Listen to the new episode of the Yellow and Brown Tales: Asian American Folklife Today. "K-Pop Scholar Dr. Grace Kao Talks BTS and Their Rise To Popularity" https://anchor.fm/penn-asam
In this podcast, Dr. Grace Kao, IBM Professor of Sociology from Yale University and K-pop scholar, discusses the factors that have contributed to BTS’ global success and contextualizes it with other K-pop groups that have also reached international popularity. We talk about their influence on popular culture and, of course, as members of ARMY (the name of BTS’ fanbase), we also share our favorite members and our favorite songs.