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BTS and the power of K-pop conspiracy theories
I wrote a book about South Korean pop culture at the time of Gangnam Style and that’s when things started to get crazy
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BTS became the first group since The Beatles to have three No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 chart within a 12-month span.
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Euny Hong
The South Korean boy band BTS has been low-key ruining my life for years.
I was hugely relieved when their record label announced in October that BTS’ seven members would not seek exemption from their mandated military service and that the group would be on hiatus until 2025, by which point these K-pop idols will have completed their service.
