{"podcast":{"title":"Switched on Pop","slug":"switched-on-pop-201364","podcast_index_feed_id":201364,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/switchedonpop","website_url":"http://www.switchedonpop.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/346a34ce-22b8-11e6-abd8-d3ed82576c92/image/ebf9ab0e511da49509fdfa2af73c8a35.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Vox Media Podcast Network","episode_count":535,"summary":"Listen closer to pop music — hear how it moves us. Hosted by musicologist Nate Sloan & songwriter Charlie Harding. From Vulture and the Vox Media Podcast Network.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-06T10:17:03.473852+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/switched-on-pop-201364"},"episode":{"title":"BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.","slug":"bts-is-back-but-k-pop-is-not-the-same","published_at":"2026-04-21T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/switched-on-pop-201364/bts-is-back-but-k-pop-is-not-the-same","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/switched-on-pop-201364","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP5763088862.mp3?updated=1776796750","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP5763088862.mp3?updated=1776796750","summary":"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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2909,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/switched-on-pop-201364/episodes/bts-is-back-but-k-pop-is-not-the-same/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/switched-on-pop-201364/bts-is-back-but-k-pop-is-not-the-same.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}