BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.
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BTS is back. The best selling K Pop group of all time has been on hiatus for four years. They haven’t released an album in six. They were once the biggest band in the world. Can they regain their throne? Or has the world moved on. Leaning on traditional Korean sounds and a bevy of international producers, from Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker to JPEGMafia, is their album Arirang the future or the past of K Pop? Hye Jin Lee, communications professor at USC and K Pop scholar, joins to break down the album's references and ponder how longtime fans will respond.
Songs Discussed
BTS - Body to Body
Koreana - Hand In Hand
Lee Chun-Hee - Arirang
BTS - Hooligan
Michel Magne - Yang Tse Kiang - Bande originale du film "Un singe en hiver"
ROSALÍA - MALAMENTE - Cap.1: Augurio
Prefuse 73 - The End of Biters - International
BTS - Aliens
Kim Young-gil and Yoon Ho-Se - Ajaeng sanjo - Jungmori
BTS - FYA
Junior Sanchez - Lookin 4 Love - Extended Mix
BTS - No. 29
BTS - SWIM
BTS - Merry Go R...
BTS is back. The best selling K Pop group of all time has been on hiatus for four years. They haven’t released an album in six. They were once the biggest band in the world. Can they regain their throne? Or has the world moved on. Leaning on traditional Korean sounds and a bevy of international producers, from Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker to JPEGMafia, is their album Arirang the future or the past of K Pop? Hye Jin Lee, communications professor at USC and K Pop scholar, joins to break down the album's references and ponder how longtime fans will respond.
Songs Discussed
BTS - Body to Body
Koreana - Hand In Hand
Lee Chun-Hee - Arirang
BTS - Hooligan
Michel Magne - Yang Tse Kiang - Bande originale du film "Un singe en hiver"
ROSALÍA - MALAMENTE - Cap.1: Augurio
Prefuse 73 - The End of Biters - International
BTS - Aliens
Kim Young-gil and Yoon Ho-Se - Ajaeng sanjo - Jungmori
BTS - FYA
Junior Sanchez - Lookin 4 Love - Extended Mix
BTS - No. 29
BTS - SWIM
BTS - Merry Go Round
Tame Impala - New Person, Same Old Mistakes
BTS - NORMAL
BTS - they don’t know ’bout us
The Four Freshmen It's A Blue World
BTS - Paldogangsan
BTS - No More Dream
BTS and Zara Larsson - A Brand New Day
Agust D - Haegeum
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