{"id":45521,"date":"2025-08-05T12:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T12:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/45521\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T12:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T12:11:09","slug":"megan-thee-stallion-vanilla-ice-psy-and-itzy-all-in-one-room-kpopped-brings-the-best-of-the-west-to-seoul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/45521\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Thee Stallion, Vanilla Ice, PSY and ITZY all in one room? Kpopped brings the best of the west to Seoul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Just when you thought the K-pop crossover wave couldn\u2019t get any wilder, in comes KPopped \u2014 a new Apple TV+ show that\u2019s part remix battle and honestly, part fever dream. The eight-episode music series brings together some of K-pop\u2019s hottest groups with legendary Western pop stars for reimagined versions of their biggest hits. Yes, really. From Savage to Wannabe to Ice Ice Baby, the songs get a full K-pop makeover \u2014 complete with new choreography, outfits, and live performances in front of a Seoul audience that picks the winner. Think of it as the musical multiverse you didn\u2019t know you needed.<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kpop_1754311173645_1754311187073.webp.jpeg\" alt=\"Kpopped brings the best of the west to Seoul\" title=\"Kpopped brings the best of the west to Seoul\"\/>   Kpopped brings the best of the west to Seoul    <\/p>\n<p>The lineup? Unhinged in the best way possible. K-pop groups like Billlie, Itzy, Kep1er, JO1, Ateez, STAYC, Kiss of Life, and Blackswan will be joining forces with Western legends including Megan Thee Stallion, Patti LaBelle, Mel B and Emma Bunton of the Spice Girls, Vanilla Ice, Kesha, TLC, Kylie Minogue, Boyz II Men and more. The show is hosted by comedian Soojeong Son and features Psy and Stallion as star mentors.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> Naturally, the internet is already spiraling<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooks like a fun show. Imagine this leads to more positive collabs in the future, this is good for the mid-tier groups like Billlie and Kep1er. Just for the laughs, I would love to see a Mnet styled show, with zoom ins or close ups of voice cracks, &#8216;evil editing&#8217; and repetitive repeats of choreo mistakes,\u201d wrote one fan.<\/p>\n<p>Another added, \u201cDang, these are some heavy-hitter A-List musicians collaborating in this project. Personally, looking forward to Billlie. Taylor Dayne has a ridiculous voice but pairing with Vanilla Ice? That one is unexpected.\u201d Someone else noted, \u201cVanilla Ice and Kep1er is either going to be the best thing ever or beautifully chaotic. No in-between.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others were equally floored by the lineup. \u201cThis is the most unexpected lineup ever,\u201d said one. Another declared, \u201cThis is going to be such a fun show.\u201d One person summed it up best: \u201cThis isn\u2019t a concert, it\u2019s a multiverse collision.\u201d And finally: \u201cSuch a random, yet iconic lineup! We are seated for all of these collabs!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KPopped premieres August 29, and if nothing else, it\u2019s proof that chaotic TV is still alive and well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just when you thought the K-pop crossover wave couldn\u2019t get any wilder, in comes KPopped \u2014 a new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[9265,96,25796,6705,25798,2835,128,25797,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-45521","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-apple-tv","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-htcity","11":"tag-kpop","12":"tag-kpopped","13":"tag-megan-thee-stallion","14":"tag-music","15":"tag-nicki-minaj","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}