Whether it's AOA's last stand with "Egotistic", Oh My Girl's format-defining rendition of "Destiny" or even the controversial "Sixth Sense" cover by Lovelyz, the Cover Battle round typically produces a healthy portion of each season's most memorable moments. Will Queendom 2 succeed in the same way?
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The second episode begins with a montage of each team reflecting on their reasons for being on Queendom 2, fitting snugly with the narratives I described in my review of the first episode. All of which could be fixed by a big dose of viral popularity, which Queendom 2 offers in spades.
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Welcome the first chapter of my coverage of 'Queendom 2', in which I provide AJ with a grease trap for Queendom comments, stapled to a 2500 word article. So, assuming you are done wailing and gnashing about how your faves (read: Dreamcatcher) did not make the show, let us once again sally forth into the long night that is Mnet reality programming.
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Long time no see! It is I, your local playlist gremlin, back and ready to dive right into some b-sides I really liked during the month of January. Let’s go! …
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After months of anticipation and speculation about the lineup of Queendom 2 (cause Mnet is still good at what they do), it has finally been revealed as LOONA, Brave Girls, …
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I like to imagine whoever produced “WA DA DA” for Kep1er saw my tweets whining about girl groups putting out stuff like this far too often in 2021 and said, …
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Legend has it AJ hired me on the pretense of writing about ballads on this website, something he absolutely hates to do himself. This was shortly before my brain was shattered into a million fragments by reality television. My last ballads article for Asian Junkie was uhhhh... June?
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After the conclusion of Girls Planet 999 (read Hojo’s excellent recap series on it), Kep1er is quickly ramping up for their debut, and for whatever reason they choose to give …
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I have to hand it to Mnet, even with dogshit ratings and the walls bearing in, their ability to pull a shit-show out of a hat far exceeds any of …
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Asian Junkie Asian pop. Without discretion.