Kpopmap's Best K-Lit: An Analystic Look At BTS' Career With "BTS: The Review"

Kim YoungDae tried his best to explain how and why someone is a fan of a group, more particularly, of the K-Pop group BTS. Working as a music critic, he published a book in 2019, named "BTS: The review: A comprehensive look at the music of BTS". He studied the fascinating phenomena that is BTS to try his best to give an answer to that question. He even created a Twitter account dedicated to his book!

In order to become popular in the international music scene, you have to work hard, and BTS is a good example of that. The group has distinguished itself from other K-Pop groups with the power of its lyrics with meaningful messages, and with the help of its dazzling and charismatic performances. Kim YoungDae offers us an analysis of the success of this group, unique for its exceptional journey. For this, he surrounded himself with music professionals in order to have a broader overview of the phenomenon that is BTS.

Let's have a look at BTS' career together!

"BTS: The review" (2019)

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Book Review

Author: Kim YoungDae

Publisher: RH Korea

Length: 286 pages

ASIN: B07QJZ1WFZ

The Hip-Hop Idols

Before BTS became what it is today, namely a group with millions of records sold, artists such as BoA and PSY were able to find their audience beyond Korean borders, thus paving the way for the famous group. Now, the seven singers forming BTS; RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, JiMin, V, and JungKook are number one on the American, British, and Japanese music charts, and more. Their success is undeniable, even if the path traveled has been strewn with obstacles, each more difficult than the other to overcome.

아미들 늦게까지 고생 많으셨어요!
짱짱짱 내일 봐요~
슈가형이 시선을 강탈하시네.. pic.twitter.com/VMHCgt9c4f

— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) May 23, 2015

This glory is such that thousands of people take their seats in stadiums around the world to see the group breaking all records. It has been proved once again this weekend when the group hold a free concert in the city of Busan, South Korea. However, BTS sees the birth of its fanbase, the ARMYs, in the United States, after having suffered derogatory remarks in Korea following its debut in 2013. The group breaks the codes by claiming to be a hip-hop group, which Koreans considered too effeminate and unworthy of attention, especially since BTS was not from a major production agency like YG, JYP, or SM.

BTS Twitter

From their debut, however, the boys were able to stand out from the K-Pop musical stage of that time with their complaints against society, tearing young adolescents away from their dreams of hope for a better world. With hip-hop and R&B sounds, the group debuts, being ready to respond to anyone denigrating its productions.

감사드려요!! 너무 얼떨떨해서 무슨 말을 할 수가 없었네요.. 아미 첫 1위 정말 고맙습니다. 모두 열심히 했습니다. 진짜진짜 더 멋져질게요. 사랑해요