About this episode

The APN team discusses maid cafes, the One Piece Live Action adaptation, and the romanticisation of Japan on social media, alongside a retrospective on BTS.

Coincidentally, the APN team had a lot to say about Japan this episode beginning with maid cafes, One Piece Live Action - and ending with a discussion on how Japan is romanticised online, with people on TikTok romanticising their hometowns by pretending it is 'Tokyo, Japan' 🇯🇵🌸 ...  We had so much to say about BTS last episode that we continued that discussion here as well! We had a full retrospective of BTS and their (coming up to) 13 year long career as we truly felt the need to borahae just a little longer 💜   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

• maid cafes
• romanticising Japan
• One Piece Live Action
• BTS
• social media
• cultural discussion

Keywords

• Japan
• maid cafes
• One Piece Live Action
• BTS
• romanticisation
• TikTok
• cultural discussion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SYN Media

Places: Japan

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