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We're back in 2024! In this episode, we look back on 2023 and discuss some of the noteworthy events. We also give the first half of the prestigious CK Kpop Podcast awards. Comeback Reviews: 8turn, Ateez, Hui (Pentagon), Choi Yena, Jimin (BTS), Itzy.

We run through the winners of MAMAs 2023, discussing any surprises or snubs. Comeback reviews: Enhypen, SoyeonxWinterxLiz, Dreamcatcher, Vixx, The Boyz, ZB1, Babymonster, Kiss of Life.

We talk about our top 5 favorite stages from Kingdom: Legendary War the play a round of Guess Who: Idol Edition. Comeback Reviews: Kiss of Life, Stray Kids, Red Velvet Soojin, aespa.

Song of the Week: Screen Time- Epik High (feat. Hoshi of Seventeen)

We discuss what factors contribute to groups having more international over domestic (Korean) success and vice versa as well as talk about how they can achieve the ultimate goal: success in both. Comeback Reviews: Weeekly, Cravity, Viviz, Golden Child, Jungkook, ZB1, Youngjae.

We talk about the uniquely named FNC Entertainment! Comeback Reviews: One Pact, Jessi, Ghost 9, Le Sserafim, Riize, NiziU, Taemin.

The nominations for the 2023 MAMAs award show are out! We go over the various categories and talk through our picks for the winner of each award. Comeback Reviews: Sunmi, Chuu, NCT New Team, Chanyeol (EXO), Seventeen, Billlie.

We go through our subjective ranking of our top 7 favorite male vocalists. Then its Charlie's turn to 'guess the idol' in a round of 20 questions. Comeback reviews: TXT, 82MAJOR, IVE, Lightsum, Wheein (Mamamoo), Ailee, Bobby (IKON).

This week we cover Woollim entertainment and discuss how it could further build on the success of its early groups. Comeback reviews: ONF, EPEX, NCT 127, IVE, G(I)-DLE, Just B.

This week we talk about the role foreign kpop idols have in the industry and their future as kpop continues to grow outside of South Korea. Comeback Reviews: ONEUS, Billlie, Jo Kwangmin (Boyfriend), Jungkook (BTS).

Reminder that the topics brought up in this episode cover some potentially sensitive issues and this episode if not meant to offend anyone, simply discuss a topic. If you have an opposing view or disagree with something we say and wish to discuss it, please do so respectfully.

We rank our favorite stages featuring collaborations between artists and then it's Charlie's turn to guess whether a kpop fact is true or false! Comeback Reviews: Tempest, Yuju, Fantasy Boys, IVE, Kep1er.

What the members of Pgroups formed through the Produce 101 series ranged from debuting as a soloist to leaving being an idol behind and becoming an actor/actress. We stack up various Post-Produce artists and compare and contrast their success. Comeback Reviews: Weeekly, V (BTS), EL7Z U+P, TXT x Anitta, D.O. (EXO), EVNNE, Looesmble.

We talk about RBW and how they've grown since debuting Mamamoo back in 2014. Comeback Reviews: Riize, Hwasa, V (BTS), boynextdoor, Purple Kiss, Lee Chaeyeon, Rocket Punch, Key (SHINee), Cravity, Kim Sejeong.

00:00- Intro

01:53- Riize

06:21- Hwasa

12:32- V (BTS)

15:24- boysnextdoor

18:22- Purple Kiss

23:11- Lee Chaeyeon

25:39- Rocket Punch

29:10- Key (SHINee)

33:03- Cravity

36:22- Kim Sejeong

46:06- Main Topic

01:12:34- Outro

We met up in person to go over 23 comebacks that we missed throughout July and August! Comeback Reviews: Jungkook (BTS), Kiss of Life, New Jeans (x2), ZB1, EXO, NMIXX, NCT Dream, Itzy, Oh My Girl, Treasure, Kwon Eunbi, The Boyz, Jeon Somi, Jo Yuri, V (BTS), StayC, Jihyo (Twice), Everglow, Hyo (Girls Generation), Secret Number, NCT 2023, and NCT U.

