About Just A Girl And Her Light Stick: Black Millennials Talk K-Pop
Just A Girl And Her Light Stick is a podcast featuring three Black millennials wandering down the K-Pop rabbit hole, all while asking the question, “how did we get here?” Join hosts, Bianca, Erin, and Khayla, as they dive deep into the world of their favorite K-Pop artists, navigate interesting aspects of fandom culture, and hot takes on K-Pop in the news.
What it takes to build a Super Group: Visuals Edition
They have a face you can't forget. Or their style is stunning. Or they command attention for all of the right reasons. Or all of the above. At the end of the day, they're just fine.
In this episode, we continue to build our Super Group by nominating our top 5 male visuals in K-Pop. We ask ourselves the question: In an industry full of beautiful people, what makes a visual and who makes our team?
We also fangirl about ATEEZ's latest music video & song DRIP.
K-Pop Jams of the Week:
"MATZ (https://youtu.be/3PA5FG1NX9U?si=y0qsia7QgJzCdzSh)" by ATEEZ
"Ceremony (https://youtu.be/B9iY2j-5UeU?si=qYsfoxkY2m6gosa2)" by Stray Kids
"Make it Hot (https://youtu.be/7SI019urRx0?si=eraMx3srbS9ojGgb)" by Minho of SHINee
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Just A Girl And Her Light Stick is a podcast that features three Black millennials wandering down the K-Pop rabbit hole, all while asking the question, “how did we get here?” Join hosts, Bianca, Erin, and Khayla, as they dive deep into the world of their favorite K-Pop artists, navigate interesting aspects of fandom culture, and hot takes on K-Pop in the news.
21 Oct 2026
Do I Need A Shelf for All of My K-Pop Merch?
Is your bank account ready for the next K-Pop merchandise drop?
Have you ever been minding your business and your favorite group has the audacity to announce their next comeback? Meaning multiple versions of the same mini album (CDs, vinyls, digipaks, and more), more photocards with new concepts, at least two brand collaborations with designers that you know is not in your price range, and new designs for stuff animal characters that fit in your pocket.
In this episode, we ask ourselves the question: How has the K-Pop industry changed the way we view merch from our favorite artists?
K-Pop Jams of the Week:
"Let Me Be The One" by Taemin
"MoneyMoneyMoney" by Cortis
"Skin" by Seonghwa of Ateez
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About Us:
Just A Girl & Her Light Stick is a podcast featuring three Black millennials wander down the K-Pop rabbit hole, all while asking the question, “how did we get here?” Join hosts, Bianca, Erin, and Khayla, dive deep into the world of their favorite K-Pop artists, navigate interesting aspects of fandom culture, and hot takes on K-Pop in the news.
7 Oct 2026
Top K-Pop Male Dancers: Building Our K-Pop Super Group
What does it take to build a Super Group?
We have very strong thoughts about SM Entertainment in our group chat, but one thing they may have gotten right was SuperM - the best of the best from the label's male K-Pop groups. They can sing. They can dance. And, and quite simply, they're fine.
In this episode, we try to build out our very own Super Group, starting with nominating our top 5 male dancers in K-Pop. Very serious work over here. We ask ourselves the question: In a super group of dancers, who makes the cut?
We also shoutout Kany Diabante Ahn, a world renowned choreographer, unofficial Shawol ambassador and creator of the YouTube channel, This is Kany (https://www.youtube.com/@Thisiskany).
