BTS: Who made Korea cool?

Beyond Today

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🗓️ 25 January 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Korean culture is increasingly playing a bigger role in our lives: We eat Korean BBQ, watch Korean dramas, and buy Korean cosmetics. But the big drive behind the Korean wave is Korean Pop, better known as K-pop. The country’s music industry is taking the world by storm, penetrating the top music charts in Europe and North America. With the help of journalists, Tamar Herman and Jenna Gibson, and K-pop industry expert Bernie Cho, we ask who made Korea cool? Producers: Georgia Coan and Seren Jones Mixed by Nicolas Raufast Editor: John Shields

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:04.6	Hello, I'm Tina Deheelie.
0:08.4	This is Beyond Today from BBC Radio 4.
0:11.4	A space to ask one big question about one big story every day.
0:17.0	Today, BTS, who made Korea cool?
0:27.0	Georgia is producing today's episode.
0:31.0	Georgia, why are you so interested in... Georgia is producing today's episode.
0:33.3	Georgia why are you so interested in talking about K-pop?
0:36.3	K-pop came onto my radar a few years ago but then every time I go on
0:40.8	Twitter and I go on Twitter a lot, BTS were trending and they are
0:46.6	this K-pop band that have come out of nowhere really and have done really well in
0:51.9	the Western world so they had their first UK performance in
0:55.9	the O2 last year so I decided to speak to Tamar Herman who is a journalist and
1:00.7	K-pop columnist about who BTS are.
1:04.0	Please welcome with the very first time, BTS!
1:08.0	BTS is essentially
1:10.0	Native of seven men.
1:11.0	One of the most prominent ones in the West is
1:13.0	R.M. who also serves with the group leader.
1:15.4	He speaks English.
1:16.3	He's a songwriter, a rapper.
1:18.6	The other prominent songwriter in the group is Shuga,
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