We're back from vacation to go over everything that happened during Queendom Puzzle!

We pick out some of our favorite comebacks (based on song, mv, concept, or just overall) as of June 2023!

It seems like more and more groups are hoping on the pre-release train! We discuss why that might be and whether it has anything to do with New Jeans.

The first episode of our mini episode series! This episode focuses on TikTok and how it has influenced the Kpop industry in recent years.

We see the results of the signal song battle and then get into the first two performances of the remix battle in episode 3 of Queendom Puzzle. Comeback reviews: IM (MonstaX), 8turn, SHINee, Kim Jaehwan, Yena.

We speed-run 2 weeks of comebacks and then get into the first two episodes of the new show Queendom Puzzle! Comeback Reviews: TNX, P1Harmony, VAV, EXO, SHINee, Ren (NU'EST), DKB, Ateez, Kang Daniel, NCT Dream.

We take a look at the participants and what we know so far about the new survival show Queendom Puzzle! Comeback Reviews: Stray Kids, Nine to Six, Taeyong (NCT), fromis_9.

We pick out our top 5 favorite female aces and then play a round of Guess Who! Comeback Reviews: Kard, Jay Park, Secret Number, Dreamcatcher, AB6IX, CIX, Boynextdoor.

In this episode, we go a bit into the company that belongs to 4/9 of the ZB1 members: Yuehua! Comeback Reviews: Younite, Enhypen, Verivery, Mijoo, Joohoney (Monsta X).

We compare and contrast knetizens and kpop stan twitter and talk about the tension between the two groups. Comeback Reviews: (G)I-DLE (x2), Babymonster

We talk about some of the bigger scandals in recent kpop and various ways groups have handled them. Comeback Reviews: aespa, BtoB, iKON, ONEUS.

To celebrate the one-year mark of the podcast we go through our top 5 favorite CK Kpop Podcast episodes and play a game of 3 truths and 2 lies. Thank you so much for all your support this past year and we hope you continue to enjoy the pod! Comeback Reviews: Epex, WOODZ, Taeyang, Suga, iKON, ONEUS, Le Sserafim.

We made it to the end of Boys Planet! Thank you to everyone who tuned in and congratulations to all the Zero Base One members! Comeback Reviews: Drippin, Suga, Seventeen.

Down to the final 18 trainees! Join us as we talk about some of the surprising and not-so-surprising results in the third elimination. Comeback Reviews: Lee Chaeyeon, Park Jihoon, Yeeun, NCT Dojaejung, Tempest, Lee Gikwang (Highlight)

Boys Planet is wrapping up as the last non elimination episode covers the rest of the Artist mission stages. Comeback Reviews: Apink, IVE, Kep1er, Agust D, Mark (NCT), Kard.

Join us to talk about all the drama of the reshuffling of groups and interpersonal conflicts in episode 9 of Boys Planet! Plus the first two Artist mission performances: Supercharger and En Garde. Comeback Reviews: BamBam, Billlie, Mamamoo+, Jisoo, Kim Wooseok.

It's time for the second elimination! Time to watch dreams get crushed on international television as they cut the number of trainees down to 28 from 51. We also get our first looks at the original songs and groups for the Artist mission. Comeback Reviews: Bobby, Jimin, NMIXX, Mamamoo+, IVE.

The final episode with 51 trainees saw the end of the dual position stages and a whole lot of evil editing. Join us as we talk about some of the high and low points of this episode. Comeback Reviews: NMIXX, Jimin, Bobby.

Episode 6 of Boys Planet revealed the songs and groups for the new take on the position evaluation. We go over the first four performances and talk about why these stages tend to be some of our favorites of the whole show. Comeback Reviews: Cherry Bullet, Yuju, Nicole (Kara), Twice, Kai (EXO).

