On BTS

A love letter to Korean pop sensation BTS and an ode to fandom. An Atlantic Edition, featuring long-form journalism by Atlantic writers, drawn from contemporary articles or classic storytelling from the magazine’s 165-year archive. The supersonic rise of the Korean pop group BTS may seem enigmatic to some, but for Lenika Cruz, senior culture editor at The Atlantic , their worldwide fame is obvious. As Cruz argues in On BTS: Pop Music, Fandom, Sincerity , the group’s trajectory—debuting on a rela