciated K-pop groups of all time—for Ryo's newsletter!
a Japanese music newsletter, no more—this new Monthly Listening covers K-pop! album picks by our friends @melismaticdiva @nanagazer @TamarWrites @CrowleyHead @michaelhongo @irisxie @KaylaBeardslee @meljohnso & guest Bonus Beats curated by @mellowyel! thissidejapan.substack.com/p…
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Okay, now respectfully it is time for me to be done with this for another year lmao, I need my free time back. Hopefully see you all back again for the FIFTH edition in 2026!
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Also happy one-year Taemin concert anniversary to me :)
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Our voters’ individual ballots for the Pop Excellence K-pop list are posted now, if you’d like to see what each of us voted for! Plus answers to some bonus questions and stats about each contributor’s ballot. popexcellence.wordpress.com/…
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Part two of the Pop Excellence K-pop list is out now, with our writers' individual picks! This year, I had each of us choose a song from our ballots to add to the list, so that we could highlight some personal favorites that didn't receive any other votes. popexcellence.wordpress.com/…
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Part two of the Pop Excellence K-pop list is out now, with our writers' individual picks! This year, I had each of us choose a song from our ballots to add to the list, so that we could highlight some personal favorites that didn't receive any other votes. popexcellence.wordpress.com/…
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Contributions this year from @juanagiaimo @michaelhongo @nanagazer @sneeek @mellowyel, Tamar, Mo, and Rachel.
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The Pop Excellence K-pop singles list is back for another year! We’ve put together a good set of songs (despite what sometimes felt like active sabotage from the K-pop industry to prevent it) and are starting today with some honorable mentions for 2025. popexcellence.wordpress.com/…
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Writing today from @juanagiaimo @nanagazer @sneeek and me; also voting from @michaelhongo @mellowyel, Tamar, Mo, and Rachel (most of them will be writing starting tomorrow as well).
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For anyone curious, this is the full list of songs that went into the honorable mentions vote (w/original points). RIP the “Hit me baby, not baby one more time” subhead, I was really hoping to use that one lol. The next closest runner-ups in the HM vote were Yeji, Yena, and idntt
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Good morning! I am being a hater. I wrote about my least favorite K-pop singles of 2025: there were enough disappointing comebacks last year that I think a lot of big K-pop groups need an active course-correction. popexcellence.wordpress.com/…
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