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SMTOWN: Hope From Kwangya

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Hope From Kwangya  is the last lead single from the SMTown album 2021 Winter SM Town: SMCU Express. The song features over 25 members from across their generations of kpop from 1st gen to fourth gen kpop. Released on December 27, 2021 it features as the 10th and final track on the album. Written and composed by Kangta, the song is also composed by Kenzie. It serves as the second lead from the album behind Aespa’s rendition of Dreams come True released 7 days prior. Hope From Kwangya features SMTOWN members Kangta (Formerly HOT), BoA, Yunho (TVXQ), Changmin (TVXQ), Leeteuk (Super Junior), Shindong (Super Junior), Eunhyuk (Super Junior),Kyuhyun (Super Junior), Taeyeon (Girls’ Generation), Hyoyeon (Girls’ Generation), Onew (Shinee), Minho (Shinee), Kai (EXO), Irene (Red Velvet), Seulgi (Red Velvet), Wendy (Red Velvet), Yeri (Red Velvet), Taeyong (NCT), Doyoung (NCT), Mark (NCT), Jeno (NCT), Jaemin (NCT) Yangyang (NCT), Karina (Aespa, and Giselle (Aespa), at the average age of 28.9...

BLACKPINK: Ddu-du Ddu-du

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Ddu-du Ddu-du released  by BLACKPINK on June 15, 2018 and was the lead single from the album square up. Featured as the first track on the album, the song's lyrics are written by Teddy, composed by Teddy, 24, R.tee, and Bekuh Boom with arrangements by Teddy, 24, and R.Tee.  It had been 358 days since their last Korean release of As If Its's Your Last, and 311 days since their last release of their Japaneses EP BLACKPINK.  The song features members Lisa, Jennie, Jisoo, and Rose with the average age of the members being 21.8 years old. Ddu-du ddu-du has around 324 words with the majority sung in English around 185 words (57.1%) and 139 words in Korean (42.9%). Between the four members there was an average number of 80 words, with a standard deviation of 26.2 and margin of error of 13.1. Only 4 (1.2%) words were sung in unison with the 320 (98.8%) words being sung in individual sections. Jennie has the highest sung words with member Jisoo having the least amount of word...

Red Velvet: Oh Boy

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  Oh Boy A b-side by Red Velvet was released on September 9, 2015 as track #5 on the studio album The Red. Lyrics were written by Ku Tae-woo with composition and arrangement by Herbie Circhlow, Lauren Dyson, Jin Suk Choi, and LDN Noise. Oh Boy features members Irene, Joy, Seulgi, Wendy and Yeri at the average age of 20 years old. Oh Boy had a total of 265 words with 73.2% (194 words) in Korean versus 26.8% (71 words) in English. 94 words (35.5%) were sung in unison with 171 words (64.5%) were split between the members. The average was 37.2 words with a standard deviation of 13.2 words and a margin of error of 5.9 words. Member Seulgi had the highest number of words while member Yeri had the least. Rank Seulgi - 58 words Joy - 46 words Wendy - 34 words Irene - 25 words Yeri - 23 words Seulgi - Highest Word Count Oh Boy has a track time of 3 minutes and 8 seconds with a total singing time of 3 minutes and 38 seconds. The track time was taken up by 116% of singing, the reas...

Girls' Generation: Baby Baby Studio Album Re-issue

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  Baby Baby  by Girls’ Generation is their first Korean re-issue of an album Released on March 13, 2008 under the labels SM and Dreamus. The album has a total 14 tracks with 1 lead single and 13 b-sides. It had been 133 days since the release of their first studio album Girls’ Generation (2007). Baby Baby features members Hyoyeon, Jessica, Seohyun, Sunny, Taeyeon, Tiffany, Yoona, and Yuri at the average age of 18.6 years old. This album features the tracks: Lead Singles - Baby Baby B-sides: Girls’ Generation | Kissing You | Into the New World | Ooh La-La | Complete | Merry-go-Round | Tears | Tinkerbell | 7989 | Honey | Kissing You (Skool Rock Remix), Let’s Go Girls’ Generation (Long Version) and Let’s Go Girls’ Generation (Short Version) See Perviours posts to get the breakdown of individual breakdowns for the songs.  This breakdown is  excluding the kissing you Rock Remix and the Let’s Go Girls’ Generation long & short version as they were remixes or melodie...

Girls' Generation: Girls' Generation (2007) Studio Album

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  Girls’ Generation (2007)  by Girls’ Generation was their first Korean studio album released on November 1, 2007. Released under the label SM and Dreamus, the album has a total of 11 tracks with 3 lead singles and 8 b-sides. It has been 90 days since their last album release, the single album Into the New World. Girls’ Generation (2007) features members Hyoyeon, Jessica, Seohyun, Sooyoung, Sunny, Taeyeon, Tiffany, Yoona and Yuri at the average age of 17.6 years old. This album features the tracks: Lead Singles - Girls’ Generation | Kissing You B-sides: Into the New World | Ooh La-La | Baby Baby | Complete | Merry-go-Round | Tears | Tinkerbell | 7989 | Honey See pervious posts where these songs are broken down.  The album features a total of 2,095 words with 1,713 words (81.8%) in Korean versus 419 words (18.2%) in English. About 32% (670 words) sung in unison with 1,425 words divided among the nine members. The average between the members is 176.6 words while the a...

