I have been fangirling over SummerDaze for several weeks now. I have been actively checking the indiegogo crowdfunding to see how much has close they are to their goal. (If you want to donate, please click here!) I have also been following all their socials, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok. Yes, all of them!

If you have no clue what I am talking about, allow me to introduce you to Singapore’s first BL drama. I decided to shoot my shot and ask if I could interview the producers to help promote this amazing project and discuss what we can expect from the series. So, without further ado here is the interview!

K.F.C: You filmed the short movie in 2018 but in 2020 it rose back to popularity thanks to the internet. After you saw it soar back into popularity and fans begged for it to become a series, how long did it take you to make the decision to give the fans what they wanted? What was your reaction to the demand for the series?

How long did it take to respond: It took us quite a long time to respond to the fans because we didn’t want to compromise on the quality of the production.

Our reaction: It was exciting but there’s also that pressure of expanding the story without taking away from the beauty of the short film. We are very moved by the comments, especially for those who could relate to the characters. And we are thankful to all the support and love.

K.F.C: The short film was filmed on 제주도in South Korea, was there any significance to the location? And will we be seeing it again in the series? 

We chose the beautiful 제주도as the location for the short film because the short film was a fashion film made for the Singaporean menswear label The Authority. Yes, we have written the script to include scenes from 제주도as the series revolves around how the two actors ended up filming the short film we saw 3 years ago. (A film in a film.)

K.F.C: What was the process for expanding the story for the series? How did you choose for it to be between two actors versus two friends or any of the other kinds of tropes we see in BL?

Because the short film didn’t have any dialogue or names, many viewers were able to relate to it or interpret the story in their own meaningful ways. We didn’t want to take away from their experience by extending the original story or throwing in a plot twist for the sake of it. The producers sat down to discuss this in 2020 and decided that the short film should just be a film within the new series. 

K.F.C: How did you go about picking your two main leads? What about them was different from the others?

David got the role through a traditional casting process while Alfred was the last person who came for the auditions. Originally, they were supposed to play each other’s characters but after seeing their chemistry onscreen, we decided to swap their roles.

K.F.C: What do you want fans to know most about the series? What can we expect from it?

We hope they get lots of butterflies in their tummies.

We want to thank the producers for taking time out of their busy schedules to sit down and answer all the questions we had for them. And if you want to help them make this dream come true, please donate to their crowdfunding here. There is still time! If you are unable to donate, please share to all your friends and family who are massive BL fans like us!

Have you ever watched something and wished it didn’t end? I feel that most K-drama watchers, and even more specifically BL Drama watchers, understand this feeling all too well.

               Have you ever wished you could do something about it?

               A couple of nights ago, while scrolling through Instagram, I stumbled upon a trailer for a new BL series called ‘SummerDaze: the series’. As I watched the trailer it mentioned the previous hit of its short film.

               You know I jumped to find said short film. I found it and when they say short, they aren’t exaggerating. The whole film was under four minutes. There was no talking, but told a strong story of a love and heartache. Fun fact: While the movie and future series is Singaporean, they actually filmed the short film in 제주도 (jejudo- jeju island).

               While the film was gorgeous and I enjoyed all three minutes and thirty-eight seconds of it, I wanted to throw my computer across the room. I needed more! The movie had come out in 2018 and I was looking desperately for the series I had just seen the trailer for.

               That’s when I re-watched the trailer to see it hadn’t come out and was in fact trying to raise money using crowd funding to help make an 8 episode mini series possible.

               Now here is where you wishing you could do something comes into play.

               They have released a crowd funding (here) only a few days ago. There are a ton of different tiers that garner all types of amazing prizes. Posters, postcards, early access to the episodes, video calls form the cast, your name in the credits, and if you’re a big spender a non-speaking walk on roll!

               I donated so quick! I didn’t even finish the trailer a second time. (I have watched it a LOT more than that since) While I wish I was Ms. Moneybags, I couldn’t afford to just fly out to Singapore to be an extra. I opted to receive the poster and my name in the credits.

               If you want to help there are several ways. The first is obviously donating to their crowd funding (here). The second, if you don’t have the means to donate, is share their story with all your friends who are also big BL fans. And have them share. And keep passing it along. This is the time to make shiz happen! This story needs to be told!

