Podcaster brings rich context in documenting the rise of K-pop : NPR

SCOTT DETROW, HOST:

When Vivian Yoon was maturing in LA’s Koreatown throughout the 1990s and also 2000s, she was kind of embarrassed of the reality that she was such a big K-pop follower.

( SOUNDBITE OF TRACK, “DREAMS COME TRUE”)

SES: (Singing) Funny exactly how all desires come to life. (Singing in Korean).

DETROW: At the time, K-pop was not the worldwide songs experience and also multibillion buck sector that it is today. And despite the fact that Yoon understood all of the words to her preferred tunes, she intended to show up much more interested in American society.

VIVIAN YOON: My papa was extremely – I indicate, he was extremely American, right? Like, he maturedin the States He swung lighter in weights at Pink Floyd shows and also played university football and also was in the UNITED STATEArmy And so I believe that’s type of where a great deal of this came from – right? – my wish to truly be viewed as American rather than Korean or Korean American.

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