History K-Pop Music Show Awards: October 1998, Week 1 & 2

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October 1998 Week 1 - October 3-4, 1998 Live Music Camp - October 3, 1998 Yang Hyun-seok: Devils’ Smoke 🏆 Inkigayo - October 4, 1998 Uhm Jung-hwa: Poison 🏆🏆 October 1998 Week 2 - October 10 - October 11, 1998 Live Music Camp - October 10, 1998 H.O.T - Line Up 🏆 Inkigayo - October 11, 1998 Sechs Kies - Reckless Love 🏆🏆 Summary of this Week: Yang Hyun-Seok (YG), and H.O.T. each earned their first music show win ever this month. Uhm Jung-Hwa earned her fifth win of the year. Sechs Kies, earned their 10th win of the year, and the first group or artist to earn a total of 10 Music Show Wins ever this month. Wins of the Year (So far): Sechs Kies 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆| (10) Kim Hyun-Jung 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆👑| (8) Yu Seung-Jun 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆👑 👑 | (7) Kim Min-Jong 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆👑| Uhm Jung-hwa 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆👑| (5) Cool 🏆🏆🏆🏆👑| Fin K.L. 🏆🏆🏆🏆| (4) Turbo 🏆🏆🏆👑 | Shin Seung-Hun 🏆🏆🏆👑- | S.E.S 🏆🏆🏆 | (3) JYP 🏆🏆 | Im Chang Jung 🏆🏆| (2) Diva 🏆| Im Chang-Jung 🏆| Bijou 🏆| H.O.T 🏆 ...

IOI: Doyeon

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  Doyeon Born Kim Doyeon on December 4, 1999 in the year of the Hare. A Sagittarius, she is of Korean nationality. Originally from Fantagio Entertainment, she joined the group at the rank of 8. After IOI’s disbandment she debuted in the group Weki Meki under Fantagio Entertainment. During her time in the group she was the visual and vocalist. She was active in the group for a total of 379 days, as she took part in the 10th anniversary comeback. Doyeon had also been a part of the IOI Sub-unit during the group's promotional period. 🫶 Songs Ranked by Time Total Time:  Coming soon... 🫶 Discography Coming soon...

IOI: Knock Knock Knock

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  Knock Knock Knock Was released on May 4, 2016 as a b-side track #3 on the Chrysalis album. The song was written, Composed, and arranged by SEION, with Jang Geun (Double Sidekick,) David Kim both working on lyrics and composition. Long Candy also participated in writing of the lyrics. Knock Knock Knock features members Chaeyeon, Chungha, Doyeon, Kyulkyung, Mina, Nayoung, Sejeong, Somi, Sohye, Yeonjung, and Yoojung at the average age of 18 years old. Knock Knock Knock had a total of 236 words with 84.7% (276 words) in Korean versus 15.3% (50 words) in English. About 20 words (6.1%) were sung in unison while 306 words (93.9%) were divided between the members. The average was 27.8 words with a standard deviation of 16.9 words and a margin of error of 5.1 words. Member Sejeong had the highest number of words while member Doyeon had the least. Rank Sejeong - 66 words Yeonjung - 57 words Yoojung - 31 words Chungha - 28 words Mina - 22 words Nayoung - 21 words Kyulkyung - 20 words ...

SMTOWN: Snowdream 2021

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  Snow Dream 2021 From SMTown was released on December 27, 2021 as the fifth track on 2021 Winter SMTown: SMCU Express. The song was written by Yoon Yoo-sang with compositions written by Svein Finneide, Aslak Johnsson, Ken Ingwersen, Jon-Willy Rydingen, and Erik-Andre Rydingen. Arrangement was also by Hwang seong-Je (ButterFly), Seo Mi-rae (ButterFly), Gyu-Won (ButterFly). Snow Dream 2021 features a variety of different artists from SMTown with NCT members Haechan, Chenle, Sang Jisung, Aespa member Ningning and Red Velvet member Yeri at the average age of 20.2 years old. Snow Dream 2021 had a total of 247 words with 160 words (65%) in Korean versus 87 words (35%) in English. 30.8% (76 words) were sung in unison with 69.2% (171 words) split between the co-ed group. The average was 34.2 words with a standard deviation of 7.6 words and a margin of error of 3.4 words. NCT member Jisung had the highest amount of words while NCT member Haechan had the least. Rank Jisung (NCT) - 4...

BLACKPINK: BLACKPINK EP (Japanese)

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  BLACKPINK (Japanese EP)   is BLACKPINK’s first Japanese EP released on August 30, 2017 under the label YGEX. The album is produced by Teddy, Bekuh Boom, Future Bounce, R.Tee, 24, and Choice37. BLACKPINK has 1 lead single and 5 b-sides. Since their last release, it had been 302 days since Square two. This is the group's first Japanese release. BLACKPINK features members Rose, Jisoo, Jennie, and Lisa at the average age of 20.8 years old. BLACKPINK EP has a total of 6 tracks. The only song that is not included in the list is track #6 as it is an acoustic version of Whistle. Lead Single: Boombayah B-sides: Whistle, Playing with Fire, Stay, and As If It’s Your Last Although all previous songs were lead singles in Korean, the others are considered to be b-sides on this album. BLACKPINK, Japanese EP, had a total of 1,744 words with 36.6% (639 words) in Japanese, 2.7% (47 words) in Korean, versus 60.7% (1,058 words) in English. The album is sung mostly in individual sect...