‘88 Chingu

Welcome back to another episode of '88chingu! In this episode, this week we talk about the awaited return of BIG BANG with 'Still Life', also NCT Dream are back with their 2nd full album 'Glitch Mode',Jackson Wang surprised us again with another side of him in'Blow'and many more. In news, we talk about some sad news, Pentagon's Hongseok & Astro's MJ enlistment announcement, Nu'Est disbanding, and Lay leaving SM entertainment. On the bright side, The Boyz has announced a world tour starting in May 2022; and we talk about TXT, Seventeen, and Monsta X's upcoming comebacks. 

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Welcome back to another episode of '88chingu! In this episode, we talk about our favorite March releases. Epik high is here part 2 was released for A's delight. We also talk about BTOB and their new album 'Be together' with all members back from the military. We also talk about Jay Park's new collab with IU 'Ganadara' & comebacks from WEi ' Too bad', STAYC' Run2U', and the most awaited one Straykids back with Oddinary and 'MANIAC'. In news, we talk about the awaited return from BIG BANG, the exciting lineup for Queendom 2, and the upcoming comebacks for April, like Monsta X. 

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We are back with a new episode! This week we talk about Rocky & Jinjin's Astro Unit with their minialbum 'Restore' with title track 'Just Breath', We also talk about Pentagon, they are back with their 12th Mini album IN:VITE U and 'Feelin' like', we also talk about Coogie and his collab with BE'O- 'Good night' and Toil's new album 'Between Sat and Sun'. We also talk about DEF's first ep 'LOVE'. In news, we will be talking about all the happy news in the media in the last two weeks, Chen from Exo having another baby and Hyuna & Dawn engagement announcement. We also talked about the Seoul Music Awards and the last enlistment announcements. 

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Welcome to season 2 of '88Chingu!!! Join us for upgraded content in this new season! We welcome 2022 speaking about January releases; Woozi from Seventeen has released his mixtape 'Ruby', Minho from Shinee has released 'heartbreak'. Enhypen is back with their first repackage album 'Dilemma: Answer' with the title track 'Blessed-Cursed'. Changmo is back with his album Underground Rockstar, with 'Taiji' and we will talk about Max Changmin's new solo album 'Devil' amongst a lot of other releases. In NEWS, we will be talking about Jay Park's shocking revelations, stepping down as CEO of AOMG, and H1gher Music & Taemin being moved to public officer to complete the rest of his military services due to experiencing depression and anxiety episodes. We will also review the results of the Golden Disc awards and much more!

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This week, we talk about new releases from The Boyz with 'Maverick' a very survival-like comeback. Also, Oneus are back with their new album 'Blood moon' with their title track 'Luna' with a traditional concept. B.I. is back with his new album COSMOS with the title track of the same name, and we can truly say he is our COSMOS.  Also, Gemini has released a collab song 'MIA' (Feat. CAMO, WOODZ ) in anticipation of his new album Inside out. And we have come full circle with the last GOT7 member releasing solo music, Mark Tuan with 'Last breath'. In news, we talk about all of the comebacks announced for November, the 2022 World tours announced last week, and BTS's results at the EMA's. 

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In this week's episode, Esme goes crazy with her ultimate Seventeen's comeback with their 9th mini-album Attacca with the title track 'Rock with you'. We talk about Super Junior D&E 10th year anniversary release 'Zero' with solo tracks, 'California love' by Donghae, and 'Be' by Eunhyuk. A talks about Bloo's new album, and goes crazy with Epik's High surprise release 'Face ID'. We also discovered a new band CNBLUE, who just released 'Love cut' and we talk about NCT 127 new release 'Favourite(Vampire)' for their 3rd repackage album. In news, we remind you of important dates for MMA & MAMA, we cover a lot of comeback announcements and talk about the latest HYBE news. 

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In this week's episode we cover comebacks from Key with 'Bad Love', Itzy with 'Loco', Woodz with his new mini-album, 'Only lovers left', and title track 'Waiting', he got his first win ever on a music show with this comeback. We also talk about B.I's 'Illa illa part 2' & Woodie Gochild final release before enlisting. We also talk about CL's new release 'Lover like me'. In news, we talk about the news of Permission to dance mini-tour in L.A by BTS, the first in-person concert announced since they cancelled their Map of the Soul tour. The winners of the FACT AWARDS 2021 and we also talk about BigBang's Taeyang announcement about his wife Min Hyo-rin expecting their first child and Bobby's baby being born. 

