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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I’m so confused by some of the reactions to the new Showgirl tracks because I feel like I just heard four normal pop songs?

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ooh this is going straight on the Worst K-pop Singles of 2026 list. Exciting www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lufa...

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ROSÉ - new trick (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Help what is wrong with this song, it's so unsettling I feel like I'm minutes from death www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDf7...

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Say Now - Met my match (Official Music Video)

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Unfortunately I have to inform you all that this SuperM song does still hold up in the year 2026. I hate to admit it but it's undeniably a banger www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Myv...

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SuperM 슈퍼엠 ‘One (Monster & Infinity)’ MV

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Books I read in 2026 (extremely belated but not too late yet!):

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Five consecutive rows of seats on the commuter rail today where every person in the window seat had their bag on the seat next to them instead of leaving space for an actual person to sit there… some people should not be allowed to participate in society if they can’t fucking behave themselves.

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I took the lazy way out with my blurb but hey, if that ain’t the Katseye way

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Fascinating cultural relic. It's also bad but it's fascinating www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrUv...

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Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop (Official Video)

YouTube video by MileyCyrusVEVO

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The way this slams into the chorus is almost giving IVE lol. Is anyone else there with me www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqqr...

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MONSTA X 몬스타엑스 'MAGIC' MV

YouTube video by STARSHIP

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maura johnston @maura.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

just did this and it works like a charm. hooray for the pre-ai internet tenbluelinks.org

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How to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Two roads diverged in a post-Brat wood and I took the one that had Nicole Kidman? www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFA1...

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Troye Sivan - She’s the Best (Official Music Video)

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The Singles Jukebox @singlesjukebox.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Interested in joining our team and writing about new pop music? We are taking applications: thesinglesjukebox.com/the-singles-...

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The Singles Jukebox is looking for new writers – The Singles Jukebox

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I'm actually still going to do this!! I swear!!!

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Chat is this a safe space? The BTS show was not good, it felt like a community theater show with pyrotechnics.

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Good news, I just figured out what the subhead is going to be for Aespa - Lemonade when it makes the next Pop Excellence list

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

They're releasing psychotropic drugs in the r/kpop thread bc how the fuck are stans positive on this lol. Is this not just Hybe monetizing the vicious harassment of a bunch of young women? www.youtube.com/watch?v=27C4...

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LE SSERAFIM (르세라핌) x ILLIT (아일릿) x KATSEYE (캣츠아이) 'ICONIC BY MISTAKE' Official MV

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Experiencing genuine unbridled joy at how good the SHINee comeback is music.apple.com/us/album/atm...

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Atmos - The 6th Mini Album - EP by SHINee on Apple Music

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Just learned how to do something in Wordpress that would've been super helpful to know literal years ago... mentally I am hitting myself with hammers

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Explaining the complex sociocultural dynamics of the Katseye drama to my parents at dinner

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I wrote about Basic by Brown Eyed Girls—a great album by one of the most underappreciated K-pop groups of all time—for @sneek.bsky.social's newsletter! thissidejapan.substack.com/p/monthly-li...

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Monthly Listening: K-pop Edition 2026

This year's That Side of K-pop takeover features Korean music recommendations from our friends of the newsletter

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

This series is consuming my life rn—I highly recommend for people who like incredibly thoughtful and fully realized fantasy worldbuilding, plus excellent execution of secret identity plots

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Not one but TWO whole Dr. Luke songs on the new Blackpink album… genuinely fuck off

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Our voters’ individual ballots for the Pop Excellence K-pop list are posted now, if you’d like to see what each of us voted for! Plus answers to some bonus questions and stats about each contributor’s ballot. popexcellence.wordpress.com/2026/02/12/o...

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Our Favorite K-pop Singles of 2025: Individual Ballots and Bonus Questions

Come judge our choices! And also look at our answers to a few bonus questions about the year in K-pop music, plus some stats about where each voter’s ballot stands relative to the overall res…

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

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Our Favorite K-pop Singles of 2025: Individual Ballots and Bonus Questions

Come judge our choices! And also look at our answers to a few bonus questions about the year in K-pop music, plus some stats about where each voter’s ballot stands relative to the overall res…

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Part two of the Pop Excellence K-pop list is out now, with our writers' individual picks! This year, I had each of us choose a song from our ballots to add to the list, so that we could highlight some personal favorites that didn't receive any other votes. popexcellence.wordpress.com/2026/02/10/o...

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Our Favorite K-pop Singles of 2025: 14-21 (Writers’ Picks)

We launch into the main list after honorable mentions, but it’s a little different this time! We are going to find a way of making K-pop in 2025 interesting and unpredictable, whether it like…

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

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Our Favorite K-pop Singles of 2025: 14-21 (Writers’ Picks)

We launch into the main list after honorable mentions, but it’s a little different this time! We are going to find a way of making K-pop in 2025 interesting and unpredictable, whether it like…

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

The Pop Excellence K-pop singles list is back for another year! We’ve put together a good set of songs (despite what sometimes felt like active sabotage from the K-pop industry to prevent it) and are starting today with some honorable mentions for 2025.

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Our Favorite K-pop Singles of 2025: Introduction and Honorable Mentions

Welcome back to another year of the Pop Excellence K-pop list, where I organize a group of writers and K-pop fans and tackle tough questions such as: What was the best K-pop music of the year? How …

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I've been working on finishing touches for the K-pop list for almost the entire day since late morning... please appreciate it when it comes out lol

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I wrote about my least favorite K-pop singles of 2025, because there was some real crap that came out last year and I felt like someone had to say something about it. popexcellence.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/m...

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My Least Favorite K-pop Singles of 2025

I’m a firm believer in constructive criticism—and sometimes, construction has to begin with demolition. 2025 was a bafflingly bad year for K-pop, not even because it was packed with catastrophicall…

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

You know me I don't share fundraisers unless I can tell you I trust them with my whole heart and my own wallet. This one gets protective gear to legal observers in Minneapolis / Saint Paul www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip...

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Donate to Help Equip Twin Cities Legal Observers with PPE, organized by Jac Kovarik

I have been involved in rapid response in the Twin Cities area since the b… Jac Kovarik needs your support for Help Equip Twin Cities Legal Observers with PPE

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Was just leaving the @taskmaster.tv Boston show when I realized something, does @alexhorne.bsky.social know the Boston land/sea vehicles you can take tours on are called duck boats??

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

I’ve already finished two books in 2026, please clap

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Sometimes I do like being a hater

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

An SM group singing live on a music show with hand mics and super sharp and in sync choreo... the world has changed www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZze...

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FOCUS - Hearts2Hearts (하츠투하츠) [뮤직뱅크/Music Bank] | KBS 251114 방송

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I got a sticker from the train conductor today 👌🏻

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Oh god I just realized I have to start thinking about the Pop Excellence K-pop list in two weeks 😭 Are we even gonna agree on 20 songs this year

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Kayla B @kaylabeardslee.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I'm used to K-pop using murder as this over-the-top "lol just kidding" layer pasted on to make an MV more exciting, where it's subtext at best in the actual song, but nope I think Miyeon's character here literally killed a man and is singing about it from prison lmao www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXWE...