New episodes this 2022 every Saturday / Sunday! Your weekly stan(d)-up on all things we stan and love (mostly Asian pop culture), hosted by Mika and Pau! Attendance is mandatory. Agenda is our unsolicited opinions on music, food, and culture, wrapped up w
Agenda for The Weekly Stan(d) Up 130 (Meeting Recorded: 5 May 2023): Today's agenda: Le Sserafim Unforgiven Reaction Remix (01:45) Reacting to LE SSERAFIM (르세라핌) 'UNFORGIVEN (feat. Nile Rodgers)' OFFICIAL M/V (09:22) Reacting to 피어나 (Between you, me and the lamppost) (16:52) Outtro with BiBi Vegengeance 나쁜 년 (Soul R&B ver.) cover by Fyeqoodgurl (New Reaction Remix coming out next Saturday) The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika
Agenda for The Weekly Stan(d) Up 129 (Meeting Recorded: 5 May 2023): Today's agenda: Drive Reaction Remix (01:24) Reacting to [세로] Sunday Night Drive - 박재범 [더 시즌즈-박재범의 드라이브] | KBS 230423 방송 @JayPark0425 (03:48) Reacting to @TAEYANG_Official - ‘Shoong! (feat. LISA of BLACKPINK)' PERFORMANCE VIDEO (07:25) Reacting to @Itskarencici – She Don't Mind ft. J.Sheon (Official Music Video) (10:16) Reacting to @apoki_vv (아뽀키) ‘Mood V5' Official M/V (15:21) Outtro with [최초공개] LE SSERAFIM(르세라핌) - Flash Forward (4K) | LE SSERAFIM COMEBACKSHOW | Mnet 230501 방송 (New Reaction Remix with @LESSERAFIM coming out next Saturday) The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika
Agenda for The Weekly Stan(d) Up 128 (Meeting Recorded: 21 April 2023): Today's agenda: @WE_FIFTYFIFTY Reaction Remix #2 Check out our first reaction remix to FIFTY FIFTY (01:50) Reacting to ' B-SIDE (OT4) ' - LIVE IN STUDIO (Prod. SIAHN) | FIFTY FIFTY (피프티피프티) (23:16) Reacting to Cupid - FIFTY FIFTY (피프티피프티) (Cover) by @mgtify (28:26) Outtro with TAEYANG x Bryan Chase - ‘Nightfall (feat. Bryan Chase)' SPECIAL LIVE CLIP (New Reaction Remix with Taeyang, Jay Park, and more coming out Saturday) The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika
Congrats to XG on their HITC performance! Agenda for The Weekly Stan(d) Up 127 (Meeting Recorded: 21 April 2023): Today's agenda: @xg_official Reaction Remix #2 Check out our first reaction remix to XG (03:08) Reacting to [4K] XG - “SHOOTING STAR” Band LIVE Concert [ @itsLiveOfficial ] K-POP live music show (07:51) Reacting to XG Documentary Series ‘XTRA XTRA' EP XX (19:51) Reacting to XG - LEFT RIGHT (Official Music Video) (25:11) Reacting to [XG VOX #2] Nobody Love (CHISA) (31:17) Outtro with @FIFTYFIFTY - ‘Higher' - Official MV The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika Follow Mika's cover channel at @mgtify
Agenda for The Weekly Stan(d) Up 126 (Meeting Recorded: 21 April 2023): Today's agenda: Mika @mgtify 's Coachella @Coachella Remix (00:00) Pre-Reaction Introduction (04:33) Reacting to @jacksonwang and @ciara 's Slow - Live at Coachella 2023 (08:49) Reacting to @dominicfike 's Dancing in the Courthouse - Live at Coachella 2023 (12:17) Reacting to @beneemusic 's Supalonely ft. Gus Dapperton Live at Coachella 2023 (18:15) Reacting to DPR Live's Martini Blue at Coachella Weekend Fancam (26:08) Outtro with Jackson and Ciara's Remix of @xg_official 's Left Right The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika @mgtify
Agenda for The Weekly Stan(d) Up 125 (Meeting Recorded: 21 April 2023): Today's agenda: The Dream Show 2 in Singapore @NCTDREAM (00:00) Pre-Reaction and Mika's Journey to Getting Tickets to The Dream Show 2 (06:17) Reacting to Deja Vu performance (10:25) Post-Reaction Discussion (13:05) Reacting to Dreaming performance (16:39) Post-Reaction Discussion (22:59) Outtro with @mgtify 's cover of Graduation The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika @mgtify
Agenda for The Weekly Stan(d) Up 124 (Meeting Recorded: 21 April 2023): Today's agenda: IVE Comeback (00:00) Pre-Reaction Re-introduction to IVE (04:18) Reacting to I AM MV (08:09) Post-Reaction Discussion (10:00) Reacting to IVE's I AM Live (14:30) Post-Reaction Discussion (17:04) Reacting to IVE x LANY After Like collab (21:30) Post-Reaction Discussion (23:19) Outtro with IVE's Heroine: The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika @mgtify
Agenda for The Weekly Stan(d) Up 123 (Meeting Recorded: 21 April 2023): Today's agenda: NCT Remix feat. DoJaeJung and Mark (00:00) Pre-Reaction Introduction (03:25) Reacting to NCT DoJaeJung's Perfume on itsLiveOfficial (07:38) Post-Reaction Discussion (12:00) Reacting to NCTMark's Golden Hour MV (15:30) Post-Reaction Discussion (20:02) Reacting to mgtify's Open Verse Challenge: (21:26) Post-Reaction Discussion (29:52) Outtro with EXO 's Bird (The BEST Ver.) The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika @mgtify
#codekunst #baekyerin #wendy #redvelvet #podcast #aomg Agenda for The Weekly Stan(d) Up 122: (Meeting Recorded: 18 March 2023): Today's agenda: '55 by CODE KUNST feat. Baek Yerin and Wendy (00:00) Pre-Reaction Introduction (02:40) Reacting to '55 by CODE KUNST feat. Baek Yerin and Wendy @AOMGOFFICIAL : https://youtu.be/xHnuscnWaRk (05:52) Post-Reaction Discussion (08:46) Outtro with @TWICE Moonlight Sunrise: https://youtu.be/cKlEE_EYuNM The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika
Agenda for The Weekly Stan(d) Up 121: (Meeting Recorded: 18 March 2023): Today's agenda: The Glory and Love to Hate You OSTs (00:00) Pre-Reaction Introduction (04:41) Reacting to NCT Taeil's Love to Hate You OST (08:38) Post-Reaction Discussion (11:25) Reacting to Suran's The Glory OST (15:42) Post-Reaction Discussion (18:09) Outtro with Big Naughty's Love to Hate You OST The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika
Update: Congrats to @WE_FIFTYFIFTY for getting to Billboard's Top 100! Agenda for The Weekly Stan(d) Up 120: (Meeting Recorded: 18 March 2023): Today's agenda: FIFTY FIFTY (00:00) Pre-Reaction Introduction (Pau introduces Mika to FIFTY FIFTY) (04:40) Reacting to ARAN's Day 1 and SIO's Bad covers from the @WE_FIFTYFIFTY channel (09:16) Post-Reaction Discussion (12:33) Reacting to CUPID MV (15:56) Post-Reaction Discussion (18:20) Outtro with FIFTY FIFTY's Lovin' Me The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika
Agenda for The Weekly Stan(d) Up 119: (Meeting Recorded: 18 March 2023): Today's agenda: LE SSERAFIM Huh Yunjin's Love You Twice (00:00) Pre-Reaction Introduction (Huh Yunjin back with another solo after I≠DOLL! Check out our reaction) (03:47) Reacting to LE SSERAFIM Huh Yunjin's Love You Twice MV (06:51) Post-Reaction Discussion (09:23) Outtro with LE SSERAFIM's Choices The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika
Agenda for The Weekly Stan(d) Up 117: (Meeting Recorded: 11 February 2023): Today's agenda: BSS Comeback (02:01) Reacting to NCTDREAM's Best Friend Ever MV (09:23) Reacting to NCT127's DJ Stage on Mnet's MCountdown Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika Skyscraper by NCT127
Agenda for The Weekly Stan(d) Up 117: (Meeting Recorded: 11 February 2023): Today's agenda: BSS Comeback (03:10) Reacting to SEVENTEEN's BSS "Fighting" stage with Lee Youngji MCountDown Stage Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika Lunch by SEVENTEEN's BSS
Agenda for The Weekly Stan(d) Up 116: (Meeting Recorded: 11 February 2023): Today's agenda: Our first R&B around the world episode (03:56) Reacting to Mika's pick, Mỹ Anh's Mỗi Khi Anh Nhìn Em performance on A COLORS SHOW @COLORSxSTUDIOS (08:05) Reacting to Pau's pick (or rather Mika's pick from Pau's selection), Ride by @HYBSBAND live on their Prettiest to Me MV release Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika It's You by @max feat. @keshibeats
Agenda for The Weekly Stan(d) Up #115-2: (Meeting Recorded: 11 February 2023): Today's agenda: #Newjeans and #XG Part 2! (00:01) Wrapping up our reaction to Newjeans #Hanni on #Leemujin Service (wa-r-r mashup with Colde by @r_y_a_n ) (03:00) Reacting to @xg_official 's GALZ XYPHER (10:45) Reacting to @xg_official 's Shooting Star Live Stage (16:35) Reacting to @NewJeans_official @banheesoo OMG MV Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika
Agenda for The Weekly Stan(d) Up #115-1: (Meeting Recorded: 11 February 2023): Today's agenda: #Newjeans and #XG Part 1! (03:50) Reacting to @NewJeans_official Side A and Side B (18:27) Reacting to Newjeans #Hanni on #Leemujin Service (wa-r-r mashup with Colde by @r_y_a_n ) Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika
Agenda for The Weekly Stan(d) Up 114: (Meeting Recorded: 11 February 2023): Today's agenda: Jinyoung's first solo album (02:15) Reacting to Jinyoung's Letter performance on It's Live Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika Sleep Well by Jinyoung
Agenda for The Weekly Stan(d) Up #113: (Meeting Recorded: 11 February 2023): Today's agenda: Feb 2023 Playlists (01:38) Pau's Playlist (full playlist on Youtube): Alter Ego by Girls on Top Vanilla Sugar Killer by VIVIZ Pinadama by Zack Tabudlo Alamat by Maharani By My Side by Zack Tabudlo ft. Tiara Andini Mystic Quest Season 3 on AppleTV+ (Trailer) Running Man Philippines on YouLoL (Trailer) Love Alarm Clap! Clap! Clap! (Jasmine's confession) Diary of a Prosecutor The Medium (Thai movie) The Menu (movie) Confession / 자백 Pandora by MAVE (Show! MusicCore stage) Girls' RE:VERSE (Rien cover of Wine by Suran): (17:54) We react to VIBE by Taeyang ft. Jimin of BTS (23:36) Mika's Playlist (full playlist on Youtube) SZA SOS Album (SOS audio) Binaural Beats NCT Dream "Best Friend Ever": stay tuned for our reaction in the next few weeks NCT 127 Repackaged (Skyscraper) Greng Jai Please by Phum Viphurit Universe by Ty Dolla $ign ft. Kehlani Epik High new album (Catch ft. Hwasa) Matilda by Harry Styles cover by mgtify and Drew Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika Kill Bill by SZA cover by mgtify
Agenda for The Weekly Stan(d) Up #110: (Meeting Recorded: 14 January 2022): Today's topic: Jackson Wang's Magic Man Concert in Singapore The Theatrical Effect of Magic Man Concerts Comparing Concert Vibes Across Countries Setlist for the Singapore Magic Man Concert Reacting to Come Alive and Champagne Cool Fancam by TripleJ94 Pau thought Jackson was going to breathe fire... What Mika Would Do If Jackson Calls Her on Stage Concerts in Europe are generally wilder... Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika Imagine by BoyToy (feat. Jackson Wang and Tablo) Images from YouTube, MyDramaList, TheSmartLocal
Agenda for The Weekly Stan(d) Up #111: (Meeting Recorded: 14 January 2022): A recap of Alchemy of Souls Season 1 and where it picks up in Season 2 What to expect for Season 2 (the plot lines finally get resolved) Reacting to Tree Part 2 by Hwang Min Hyun Pau explains context for Hwang Min Hyun Tree OST Mika realizes she has seen Go Yoon Jung before Reacting to the live I'm Sorry performance of Ailee (uploaded by 소영) Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika I'm Sorry by Ailee Images from Pinkvilla, YouTube
Agenda for The Weekly Stan(d) Up #110: (Meeting Recorded: 14 January 2022): Today's topic: Single's Inferno Season 2 Pau's personal take on Season 2 versus Season 1 Diving into some Season 2 arcs: Jongwoo's arc, Nadine's arc, Soe's arc Reacting to unreleased clip "green flags" Sejun conversation with Soe What do participants really get from the show? Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika I Still Love You By Naul Images from YouTube, MyDramaList, TheSmartLocal
Agenda for The Weekly Stan(d) Up #109: (Meeting Recorded: 14 January 2022): Happy New Year (for real this time)! Pau's music playlist: Le Sserafim Awards Shows, Newjeans Ditto and OMG (and all the remixes), Huh Yunjin's I ≠ DOLL, Fyeqoodgurl (her Hype Boy cover), Henry's Moonlight Pau's show playlist: Single's Inferno 2 (stay tuned for a separate episode), Super Action (stunt actor competition), Leemujin Service (Year-End episode), Pau's drama + movie playlist: Alchemy of Souls 2 (stay tuned for a separate episode), The Glory Reacting to Huh Yunjin's I ≠ DOLL MV Happy Birthday Mika! Mika's playlist: SZA's Kill Bill (watch the MV at your own risk), Gen Neo's Like California feat. DeVita, Kwangya Concerts (Chanyeol and Raiden's Yours feat. Winter and Mark), WayV's Phantom) Reacting to WayV's Good Life Track Video Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika Good Life cover by Mika Images from Genius, ColorCodedLyrics, YouTube
