In this episode we check the switch ups from Twice, NCT and IU + we discuss the very anticipated Billlie debut.1:40 Twice – Scientist24:00 NCT - Favorite (vampire)34:25 IU - Strawberry Moon37:15 B.I. - Cosmos37:40 Boyz - Maverick38:40 One

The Rookie Rank shake ups (Pixy, Tri.be, Lightsum, Pritti-G, Hot Issue,...)

Dec 20th, 2021 1h 38m

A rookie ranks special episode. Will any of these rookie groups take Stayc's crown?2:20 Posh Girls – Got Chu6:45 Pritti-G – Hola15:10 Azer Blossom - Elegante25:15 Ichillin’ – Got’ya34:40 Hot Issue – Icons42:30 Pixy - Addicted1:00:30 Tri

Oh my gosh, don’t you know we are actually little kids? (aespa, Twice, Key, Yukika, Jo Yuri, Craxy,…)

Dec 11th, 2021 1h 43m

We get knee-deep on aespa’s universe and share our thoughts on Twice’s western debut.2:00 Aespa - Savage39:05 Twice – The Feels1:00:15 Key – Bad Love1:05:10 Yukika – Tokyo Lights1:10:15 Jo Yuri – Glassy1:14:00 Craxy – Gaia1:22:40 Luna -

That means we are teenage korean girls (Itzy, STAYC, Purple Kiss, Yukika, Bibi, Loona,...)

Dec 4th, 2021 2h 4m

Itzy unleashes their first full album and Stayc and Purple Kiss battle it out for the best spot in our rookie ranks.1:30 Itzy - Loco17:00 STAYC – Stereotype31:30 Purple Kiss – Zombie58:10 Bibi - Pado1:00:50 Baek A Yeon – 0%1:02:50 Lee Hi

The fromis_9 triangle theorem (Red Velvet, fromis_9, Stray Kids, Eunbi, Somi, Brave Girls, Loona, Seori, Key, Youha,… )

Oct 17th, 2021 2h

The queens are back. Red Velvet, Somi and fromis_9 agreed to release music in the same time period and Eunbi joins the party with her solo debut2:10 Red Velvet - Queendom20:00 fromis_9 – Talk & Talk32:25 Eunbi - Door48:35 Somi – Dumb Dumb5

You can Tweet at us! @nknlpodcast (Weeekly, Dreamcatcher, Sunmi, D.O. AKMU, …)

Oct 9th, 2021 1h 13m

Past present and future summer vibes.2:00 Weeekly - Holiday Party17:35 Dreamcatcher - BEcause30:55 Sunmi – You can’t sit with us47:10 Cherry Coke – love game in summer49:20 D.O – Rose51:10 Hyolin & Dasom – Summer or summer52:40 AKMU – Ne

Rollin' into the summer season (Twice, Brave Girls, NCT Dream, 2PM, Soyeon, Taeyeon, Sori, Even of Day, Weeekly,...)

Sep 26th, 2021 1h 7m

The freshest releases for the summer season.1:30 Brave Girls – Chi Mat Ba Ram8:40 Twice – Alcohol free18:20 NCT Dream – Hello Future21:10 Soyeon (G)I-dle – Beam Beam30:40 Sori – Deja Vu33:00 Taeyeon – Weekend36:55 Even of Day (Day6) – Ri

HASEUL IS BACK! - [&] and PTT discussion - (Music, MV, Performances, Lore and more)

Sep 12th, 2021 2h

In depth discussion of Loona's [&] comeback.3:30 Paint The Town (P.T.T) song discussion21:55 Music Video discussion35:20 Lore discussion53:50 Live performances1:04:50 Track by track discussion1:05:00 &1:09:30 Wow1:15:30 Be honest1:23:0

Rookie ranks special: girl crush was the devil (aespa, woo!ah!, lightsum, tri.be, Hot Issue,...)

Aug 28th, 2021 2h 4m

In this special episode, we do a big shake up to our rookie ranks after the wave of summer releases2:00 Red Square graduation6:00 Secret Number graduation9:40 woo!ah! graduation + Purple23:45 Hot Issue – Gratata28:30 aespa – Next Level45:

Anti-brainwashing protection (Everglow, Joy, Weeekly TXT, GWSN, B.I)

Jul 4th, 2021 1h 17m

Joy brings out the Joy of the panel and Everglow make their boldest release yet.1:45 Everglow – First16:05 Joy – Hello30:00 Weeekly – 7Days Tension34:50 TXT – 0x1=LOVESONG41:00 Loona [&] Choerry teaser live reaction46:50 GWNS – Like it ho

Grown-up kpop (Oh My Girl, fromis_9, BTS, WJSN: The Black, Heize, Rocket Punch, NCT Dream, Taemin)

Jun 12th, 2021 1h 55m

This episode is all about groups with several years under their belt, that have mature their sound.2:00 Oh My Girl – Dun Dun Dance18:40 fromis_9 – We Go41:00 BTS – Butter56:00 WJSN: The Black – Easy1:06:10 Yuqi (from (G)I-dle) – Giant1:13

The panda expressification era (Itzy, Twice, Enhypen, Highlight, Bibi, ph1, Hot Issue, …)

Jun 2nd, 2021 1h 50m

Itzy takes a left turn, Bibi sticks on her line while Twice fuses their different sounds for their latest japanese release.1:25 Itzy – Mafia in the morning28:30 Bibi – Bad, sad and mad38:00 Twice – Kkura Kkura45:10 ph1 – 365&7, Cheeze – Lo

