WAAPS: We Are All Pop Stars

Darcy Hatcher’s Thesis Project Queering the Western Kpop Album. With the recent rise of Western music companies incorporating the elements of the Kpop phenomenon into their products, Hatcher wants to strike the iron while it is hot while simultaneously proving that her Queer artist peers deserve to be celebrated as much as any Kpop idol or Western pop icon. WAAPS answers the question: How can we play with, Queer, and diversify the form of the western K-pop album before unaware audiences start to form preconceived notions? Through the essential product to the phenomenon, the album.

Red: Betsy
My Betsy Live in Your Living Room




Orange: Isabelle
Everyone’s a litte Vampire




Yellow: Rui
Three Cowboys




Green: Darcy
Idol Eyes



Blue: Abitha
Sapphic Picnic in Symphony 3



Purple: Sheela
K-pop Stans and their rooms





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