This one has been a long time coming. Last year, when Seventeen’s An Ode first came out, I foolishly decided to get only one version, and it took me an entire year to actually complete the entire set. I finally have them now, and I can finally show you all each version in all its… Read More The Kat’s Cafe’s Unboxings: Seventeen’s An Ode (All Versions)
This video highlighted a milestone in my collection as The Boyz’s All Area Access Photobook is the very first photobook I ever added to my collection! I loved this one so much as it gave us a lot more behind the scenes photos of them during the European leg of their tour in 2019, and… Read More The Kat’s Cafe’s Unboxings: The Boyz’s All Area Access Photobook
This has been a long time coming, but finally, here’s my very first The Boyz unboxing on my channel, with the Reveal albums! This was also my very first comeback with The Boyz. I know that this is now considered “older” albums, as this comeback was earlier this year, but I’m so glad that I… Read More The Kat’s Cafe’s Unboxings: The Boyz’s Reveal (All Versions)
Surprisingly, I really do love EXO more than I think. I was really lucky to find an onhand copy of their second mini album, Exodus, and I was very lucky to find Xiumin’s Korean member version as well. I’m going to be looking for Chanyeol’s and and Kai’s as well as they are my other… Read More The Kat’s Cafe’s Unboxings: EXO’s Exodus (Xiumin Kr. Version)
I’ve been collecting Verivery a few months after they debuted last year, and with this, I’m complete with their discography until their comeback on October 13, and I am so glad I got these before their comeback! This mini-album was a good one, and I love that they included Beautiful-X and another song, Private Life,… Read More The Kat’s Cafe’s Unboxings: Verivery’s Face You (All Versions)
Song of the Sirens was an amazing album for Gfriend, what with their title track “Apple” being different from usual, and the fact that the girls, especially Umji, Yuju and Eunha, had a hand with creating the songs on this album. This was a solid album through and through, and I can’t wait to see… Read More The Kat’s Cafe’s Unboxings: Gfriend’s Song of the Sirens (All Versions)
Golden Child’s title track for Take A Leap, One (Lucid Dream), not only concluded the trilogy that began with Wannabe, but was a great follow up given that this was their first album after appearing on Road to Kingdom, and what an album it was! It also had great b-sides for both new and old… Read More The Kat’s Cafe’s Unboxings: Golden Child’s Take a Leap (All Versions)
In a very short span of time, CIX has managed to worm themselves into my heart and into my top ten favorite Kpop groups list, and they are definitely there to stay! Hello Strange Place is their second mini album, which is just as solid as their first one. However, in this one, they interestingly… Read More The Kat’s Cafe’s Unboxings: CIX’s Hello Strange Place (All Versions)
‘I’m very behind when it comes to uploading my videos, in fact, this unboxing was originally filmed in July! I got slower in terms of editing in August, but hopefully, I can catch up to my most recent ones. Anyway, I’ve been looking forward to sharing this one, as this marks the very first unboxing… Read More The Kat’s Cafe’s Unboxings: Monsta X’s Fantasia X (All Versions)
My Infinite collection is slowly but surely coming together, even though there are really some items that are pretty elusive now. So, I was really lucky to have chanced upon someone selling a sealed version of Infinite’s Infinite Only Limited Edition! Hopefully, I’ll be able to have a complete Infinite collection soon! ‘Till the next… Read More The Kat’s Cafe’s Unboxings: Infinite Only (All Versions)
This one is a pretty overdue post, but then again, I do have a lot of backlog with my Kpop unboxing videos. However, I’m very glad that I was able to post this one before Stray Kids’ comes back on September 14, 2020 with the repack of their first ever album. So, without further ado,… Read More The Kat’s Cafe’s Unboxings: Stray Kids’s Go Live (All Versions)
I missed a week, but I’m back again with a very long overdue unboxing, and this time, it’s Stray Kids’ first full album, Go Live, the Limited Version. Stray Kids has consistently never failed to surprise and excited me with their music, and this one is no exception. To be honest, I was a little… Read More The Kat’s Cafe’s Unboxings: Stray Kids’s Go Live (Limited Version)
This unboxing is a historic one as it is my very first NCT Dream unboxing! Reload was my first comeback with them, and I was a little bit worried that I might not like the title track, but my fears were unfounded as I really loved every single song in the album. In particular, I… Read More The Kat’s Cafe’s Unboxings: NCT Dream’s Reload (All Versions)
It’s kind of funny that I actually managed to get all the versions of NCT 127’s repackaged album of Neozone before I actually got the N & C versions of the regular version, but here it is. Although, I do promise to order the N & C version very soon! I loved the styling of… Read More The Kat’s Cafe’s Unboxings: NCT 127’s Neozone: The Final Round
This marks a milestone in my collecting for Gfriend as this is the first concert DVD of theirs that I ever got! And this one is a special one as my sister and I did go to their concert during their Manila stop last year. That was truly a memorable night, and you can check… Read More The Kat’s Cafe’s Unboxings: GoGoGfriend 2019 DVD
As of the moment, Gfriend is my only female ultimate group and I’m just so glad that I was able to finally get all versions of this album before my copies of their latest album, Song of the Sirens, arrives at my place. This album was a milestone album in the sense that this was… Read More The Kat’s Cafe’s Unboxings: Gfriend’s Labyrinth
One of my Kpop collection goals this year was to complete my Golden Child collection, at least for all their discography. I originally got myself pre-loved copies of Golden Child’s first few albums and then later on decided that I wanted to get actual sealed copies. So, as of the moment, I am almost near… Read More The Kat’s Cafe’s Unboxings: Golden Child’s Gol-Cha!
I am one lucky Inspirit. I was really lucky that I was able to find an onhand sealed version of Infinite’s Rally III DVD, which basically contains everything that happened at their third annual fanmeeting, and it also includes a making of sort of clip. It’s not that easy to find Infinite related things here,… Read More The Kat’s Cafe’s Unboxings: Infinite’s Rally III DVD
I have a pretty special place in my heart for kpop bands, so I’m always on the lookout for them. Onewe is a pretty special band for me as I discovered them right before they redebuted on May 13, 2019, and I’ve been waiting for them to drop a physical album since last year. So,… Read More The Kat’s Cafe’s Unboxings:Onewe’s ONE
This one is pretty late in posting as July is almost ending, but nevertheless, I decided to post a video of me opening up the various photocards and albums I got in the month of June. I also like doing this so that I can also show the people I either bought from or traded… Read More The Kat’s Kpop Collection: June 2020 Collective Haul
As a huge Inspirit, I’m so glad that I was finally able to get my hands on the normal edition of Infinite’s 5th Mini Album, Reality. I actually got a pre-loved copy of the Limited Edition last year, but it took me forever to get the normal edition. So, since I have both on hand… Read More The Kat’s Cafe’s Unboxings: Infinite’s 5th Mini Album Reality (Limited & Normal Ver.)
This unboxing was a pretty historic one for me as this was the very first NCT album I ever bought, and Kick It was my very first NCT 127 comeback. It’s quite interesting because NCT 127, aside from EXO, are two kpop groups that I never thought I would get into. However now I know… Read More The Kat’s Cafe’s Unboxings: NCT 127’s Neozone- T Ver.
sStray Kids are some of the rookies that really impressed me when I was discovering more groups last year, and I guess it can be seen how much I like them as I’ve been starting to really build up on my Stray Kids album collection. This one is an oldie from them, but its an… Read More The Kat’s Cafe’s Unboxings:Stray Kids’ Mixtape
I can’t believe that we have finally reached the end of the road in Road to Kingdom (yes, pun intended). While I am still not happy with Mnet and their editing to create more drama, all I can say to the seven groups that were on this show is that they all did well, and… Read More Road to Kingdom: Episode 8-The Final Round (Spoilers!)