Dotes for Antidote (Kang Daniel, SHINee, NU'EST, Wheein, DAY6, Majors, Davichi)

May 22nd, 2021 1h 22m

In this episode we tackle SHINee's transformative repackage album, and Kang Daniel's trilogy closer YELLOW, as well as new releases from DAY6, Whee In, NU'EST and Majors.1:25 SHINee - Atlantis16:30 Kang Daniel – Antidote32:00 Rookie Ranks: M

Salad ballad (STAYC, Wendy, Sejeong, Yukika, Baekhyun, WJSN, OnlyOneOf, 3YE, Lunarsolar)

Apr 27th, 2021 2h 9m

We tackle the divisive Stayc comeback, as well as the interesting different approaches from soloists Yukika, Sejeong, Wendy and much more.1:25 Stayc - ASAP26:10 Yukika – Insomnia38:20 Kookie rant (Yukika, Sejeong and Wendy)44:50 Wendy – Lik

Expectations vs Reality (IU, Weeekly, Purple Kiss, Jackson Wang, Pentagon, Mirae, Dreamcatcher,...)

Apr 17th, 2021 1h 43m

This episode is all about expectations, both from rookie groups trying to get the spotlight like Weeekly and Purple Kiss, to well stablished artists like IU.1:20 IU – Lilac14:30 Purple Kiss – Ponzoña31:40 Weeekly – After School52:30 Rookie

What a coinkydink (Rosé, ATEEZ, WayV, Majors, Rain, Neon Bunny,...)

Apr 10th, 2021 1h 45m

Rosé gets to debut and WayV and ATEEZ get slightly out of their comfort zone with mixed results. Some new rookie debuts to spice things up fror our Rookie ranks, plus a wave of indie releases that took our attention.2:45 Rosé – On the ground1

Sometimes you gotta be bold (Sunmi, Chungha, SHINee, Kang Daniel, ONF, Tri.be, Keembo)

Apr 3rd, 2021 1h 56m

Some of the veteran artists are feeling really bold in 2021, and that's the reason why we have this stacked episode with long awaited releases from SHINee, Chung Ha and Sunmi. But it's not all about the bold releases, Keembo, Kang Daniel and ON

Can't wait for GIRL CRUSH! (aespa, Purple Kiss, Bibi, Youra, E.X.I.D., Momoland, ...)

Mar 27th, 2021 1h 47m

The big profile rookies go for unconventional follow up singles and we place some ridiculous bets for Kpop in 20212:30 Rookie ranks: cignature graduating4:00 Purple Kiss – Can we talk again18:30 aespa – Forever34:10 Bibi – Eat my love39:00

Cool is not Hyuna either (Dreamcatcher, IU, Hyuna, Cherry Bullet, Epik High,...)

Mar 24th, 2021 1h 51m

2021 first heavy hitter releases take us from the familiarity of Dreamcatcher's rock, to the new ground of mainstream IU, with some surprises from Cherry Bullet, Epik High and Itzy.1:43 Dreamcatcher – Odd Eye20:20 IU – Celebrity30:45 Hyuna

Old Cheese & a time capsule (Treasure, (G)I-dle, TWICE, Youha, Woo!ah!, AleXa,...)

Mar 21st, 2021 1h 45m

Starting Season 3 having a look at the first releases to start the year, plus look back at our 2020 time capsule.1:50 (G)I-dle – HWAA21:13 Treasure – My Treasure32:00 TWICE – Cry For Me36:55 Youha – A bittipsy39:25 Woo!ah! – I don’t miss U

NKNL's Best of 2020 in kpop (album, song, performance, group, rookies, MV, ...)

Mar 12th, 2021 3h 31m

Join us why we look back at the best releases from 2020 in kpop. We cover everything from songs, albums, music videos... to best cover, best concept in our longest episode yet. 0:02:00 MV of the year0:23:10 Bonus Cool award: A minute of momen

The IZ*ONE formula (BoA, NCT 2020, IZ*ONE, woo!ah!, Purple Kiss, Baek Yerin, Enhyphen,...)

Feb 11th, 2021 1h 50m

Last episode before our best of the year episode. Everyone decided to drop long format albums, from 20 year veteran BoA, to big mega groups IZ*ONE and NCT, but not forgetting indie darling Baek Yerin. Also, big shake ups in the rookie ranks, wi

Curb your aespa (Gfriend, æspa, STAYC, Akmu, Momoland, BTS,...)

Feb 9th, 2021 1h 35m

Gfirend shaking things up and high profile debuts from aespa and Stayc for our last regular episode of 2020.1:10 - Gfriend – MAGO14:18 aespa – Black Mamba31:21 Stayc – So bad46:30 Rookie Ranks1:06:00 Loona – Star MV discussion1:14:30 AKMU

Impactful enough (TWICE, K/DA, Secret Number, CIX, TXT, Dreamcatcher, ...)

Feb 7th, 2021 1h 21m

Some Twice hot takes and some rookie ranks shake upsNote: There is some synchronization issues with the recording, sorry for the inconvenience.1:17 Twice - Can’t stop me24:30 KD/A – More34:30 Rookie Ranks : Secret Number – Got that Boom47:

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LOONA's back, Check it, Why Not? Do it! (music, MV, performance and lore discussion)

Dec 12th, 2020 2h 37m

The long anticipated comeback. We got together to fanboy over Loona’s [12:00] (Midnight) with a big deep dive were we cover the title track, the MV, the album, the performances, the lore, and even the styling and the hair!Join us in this 2 hou