Coffee Break - EP 6 - The Double-Edged Sword: Dark Side of K-pop Patmmer Podcast: Kpop, Coffee, and Commentary

We are back with another Coffee Break! We have no special guests joining us this week - just your OG Patmmer crew! We will be diving into a two part episode in which we debate and discuss the dark and light sides of K-Pop! Up first is the exploration of the dark side of K-Pop!



Times

00:00 Start

00:13 Intro 

01:16 This week's topic: Dark and Light sides of K-pop

02:36 Slave Contracts 

06:05 How young is too young to start training to debut as an Idol?

07:54 Mental Health Issues

09:47 Competition and over saturation of the market for K-pop

13:06 Misconduct in the industry 

15:10 Scandals - when power and fame lead Idols to the dark side

20:30 Sexism

22:57 Vanity and unrealistic beauty standards 

30:09 Treatment of Foreigners in the K-pop industry 

34:11 What makes K-pop, K-pop?

37:15 Bye, bye! See y'all next week!



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