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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
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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

