
The Pinnacle of SM Entertainment Girl Groups
03/01/25 • 107 min
On today’s episode, show hosts Ellis Tan and Justin Le walk down memory lane and discuss the history of all the SM Entertainment girl groups, including their newest girl group, Hearts2Hearts (하츠투하츠). Ten Years Ago Today sees the separation of Se7en (세븐) from his longtime agency, YG Entertainment, and Taeyang (태양) ends his first solo world tour, RISE.
Chapters
(00:00:00) Intro
(00:08:26) 1st Gen : S.E.S & M.I.L.K.
(00:19:17) 2nd Gen : The Grace, Girls’ Generation, & f(x)
(00:48:53) 3rd Gen : Red Velvet
(01:03:02) 4th Gen : aespa
(01:24:50) 5th Gen : Hearts2Hearts
(01:29:04) Prospect Patch
(01:33:28) Ten Years Ago Today
(01:41:10) Final Thoughts & Outro
The Diaries of an MZ Generation podcast discusses a range of topics centering around South Korean culture, music, and entertainment.
This podcast is a part of the Selective Hearing network of podcasts.
On today’s episode, show hosts Ellis Tan and Justin Le walk down memory lane and discuss the history of all the SM Entertainment girl groups, including their newest girl group, Hearts2Hearts (하츠투하츠). Ten Years Ago Today sees the separation of Se7en (세븐) from his longtime agency, YG Entertainment, and Taeyang (태양) ends his first solo world tour, RISE.
Chapters
(00:00:00) Intro
(00:08:26) 1st Gen : S.E.S & M.I.L.K.
(00:19:17) 2nd Gen : The Grace, Girls’ Generation, & f(x)
(00:48:53) 3rd Gen : Red Velvet
(01:03:02) 4th Gen : aespa
(01:24:50) 5th Gen : Hearts2Hearts
(01:29:04) Prospect Patch
(01:33:28) Ten Years Ago Today
(01:41:10) Final Thoughts & Outro
The Diaries of an MZ Generation podcast discusses a range of topics centering around South Korean culture, music, and entertainment.
This podcast is a part of the Selective Hearing network of podcasts.
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Chapters
(00:00:00) Intro
(00:05:38) BLACKPINK
(00:12:12) JENNIE
(00:22:36) LISA
(00:29:27) ROSÉ
(00:41:39) JISOO
(00:50:38) Prospect Patch
(00:53:31) Ten Years Ago Today
(01:07:19) Final Thoughts & Outro
The Diaries of an MZ Generation podcast discusses South Korean culture, music, and entertainment.
This podcast is a part of the Selective Hearing network of podcasts.
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On today’s episode, show hosts Ellis Tan and Justin Le review G-Dragon’s (지드래곤) newest album, Übermensch. Ten Years Ago Today covers the first music show win of the boy group, U-KISS (유키스). Fiestar (피에스타) makes a comeback with the song, “You’re Pitiful”. Shannon (샤넌) also releases her first mini album titled, “Eighteen”.
Chapters
(00:00:00) Intro
(00:05:27) The Legend of G-Dragon
(00:22:39) Übermensch
(00:40:44) Prospect Patch
(00:42:26) Ten Years Ago Today
(00:52:18) Final Thoughts & Outro
The Diaries of an MZ Generation podcast discusses a range of topics centering around South Korean culture, music, and entertainment.
This podcast is a part of the Selective Hearing network of podcasts.
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