Agenda for The Weekly Stan(d) Up #107: (Meeting Recorded: 17 December 2022): Happy New Year! We're back in Kwangya! Pau and Mika on SM comebacks Pau and Mika react to the OG Candy MV Remastered Pau and Mika react to NCT Dream Candy ver. What does Candy really mean? Post-meeting note: Highly recommend checking out The 2022 Winter SMTOWN: SMCU Palace album (which came out after this recording) Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika Beautiful Christmas by Red Velvet x aespa Photos from Billboard
Agenda for The Weekly Stan(d) Up #107: (Meeting Recorded: 17 December 2022): Happy New Year! Catch the full episode on YouTube also! Pau prepared some categories for "awards"! Pau and Mika each give their top-of-mind picks for each category Categories: Artist / Topic we have not covered on the show this year but should, Artist who is the most "Stan", Most Stressful Movie / TV Show, The Only Music Video You Will Watch For the Rest of Your Life, 2022 Rabbit Hole (what have we spent the most time learning about and consuming) -- Listen to the episode to find out our picks and why we chose them (apart from them being top of mind) Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika Dopamine by Jackson Wang covered by Mika Photos from YouTube
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #106: (Meeting Recorded: 17 December 2022): Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Pau and Mika "prepared" some Christmas carols and songs for the holidays vibes by their favorite artists Vibing to Kacey Musgraves - Glittery ft. Troye Sivan (Live From The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show) Vibing to 매년 솔로들의 눈가를 촉촉하게 만들어주는 재즈여친의 All I Want For Christmas Is You Vibing to Ardhito Pramono - All I Want for Christmas is You (Holiday Live Session) Vibing to 츄(Chuu)&죠지(George) - 'Dear My Winter' Vibing to (LE SSERAFIM) HUH YUNJIN Last Christmas cover Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika meenoi (미노이) - No Santa | NOI MAS | Official LIVE Photos from The New York Times, YouTube, NME
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #105: (Meeting Recorded: 17 December 2022): So much stuff to catch up on! Mika's playlist: SZA's new album - highly recommends Special, Yuna's new music (feat. Can't Get Over You), Jackson Wang's Come Alive MV, DPR LIVE (feat. Martini Blue), basically hiphop old and new, around the world Should Mika do a "R&B Around the World" series and playlist? Mika's watchlist: Reborn Rich Pau's playlist: CLASS:y's Tick Tick Boom and Zealous, BIBI's Lowlife Princess album + (feat. Vengeance MV), Remixes of NewJeans (feat. Hurt Citypop Remix), Red Velvet's Birthday, KARA's MOVE AGAIN, meenoi's NOI MAS (feat. Never Leave Me with pH-1) Pau's watch list: Decision to Leave, 20th Century Girl, Confidential Assignment 2, Project Wolf Hunting, Emergency Declaration, Alchemy of Souls Season 2, Forbidden Marriage, Unlock My Boss, Somebody, World Cup, Super Action (competition show with stunt actors and doubles), Show Me the Money Season 11 (feat. WE (Feat. 박재범) - 이영지, 토이고, 제이켠, 잠비노, 신세인 and 마이웨이(MY WAY) (Feat. 저스디스) - 던말릭, 허성현, 칸, 맥대디, 로스 ) Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika Photo from skyperfectv.co.jp
