Shows
USURPATOR PodK-Pop with Alexi AlarioAlexi Alario is a podcastress, fashion theorist, and K-Pop stan based in NYC. She joins the mag for a conversation on idol world-building, Stan Twitter, and how K-Pop became mainstream in the West. Follow Alexi on Instagram, listen to Nymphet Alumni, or subscribe to their Patreon. Read the condensed version of our conversation on Usurpator Mag.2023-11-161h 13
STARGIRLEpisode 28: Jennie Kim with Alexi AlarioThis week we welcome K-pop expert and fanatic Alexi Alario, the co-host of Nymphet Alumni, to analyze Miss Jennie Kim ♡ We discuss how Jennie sets herself apart from her BLACKPINK peers, her craving for multi-hyphenate Western relevance, and why the “lazy Jennie” narrative makes her even more stannable. We also dissect her perfect neotenous face, Calvin Klein billboards, and incoherent budding solo career.
Mentioned:
Alexi’s episode of Stan Accounts, the MTV-produced docuseries on K-pop fans
“Lazy Jennie”
DDU-DU DDU-DU music video
You & Me performance video
Picnic at Hanging R...2023-11-061h 07
Future CommerceCommerce is Counterculture? The Rise of the Critic ClassThis season on VISIONS will explore the content of VISIONS: Volume IV by Future Commerce. VISIONS is an audio-visual Annual Trends report that examines the changes in culture and commerce and their impacts on the technology industry that serves them. VISIONS: Volume IV took place over three months, from April to June 2023, bookended by two events.Today we go live to the first of those events at the Celeste Bartos Theater at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, where we'll speak with a panel of modern culture reporters, foresight analysts, and media creators and...2023-10-0842 min