S1 E5 - Project Sekai, iconic K-pop debuts and BTS comeback (21/3/26)

About this episode

The episode discusses iconic K-pop debuts, the rhythm game Project Sekai, and BTS's long-awaited comeback post-military service.

A jam packed episode filled with throwbacks to some iconic K-pop debuts and one of the team's most favourite rhythm games they were obsessed with (arguably still) Project Sekai!! As well as more recent happenings in the Asian pop world - most importantly the long awaited comeback of BTS post-military service, with the album, 'ARIRANG'. Listen to hear our initial thoughts and opinions of this comeback and a retrospective on BTS's career thus far. 💜   Follow us on Instagram , Facebook and Twitter - @asianpopnation Please note that SYN does not have the rights to podcast the music it plays on 90.7FM. That means you'll have listen live on SYN 90.7FM | DAB+ syn.org.au every Saturday from 12am to 2pm for all the wonderful tunes! Or find all the songs we have ever played on APN in the past here !   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• K-pop
• BTS
• Project Sekai
• music
• Asian pop
• debut
• comeback

Keywords

• K-pop
• BTS
• Project Sekai
• ARIRANG
• comeback
• music
• Asian pop

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SYN Media

Products: Project Sekai

Books & works: ARIRANG

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