For some reason, I have a really bad habit of procrastinating buying the other versions of an album (if there are three or more versions) if I don’t get them all right away. Case in point, I bought Stray Kids’ Cle: Levanter Limited & Levanter versions when it was first released, but it took me… Read More The Kat Cafe’s Unboxings: Stray Kids’ Cle:Levanter
When the Stray Kids Unlock Tour in Manila was announced, I knew that I wanted to attend it as I knew that watching Stray Kids live would definitely be an awesome experience. However, due to the circumstances that are happening now, the concert was moved to June 20, 2020, and is now postponed, with a… Read More The Kat Cafe’s Unboxings: Stray Kids’ Lightstick
I can’t believe that this Thursday’s episode, is the final episode of this series. I am very happy though that they opened up the voting to international fans as well, and that Mnet will be live streaming the finale on their YouTube channel. However, before we get into that, let’s take a look at what… Read More Road to Kingdom: Episode 7-Round 3 Part 2 & Elimination (Spoilers!)
Hello everyone! How have you all been doing? I know I’m VERY late for my May 2020 Haul post, but I promise you, it’ll be worth the wait. This post is actually a pretty historic one for this site as this will mark the very first Kpop Haul post that I filmed, edited, and posted… Read More The Monthly Kpop Haul #12
As of the moment, it is a goal of mine to get the official lightsticks of at at least my top ten favorite kpop groups, and most especially if they are an ultimate group. Last week, I finally received my Yeobong Version 2, or the Infinite Lightstick Version 2, and I decided to make a… Read More The Kat Cafe’s Unboxings: Infinite’s Lightstick Ver. 2
Hello everyone! Kitin a.k.a. The Kat here, and today, I have some interesting news to share with you guys. As the title already says, I have officially opened The Kat’s Cafe’s YouTube today, and I kicked it off with a little teaser trailer of the things that you can expect to see here. I have… Read More Update: The Kat’s Cafe’s YouTube Channel-Now Open!
To be honest, I was bracing myself for the elimination in Episode 4. But instead of doing it there, they moved it to Episode 5. I’m pretty sure it was more for dramatic effect, but I would have preferred to see the elimination happen in Episode 4, if time permitted. In any case, most of… Read More Road to Kingdom: Episode 5-6: Elimination & Round 3 Pt. 1 (Spoilers!)
For this episode, I had been preparing for an elimination as I knew that there would be an elimination after Round 2. To be honest, I would much prefer if the entire show didn’t have elimination at all so that the groups could really concentrate on the performances without worrying too much about rankings, like… Read More Road to Kingdom: Episode 4- Round 2
Ever since it was announced, I have been looking forward to watching Mnet’s “Road to Kingdom”. The show is the prequel to the show “Kingdom”, which is the sequel and the male version of “Queendom”, which aired last year. “Queendom” was a competitive reality show in which six girl groups battled against each other. For… Read More Road to Kingdom: Eps. 1-3 (90 Sec. Challenge & Round 1)
Ever since I first watched Park Seo Joon in “Fight for My Way”, I knew that this was one actor that would always be on my watch list. So, it wasn’t surprising that I had my eye on “Itaewon Class” when it was announced, and I got more and more intrigued in it after Kim… Read More TV Review: Itaewon Class (Spoilers!)
Lately, there have been a lot of different offerings when it comes to online concerts- free streaming concerts that are either official (like BTS’ Bang Bang Con) or fan created ones, past concerts that are available on VLive (usually paid in the VLive+ options), and upcoming paid concerts online (such as the Beyond Live concerts… Read More The Kat’s Kpop Experience Presents: Open the Rolling Hall #1 (Onewe, W24 & D.Coy)
Technically speaking, this is the first haul post for me during this lockdown period, as the previous haul post was done just as the quarantine started. I’m not sure how things will be during my next haul post, but we’ll see when June comes along. In my last haul post, I asked whether you guys… Read More The Monthly Kpop Haul #11
I’ve been meaning to get into saeguk’s or historical dramas for quite some time now, but I also felt that I needed to ease myself into it. This journey began with me watching “Chicago Typewriter”, followed by “Mr. Sunshine”, and now, after “The Tale of Nokdu”, I think I’m quite ready to delve more into the… Read More TV Review: The Tale of Nokdu (Spoilers!)
