The B Side: Music Beyond Borders
Stagione 1
Playlists & Algorithms and how we break them
Songs the World Sang, But Didn’t Understand
di Parker Sosa-Kibby
How streaming platforms, TikTok, and YouTube shape what music gets popular across borders. Comparing "what’s trending" in each culture and how we defy them.
Songs that blew up worldwide but carried different (or lost) meanings depending on language and culture — from Macarena to Gangnam Style to Despacito, plus one-hit wonders that became global memes without people knowing what they were really about.
Introducing the hosts and perspectives of The B-Side, and diving into Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show as a lens on how Latin music is shaping global pop culture.