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #104: (Meeting Recorded: 10 December 2022): It's been a while since we recorded...(and Pau is recording from a hotel lol) Mika got to watch NIKI's Nicole Tour stop in Singapore: "She sounded so much like herself" Meeting people in concerts Reacting to Mika's fancam of NIKI's encore performance of "High School in Jakarta" Comparing NIKI concert to Kpop concerts The influence of watching in a foreign country and a first-time venue Fancam-ing vs Enjoying the Moment Looking forward to Mika's post-Jackson Wang concert experience (There will be fancams to react to folks!) Mika's NIKI fanfiction? (for next season?) Mika's and NIKI's favorite song on Nicole album Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika Backburner by NIKI Photo from The Beat Asia
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #103: (Meeting Recorded: 22 October 2022): It's been a while since we talked about a Kdrama! Pau introduces Yumi's Cells There are so many types of "cells", not just the love cells Pau introduces Yumi's Cells 2 The role of career in Yumi's story Personifying inner conflict through "cells" and why it's better than Inside Out according to Mika Interplay between animated "cells" and live "reality" "You can go at it at your own pace" - Mika The relationship aspects are a whole other discussion Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika If I Could Read Your Mind by Wendy Photo from Soompi
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #102: (Meeting Recorded: 22 October 2022): Pau and Mika finally featuring Seulgi! Reacting to the 28 Reasons MV Thoughts on Seulgi solo vs Seulgi in Red Velvet, RV's solo record, and 28 Reasons' production Mika and Pau get "academic" with what Seulgi's solo debut speaks to with how the Kpop value chain has evolved Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika Bad Boy, Sad Girl by SEULGI, BE'O Photo from SMTOWN Youtube
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #101: (Meeting Recorded: 22 October 2022): The Weekly Stan Up is back! Pau (the 1/2 of the show uploading the episodes) has been out on a business trip and a health recovery thereafter, but we're back with our weekly agenda to round up 2022 with our favorite music, shows, and more! 2022 is all about giving artists the full episode features they deserve, including Lee Mu Jin! Reacting to IU x Leemujin LILAC collab on 유명가수전 What makes Leemujin Service's interviews different Reacting to Leemujin x WayV Xiaojun Thinking Out Loud collab on Leemujin Service Reacting to Leemujin x (G)I-DLE Minnie Lost Stars collab on Leemujin Service Stay tuned for new episodes of Leemujin Service! Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika Traffic Light by Leemujin Photo from Asian Junkie
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #100: (Meeting Recorded: 22 October 2022): It's our 100th Episode! Pau's watch list: House of the Dragon on HBO, Rings of Power on Amazon Prime, Andor on Disney Plus, The Crown on Netflix coming up!, Yumi's Cells 1 and 2 on Amazon Prime (stay tuned for Ep 103!), Glitch on Netflix (Aliens + Cults + Women Friendship) Pau's playlist: Le Sserafim's comeback mini-album Antifragile (reggaeton title track meets punk, pop, R&B B-sides), Lee Chae Yeon's solo debut mini-album Hush Rush, Crush's collab with BTS j-hope Rush Hour, Seulgi's solo debut mini-album 28 Reasons (stay tuned for Ep 102!), and BIBI's Animal Farm (Kill Bill-esque MV), Paramore's performance at Austin City Limits on Hulu and new song This is Why Mika's concert schedule: NIKI solo concert, Magic Man, in-depth practicing for the Kpop ticketing process, NCT 127's encore show in Seoul, NCT Dream's concert documentary / movie, stories from IPOP U 2022, changing setlists and all Updates on NCT ambassadorships Mika's playlist (living in Kwangya): Jisung and Chenle cover of Troye Sivan's Youth, Ten's upcoming NCT Lab song Birthday on Great Dance Crew China, Chanyeol is back, Xiumin's solo album (Mika's fave track is How We Do feat. NCT Mark), Chen is releasing a solo, DO and Suho with OST songs for DO's new Kdrama Bad Prosecutor, new albums from Taylor Swift, Artic Monkeys, The 1975 What to look forward in the next 100 episodes? Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika 미니카 (Drive) - NCT Dream (Cover) • a much needed sanity break Photo from mgtify (Mika's cover channel!)
