"Is the hit single really a triumph of Korean music and the result of successful diversification of the globalised music industry? Or is it an omen of homogenised world music, blanched and pureed under Anglophone influence?"
Coral Kim discusses whether BTS disprove the model of "l'exception française".
K-pop group BTS’ perpetual rise in popularity has been
staggering, and the success of their latest release, English-language single ‘Dynamite’,
comes as no surprise. Perfectly timed...