Taking Pop Seriously
To The Best Of Our Knowledge
Wisconsin Public Radio
4.7 • 844 Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2024
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Pop music is a gazillion-dollar industry that churns out hits and creates celebrities. It seems like the definition of ephemeral – today’s chart topper is gone tomorrow. But pop music is a powerful vehicle for bringing people together, and fans - from K-pop to the #FreeBritney movement — have something to teach us about community and hope.
Original Air Date: March 26, 2022
Interviews In This Hour:
When we're disconnected, can we reconnect through K-pop? — From pop to punk: Shaping our musical identities — How a fan movement freed a pop star from her gilded cage
Guests:
Regina Kim, Kyla Nicole, Kelefa Sanneh, Samantha Stark
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Anne Strange Champs. |
| 0:03.0 | Welcome back to the best of our knowledge. |
| 0:06.0 | This week's show is about something we tend not to take all that seriously. |
| 0:11.0 | Pop music, the gazillion dollar industry that churns out hits and creates celebrities, |
| 0:17.0 | and which seems almost by definition ephemeral. |
| 0:20.0 | But you know, pop music is a powerful vehicle for bringing people together. and which seems almost by definition ephemeral. |
| 0:24.5 | But you know, pop music is a powerful vehicle for bringing people together across every kind of border and barrier. |
| 0:28.4 | And in an increasingly divided world, |
| 0:31.4 | pop music fans just might have something to teach us about community and hope. |
| 0:36.4 | Keep listening. It's to the best of our knowledge. I'm Anne Strain Champs. |
| 0:57.8 | This hour, we're talking pop music. |
| 1:01.5 | Big, brash, stadium-filling, fandom-inspiring, mass-produced, industrial strength, lyrics, hooks, and beats. |
| 1:10.3 | Music designed to top charts. Span the globe, go big hooks, and beats. Music designed at top charts. |
| 1:12.3 | Span the globe, go big or go home. |
| 1:14.9 | Music that's about one thing and one thing only. |
| 1:18.3 | Fans. |
| 1:21.3 | Yes, I'm Dina Bautista. |
| 1:23.6 | I'm a mother of three. |
| 1:25.9 | I'm 53 years old. |
| 1:28.0 | And you're also a... |
| 1:30.3 | I'm a BTS fan. |
| 1:33.8 | We call ourselves Army moms. |
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