The first eliminations are upon us as we go from 93 trainees to 52! We break down who's in, who's out, and who placed in an unexpected position. Comeback Reviews: OnlyOneOf, Cravity, Onew, j-hope.  

Episode 4 of Boys Planet sees the end of the cover stages and is the last chance for trainees to make an impression before the first elimination. Comeback Reviews: WOODZ, Woojin (AB6IX), Hwang Minhyun. 

Edit 3/6: This is the actual episode (the previously posted one was an error. Sorry!)

The signal song performances are over and it's time for the first few group battle stages! We unpack episode 3 of Boys Planet and give our thoughts on who is making the biggest impact. Comeback Reviews: StayC, Purple Kiss, TNX, The Boyz. 

Episode 2 of Boys Planet saw the completion of the intro stages and the start of the signal song challenge. We break down our thoughts on the signal song challenge and continued segregation between the Global and Korean trainee groups. Comeback Reviews: Ha Sungwoon, Key, Jay Park. 

The first episode of Boys Planet is here! We do a quick recap and then break down some of the main things we noticed over the course of the episode and some of the trainees who are already making their mark. Comeback Reviews: Epik High, StayC, Seventeen BSS. 

We reveal our top 5 favorite Girls Planet 999 stages in preparation for Boys Planet airing! Then we play a game of Guess Who. Comeback Reviews: Yesung, TXT, NCT 127, Viviz. 

We unpack the Produce series successor show: Girls Planet 999. Comeback Reviews: cignature, Twice, Park Jinyoung (GOT7), Yoo Yeonjung (WJSN). 

We unpack one of the more well-known mid-tier companies: Starship. Comeback Reviews: Monsta X, SF9, Taeyang, Dreamcatcher, GOT the beat, Yena. 

First episode of 2023! We look ahead to some of the shows coming out and what to be on the lookout for this year. Comeback Reviews: NewJeans (x2), Moonbyul, Vernon, WayV, Kai/Seulgi/Jeno/Karina, Ateez, Moonbin&Sanha. 

We wrap up the 2022 kpop year and look ahead into 2023. This is our last episode in 2022. Thank you for tuning in and we will be back in 2023! Comeback Reviews: Minho (SHINee), Super Junior, NCT Dream, Red Velvetxaespa. 

The first of two episodes where we reflect on the year 2022 for Kpop and look ahead into 2023. Plus we give out the prestigious CKKP end-of-year awards for the artists and songs that impressed us most this year. Comeback Reviews: Yoon Jisung, The Boyz, RM. 

We rank our top 5 favorite MAMA performances from this year and then play a couple rounds of 20 Questions: Artist Edition. Comeback Reviews: Kara, Red Velvet, Itzy, P1Harmony, RM (BTS). 

We share our thoughts on some of the MAMA 2022 stages as well as go over the major awards and their recipients. Comeback Reviews: BoA, Tempest, NMIXX, TO1, Kang Daniel.

We go over the infamous blue box, Cube Entertainment, and all their interesting management decisions. Comeback Reviews: Victon, B.I, YooA, Chen (EXO), Verivery, Drippin, Secret Number, woo!ah!, Just B. 

We go over our personal picks for our top 7 female dancers in Kpop and then play a second game of Guess Each Other's ______. Comeback Reviews: AleXa, Jung Eunji (Apink). 

We talk about military enlistment and the various strategies companies use to minimize the impact on their boy groups. Comeback Reviews: Park Bom, YooA, Nature, Highlight. 

We break down the recently released MAMA Nominations and give some of our takes and predictions.

Comeback Reviews: Kihyun, EPEX, CLASSy, Ten, Jin

We talk about some of the attitudes toward idol dating and our thoughts on the topic. Comeback Reviews: (G)I-DLE, Le Sserafim, WEi, Mamamoo, Dreamcatcher, Jo Yuri.