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #99 (Meeting Recorded: 17 September 2022): Pau introduces Mika to IVE Rise of The IZ*ONE Alums? How Pau got into IVE thanks to Yujin on Na PD's Earth Arcade Reacting to After Like's MV and the camera work Reacting to Jeju vocalist member Liz's cover of Crush's Beautiful on Leemujin Service Reacting to Japanese R&B vocalist and rapper member Rei's cover of Jay Park's Joah on Leemujin Service IVE on a Roll with already two comebacks, and Wonyoung's (group's) picks for title tracks Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika Eleven by IVE Photo from DeviantArt
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #98: (Meeting Recorded: 17 September 2022): Pau introduces Mika "power rookie" group Le Sserafim Going through the members: Sakura, Chaewon, Yunjin, Kazuha, Eunchae Idols are getting younger and younger? Touching slightly on Garam's departure Reacting to Yunjin's live performance of "_Raise your glass" on Naver's Hup! Going into Yunjin's backstory Le Sserafim's vibe Segue to Leemujin Service Reacting to Chaewon's episode on Leemujin Service (and Leemujin's reaction to Chaewon) A Leemujin episode? Rumors they are coming out with a new album --> they've started releasing promo for Antifragile! Checkout Le Sserafim's Documentary Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika The Great Mermaid by Le Sserafim Photo from HeadTopics
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #97: (Meeting Recorded: 17 September 2022): How Mika discovered the (free) Hallyu Travel Fiesta in Singapore Coming for Wonstein, staying for discovering talents Reacting to Mika's Fancams of a Dance Crew, BeatBoxer, and Wonstein What's Mika's next Singapore adventure? Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika Cassie by Wonstein Photo from Dingo Freestyle
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #96: (Meeting Recorded: 17 September 2022): How Mika and Pau decided to start a new format of monthly recaps of everything they've been consuming/discovered over the past month Mika's playlist: Jackson Wang's Magic Man, NCT Dream's The Dream Show 2 (will Mika fly out for the world tour?), NCT 127's 질주 / 2 Baddies album (the return of the "noise" music), The Rose's Childhood MV (it is ART), Missing Eric Chou in Singapore, and everyone else (NCT Dream, WayV) in Manila, Key's new album (album production was on Key), Cordae, going deep into R&B hip hop, 5 Seconds of Summer (alive and kicking) Jeno shoutout Pau's Kdrama list: Anna Director's Cut on Prime Video (like Parasite but over a lifetime, Inventing Anna Korean ver?), putting Yumi's Cells in the pipeline, watching Little Women, will Pau come back to Big Mouth?, Unicorn on Coupang Play (Korean startup parody) Pau's movie list: The Witch Part 2, Seoul Vibe Pau's variety show list: JTBC's The Second World, Disney's The Zone, Earth Arcade Season 1, Street Man Fighter Missing concerts in Singapore, Zhang Yi Xing Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika NCT 127 엔시티 127 '질주 (2 Baddies)' MV Photo from AsianJunkie
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #95 (Meeting Recorded: 20 August 2022): Mika introduces Team Wang Design How Mika found out about the summer collection pop-up store The very helpful employee at the pop-up store Tips and Tricks(?) on Getting the Full Pop-Up Experience without spending anything More Singapore adventures to come? Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika Cruel by Jackson Wang Photo from MetroSociety
