(그래미 뉴스) K-Pop Phenoms BTS Keep Breaking Records: Here's Why

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BTS at the 2019 GRAMMYsPHOTO:JOHN SHEARER/GETTY IMAGES​ NEWS​ K-Pop Phenoms BTS Keep Breaking Records:Here's Why​ There's something special about the Bangtan Boys​ ANA YGLESIASGRAMMYSFEB 22,2019-1:48 PM​ It's official:The seven stars of BTS— J-Hope, Jin, V, Jungkook, Jimin, Suga and RM— have created an"ARMY"of worldwide fans.As they continue to break records, it's become increasingly clear that the K-pop titans are currently the most visible representatives of where mainstream pop music— 아메 리카 n pop music in particular— is headed. ​ Now, K-pop itself is certainly nothing새(the genre in its contemporary form has been around since the'90s). So, what is it about BTS that has 아메리카 in such a frenzy?Here are five major reasons why the seven-piece band stands apart from the pack, and why they're unlikely to slow down any time soon. ​ 1.BTS Defy Expectations...At first glance, and considering the industry's ebbs and flows, it might be easy to write BTS offas just another musical fad. But that would be underestimating BTS' power to connect withathat would be underest imating BTS's offa dream offe and connect wite and connect wite last last and follows thathathathathathathathathhe 21,000 capacity Staples Center in Los Angeles.And their first-ever stadium show in the US, at New York City's Citi Field, welcomed 40,000 loyal fans for another sold-out show.What's more, BTS openly experiment with K-pop and boy-band aesthetics, crossing genres and subverting expectations. They defy gender norms and pushide outdated ideas of pop star masculinity via their fashion and musices, music choices, noterune, musices, musices, musices, m"thrillingly evolved presentation of gender", with multiple costume changes, including"frilly white blouses"and"baggy tracksuits,"and playfulon-stage interactions"The effect was a welcomedisruption of what wexportion of wexpectectectemememememe explexplectracticaly me surved by the diverse crowd inside Staples Center,"Mikael Wood, a pop music critic for the paper, wrote. ​ 2...And Gracefully Crosses Genres Aditionally, in his review of the NYC show, long time New York Times pop music critic Jon Caramanica eloquently summarized how BTS'music is more thanjust airy takes on bubblegum pop."Thoum pop."Those maris maris maris maris maris maris marisnsmokers-esque EDM-pop, 1990s R&B, hip-hop from New York and the South, and much more.As singers and rappers, the members are gifted.As dancers and performers, they are nimble.And at this show, their execution was relaxed,"Caramanica​ 3.All Seven Members Offer Unique Talents To The Group​ At first glance, seven members may sound like a lot for a group that doesn't actively play instruments. But, asany ARM Ymember will be surely attest, Jin, V, Jungkook, Jimin, J-Hope, Sugach play animporting whope, Aronte, Aronte, Aronte, Aronte, Aronte, Aronte, Aronte, Arho is fluent in English, oftenspeaks on behalf of the group, buthe is notnessarily the leadmember. As Caramber Aspareanica parealfands po in the pareal to in the sth Untold'showcased the sweet harmonies of the four singers (Jimin, Jin, Jungkook and V), and wasimmediately followed by "Outro: Tear", "which displayed the versatility and range of the three rappers (J-Hopers) Each member was given a solo turn as well— V's sensual R&B on'Singularity'was a high point, and on'Serendipity,'Jimin pulled off some balletic, Matrix-esque dance maneuvers."​ 4.Their Music Feels Authentic To Fans​ While BTS have clearly mastered how to look and sound good, they do more than just draw people in with catchy hooks and eye-catching clothes and hair. They tackle important issues, like mental health and self-love.The group acknowledges the importance of serving as role models to so many young people around the world.In Korea, K-pop stars are even referred to as"idols"— and BTS don't take that responsibility lightly. ​ Back in Sept.2018, the GRAMMY Museumhosted A Conversation With BTS, where 300 fans listened to the group talk about a breadth of topics, including their responsibility as artists. ​"That makes us think more about our responsibilities, how we should act, how we should make our music.So it makes us think more deeply about what we do, how responsible we should be about what we're doing, and the music we're making,"Jungkook said. Theyalso discused their creative process and how they work collaboratively as a team, as well as with Bang Si-hyuk, the head of their label, Big Hit Entertainment. 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I think our participation in the process makes the music more sincere, make the songs more sincere, and that changes our attitude about how we approach our songs,"RM​ 5.BTS Think Of Their ARMY As Family​ You can't talk about BTS'record-breaking rise without also highlighting their loyal ARMY, which stands for Adorable Representative MC for Youth. ​ In fact, BTS has two official Twitter accounts:At the time of this writing@BTS_twt is home to 18.5 million followers.The ARMY also has their own Twitter account, which has sentout a fervent 116k tweets to date, and the BTS'official YouTube page has over 15.6 million subscribers. ​ Yet just as fans support BTS, BTS supports their fans.All in their mid-to-early-20s, the members of BTS know how to use social media as a tool to connect with their millions of admirers online, giving fans regular access and updates on their lives. While many social - media users at risk of falling in to feelings of isolation the more they "like" and scroll, BTS actively leverage positivity on social media. Fans follow suit, filling BTS' YouTube positive witive, sopbeative, sopbeative, sopbe at, sopbe do, sherte atte att Am I dreaming?@BTS_twt congratulations!you really made it!I stan legends!#BTS#방탄 소년단#LOVE_YOURSELF#SPEAK_YOURSELFhttps://t.co/Rtx9JhrXxY​ — acai_(@achaanneng)February 19,2019​ And the BTS US takeover is only just getting started:Following the announcement of BTS' 새로운 2019 tour dates, fans took to Twitter to share in the excitement, with some wondering if this was how their parents felt when The Beatlestoured.Others pointed out the significance of some of the venues:For example, the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, where BTS will be performing on May 4, is a football stadium with a capacity of 90,888.Rose Bowl concerts are reserved for the likes of the Rolling Stonesandbeyoncéand Jay-Z, who brought their OTR II tour for two 일석s to the huge venue last September. 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