Idolcast’s Substack
Idolcast PodcastMy personal Substack
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 82 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 15 days ago |
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No, K-Pop is not Motown reskinned.
The same old debate over K-Pop’s origins has been raging on social media yet again and I’d like to take this time to say it definitively:
No, K-Pop did not come directly from Motown.
I’ve loved Motown since I was a kid and listening to a...
Episode 36: A (Brief) History of Boy Bands
This episode was originally posted April 24, 2021. I’m reposting here (with transcript for the people who love to <ctrl-f> their faves) in the wake of Boy Band Confidential, which I just watched. It was okay. I may write a review. It may al...
Episode 92: The Black Lizard feat. Ella Dorn
(Audio on my site)
My guest for this episode is writer Ella Dorn. You can find her work at Fairyland on Substack and in other places, such as the New Statesman.
We discuss the wonderful 1968 film version of The Black Lizard, which is base...
The Potemkin Idols
Last year, in anticipation of the return of BTS #discourse, I wrote a post titled “BTS is a Mirage” covering the beginnings of BigHit Entertainment and BTS, which has quickly become one of my most popular posts. BTS is a mirage. There’s a f...
On Penlights and Lightsticks
This post was originally posted on December 7, 2021, and has become one of the most popular posts on my site thanks to Google AI which must have scraped the page at some point. It got a huge bump yesterday from X and when I went looking I s...
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Long time fan of Asian pop culture; idol expert; podcaster.
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