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #94 (Meeting Recorded: 20 August 2022): Mika shares about her move to Singapore New ways to expand her stan life Getting intro'ed by Carat friend Micha (a previous guest on the show) to the SEVENTEEN x Apple Project Learning to remix on Garageband Listen to Mika's take on Darl+ing! Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika SEVENTEEN's Darl+ing Remix by Mika Photo from Twitter
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #93 (Meeting Recorded: 20 August 2022): Pau and Mika catch up from last month's recording (Mika's move, new albums to look forward to, recent debuts, spin-off shows) Introducing Alchemy of Souls to Mika What Pau likes about the show -- the political plot lines, the world building, the cast chemistry Alchemy of Souls' rare(?) feat thriving as a magical fantasy world Looking forward to Season 2 in December! Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika [In The Live] [4K] 케이시 (Kassy) - 아리운|환혼 OST Part 2, 인더라이브, Stone LIVE Photo from HanCinema
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #92 (Meeting Recorded: 20 August 2022): Pau and Mika catch up from last month's recording (Mika's move, new albums to look forward to, recent debuts, spin-off shows) Introducing Extraordinary Attorney Woo: A Kdrama Mika is actually about to finish (at this time of recording) What Pau and Mika like about the show -- the overarching story of Woo Young Woo, the cases, the cast Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika Brave by Kim Jong Wan of Nell (Extraordinary Attorney Woo OST) Photo from Rotten Tomatoes
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #91 (Meeting Recorded: 16 July 2022): Introducing Jay Park to our guest Micha Jay Park's Story from Kpop group leader to Soju brand CEO (feat. DKDKTV's Youtube Video on Jay Park references) Reacting to Jay Park's performance of his latest songs GANADARA and Need to Know in a convenience store with Dingo Freestyle Reacting to a classic: 9 year old JOAH MV Reacting to Jay Park's dance performance of GANDARA with dance crews MVP and Holybang Jay Park's influence on Khiphop artists and hiphop dancers Micha shares her thoughts on Jay Park BONUS: Check out Jay Park's latest single Bite! Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika All I Wanna Do by Jay Park (feat. Hoody, Loco) Photo from NME
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #90 (Meeting Recorded: 16 July 2022): Introducing JUNNY to our guest Micha Reacting to JUNNY's version of Kai's Mmmh JUNNY is everywhere: KR&B, Khiphop, Kpop, Kdrama OSTs, artist and producer Reacting to JUNNY's Get Ya! feat. pH-1 JUNNY as a bridge for Korean sound to Western markets Reacting to JUNNY's "I will" (It's okay to be sensitive OST Part 2) Micha shares her thoughts on JUNNY Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika Color Me by JUNNY (feat. Chungha) Photo from Genius
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #89 (Meeting Recorded: 16 July 2022): Reacting to SEVENTEEN's HOT Music Bank Performance that "killed" the internet Reacting to _WORLD MV SEVENTEEN Redefining "Self-Producing" What being a Carat means in life Looking forward to Micha's first Kpop concert Micha Sy's audio letter to SEVENTEEN Stay tuned next week as Micha continues guesting on our show! Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika ひとりじゃない (Hitorijanai) [Not Alone] Photo from SEVENTEEN Twitter Page
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #88 (Meeting Recorded: 16 July 2022): Pau and Mika finally get to feature SEVENTEEN on the show with Carat Micha Becoming a Carat in a New Era Bringing Carats Together What Makes SEVENTEEN SEVENTEEN Exchanging our favorite SEVENTEEN songs Talking biases Micha shares her first recommended SEVENTEEN song (hint: it's a b-side!) Stay tuned next week for Part 2! Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika Kidult by SEVENTEEN Photo from The Bias List
