Episodes
Into the Garden: Black Rose
Join us as we deep dive into The Rose’s song, Black Rose, which is a tribute to their fans. We celebrate the song’s anniversary on August 23 by sharing stories from Black Roses of how The Rose’s music has impacted their lives.
Listen to Black Rose on Spotify: Link
The Would You Rather Game
We thought we'd bring something a little new into the KRok Cast world, our first recorded Would you rather game.
For once you can see the sheer joy on Anne's face and the recoiling fear on Kelly's, as she's put through the hypothetical ringer again.
What would you choose?
Into the WRLD
Part 3: Join as we wrap up our deep dive into the rest of the WRLD album! We conclude our discussion of this simple yet complex body of work.
Into the WRLD
Part 2: Join as we deep dive into the next two tracks of the WRLD album! We will continue our deep discussion of this incredible body of work.
Into the Transmission: Interview with Diane Quon and Eugene Yi
Join us as we interview Diane Quon, CEO of Quonco Productions and award-winning producer, who is one of the Producers of The Rose’s documentary, The Rose: Come Back to Me and Eugene Yi, an award-winning filmmaker, editor, and journalist, who is the director of the film. We deep dive into how the film came about and behind the scenes of the film, including what didn’t make the final cut.
Into the WRLD
Part 1: Join us as we finally deep dive into The Rose’s new EP, WRLD. We breakdown the instrumentation, melodies, and meaning behind the lyrics for these songs. We also talk about how each lyric video connects to the theme of each song. This is a deep album and led to a rich discussion! You don’t want to miss it!
Into the Garage Files
Part 4: Join us as we dive into the final episodes of The Rose’s Photosynthesis series - Episodes 7 & 8.
Into the Tribeca
Join us as Anne shares her experience at the premiere of The Rose’s documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival. We talk about the impact of this film and it’s ability to convey The Rose’s story in an honest, vulnerable, and inspiring way.
Into the Garage Files
Part 3: Join us as we catch up on all the content leading up to the release of The Rose’s EP, WRLD and deep dive into episodes 5 & 6 of Photosynthesis.
Into the Wolf
Part 2: Join us as we conclude our deep dive into Woosung’s first solo EP, Wolf. We explore Face and Lonely and dig into Woosung’s psyche including themes of sexuality and loneliness.
Into the Wolf
Part 1: Join us as we deep dive into Woosung’s first solo EP, Wolf. We break down the simplistic melodies of Wolf and Moon and have a rich conversation of the meaning behind Moon’s lyrics, including the controversy of his inclusion of an offensive lyric and why he hasn’t changed it.
Into the X-Verse
Join us for another special episode where we break down all the major updates we received from The Rose over the last week, including our perspectives on Sammy’s responses to the concerns shared by fans on X.
Into the Windfall
Join us as we deep dive into the formation of Windfall Records and discuss the issues many musical artists face as they navigate the world of labels, agencies and independence.
Into the Garage Files
Part 2: Join us as we deep dive into episodes 3 & 4 of Photosynthesis. Anne and Kelly try to survive the cuteness overload of the members of the Rose interacting with kids and go on a sentimental road trip with the guys. Join our humour segment to pick which member you would have as your survival partner in a zombie apocalypse. Listen to find out who Kelly and Anne would pick! You might be surprised!
Into the Catalyst
Join us for our first Geniuses Behind the Scenes series, where we interview professionals from across the music industry who work behind the scenes. JJ Catalyst is an Emmy-nominated, Billboard #1 Mixing Engineer, who has worked with incredible artists like Papa Roach, Hollywood Undead, Connor Matthews, and our very own The Rose, just to name a few!
We sat down with JJ to learn what it means to be a mixing engineer and he shares how he balances the technical and artistic aspects of mixing music.
Into the Garage Files
Part 1: Join us as we deep dive into the first two episodes of The Rose’s reality series, Photosynthesis. Anne and Kelly breakdown what we learned about The Rose through their real-life antics.
(Disclaimer: We do not have Slimer in the studio with us, it is in fact Kelly with a chest infection!)
Into the Red
Join us as we dive into The Rose’s single album, Red. Listen as Anne and Kelly disagree on their feelings about the song, California. Will Kelly’s expert analysis change Anne’s mind about this song? Listen to find out!
Into the Spoiler King
We are fucking ready! Join us for this special episode where we dive deep into the details of The Rose’s comeback as we prepare for the release of the new EP, WRLD. We will break down all the spoilers shared by Woosung in his live stream on the Rosarium app. We talk through each of the song teasers that Sammy played during the live stream. We also share our hypothesis on the meaning of Photosynthesis and the sound and message with this album.
Into the Doom
Join us for our first Artist Spotlight interview with musician, singer, songwriter Francis Doom! His debut album, I Caught a Light, was recorded in 2022. He has described the sound of this album as “like a ballroom, on fire, in space.”
His latest single is called I’m a Ghost.
He sat down with us to talk about how his solo project came about, his songwriting process,
and what’s it’s like being a self-produced, self-managed music artist in today’s music industry.
Into The Moon
Join us as we review The Rose’s Rabbit to the Moon festival performance, their first in almost a year!
We answer listener’s questions about the performance and have a fun Would you Rather Challenge.
Into the Dawn
Part 2: Join us as we continue with our deep dive into The Rose’s second EP, Dawn. We update you on the latest across the Korean rock industry and have a fun Would You Rather Challenge!
Into the Dawn
Part 1: Join us as we take a deep dive into The Rose’s second EP, Dawn. This is an emotionally charged album and we recognise that the subjects discussed during this episode may be difficult for some listeners.
Should you find any of the subject matter discussed during this podcast triggering support is available from the following organisations. Remember the first step is to talk, you aren’t in this alone.
Into the 4444: Reborn
Part 2: Join us as we share our hot takes on the release of The Rose’s teaser trailer for version two of the lightstick. We’ll dive into Woosung’s 4444: Reborn remix album and talk through the tracks we love and the tracks that we DON’T love. Tune in to hear our difference of opinion about the tracks. We’ll wrap up with another fun Would You Rather? game!
Into the 4444: Reborn
Part 1: Join us as we share the latest news around the Korean rock industry including DPR Ian and a list of bands to look out for, along with the latest on The Rose’s upcoming comeback. We’ll explore the background of EDM music and talk through the tracks we love and the tracks that we DON’T love. Tune in to hear our difference of opinion about the tracks and of course laugh along the way!
Into The Void
Part 2: Join us as we talk about the second half of The Rose’s debut EP album, Void. We’ll share some potentially controversial opinions along the way! Learn who would rather go head-to-head in a battle of wits with Sassy Sammy and who would rather compete with Jaehyeong in an eating contest.
Into The Void
Part 1: Join us as we share our hot takes on what The Rose has in store next! During our deep dive, we’ll talk about The Rose’s debut song, Sorry, and the first half of their debut EP album, Void. We’ll break down the melodies, production, lyrics, and more.
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