KPopped is a battle-of-the-bands-style Apple TV+ show that splits Korean boy and girl groups into halves and pairs each half with a famous Western pop artist to retool their best-known songs in K-pop mode. Studio audiences vote on the resulting performances, but winners receive only an injection of relevance rather than tangible prizes. The show is produced and hosted by rapper Megan Thee Stallion with Psy as co-host. The format mixes nostalgia and unexpected pairings — for example, Megan Thee Stallion vs Patti LaBelle with halves of Billie, and Taylor Dayne vs Vanilla Ice with halves of Kep1er — sometimes undermining its own competitive logic.
The format reminds me of PE lessons. You know how gym teachers split groups of friends up, so they concentrate? Here, Korean boy and girl groups such as JO1 and Blackswan are split in half. Each half works with a famous western pop artist, re-tooling their best-known song in K-pop mode. The resulting performances are voted for by the studio audience, and the winner gets well, nothing.
I have spent five years trying to understand why Megan Thee Stallion is called that. Whenever I ask the internet, it assumes I'm questioning the horse bit. (She is statuesque, like a stallion, which seems self-explanatory.) It's actually the Elizabethan English in the middle I'm intrigued by. Thee? An archaic form of address used in place of you? I guess no one wants to get pronouns wrong, so they leave it alone.
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