               Follow them on insta (here) to follow their journey.

The past year+ has ben one I am sure no one will ever forget. I know there are a lot of people I could thank personally for keeping me happy, healthy, and sane. Everyone has someone in their life who helped them through this pandemic. And not only do we want to hear your stories but so does The Korea Tourism Organization who is offering some amazing prizes for sharing who your hero is! 이거 봐! (eego bwa- look at this)

Now how exactly do you enter? ! 쉬워요! (shiwohyo – it’s easy!)  Anyone can participate by posting an Instagram post, detailing your story and tagging your hero. Use the hashtags #DiscoverMyHero and #DiscoverKorea

You have until August 6th to enter! Good luck everyone. Can’t wait to see who your hero’s are!!

I am sure if you follow Korean From Context on Ko-Fi the first two goals were small. It was the steppingstone into the world of Ko-Fi and to be totally honest I didn’t think I would reach that first goal, but then to reach the SECOND goal?!? I was so shocked by this but since it was able to be reached, I decided to make the next goal Korean From Context’s biggest one yet.

               $2,500! Yes, I’m serious. How did I go from $100 to $2500? And why are commissions not open yet? All of the questions will be answered in this post!

               To start off the money will not be going all to one thing. It will be split to several main things.

1. A new phone. This will help me create nicer, more HQ content for TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram.
2. A new camera and/or lenses. I have been looking at new lenses, praying that concerts will be coming back soon so that I can go and start shooting again. I also would like a new camera to possibly start vlogging when I do go on the biggest trip of my life to South Korea.
3. Trip to Korea. Since we are looking at having to be in a two-week quarantine for the foreseeable future, I would simply need enough to cover those two weeks of mandatory hotel stay.

Commissions are coming back. Don’t you worry. However, we want to focus on finishing Seoul Searching. And with that we will be taking the next two weeks to be focusing on that. We are almost all finished. Crazy! Sad, but exciting. We have so many new books coming soon to Korean From Context. Some a little more Mature. (hehehe)

I don’t know how to process the year we just had. I’m assuming a lot of people are in that same boat. I had no clue what to expect out of this year when it started, like any year before it. I looked ahead to a bright future and a small growth of our website. But also, I expected the worst and in the beginning of the year, I actually had intended to shut the site down. I tend to be a very pessimistic person.

               Then the world went absolutely crazy. And while the world, outside, had been somewhat of a cluster f*ck, being in quarantine was probably the best thing to happen to this site. Mainly because I was able to focus a lot more of my time on the site and it’s growth. And grow it did.

               When I entered quarantine, I had a lot of time to sit on my phone during the breaks from me doing my real job’s work. And instead of being productive, like a lot of people, I got addicted to TikTok. I had never planned to post anything, just enjoy the cute animals, food, k-pop, k-drama, and funny videos. Someone had said something about making a video of Bright from 2gether and I said that I used to edit videos so I could try. I made it but found the easiest way to post it was to TikTok. That was my first ever video. It got like 20 views and I was happy. And once again, I never intended to post anything else.

               But then I saw a few TikTok’s about weddings, and I decided to post some pictures of my k-drama wedding photos. I left it there, went on with the rest of my day. That night, I went to watch some more funny videos when suddenly I had 99+ notifications and I was hella confused. I saw my wedding photo TikTok had over forty thousand views and thousands of likes!

Now in TikTok numbers that isn’t a lot, but to someone who only had 15 followers at the time, I was in shock! I got so excited and decided I would make another video. The next video is what changed the course of my website and my life forever.

One of my best friends had talked me into posting TikTok’s because she thought I would be good at it. I wasn’t so sure about that. After a failed attempt at YouTube, I wasn’t sold on putting myself out there like that again. She had told me to post my story about being hit on by a kpop idol. I felt I had told it so many times and no one cared, or even read my whole blog post about it. She said, “Yeah, but that’s not TikTok.”

