Behind the Pod S3, Episode 1: Kpop and Podfic Origin Stories

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Series 3, Episode 1: Kpop and Podfic Origin Stories

Averytree interviews Signis on their sixteen years in kpop fandom, how they started making podfic before even knowing what it was, and some interesting quirks of their recording process. Averytree shares their kpop and podfic origin stories, and they talk about reasons why kpop has less podfic than other fandoms of equal size. Originally recorded during Voiceteam Mystery Box for Team Kpop.

Duration - 01:02:27

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Here is the collection of all the podfic made by Team Kpop: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/VoiceteamMysteryBox2020TeamKpop

0:1:26 Signis' first Kpop MV was Kim Jin Pyo's "As Evil". Since this conversation, the youtube video has been removed! :(

0:4:20 Signis also mentions Cha Tae Hyun's "Again to Me".

0:5:00 The kpop group DBSK, alternately called TVXQ, debuted in 2003 with SM Entertainment.

0:5:30 SM Entertainment is one of the "big three" kpop companies that has dominated the industry since the 1990s. The other traditional "big three" companies are JYP and YG. As Bighit/Hybe (the company which manages BTS) continues to grow and dominate it's become almost a bit obsolete to talk about the big three, it should be big four now.

0:6:30 Averytree's first Kpop group EXO is also a boy group from SM Entertainment. They debuted in 2012.

0:7:00 Moonlovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo is a 20 episode kdrama starring soloist IU (Lee Jieun) as a 21st century woman who is transported back in time to the Goryeo Dynasty (mid-900s Korea). Baekhyun of EXO stars as one of 14 royal princes, many of whom fall in love with the headstrong, smart, funny lead.

0:8:00 Averytree's first kpop MVs were "Kokobop" by EXO, "Hey Mama" by EXO-CBX and "The One" by EXO-CBX.

0:9:00 A "comeback" refers to every time a kpop group releases music, whether a single, a mini album or full-length album. Kpop groups often release multiple albums per year, sometimes a one or two mini albums which are then repackaged into a full length album. They also often release singles for events such as the anniversary of their debut date.

0:9:45 Vlive is a site where many kpop groups do live videos, some planned, some spontaneous and random.

0:11:40 Super Junior is the next major boy group which SM launched after TVXQ, debuting in 2005. Signis mentions the single from their second album, "Don't Don".

0:12:20 SHINee is another SM boy group; they debuted in 2008 when Taemin, the youngest member, was 14.

0:13:20 SHINee's "Sherlock" is from their 2012 mini-album Sherlock.

0:14:00 2pm is a kpop boy group managed by JYP. They debuted in 2008.

0:15:30 EXO's "Love shot" is the title track from their 2018 repackage album Love Shot.

0:16:50 NCT-127 is get another SM boy group; they debuted in 2016.

0:17:20 SuperM is a "supergroup" which SM debuted in fall 2019 with Taemin from SHINee; Baekhyun and Kai from EXO; Taeyong and Mark from NCT-127; and Ten and Lucas from WayV. This group was initially marketed most heavily in the US, and their first mini-album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, pushed in part by the fact it was bundled with ticket sales for their first US tour.

0:18:20 Taemin's "Danger" is the single off his first solo mini-album, Ace from 2014.

0:19:30 "Jopping" is the single from SuperM's first mini-album; this song is pure meme fodder, but also, a bop.

0:20:30 Korean-Canadian Mark Lee is the youngest member of SuperM; he is also part of the groups NCT-127, NCT U and NCT Dream. This boy deserves a nap.

0:23:00 The first podfic Signis listened to was the 36 hour Gundam Wing epic The Arrangement written by Maldoror read by Opalsong.

0:25:20 Averytree is relatively sure the first podfic they listened to was Business and Pleasure written by Belyste and read by Pennyplainknits, but has not re-listened to verify.

0:31:50 The first podfic Averytree recorded was their own short Night Circus story October 28th 1901 (this is the re-recorded version from 2020).

0:32:00 The Informal Twitter Podfic Exchange, or ITPE.

0:33:00 The first podfic Signis posted was Not My Business, a BTS story with Namjoon written as a trans woman.

0:59:00 BTS's BE rooms recreated in The Sims by ShinySherlock.

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