BTS
December 8, 2022
Understanding BTS, ARMY, and the Korean wave
Last May I found myself pacing the length of my living room while my younger sister, Sarah, sat on the sofa, music video queued on the TV, her patience wearing thin. After more than 15 minutes of arguing, it was becoming clear that my protests were in vain. In hindsight, I should have caught on sooner. Sarah and I had been arguing over this for six months. My stance remained the same: “K-Pop is so robotic and manufactured. How can you enjoy something so contrived?” Sarah’s eyebrows raised at “robotic.” In that moment, I knew I had gone too far....