CHAT02: Discussing BTS, K-Pop and Our Vulnerabilities feat. Dina

How do we define K-pop groups and the values behind them? Were they merely merchandise or something that has a deeper meaning? In this episode, I invited my university friend, the Russian white gold, Dina, to discuss how we feel about BTS and other musicians that we truly adore. Hope you enjoy this episode. Stay awesome and keep on rocking in the free world!

Host: V

Guest: Dina @amateratzsu

Editor: V

Cover Art: Mark 

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Songs that I used in this episode:

Tell Me (2007) by Wonder Girls

Engel (1997) by Rammstein

‘Rosebud’ Clip from Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles

Turiya & Ramakrishna (1996) by Alice Coltrane

Falling Ashes (2017) by Slowdive

Love/Paranoia (2015) by Tame Impala

One More (2018) by Yaeji

Slomo (2017) by Slowdive

( For copyright reason I’m unable to play any BTS songs in this episode, but you can still find the songs from our playlist, love)

Shownotes: 

01:50 Dina’s first impression of V

04:58 How did V’s Music Journey Start?

06:11 LOROS Charity Store, Queens Road and Rosebud

07:25 Songs that make us Happy or Calm

16:48 The Concept of K-Pop Groups

19:53 For Dina and many Army, BTS Rewrites the idea of Female Gaze

24:12 “Soft” is the word when comes to describe the personas of BTS members

31:43 Dina's Chinese Skills and perfect imitation of British Accent

33:00 Sharing your music taste with your colleague

37:00 The main purpose of why V created MADTOWN FM 

Link of Dina & Megan’s Spotify Playlist “Pinky Promise”:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6BrShMFmjZPHpVdjEQ2CMT?si=d070458611ff45b9

If you like the songs we used in our episode, here are some extend playlists for our subscribers ; ) 

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6l9gw31u09rZ2c4QjHGnG9?si=90b32fab1ebc44d2

NetEase Music: 

https://y.music.163.com/m/playlist?app_version=8.1.82&id=6722662161&userid=116490577&creatorId=116490577 

Streaming MADTOWN FM’s podcast from:

Apple Podcast / 小宇宙 / 喜马拉雅 Ximalaya / NetEase Music / Spotify (coming soon…)