I looked to find a fun way to tell the story, and the Put A Finger Down Challenge seemed like the funniest way to do it. I filmed it, sent it to her to see what she thought, she approved and so I posted it. Within minutes I was getting flooded with likes, comments, and follows. I couldn’t keep up. I had hit over eight hundred THOUSAND views! And my followers grew to almost four thousand!

I couldn’t believe it! I was so happy. And I am still insanely grateful for that!

And then Instagram launched REELZ (their version of TikTok). At first, I had decided REELZ weren’t my thing, since I had TikTok. But then I was in an Insta rut and said, ‘eff it just post a TikTok as a REELZ’.

Again, I didn’t know how to react when I woke up the next day to over several hundred new followers, thousands of likes and comments. I get more likes and views on my TikTok reposts to REELZ, than the videos posted on TikTok. I am now at almost four thousand followers on Instagram.

My next big accomplishment goal for the website was to finally start selling scenarios through Ko-fi to build my following on the site. I honestly am still figuring Ko-fi out but I think it will help me grow! At the beginning of December, I put up a small number of open slots, not believing I would even sell one. Sold all five with several of the customers wanting part two’s!!! We have more scenarios open for sale now, if you’re interested in purchasing your own.  

               I didn’t think 2020 could do more for Korean From Context. We had grown so much, and I was so shocked and thankful. I thought to make another fun TikTok that would now promote Korean From Context and our book Seoul Searching in a fun way. The video blew up! People shockingly believed I had seduced a Korean Drama actor. Me? Laughable. But once again there was a large influx of people to our TikTok page, surpassing ten thousand followers! Which means I can apply to the Creator Fund. I have heard nightmare stories about how it screws over smaller creators, so I won’t be joining just yet, but looking forward to the furture.

And through the growth, people have DM’ed me telling me that they have binge read Seoul Searching and they are desperate for new chapters. These DM’s included one special woman in particular. She reached out saying she loved my book and followed up with asking if she could narrate Seoul Searching! Obviously I said yes so that is in the works!

2020 was a crazy year for so many reasons. But I am happy to enter 2021 and here are some of Korean From Context’s New Year’s Resolutions:

1. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like we will be making our trip to Korea this year. This is our passion but our day jobs only allow two weeks off a year. And since Korea is hella strict on quarantine, our entire trip would be quarantine. The Resolution? I will continue working to get miles for us to travel and possibly even stay in Korea free of charge!
2. I would love for our Instagram to reach 10,000 followers and our TikTok to reach 100,000.
3. Finish Seoul Searching, finish editing it all, and release a limited edition book version! You read that right! A real book!
4. Sell even more scenarios to give people their one-of-a-kind k-drama experience!
5. Start the new books I have plotted, and get you guys ready to learn even more Korean!
6. And lastly, make Korean From Context the best it’s ever been!

I want to thank you all for making 2020 not a total suckfest and keeping me sane during the insane time we are living through. I hope 2021 can be a time for everyone to grow, heal, and hopefully prosper! I wish you all happiness and I wish for all of you to follow your dreams, your heart, and do what makes you happiest. I love you all and thank you so much for coming on this journey with me and the others of Korean From Context!

We are back with more Wish You content! We know you’re as excited as we are that there are new episodes! While these episodes didn’t have a LOT in them, they were very ‘filler-esque’, they did set up the story to grow into the romance we expect to blossom and that is all we can hope for. The music still slaps and we are literally itching for the 인수/상이duet!

               On to the recap!  

WARNING: THERE WILL BE SPOILERS FROM HERE ON OUT! If you don’t want to know before you watch then pause on reading, watch, and then come back to us so we can have a full-on discussion.

3화: These episodes are so fast that before anything really happens, they’re over. Like we said, these episodes were very much filler episodes. They gave us a brief glimpse into what will start to take place in the future. We see that 상이 is hard-working, but kind of a pushover. And that 인수might not be ready to handle the way they are going to have him work.

At the beginning, 인수 seems excited to be possibly be joining an agency. 상이 is excited to have the man of his dreams in the same company.

               Too bad he wakes up late the first day 인수 is supposed to be in the recording studio. He rushes to the office to be somewhat jokingly scolded by the head of the company and then makes his way to his desk, where not the sus woman is but one of the other team managers throws him busy work after busy work. He tries to speak up for himself, but inevitably cowers and does as she instructs.

               Meanwhile, 인수 is in the recording studio with sus woman and as she fawns over him with the musical producer, 인수looks exhausted from repeating the work over and over again. He asks to take a break and leaves the studio, leaving sus girl and the music producer to talk. Once again, she gives major sus vibes but then also throws curveballs of kindness so we are still unsure of where we land with her.

                상이 finally gets the chance to go to the studio and see his man and legit runs to the studio. The joy on his face as he ran made us as happy.

               The episode ends with him getting to the studio and nervously adjusting his clothing and scared to open the door, but 인수sees him and simply says “혹시…” (hokshi- perhaps) as a broad smile grows on his face like he remembers seeing 상이 performing previously.

OUR FAV SCENE: We can’t actually choose one since not much happened. We enjoyed seeing인수singing but this episode honestly didn’t have enough for us to love. Crazy we know.

Our cutest scene:  상이 running to his man, who isn’t his man.

Our least fav scene: That one team leader, not the one we are still unsure about, but the one who was ordering 상이 to do all the busy work when he should’ve been at the studio.

4화: Weirdly the “혹시…” never gets continued and it cuts to 인수 and his busking buddy are sat across from상이 and sus woman ready to discuss the terms of the contract.

               Sus lady starts spouting out the rules if he chooses to join with the company. Rules like, he is not allowed social media, if he does have any he has to turn it over to them to maintain. He has to live in their dorms, the company gets 70% of all his profits and he must follow whatever direction the company wants him to.

               While 인수’s busking buddy seems baffled by the terms, 인수isn’t as surprised and chooses to make a deal. He will let them have his social media accounts, he doesn’t care about the profits they take or the money he makes, all he asks is that he gets to stay where he currently lives and that his social media remains private until he debuts.

               Sus and 상이 are rather surprised by his minor changes to the contract and Sus asks why the privacy. 인수 simply states that he wants to show someone. We were a bit confused by the phrasing, but what we think is that he wants to prove to someone he made it.

               Sus gets suspicious about who that person is and after assigning 상이to live with 인수 she asks for him to meet her privately. She once again makes a pass at him and then says she is joking, we have a feeling not a single pass has been a joke, and then tells 상이she wants him to watch 인수 like a hawk.

               상이 doesn’t give her a real answer but in a way answers her by choosing to go and live with 인수. The episode ends on cliffhanger that made out pulse races and our eyes bulge out of our heads. 인수 answers his front door shirtless, slightly wet, and with a smile that could not make our panties drop but simply melt away.

               And no dang preview for next week!!! *UGH*

OUR FAV SCENE: Shirtless In Soo…DUH! And did we peep a tattoo?!?! *Swoon*

Our cutest scene:  When the sus woman tells 상이 that he will be moving in with 인수. His face lights up with shock, fear, and joy. As did ours.

Our least fav scene: We don’t have one. This was the set up for all things to come.

If you want to watch the show yourself and see everything we talked about and more, the show is airing on Viki. Check it out. So far we have not been disappointed and neither will you. If you want to chat about the show feel free to reach out to us on Instagram (@koreanfromcontext) or Twitter (@koreanfrmcntxt). We would love to hear if you’ve started the show and what you think!

Magical. Amazing. Mind Blowing. Cinematic masterpiece. These words can’t describe how simply magnificent the first two episodes of this drama are! Not exaggerating. Within the first few minutes of the first episode we were so beyond sold we were ready to sell our souls for more episodes. Wish You we wish you were longer than 8 episodes that are only 10-15 minutes long. *sobbing uncontrollably*

               Now onto the show!

WARNING: THERE WILL BE SPOILERS FROM HERE ON OUT! If you don’t want to know before you watch then pause on reading, watch, and then come back to us so we can have a full-on discussion.

1화 (huwa-chapter/episode):  Well as you read in our intro, the first minutes sold us on the entire series.

               Aerial shots of a night in Seoul, with a tranquil score playing behind it, set the tone. A young man is strolling down the street, music pumping in his headphones, when he reaches the corner to see another young man busking with a friend filming his performance.

               The first man we see stops, his eyes seem surprised to see this performer, and suddenly the score music mingles with the busker and it builds into this gorgeous symphony.

               Now you may say we are being dramatic. Go watch. We promise it’s exactly as we described.

               We finally meet the characters when the one who stopped to listen to the busker, (our boy Waffles…IYKYK) is sat on a bus that pulls up to a stop where said busker and the busker’s friend are stood to get on the bus. When Waffles sees the man who had caught his attention previously, he is in shock to run into him a second time.

               The busker friend hops on the bus and then opens one of the windows to talk to handsome performer. And this is when Waffles pulls the most savagely swift move of unplugging his headphones so he can listen to the young men talk.

               We find out the busker’s name is 인수 (In Soo), which is actually the actors real name as well. We wonder if they did this on purpose or not. Anyway, 인수and his buddy are talking, with Waffles in between them, about the latest video upload of 인수’s performance. Waffles is so cutely starstruck that made us giggle at how adorable and nervous he looked.

               Waffles ends up going to an office 회식 (hwaeshik- this is an event that companies do a lot of nights after work. Everyone goes out to eat and drink together) where he steps out for a bit to continue watching his boy 인수’s YouTube videos. One of the other employees finds him outside, and we finally hear his name, 상이(Sang Yi), which is kinda like his real name as well, watching the videos and asks who the man in the video is.

               He tells her about 인수 and she agrees that he is very talented. She then proceeds to hit on 상이 which were like, “excuse me beesh! NO!” but he seemed totally unphased by her hitting on him and she simply changes the subject.

               Suddenly the whole team comes out of the bar ready to go to their next stop and as they are walking you will never guess who they run into! Oh…you can guess? Well sheesh way to spoil it. 인수! And here is where the woman redeems herself and tells 상이 to go and follow 인수 so he can get a selfie and autograph and maybe even his phone number, and that she will make up an excuse for him leaving. BRAVA!

               상이 runs to find where 인수 and his buddy ran off to. And he does! The two young men are at a bar drinking together and 상이walks in ready to talk to the man he clearly has a major fanboy crush on.

               And when we finally think these two will utter any sort of words to each other, or at least 상이 will say something to 인수, all he does is embarrass himself and…BOOM! EPISODE 끝 (kkut – end)

OUR FAV SCENE: That intro to kick off the show really did send us. Like we said, it was so beautiful and simple and just amazing that it had us sold without either actor speaking a word.

Our cutest scene:  The bus scene was a fan fav. The way 상이unplugged his headphones so he could hear the convo was really savage. But the reason we think it is the cutest is because of 상이’s facial expressions. He looked like a little puppy who was just begging to be noticed.

Our least fav scene: The end. Only because it meant the episode was over.

2 화 : We start this episode where the first ended. 상이 chickening out and instead of telling 인수 that he is a fan, he ends up just making up an excuse to why he was there, at their table. UGH! He could hit on Sammie irl (not that she knew it) but he can’t speak to 인수! Well maybe…hmmm. Now we have even more questions. Lol.

               Any way he runs away like a scared little boy, pissed at himself. Almost as pissed as we were for him leaving. He goes to find his 회식 group again but instead only runs into the young woman who had hit on him, then told him to chase the cutie singer. She is all alone, and she tells him everyone left already.

               She asks if he was able to talk to 인수 and is instantly disheartened by the look of disappointment on his face.

               When they part ways she hops in a cab and makes a sus phone call, at least it looked sus. There were no subtitles when we watched this episode and couldn’t understand that scene very well.

               It cuts back to who we want to see, which is our boy 상이 lying in bed. We think he is asleep until he throws his hand in the air and starts reenacting what he should’ve said to 인수. It was actually super cute, and let’s be real who doesn’t think about what they could’ve said in a situation instead of what they did?

               He gets so frustrated with himself that he can’t sleep and so he gets up to reveal he has a whole small makeshift music studio in his tiny apartment. He plops down in his chair to start listening to 인수once again and suddenly he is mixing his own musical talents with 인수’s. And dear god what a panty dropper. He not only plays the piano to create more depth to the song, he HARMONIZES with 인수! Our hearts ripped out of our chests and started vibin’ with the beauty of both the talent and the men.

But of course the beauty gets cut short by a loud banging on his door by his neighbor who is complaining of 상이 playing piano and singing so late at night. RUDE, because honestly the vocals and music would be a gorgeous lullaby and she should feel blessed to have such a neighbor. But we digress.

The next morning, he goes to work where the company is in a meeting to find new talent and their boss is getting more and more frustrated with the people she is hearing. The girl who seems to be on 상이’s side asks him to pull up 인수’s videos and the boss is impressed with the talent.

The boss agrees that he is a good find, and she wants him to sign with the agency. The hidden joy on 상이’s face is so charming we are just waiting for his ship to sail! He grabs coffee with the girl and they go for a walk to talk about 인수.

Speaking of 인수, he is at the café that his busker buddy works at and as they are talking a young girl tries to get his phone number, but busker buddy tells her that 인수is his boyfriend and she runs away embarrassed. Which made us giggle a bit. As the girl leaves, two men appear and busker friend whispers nervously “surprise!”

We noticed the one guy was in the scene when the company was looking for talent so I am assuming they are managers trying to get 인수 to join the company.

While this is all happening, 상이 is still with sus but not sus girl. We are still undecided about her. She makes a dating joke, and then says something about proposing but then spins it to she wants him to work on the 인수 project. We don’t know how to feel about her. We want to like her, but then she does some sketch shiz we don’t like. We will see how it ends up.

The episode ends with 상이 performing with some other musicians on the street and, we are sure you already guessed what happens but we’re gonna tell you anyway, 인수 shows up to listen. As he listens a smile grows on his face and 상이 clearly falls even harder for the man.

끝. End episode. And no preview for next week!

OUR FAV SCENE: 상이 adding his own little mix to 인수’s performance. The singing was just amazing. We seriously can’t wait for them to actually start working together.

Our cutest scene: Might actually have to say that same scene but the seconds beforehand where 상이 is running through what he really wanted to say to 인수.

Our least fav scene: Once again, the end because it meant that there was no more to watch. And this time there really wasn’t because no more episodes have come out yet.

If you want to watch the show yourself and see everything we talked about and more, the show is airing on Viki. Check it out. So far we have not been disappointed and neither will you. If you want to chat about the show feel free to reach out to us on Instagram (@koreanfromcontext) or Twitter (@koreanfrmcntxt). We would love to hear if you’ve started the show and what you think!

                If you follow us on Instagram, Twitter, or TikTok, you know what we are about to say! WAFFLES (Lee Sang of IMFACT) IS IN A K-DRAMA! Not only is it a K-drama, it’s a Boys Love K-drama. And he is starring alongside another K-pop idol we adore, In Soo of MYNAME! OH LAWD HAVE MERCY ON OUR HEARTS!!!

               The new drama is called WISH YOU: 나의 마음속 너의 멜로디(nahwi maoomsuk nohwimalohdee- melody in my heart) with a plot centered around two young men who love music. One, Yoon Sang Yi, played by Waffles, is a pianist working for a massive agency. He oversees finding new talent when he stumbles upon a young man who uploads all of his performances on YouTube.

In Soo has a dream to make it big in the music world. All day and all night he works toward that goal. One day a young man comes to him telling In Soo he would be perfect for the rookie project an agency is holding. That man is Sang Yi, who has become quite the fanboy of In Soo.

Their two lives get thrown together when they end up living and working together in the company’s residences. Not only does a musical bond and friendship blossom, but something much more.

Oh man, are your hearts racing as much as our are?! This is premiering in TWO DAYS (12/04/2020) and will be available on VIKI. Are you planning on watching? If you want to chat about the show feel free to reach out to us on Instagram (@koreanfromcontext) or Twitter (@koreanfrmcntxt).

Now if you’re an EXO-L this lipstick name is probably very familiar to you. If you’re unfamiliar with this reference, look up EXO’s song “Lotto” and you will understand as this lipstick brand was sung about in the song’s chorus.

“Lipstick Chateau 와인빛 Color – whainbic – wine)

And once girls heard a lipstick these boys seemed to fancy, it flew off the shelves. And we will admit, we were those people who did  go out and buy a few of these. While we no longer speak to the people we purchased these lipsticks with, (toxic k-pop fans can ruin a friendship) we have to say the color we kept is still one of our favorite bright shades that we use whenever trying to film TikToks.

The packaging alone is enough to make one want to buy it. The wine bottle really is totally adorable. But we were really pleasantly surprised at how good the lipstick was. It is creamy smooth on the lips, even keeping them moisturized. It does come off on cups so not wear resistant like a lot of people want, but it does leave a tint on the lips so that even after it might have rubbed off your lips still maintain color. And said tint easily washes off with any make-up remover, soap, water, whatever it is you use to get your lipstick off.

We seriously love the brand and the colors they have to offer. You can get them on several sites including YesStyle and The Beauty Spy and their prices range between $14 – $21 depending on the set or style. If you have one and/or purchase one please share a pic and tag us on Insta (@koreanfromcontext), Twitter (@koreanfrmcntxt)  or TikTok (@koreanfromcontext) and tell us your opinion on the product. Did you love it? Hate it? Indifferent? We want to know!

               We are a website dedicated to teaching you how to learn Korean. And while our website offers some amazing ways, like Seoul Searching (a k-drama like romance story), we also know that people need more than one way to learn. Having options is necessary. We have already made a list of some of our favorite sites and apps that have been very helpful in our learning adventure. But this past week we found one that has surpassed all the previous. (This is our opinion remember, so if it doesn’t work for you, we totally understand it might not be the best in your eyes.)

               Welcome to Teuida.

               One night, while doing the usual social media scroll, an ad popped up on our Instagram feed. While usually we would scroll past or watch the ad for a few seconds and then scroll, we were intrigued by the question being asked.

               “What’s the point of learning a new language if you can’t speak it?”

               Well color us intrigued by such a tagline. We sat back and continued to watch the ad. Oh let’s add the fact they had Nancy of Momoland trying to hold a conversation with someone (you) who couldn’t hold said conversation with her. It grabbed our attention and suddenly we were in the app store and watching the little square downloading onto our homepage.

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Feeling unproductive? 🤷🏻‍♀️ How about learning Korean from home?🏠 Learn #Korean 🇰🇷 by speaking from the start! With #Teuida, you will be able to speak confidently by practicing conversations in real-life scenarios.

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               In the first five minutes of launching the app we were blown away. That’s not an exaggeration. We couldn’t understand how this concept had not been produced before and we are glad we now know it now exists. Let us explain:

               This app has levels. In the levels are the different lessons. The best part? This is all audio/visual! Which is, in our opinion, the best way to learn. A person will pop up, explain a phrase, and ask you to repeat after them. Using your microphone, they test your pronunciation. And it’s a rather good judgement on the pronunciation. (We can admit we’ve gotten some B’s and had to retake lessons once or twice. Even a C on one we really struggled with.)

               But that’s not even the best part of the app. At the end of every lesson is a POV scenario where you speak to whatever person it is in that scenario. Meeting Nancy from Momoland, going out to eat with a boy you have a crush on, interviewing someone for a job, learning what your friends like and dislike, so on and so forth. It puts you in real world scenarios from the comfort of your own home! These levels carry over the lessons learned into other lessons and levels to keep your mind fresh.

               And these levels are being updated weekly and there are more coming! Seriously this app is one of the best we have found in a long time.

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🚨New conversation in level 5 : Checking up and comforting a friend 💦 What's going on?

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               Here is where we mention that yes, some of it is free. But to get the full capacity of education you will need to purchase a subscription. They have three options. One month ($9.99), three months ($20.99), and one year ($59.99). The prices are rather reasonable for what they’re offering, but to be honest they actually run sales fairly often to help out us broke beeshs who want to learn but can’t throw down all that money. With that being said, we reached out to Teuida to tell them how much we loved their app and they offered us a coupon code to share with ya’ll! If you use the coupon CONTXT you will get 10% off your purchase! So that $59.99 price tag gets cut down to $54.99! Not bad for a year’s worth of comfortable and extremely useful learning.

               Check out Teuida and get immersed in the culture from the comfort of your bed (Since we can’t travel to Korea just yet).