Author: marymekpop
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Infinity Challenge end its long run of 13 years
Gaaah, all good things must unfortunately come to an end. Popular MBC show ‘Infinity Challenge’ recently ended its first season run of 13 years on Saturday, March 31. After the announcement of the departure of PD Kim Taeho, there were follow-up announcements regarding the end of the show. I would be lying if I said…
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K-Variety Show Time Recap!: Running Man episode 377
As I continue to experiment with the new updates to the blog and try some new things, I thought that I’d provide recaps on current Korean variety shows that I’m watching. There aren’t that many blogs or website that provide recaps of Korean variety shows (that I know of) so I thought.. why not try…
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[What Mary Thinks] Go Back Couple travels back in time in charm and character
It’s rare to come across Korean dramas I’ve never intended to watch, but then watch and totally fall in love with it to the point where I marathon all the released episodes. And that is exactly what happened with finished ‘Go Back Couple’ starring Jang Nara and Son Ho-jun. As one of the many dramas…
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Red Velvet impresses with most recent comeback ‘Peek-a-Boo’
Oh ho ho. I’m not the biggest fan of Red Velvet (or any SM group for that matter), but from time to time I’ll check out their songs and music especially if there’s some kind of buzz around their comeback. After hearing many people talk about their latest comeback ‘Peek-a-Boo’, I decided to check out…
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Discuss Away!: Mad Dog finale
Aww, I’m going to miss this drama. Maybe not so much for the complicated, sometimes frustrating, and sometimes boring push and pull game we had between our Mad Dog team and the villains, but more for the Mad Dog team themselves. I am so going to miss their team dynamic. I’m a little sad that…
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Former EXO member Kris Wu reveals that he no longer keeps in contact with EXO
I usually don’t post about small interviews like this, but I just wanted to talk about this topic specifically today because I thought it was interesting. On a radio show, former EXO member Kris was asked by the radio DJ if he still keeps in contact with the members of EXO despite having left the…
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KARD returns with ‘You in Me’
2017 has been an interesting year for co-ed group KARD. They made their first appearance last year in November with ‘Oh Nana’ and blew up internationally. They then returned with two other pre-debut tracks ‘Don’t Recall’ and ‘Rumor’ before finally officially debuting in Korea with ‘Hola Hola.’ The co-ed group recently made another comeback titled…
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2017 KBS Drama Special recap: If We Were a Season
There was no way I could pass up on this one. KBS returned with their annual Korean drama specials and the first series starred up and coming actors Jang Dong-yoon (School 2017) and Chae Soo-bin (Strongest Deliveryman). Since two of the well-liked actors starred in the same drama, I knew I had to check it…
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Discuss Away!: Because This Life is Our First finale
Aww, I’m gonna miss this drama. It was so simple but endearing and easy to watch. Almost everything about this drama was perfect and it totally exceeded my expectations. I came in watching this drama with no expectations and left feeling mind-blown. It’s always bittersweet bidding farewell with a drama that provided you with such…
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#HappySeokjinDay: Happy Birthday to Mr. Worldwide Handsome and BTS’s eldest member Jin!
Yayaaaay! It’s December 4th in Korea which means it’s BTS’s Jin’s birthday! As with every other member’s birthday, the boys posted videos and tweets on their official Twitter account of them surprising Jin with a birthday cake. Suga posted a funny tweet saying: Happy birthday to our eldest hyung Jin #It’sSuga #HyungIsNow27 #I’m26 #HeukHeuk* #We’reInOurLateTwenties…
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