Can there be a distinctively Korean style of music? While Kpop has risen to prominence, does it qualify as uniquely Korean? In this episode we tackle these questions and discuss for our B topic something that IS uniquely Korean: elaborate album packaging. We finish with Shaina's social media recap and our picks of the week.

TLA is a roundtable podcast about all the weird and awesome things happening in Korean music. Hosted by Louis Oh, with commentators and co-hosts Shaina Fuller of seoulrebels.com and Danny Hwang of K-Sound on WNUR.

Our SoundClound Handles:
Louis Oh @eunsang-louis-oh
Danny Hwang @danny_hwang
Shaina Fuller @shaina-fuller
K-Sound on WNUR @k-sound-on-wnur

TLA Ep 19: A "Korean" style of music and Elaborate Album Packaging

2017 had been a wild ride for Kpop, culminating with BTS's performance at the AMAs and appearances on mainstream talk shows. Something about BTS's success feels different from that of Psy a few years back, though, which we dig into in the first half of the show. Instead of a B topic, we discuss why we loved Red Velvet's most recent album "Perfect Velvet," and close out with our picks of the week.

This is the final episode of the first season of the TLA podcast. Thanks to everyone for sticking with us until the end, hopefully we'll return with another season of weekly content.

TLA is a roundtable podcast about all the weird and awesome things happening in Korean music. Hosted by Louis Oh, with commentators and co-hosts Shaina Fuller of seoulrebels.com and Danny Hwang of K-Sound on WNUR.

Our SoundClound Handles:
Louis Oh @eunsang-louis-oh
Danny Hwang @danny_hwang
Shaina Fuller @shaina-fuller
K-Sound on WNUR @k-sound-on-wnur

TLA Ep 20: Kpop in American mainstream media and Red Velvet album review

TLA, or Three Letter Acronym, is a roundtable podcast about all the weird and awesome things happening in Korean music. We discuss, with a critical eye & ear (and a touch of humor), the idiosyncrasies, problems, and awesomeness going on in the industry from Kpop Idols all the way to the indie, underground and depths of SoundCloud.

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