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By Candace Epps-Robertson, Assistant Professor of English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

My journey began with a question from my then 13-year-old daughter in November of 2018: “Do you know BTS?”

I didn’t.

But in the months that followed, she guided me through the maze of music, history and fan content surrounding this seven-member supergroup from South Korea who are also known as the Bangtan Boys. I fell down the “Bangtan rabbit hole” – a term for deeply exploring BTS content that often starts from simple curiosity.

As a scholar…

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