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #87 (Meeting Recorded: 25 June 2022) How one variety show leads to another: "Mama is an Idol" to "Street Woman Fighter" to "My Teenage Girl" where Pau discovery Class:y Pau and Mika react to Class:y's first performance of their debut title track "SHUTDOWN" on It's Live Pau shares snippets of the rest of Class:y's first album Pau shares more behind stories of the members of Class:y and what excites him about this girl group On Class:y's nonstop schedule from debut to Japan tour and second album Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika CLASSY by Class:y Photos from Channel Korea
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #86 (Meeting Recorded: 25 June 2022) How Pau ended up watching Money Heist Korea (though he hasn't watched the original Spanish one) Differences in context with Money Heist Korea and original Money Heist Talking about the crew and cast behind them BTS in Money Heist? Music / Footage The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika Jun Jong-seo heads to South Korea for her dreams (and BTS) | Money Heist: Korea Ep 1 [ENG SUB] Photos from mydramalist, zapzee
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #85 (Meeting Recorded: 25 June 2022) Water Cooler Corner: Mika and Pau watching dance shows, Bambam coming to Manila, Junny's new release Pau introduces two Korean Dating Shows: Single's Inferno and I'm SOLO Different flavors of Single's Inferno and I'm SOLO Patterns observed after watching nine seasons of I'm SOLO (and as of publishing, one year of airing) Single's Inferno coming out with second season on Netflix How would Pau and Mika fare in I'm SOLO? Music The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika Single's Inferno Opening Song 솔로지옥 - You can say yes, I still say no Photos from mydramalist, zapzee
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #84 (Meeting Recorded: 25 June 2022) Pau tries out a new intro (still in the works) Pau introduces Queendom 2 (and why it's hard to discuss the whole show in one ep) Pau introduces VIVIZ Pau and Mika react to VIVIZ's debut song BOP BOP, both the iconic camerawork on Inkigayo and their Queendom version Pau talks about VIVIZ's Queendom 2 performance streak Stay tuned for our next Queendom 2 group: WSJN! Meeting Notes Update (9 July 2022): VIVIZ recently started their comeback with their Summer Mini-Album "LOVEADE" Music The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika [단독샷캠4K] 비비지 'BOP BOP!' 단독샷 별도녹화│VIVIZ ONE TAKE STAGE│@SBS Inkigayo_2022.02.20. [풀버전] ♬ BOP BOP! - 비비지 (VIVIZ) Photo from Rappler
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #83: One of our most discussed Kpop groups (NCT Dream is at the top atm) is back for a comeback So how can we not talk about it? Mika introduces the GOT7 Comeback and what makes it special from a production perspective Paulo discusses what this Comeback means in the context of Kpop career trajectories Mika and Paulo react to GOT7's hilarious radio performance on MBC Music The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika (ENG) [LIVE] GOT7 - NANANA / MBC RADIO GOT7 Youngjae's Best Friend Don't Leave Me Alone by GOT7 Photo from Vogue Singapore
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #82: Pau introduces Pachinko Apple TV series to Mika Mika already has the book, but hasn't read it yet Pachinko as a story of the plight of Koreans in Japan Pachinko as a story of family Reacting to Pachinko's opening credits Living for today while remembering the past Will Mika watch the series or finally read the book? *No Spoilers: at least no major ones Music The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika Pachinko — Opening Title Sequence | Apple TV+ Let's Live for Today (Single from Pachinko: Season 1) by The Grass Roots, LEENALCHI version Photo from IMDB
Agenda for Stan(d) Up #81: Season of Kpop Comebacks and Concerts Pau's Street Woman Fighter rabbit hole Mika's first Live Kpop Concert experience Comparing Western concerts with Kpop concerts NCT Dream, WEi, SHINEE's Key, ALICE Music The Weekly Stan Up New Intro by Mika Bad Love by Key