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In this episode, we talk about releases of the week by our queen Sunmi back with 'You can't sit with us', solo release from Ten from NCT with 'Paint me naked', The boyz are back with their 6th mini-album 'Thrill-ing' with title track 'Thrill ride’ & also ONF are back with their summer release 'Popping'. In news, we talk about Seungri's sentence, which was announced last week, H1gher music announced they have a new artist, Jmin, our queen CL is gonna be back with a new single at the end of August and we cannot wait for it! Ikon and Seventeen have both announced new reality shows, 'IKON's Type: One Summer Night' follows the members of iKON as they head off on a well-deserved vacation to the city of Gangneung; it will air exclusively via the Wavve app and starts on August 20th. Seventeen in the Soop will be airing on the 29th of August via the Weverse app, and BtoB has confirmed their comeback for the 30th of August. This is just a recap of all the news we had, so you will have to listen to it! 

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In this week's episode, we talk about releases from AKMU with their new album 'Next Episode', with really good collabs, 'Nakka ft IU', 'Everest ft Sam Kim', 'Bench ft Zion.T',  'TicToc TicToc TicToc ft Benzino', and much more, we also talk about DPR Live new album 'IITE COOL' with title track 'Yellow cab' which we already mentioned in our last ep. We also talk about the comeback of the week, ASTRO, who are back with their new album 'Switch on' and title track ' After midnight', very summerly. In news, we talk about the Cris Wu scandal, we discuss the SMTM 10 mentors Line up which Mnet is already revealing; and we talk about Mingi's return to Ateez amongst other things. 

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We are finally back!! In this week's episode, we talk about SF9 new album 'Turn Over' with the addictive title track 'Tear drop', Day6 (Even of day) comeback 'Right Through Me',Jeebanoff new album'Void', the awaited come back from 2PM with'Make it',Epik high's new single Rain song with Colde & the upcoming album release from DRP Live with the single 'Yellow cab'. Also, the new all-in-English track by BTS 'Permission to dance', which has created contradictory opinions amongst ARMY's online. In news, we talk about some sad breaking news like Shownu's enlistment from Monsta X and San from Ateez being covid19 positive. 

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Welcome to our LAST special episode about Kingdom: Legendary War. In this special episode, we analyze all the individual performances from the FINALE: ’who's the king?' in detail, and we make our final comments on the entire show. If you are as crazy about Kingdom as we are, this is the place for you!

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In this week's episode, we talk about last week's releases from Exo with 'Don't fight the feeling', N.Flying is back with their full album 'Man on the moon' with title track 'Moonshot' & also we talk about the new release from Wei are back with their new album 'Identity: Action', with title track 'Bye bye bye'. Also, we talk about Big Naughty digital single release 'Sike' with 3 songs. In news, we talk about the happy news from Mithra Jin from Epik High, teaser releases for Yugyeom's & BamBam's upcoming comebacks, and the announcement of Red Velvet's comeback for August amongst other news.

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In this week's episode, we talk about the releases of the week: B.I with his album 'Waterfall', Monsta X with 'One of a kind', Mamamoo are back with 'Where are we' and TXT released their album the Chaos chapter: Freeze with '0x1=lovesong( I know I love you)' as their title track. In news, we talk about the new Idol group SGBOYZ by Jay Park, GOT7 Yugyeom's upcoming album release, and the upcoming comeback for June. 

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In this week's episode, we talk about BTS's new release 'Butter' and all the craziness surrounding it, we also talk about Gaho's new release 'Rush Hour' and its summer vibes among other releases of the week. In news, we talk about all the teasers B.I has been releasing for his upcoming album, with upcoming comebacks confirmed for June like BamBam, Exo, and WEi. We talk about the Billboard awards results and the third win by Ateez in Immortal Songs 2. 

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Welcome to our special episode about Kingdom: Legendary War. In this special episode, we analyze all the individual performances from Mission 3: ’No Limit’ Part 2 in detail, and we comment on the experts & self-assessment results of this third round part 2. If you are as crazy about Kingdom as we are, this is the place for you!

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Welcome to our special episode about Kingdom: Legendary War. In this special episode, we analyze all the performances from Mission 3: ’No Limit’ Part 1 in detail, all 3 unit performances: rap, performance, and vocal teams, and also we talk about the final results from round 1 and round 2. 

If you are as crazy about Kingdom as we are, this is the place for you!

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In this week's episode, we talk about the release of the week, Taemin's third mini-album 'Advice' - his farewell gift for fans before he goes into the military, we also talk about 'Knight' the new release by Maddox, and the B-side tracks from Enhypen's comeback 'Not for sale' & 'Fever'.In news, we talk about all the confirmed comebacks for June, Mamamoo, 2PM, and Seventeen among them. Also, Heize released a new album 'Happen' and B.I confirmed his album release for the 1st of June.

