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Jun 2021
45m 39s

The Unstoppable Rise of BTS

Rolling Stone
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In the wake of Rolling Stone's BTS cover-story package, Seoul-based music journalist Youngdae Kim, author of the book 'BTS: The Review,' joins host Brian Hiatt to tell the story of how they became the world's biggest band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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