#TeenVogue #Kpop #culture #Blackness #BlackMastodon
I've always been fringe re: K-pop, just watching it on free streaming and such, and marveling over Black fans' activity on the old-school Twitter/X some years ago.
But I do follow Teen Vogue for how they select & cover various topics, and this new series looks interesting.
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/i-was-a-black-k-pop-fan-for-2-decades-unstanned
Teen Vogue · I Was a Black K-pop Fan For 2 Decades—After Endless Cultural Appropriation & Racial Slurs, I’m Letting Go
Vico Ortiz (Part 2) ![Vico's Instagram Story, where they shared a snippet from the Teen Vogue interview. It reads, “TV: 'Would you say you’re in your producer era now? Feels like you’re trying to take more control behind the scenes of what you work on.' JSB: 'In my producer era, for sure. I have so much more respect and appreciation for all the producers, because, holy shit, producing is a lot. Because [Today in Gay is] a daily show, we were like, oh, we've already recorded 35 episodes or something, which on a normal one show a week podcast, we’d be in like September by now! Like, God, we're moving and learning at hyper speed. We are a big team, we have six producers now – myself, Nay Bever, Lauren Klein, Jax Ko, Linh Nguyen, and Maritza Navarro. As a team, oh, my God, we need that many people. We need six producers to make a daily show run, and everyone has a different perspective and a different approach.'” Next to the text, Vico has added a photo of Jasmin Savoy Brown as well as a photo of the other producers. They have tagged the Instagram accounts of the podcast itself (TodayInGayPod) and all 6 producers (NayBever, JasminSavoy, Maritzeria, LaurenTaylorKlein, YoJaxKo, LnhNguyen).](https://blorbo.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/252/232/473/846/739/original/bd458635d6a216b9.png "Vico's Instagram Story, where they shared a snippet from the Teen Vogue interview. It reads, “TV: 'Would you say you’re in your producer era now? Feels like you’re trying to take more control behind the scenes of what you work on.' JSB: 'In my producer era, for sure. I have so much more respect and appreciation for all the producers, because, holy shit, producing is a lot. Because [Today in Gay is] a daily show, we were like, oh, we've already recorded 35 episodes or something, which on a normal one show a week podcast, we’d be in like September by now! Like, God, we're moving and learning at hyper speed. We are a big team, we have six producers now – myself, Nay Bever, Lauren Klein, Jax Ko, Linh Nguyen, and Maritza Navarro. As a team, oh, my God, we need that many people. We need six producers to make a daily show run, and everyone has a different perspective and a different approach.'” Next to the text, Vico has added a photo of Jasmin Savoy Brown as well as a photo of the other producers. They have tagged the Instagram accounts of the podcast itself (TodayInGayPod) and all 6 producers (NayBever, JasminSavoy, Maritzeria, LaurenTaylorKlein, YoJaxKo, LnhNguyen).")
