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By SHAAZIA EBRAHIM and FATIMA MOOSA. It’s official. K-pop group BTS are back and better than ever! Following their August comeback with Idol, the group returned with album Map Of The Soul: Persona on April 12. Their music video for the…

When BTS launched the Love Myself campaign in November 2017 with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Korea, its message was heard far and wide. With the campaign, expressed through the Love Yourself album…

“You can’t stop me lovin’ myself,” BTS sing in their single Idol that dropped on August 24. ARMY were beside themselves in anticipation for weeks, and the answer has finally revealed itself. Bangtan Sonyeondan made their much…

BTS started a self-love revolution and it’s beautiful to see. It started in September 2017 with Bangtan Sonyeondan leader RM telling fans during the Billboard Music Awards to remember the message to “Love Myself, Love Yourself.” On…

As Korean idol group, BTS (Bangtan Sonyeondan) dominates more and more headlines, there are important questions to ask about why their fans (known as ARMY) are so enamored with them. The Daily Vox’s resident BTS ARMY have covered a lot of…

From 1 June to 4 July, two billboards of K-pop group BTS will be displayed at the Canal Walk Shopping Centre in Cape Town. This is to celebrate the fifth year anniversary of the group who debuted on 12 June 2013. SHAAZIA EBRAHIM and FATIMA…

On 18 May BTS, also known as Bangtan Sonyeondan, one of the hottest K-pop groups, made their much awaited comeback with their album Love Yourself:Tear and their single FAKE LOVE whose video is a delight to the senses. ARMY around the world…

Fandoms are built and sustained because of the meaning that they bring to fans lives. K-pop groups have some of the most ardent fan bases around the world. The artists have often been quoted saying they would be nowhere without their fans.…

Easy, breezy, and fun, BTS rapper Jung Hoseok’s mixtape has finally dropped and it’s everything we hoped for and more! After months of waiting, ARMY were finally treated with the release of rapper j-hope’s mixtape titled Hope World on…

In an age where constructions of masculinity are stifling and destructive, Asian musicians are breaking barriers and redefining what it means to be “manly”. The K-pop group Bangtan Sonyeondan (BTS) in particular is reimagining…

If you haven’t heard about BTS yet, where have you been living? BTS or Bangtan Sonyeondan (which means Bulletproof Boy Scouts in Korean) is the world’s most talented and brilliant K-Pop group. They made their debut in 2013 and have…