bts and "k-pop without the k"

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in this video, i talk about a podcast episode by a big american newspaper in which an out-of-touch host and a professional bts hater express--what i perceive as--xenophobic opinions about bts' entrance to the western music industry, their english-language singles, and their overwhelming western success.

Click with caution (do you REALLY want to give a stream to this podcast?): https://open.spotify.com/episode/6OaO...

FULL TRANSCRIPTION OF THE PODCAST:
https://x.com/aka_mo7/status/17318246...

0:00 intro
0:37 the guest
1:35 the ones before bts
5:50 bts' entrance to america
9:53 bts' "artistic shift"
19:48 jungkook's english album
24:00 americans' expectations for kpop
25:34 conclusion