After getting into Infinite last year, I knew that I was definitely going to end up checking out other Woolim artists as well. I do like Lovelyz and Rocket Punch, but the other Woolim group I ended up falling for pretty hard was Golden Child. I was curious in them especially as Daeyol is quite… Read More The Kat’s Kpop Experience Presents: Golden Child 1st Concert: Future & Past (YouTube Livestream)
The past few weeks and the past month has been a roller-coaster ride, from some things that happened in my own personal life, to the Enhanced Community Quarantine that’s being enforced now where I live. I’m pretty sure that most of you are also practicing social distancing, and have been home bound if you are… Read More The Monthly Kpop Haul #10
The first season of JTBC’s political drama “Chief of Staff” was one of the few dramas that grabbed audience’s attentions last year, and many couldn’t wait for the second season to drop in November 2019, after the first season’s initial run from June to July 2019. Boasting a lot of familiar faces and some new… Read More TV Review: Chief of Staff S2 (Spoilers!)
It feels as if it was just yesterday that we entered 2020, and now, we are entering the second month of the year! February 2020 was pretty jampacked with Kpop releases and comebacks, and even more so for me as some of my favorites came back, and I was also able to attend my second… Read More The Monthly Kpop Haul # 9
One of the many Kpop groups that I got into last year was Seventeen, partly because a co-worker of mine kept on suggesting that I try listening to them. And sure enough, just a few seconds into watching “Don’t Wanna Cry”, I was hooked. Several music videos, “unhelpful guides” to Seventeen on YouTube, VLive Videos,… Read More The Kat’s Kpop Experience Presents: Ode To You in Manila
I know I’m posting this in February, but welcome to the very first Kpop Haul Post of the year! I was really planning on posting this a few days earlier, but deliveries have been a bit sparse as the ports are quite clogged up with boxes and shipments, and I know that this will probably… Read More The Monthly Kpop Haul 1.8
To be honest, I couldn’t quite believe it when they announced last year that Infinite’s L or Kim Myung Soo would be having a fan meeting in Manila on January 12, 2020, at the New Frontier Theater (the same venue where I watched Gfriend last year). At that point in time, I was very much… Read More The Kat’s Kpop Experience Presents:2020 Kim Myung Soo Come With Me Fan Meeting in Manila
First off, Merry Christmas everyone! I hope that you all spent a great Christmas with your friends and loved ones. Also, advanced Happy New Year to everyone as well! I hope that 2020 will be a great year for all of you, and a better year for Kpop, especially as soo many unfortunate things happened… Read More The Monthly Kpop Haul 1.7
October was a pretty loaded month in terms of debuts and comebacks, but more than that, it seems like October 2019 and the first few days of November were not good to the industry at all. If you are a Kpop fan, I’m pretty sure you know what I’m talking about. I honestly don’t know… Read More The Monthly Kpop Haul 1.6
No matter what era you grew up in, there’s no denying the influence that pop-culture has over that era, which also influenced you as well, no matter how big or small that was. And this could take many forms, from movies to tv shows, all the way to music. Music has a way of leaving… Read More Movie Review: I Used to Be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story
In this complicated world, sometimes its easier to watch things that are black and white, where your bad guys are deliciously evil and where the good guys strive to do the right thing no matter how many hits they may take. These tropes help us renew our own faith in humanity, and maybe, even in… Read More TV Review: Watcher (Spoilers!)
With monster ratings, a lot of hype, and somewhat touchy subject matter, “SKY Castle” was one of those dramas that I felt was going to be a great one; and one that I wanted to watch as soon as it came out last year. While I may be very late to the party, this drama… Read More TV Review: Sky Castle (Spoilers!)
With this post, I’ve finally caught in terms of haul posts. So, you’ll be seeing my October haul sometime in November. This month’s haul was a mix of new releases and some old ones. I also got my very first concert merch purchase shipped to me this month! As for the comebacks for the month… Read More The Kpop Files: The Monthly Kpop Haul 1.5
