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A bite-sized daily podcast from the Culture and The Goods teams at Vox that goes wherever our (and your!) pop culture and consumerism curiosities take us. Hear the stories behind the news and trends, get personal about purchases, and find your next book or binge watch. New episodes daily, Monday to Friday. Each 15 minutes or less.
K-pop is everywhere but on the radio | Tell Me More
Vox Quick Hits
16 minutes
4 years ago
K-pop is everywhere but on the radio | Tell Me More
K-pop is hugely popular worldwide, and boy band BTS’s “Dynamite” was virtually inescapable in 2020. And yet, the genre is hard to find on American radio. Despite K-pop’s takeoff online in the US and all over the globe, radio DJs still find most of it too risky to play for a Top 40 audience. Aja Romano, a culture writer at Vox, explains why.
Learn more:
Read Aja’s story about K-pop and American radio here.
While you’re at it, check out Aja’s BTS explainer.
And they made a K-pop playlist! Check it out on Spotify.
Also, Explained has a Netflix episode on K-Pop!
This episode of Tell Me More was made by
Host: Emily Stewart (@emilystewartm)
Producer: Sofi LaLonde (@sofilalonde)
Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey
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Vox Quick Hits
A bite-sized daily podcast from the Culture and The Goods teams at Vox that goes wherever our (and your!) pop culture and consumerism curiosities take us. Hear the stories behind the news and trends, get personal about purchases, and find your next book or binge watch. New episodes daily, Monday to Friday. Each 15 minutes or less.