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In this week episode we talk about the main releases of the past two weeks, our favorite one 'Drunk-Dazed' by Enhypen, 'Ugly dance' by ONF, pH-1 released '365&7' ft Jamie, and Yesung from SuperJunior released his new album 'Beautiful night', also comebacks from AB6IX with 'Close' and ITZY is back with 'Mafia in the morning'. In news, we cover the announcement of the upcoming BTS single 'Butter'; news of Swings signing with P Nation, and the confirmed released date for the 5th of June for the new survival show 'LOUD' in SBS by P Nation & JYP. Also, sadly, due to issues with his eyes, Shownu, from Monsta X, will miss their upcoming comeback promotion. 

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Welcome to our special episode about Kingdom: Legendary War. In this special episode, we analyze all the performances from Mission 2: ''Re-born'' in detail and we talk about the shocking Mid-results (professional & group votes) from round two. If you are as crazy about Kingdom as we are, this is the place for you!

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In this week's episode, we talk about Day6 and their album release 'The book of us: negentropy- Chaos swallowed up in love'with the title track 'You make me'and its surreal MV. Shinee is back with 'Atlantis' and we are loving their ending fairies, and NU'EST have comeback with 'Inside out' and it truly is an addictive song. A has been introduced to the world of OST soundtracks with Kim Feel and she has been listening to the new Straykids collab with Alesso & Corsak 'Going Dumb' non-stop. In news, we comment on the BTS & McDonalds partnership announcement and the news of Taemin's military enlistment at the end of May. 

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In this week's episode, we talk about album releases by Kang Daniel, ''Yellow", and Wheein's Mamamoo with ''Redd'',Jay Park's new song 'Summeride', Seventeen's The8 solo debut with ''Side by Side''and Super M ''We do''. In news, we talk about YG Online global audition, and in Unpopular Opinions, we cover Onlyoneof with their new comeback "Libido" and the controversy it has created. 

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Here we go again, welcome to our special episode about Kingdom: Legendary War. In this special episode, we analyze all the performances from Mission 1: ''To the world'' in detail and we talk about the Mid-results from round one. Also, what we can expect from Mission 2: ''Re-born''. If you are as crazy about Kingdom as we are, this is the place for you!

This week we talk about releases from Hoshi (Seventeen), with his first mixtape 'Spider' & Astro's comeback with 'One', and there's only ONE way to describe it: be ready for all that leather. A takes us down memory lane listening to Kang Daniel, Winner, Ikon, and Epik High. In news, we talk about Chanyeol and Baekhyun's enlistment, also this week it was released that HYBE Corporation acquired USA music label Ithaca Holdings, we talk about possible consequences this could have in the future. Hoody is going to star on a cooking variety show on Youtube with AOMG guests and Epik High gave a mini-concert in a Ralph Lauren store and it's out on Youtube if you want to check it out! For comments, questions & suggestions, email> 88chingu@gmail.com 

This is what we were all expecting, Kingdom: Legendary War has finally begun!! And yes, my friends, we are going to be recording special episodes just to talk about Kingdom each week! In this special episode, we analyze week one of Kingdom, the introductory stages, the funny moments of the show and we bet on the ranking for next week. If you are as crazy about Kingdom as we are, this is the place for you! 

In this week's episode, we talk about album releases by two amazing vocalists: Baekhyun is back with 'Bambi' and Kang Seung Yoon from Winner has released his first solo album 'Page'. In news, we talk about the military enlistment of Chanyeol and Baekhyun, the rumors of JB from GOT7 signing with H1gher Music, and Shinee's comeback scheduled for mid-April with 3 new songs amongst other things. Email> 88chingu@gmail.com for comments, questions & suggestions!

This week we talk about releases from B.I. with 'Midnight Blue', 'Get away'by Verivery which is already a few weeks old, we cover the debut of Ciipher, Rain's group, with 'I like you'.Jackson Wang has released his new single 'LMLY', which takes us back to the 80's.Kangta released his 25th-year anniversary album 'Freezing'and Korea's favourite girl IU is back with 'Lilac'. In news, we talk about BTS and their new Japanese track 'Film out' to be released in April. Also, solo debuts announced from Hoshi from Seventeen and Wendy from Red Velvet confirmed for April amongst other things. Email> 88chingu@gmail.com for comments, questions or suggestions! 

