the BTS rabbit hole: mastering fandom cultivation

at this point you could almost say that bts have turned fandom cultivation into a bit of an art form. but how do they do it? and why are bts fans in particular a little…intense?

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timestamps
00:00 intro
02:40 attack on bangtan: the underdog narrative
15:25 "music transcends": bts in the west
25:08 pied piper: bts fomo
35:47 "it‘s worth envying": public personas and parasocial relationships
43:39 the dumpling incident: storytelling across mediums
50:28 "bts don‘t have bad songs": musical vulnerability
01:00:01 "teamwork makes the dream work": the ot7 agenda
01:06:47 hwa yang yeon hwa: the eras
01:09:28 the bts model: pretentiousness and performative advocacy
01:17:04 conclusion

lyric translations by genius.com and doolsetbangtan.wordpress.com.
generally if you‘re interested in lyric analysis and context i‘d recommend doolsetbangtan

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