Media

Below is a list of links to selected media publications and public events that I have contributed to.

2024

17 October 2024: ‘Australian star makes tearful claims about bullying in K-pop industry’, ABC News 

29 August 2024: ‘100 Songs – Spring Day (BTS, South Korea)’, Austrian National Radio (ORF)

29 Jun 2024: 'K-pop group Seventeen is rivalling with Taylor Swift and making history in the UK. Here's why they're so popular', Seena Katayama, ABC Online

14 June 2024: ‘BTS star Jin swaps guns for hugs', Luke Siddham Dundon, ABC Radio National 

30 April 2024: ‘Two K-pop Groups Used AI In Their Videos, So Why Is The Internet Only Mad At One Of Them?', Jie Yee Ong, The Chainsaw 

18 March 2024: 'Why Are Virtual K-pop Idols PLAVE Being Protected Like Actual Human Celebs?', Jie Yee Ong, The Chainsaw 

2023

1 February: 'Did you hear the news? The biggest female pop group is on their way to Australia', Drive with Steve Austin, ABC Radio Brisbane

30 April: 'K-pop is taking over international music, but becoming a star is a long and restrictive road', Velvet Winter, ABC News digital feature

16 May: K-pop piece in conversation with host Trevor Chappell, Overnights, ABC Radio

2 June: 'Never too old for K-Pop': Sharon, 71, credits BTS fan club with ‘extending’ her life, Leah Hyein Na, SBS Korean

2022

13 December: Lunchtime talk at Do Ho Suh major exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia

23 November: Academic Integrity in the Creative Arts, presented at Academic Integrity for Providers pre-conference seminar, TEQSA 2022 6th Annual Conference, Melbourne

20 October: Politics and K-Pop stars: BTS conscription saga shows the two aren't so separate, The Feed, SBS News

13 May: K-pop feature in conversation with locum host Dom Knight, Evenings with Sarah McDonald, ABC Radio Sydney

28 April: 'The Rise of K-Wave', talk for Powerhouse Late: Five Hundred Arhats exhibition by Kim Seung Yong, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia

30 January: 'Iconic musical stings: and why we remember them', Weekends with Andrea Gibbs, ABC Radio Perth

2021

29 December: 'Interest in anime and K-pop drive boom in Korean and Japanese degrees', Rachel Hall and Jedidajah Otte, The Guardian

21 November: 'Blackpink', Jett Tattersall, Women In Pop

13 August: 'MTV turns 40', The Daily, 2SER radio

30 March: 'The most popular Antipodean pop star in the world', Noelle Faulkner, Vogue Australia

26 February: '$32 million and counting: What’s behind the pop star documentary boom?', Robert Moran, The Sydney Morning Herald

13 February: 'From Indonesian disasters to Black Lives Matter, is K-pop fandom a new global force for change?' Max Walden and Natasya Salim, ABC News Australia

2020

6 September: ''I would not wear those costumes' now, says Empire of the Sun's Nick Littlemore', Robert Moran, Sydney Morning Herald / The Age

1 August: 'Queen Beyonce's back to rule the world with Black Is King', Robert Moran, Sydney Morning Herald

27 June: 'Batallones digitales de fanáticos del K-pop, el rival menos esperado de Donald Trump', Infobae Argentina

26 June: 'How millions of K-pop fans became an internet army of social activists', Emma Lawson and Nick Baker, SBS News Australia

19 June: 'K-pop forcing the spotlight on mental health', The World / ABC News Australia

2019

28 November: 'Goo Hara’s death exposes something rotten in K-pop world', Samantha Dick, The New Daily

28 October: ''A whole ecosystem': Masked Singer isn't all South Korea has to offer', Broede Carmody, Sydney Morning Herald

18 August: 'K-pop: the good, the bizarre and the global', The Music Show, ABC Radio National