Disclaimer: Considering this is a review of BTS’s music, I felt really compelled to establish that if you are an ARMY who loves EVERYTHING BTS puts out without question or […]
Beyond BTS Conference Part 3: The Influence of Media and Technology
Literally not much happened in this part of the conference. At least, not a lot that I understood. Honestly, I was prepared to scrap this part due to the fact […]
Beyond BTS Conference Part 2: BTS and World Domination
Hey, I’m back and only a week later which is a major achievement. Cue the confetti cannons! Okay, but this post will be a quickie on the 3rd session of […]
(Results!) BTS Parasocial and Fandom Study Survey
So a couple months back, I had posted a BTS study survey due to my own personal research on the K-pop fandom and parasocial relationships. I believed out of any […]
Trouble in the Grammys’ Boys Club
Hey, let’s talk about the Grammys. Despite being the type of person to always say, “Please explain it to me like I’m 5,” I felt compelled to write up a […]
Beyond BTS Conference Part 1: UNICEF, Koreaboos, and the Wonders of Social Media
I had the privilege of being able to go to a BTS conference while I studied abroad at Yonsei University for the fall semester of 2019. The conference was held […]
Parasocial Relationships and Fandom: A Study in BTS Survey
Hello. I’ve come with another blog post for my loyal readers. I’m finally starting to get into the swing of really doing some more hands-on research. Despite the fact that […]
I Want to be a K-pop Idol, Too…but I’m Black
It’s taken a while, but I’ve finally whipped up this little think piece about Black K-pop fans and I’m still unconfident as to if I did this proper justice. It […]
Conspiracy Theory: The BTS Imposter and the Dating Scandal
(EDIT (5 January, 2021: I actually made a video of this post – over a year later. I can’t believe it, but if interested then the video is below.) So, […]
BTS World: Cultivating Parasocial Relationships through Games
EDIT: This post was made into a video on my YouTube channel. If you don’t mind wasting your life for 24 minutes, then hop on over there or watch here: […]