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Dance videos we referenced during our chat:
"Move" by Taemin (https://youtu.be/rcEyUNeZqmY?si=pk_goEeQLrjtJD1h)
"Set Me Free Pt. 2" by Jimin (https://youtu.be/UaywgAqcLxI?si=XouHfVkXZo3MjyoR)
NEURON (with Gaeko, yoonmirae) by j-hope (https://youtu.be/z4Rg_VgOlJU?si=DlDOJETqpCe3uOzF)
Yeosang's shimmy (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JEfFbFgwPaY?app=desktop&ra=m) and Yeosang at award show (https://youtu.be/coNXF056lg8?si=FbZ7vRi0BHVJbyOD&t=402)
Taemin & NI-KI's "Guilty" performance (https://youtu.be/RbxPmc7KX4k?si=I2ccIHuESanGUnwr)
K-Pop Jams of the Week:
"Peaches (https://youtu.be/GUdnTGnm6Yk?si=bYT8aSb9MUTBPyjV)" and "Mmmh" (https://youtu.be/Fc-fa6cAe2c?si=Lz6mEUoPdVVjrjiE) by Kai
"Switch to Me" (https://youtu.be/-Bf_BB9iTNI?si=G79cicb_gsE5xrlM) by Rain (duet with JYP)
"Love Song (https://youtu.be/_xHfAjfIdYo?si=I-eTlat_PlBpWhmi)" by Rain
"Advice" (https://youtu.be/sQg4VCB3bYw?si=bllCEiunSVNbaKqE) and "Idea" (https://youtu.be/bRrbFjdisM0?si=z0PGYGxbFJ5WstcY) by Taemin
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Just A Girl And Her Light Stick is a podcast that features three Black millennials wandering down the K-Pop rabbit hole, all while asking the question, “how did we get here?” Join hosts, Bianca, Erin, and Khayla, as they dive deep into the world of their favorite K-Pop artists, navigate interesting aspects of fandom culture, and hot takes on K-Pop in the news.
30 Sept 2026
BTS ARIRANG World Tour: Attending Our First K-Pop Concert Ever!
Did we really just go to our first K-pop concert?
In this episode, we are excited to share our experiences from attending the BTS ARIRANG Tour in Baltimore. (Spoiler alert: we had a time.)
Also, at the time of this recording in August, we discussed news about the surprising removal of Xdinary Heroes leader and BTS members attending the Chris Brown and USHER concert. As a result, we also ask ourselves the question: What does accountability look like between K-Pop idols and their fans?
K-Pop Jams of the Week
"This & That" by Stray Kids
"X Room" and “Good Enough” by Xdinary Heroes (get into your emo bag)
“Hip Hop Phile by BTS
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Just A Girl And Her Light Stick is a podcast that features three Black millennials wandering down the K-Pop rabbit hole, all while asking the question, “how did we get here?” Join hosts, Bianca, Erin, and Khayla, as they dive deep into the world of their favorite K-Pop artists, navigate interesting aspects of fandom culture, and hot takes on K-Pop in the news.
23 Sept 2026
How Did We Get Here? Into the K-Pop Rabbit Hole, We Go...
In our first episode, we ask each other the question — "how did your journey into K-Pop begin?" We name artists that first caught our attention such as Big Bang, 2pm, Rain, BTS, and Epik High. We also draw inspiration from actress Chase Infiniti’s unapologetic Black joy as she successfully lives out her K-Pop fangirl dreams by becoming the leading lady in ATEEZ’S ‘Bad’ music video.
Also, here are a few K-Pop jams we recommend to folks who are new to the genre: "Sweet Dreams” by j-hope ft. Miguel; "MONA LISA" by j-hope; anything by DEAN, and Anderson .Paak’s K-POPS!
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Just A Girl & Her Light Stick is a podcast featuring three Black millennials wander down the K-Pop rabbit hole, all while asking the question, “how did we get here?” Join hosts, Bianca, Erin, and Khayla, dive deep into the world of their favorite K-Pop artists, navigate interesting aspects of fandom culture, and hot takes on K-Pop in the news.
15 Sept 2026
Introducing: Just A Girl And Her Light Stick
Welcome to Just A Girl & Her Light Stick: Black Millennials Talk K-Pop!
We are a group chat turned podcast featuring three Black women bonding over the K-Pop fan girl experience. Join us, Bianca, Erin, and Khayla, as we navigate the world of K-Pop.
The first episode drops Wednesday, 9/23/26, wherever you get your podcasts.
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