a-pop

The Rise (or Fall) of A-Pop, Pt. 6

Part 6: Frictions and Futures

Sep 15 •

The Rise (or Fall) of A-Pop, Pt. 5

Part 5: The world after blockbuster American pop—impersonators, mirages, and post-pop impressionism

Aug 4 •

The Rise (or Fall) of A-Pop, Pt. 4

Part 4: National anthems and the worldvision of tomorrow

Jun 2 •

The Rise (or Fall) of A-Pop, Pt. 3

Part 3: Mainstreams, sidestreams, and middlestreams

Apr 14 •

The Rise (or Fall) of A-Pop, Pt. 2

Part 2: Into the Monsterverse

Mar 24 •

The Rise (or Fall) of A-Pop

Part 1: Introducing A-pop

Mar 11 •

Kick drum, very cathartic

Mix 32: J-pop's prehistory, A-pop's future, farm animals, big dumb pop & rap, and big loud noises

Aug 22, 2024 •

The world is fair—it's ugly to everybody

Mix 20: Blindsided by Le Sserafim and Sexyy Red, amused by Conan O'Brien in Norway, and the brief life and untimely death of A-pop Theory

May 30, 2024 •

I don't want to play anymore because now I miss him

Mix 13: Floundering to define A-Pop, then listening to a bunch of other stuff instead

Apr 11, 2024 •

A pile of plastic wider than Texas

Mix 4: Pissing in a bottle, singing in the shower, the long awaited return of a boybander's solo career (no, the other one), a song from SA (no, the…

Feb 8, 2024 •

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