{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.","description":"BTS is back. The best selling K Pop group of all time has been on hiatus for four years. They haven’t released an album in six. They were once the biggest band in the world. Can they regain their throne? Or has the world moved on. Leaning on traditional Korean sounds and a bevy of international producers, from Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker to JPEGMafia, is their album Arirang the future or the past of K Pop? Hye Jin Lee, communications professor at USC and K Pop scholar, joins to break down the album's references and ponder how longtime fans will respond.\n\n\n\nSongs Discussed\n\nBTS - Body to Body\n\nKoreana - Hand In Hand\n\nLee Chun-Hee\t - Arirang\n\nBTS - Hooligan\n\nMichel Magne - Yang Tse Kiang - Bande originale du film \"Un singe en hiver\"\n\nROSALÍA - MALAMENTE - Cap.1: Augurio\n\nPrefuse 73 - The End of Biters - International\n\nBTS - Aliens\n\nKim Young-gil and Yoon Ho-Se - Ajaeng sanjo - Jungmori\n\nBTS - FYA\n\nJunior Sanchez - Lookin 4 Love - Extended Mix\n\nBTS - No. 29\n\nBTS - SWIM\n\nBTS - Merry Go R...","author_name":"Switched on Pop","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4574768-switched-on-pop","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43606396/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}