This week we talk about comebacks from Jessi with 'What type of X', DRP Ian with his first full album MITO, Pentagon with 'DO or NOT', Ash Island also released a new album 'Melody', the expected solo debut of Rosé from Blackpink with 'On the ground' and the awaited debut of Purple Kiss with 'Ponzona'. We cover Super Junior's new release 'House Party'full-on detail as we are crazy about them MV/Concept/styling/ content etc so bear with us! On news, we talk about the solo album release by B.I. after 3 years 'Midnight Blue', all profits will be donated to support children and youth in need; we talked about BTS not getting the Grammy and finally the statement Pledis Ent. released clearing Mingyu's situation. Also, there was a new solo performance video released by Mnet for Kingdom and we cannot wait for the 1st of April. One of the hosts, Yunho was also in the news this week but it was completely blown out of proportion. Email> 88chingu@gmail.com for comments, questions, or suggestions! 

In this week's episode, we talk about releases from Rain & Jackson with their collaboration Magnetic, also Simon Dominic released Party forever for his birthday. In news, we talk about BTS's Grammy nomination, BTS setting a new record of wins on music shows with Dynamite, and the confirmed news of IZ*ONE disbandment. (NOTE: This episode was recorded before the Grammy's awards ceremony, Pledis released the new statement about Mingyu's situation and our stolen music was back on Spotify). Email> 88chingu@gmail.com for comments, questions, and suggestions! 

March started strong for comebacks, we talk about last week's releases: Wonho with 'Lose', Sunmi with 'Tail', ONF got their first win ever with 'Beautiful Beautiful', Ikon is finally back with 'Why, why why', Ateez raised the temperature with'Fireworks (I'm the one)', rookies Wei had their first comeback with 'All or nothing', Rain ft Chung Ha released 'Why don't we?' and J-hope from BTS dropped 'Blue side'. In news, we talk about the disappearance of half our playlists thanks to Spotify & KakaoM, March comebacks confirmed for Jessi, Baekhyun, and Super Junior & the K-Hiphop awards winners. We get shocked by the bullying scandal surrounding actor Ji Soo and the different approaches companies have when dealing with the bullying allegations situation. Email> 88chingu@gmail.com for comments, questions & suggestions!

SHINee is finally back!! In this week's episode, we talk about the new album 'Don't call me', our favorite songs from the album, concept, styling choices & content.  We also talk about other releases from last week, the Boyz released Breaking Dawn, Big Naughty released Joker ft Jamie, øzi released LUFU ft GSoul and Arin Ray and Encore by GOT7. On the 23rd of February, KINGDOM: legendary war introductory stages were live, we discuss what our favourite performances were and what are we expecting to see on the 1st of April when it begins. On Unpopular opinions, we talk about the newly exposed relationship between Jennie from Blackpink & G-Dragon and all the bullying allegations that have been trending lately amongst K-pop idols and Korean actors. Email> 88chingu@gmail.com for comments, questions & suggestions!

On this week's episode, A reviews 6 K-Indie songs, songlist: RED by the Rose, REGULUS by Onewe, Wi Ing Wi Ing by Hyokoh, Without you by Isaac Hong, Good boy by Zai.ro & Sweet memories by Jannabi. We also talk about last week's comebacks from NCT 127, Chung Ha, Kang Daniel and Monsta X. The hot release of the week- Yugyeom's dance visual FRANCHISE, THANKS AOMG! And on Unpopular opinions, we comment on the expensive birthday gifts Rose from Blackpink got from her fans. Email> 88chingu@gmail.com for comments, questions & suggestions!

This episode is a bit different, this week, Esme reviews 6 KHipHop songs selected by A. Song list: Bullshit by G-Dragon, Simon Dominic by Simon Dominic, Downtown Baby by Bloo, Solo by Dinamicduo, Tumor (prod. sAewoo) by Swings, and Born Hater by Epik High. We also talk about new releases by IU and Ravi, and in Unpopular opinions: the struggle Idols go through to separate their alter ego and their true self. Email> 88chingu@gmail.com for comments, questions & suggestions!

In this week's episode, we discuss some of the badass women in the industry with comebacks from Hyuna & Chung Ha, and some of the female idol stereotypes, from the good girl image to diets, and the extreme conditions that female trainees and idols have to go through. In news, we talk about the controversy with Han from Straykids, the delay of Super junior's comeback AGAIN, and the preview of Shinee's new album. Email> 88chingu@gmail.com for comments, questions, and suggestions!

In this second episode, we talk about the avalanche of comebacks this past week. U-Know is back with Thank U and Eeeny Meeny, Bobby is also back with U MAD? and Oneus with No Diggity. We also talk about what is coming next month with comebacks scheduled for Shinee and Super Junior. In news, we talk about GOT7 again, the confirmed lineup for Kingdom and Mamamoo's contract renewal. Email> 88chingu@gmail.com for comments, questions or suggestions!