Buckle Up With Bangtan: Why Carpool Karaoke Is A One Way Ticket to Bang-Town

In February 2020, BTS featured on James Corden's Carpool Karaoke - after the Late Late Show host had over a million Twitter requests for the members to be featured in his popular segment. What happened next is history...BTS drove into the hearts of millions of Western viewers and inspired a new generation of memes. Join Tonya, Megan, Alison and Lia in the clown car as we unpack the impact of some of the happiest sixteen minutes of television history.

SHOW NOTES

Colbert - Hand gestures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEFDiQOVL9k 

Colbert - There are many others: search “Colbert BTS” in YouTube

Corden - Carpool Karaoke: https://youtu.be/T4x7sDevVTY

Corden - Crosswalk Concert: https://youtu.be/A8KQhwmdZIw

Corden - Hide & Seek: https://youtu.be/JPS3QC86Jio

Corden - Flinch: https://youtu.be/jLM2ibaRbrk

Corden - Papa Mochi & Baby Mochi Reunited: https://youtu.be/pRl2tawentY

News story about BTS appearance on Carpool Karaoke: https://www.etonline.com/bts-to-appear-on-carpool-karaoke-with-james-corden-141659 

Fallon - Butter: https://youtu.be/dnpC9YaosIY

Fallon - revealing he is Jimin biased: https://youtu.be/W4mmfzFazoI 

Fallon - There are many: search “Jimmy Fallon BTS” in YouTube

O’Brien - “Curtain” name running joke with j-hope: https://youtu.be/h7eNFpz4EZE 

Other English-language talk show appearances to search on YouTube:

Ellen BTS, Graham Norton (BBC)

Jimmy Carr incident: https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/20/australia/nine-bts-apology-intl-hnk/index.html

More of BTS singing in cars! These are fan-made videos:

https://youtu.be/gx8E09d4TxA

https://youtu.be/p061RkBZym0

https://youtu.be/-g6_ZoRuXRA

BTS shaking the stage during Idol: 

https://youtu.be/VKr12E4840Q

https://youtu.be/q9heWaYtu1g

On Kinetic Manifesto MV: https://youtu.be/gwMa6gpoE9I

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