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The History of BTS - Part 2 · The Evolution of Evil - True Crime Stories

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  Speaker 1: On March fourth, twenty twenty one, the IFPI named BTS
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  Speaker 1: its Global Recording Artist of the Year for twenty twenty,
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  Speaker 1: the first Asian and first non English speaking act to
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  Speaker 1: top the ranking two hundred forty two. BTS occupied three
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  Speaker 1: spots in the global album sales chart of twenty twenty,
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  Speaker 1: with Map of the Soul Seven at number one, B
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  Speaker 1: Deluxe Edition at number two, and Map of the Soul
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  Speaker 1: Seven The Journey at number eight two hundred forty three.
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  Speaker 1: On the newly launched global Album All Format chart, Map
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  Speaker 1: of the Soul Seven claimed first place and B Deluxe
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  Speaker 1: Edition claimed fourth two hundred forty four. On March fourteenth,
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, BTS performed Dynamite at the sixty third
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  Speaker 1: annual Grammy Awards, becoming the first Korean nominee to perform,
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  Speaker 1: though they did not win the award two hundred forty five.
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  Speaker 1: On April first, BTS released film Out, the first single
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  Speaker 1: from their then upcoming Japanese compilation album, BTS The Best
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  Speaker 1: two hundred forty six. BTS held a two day online
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  Speaker 1: streaming event on the their YouTube channel beginning April seventeenth,
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  Speaker 1: titled Bang Bang Cohn twenty one and aired three of
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  Speaker 1: their previous in person concerts two hundred forty seven. On
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  Speaker 1: May twenty first, BTS released their second English language single,
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  Speaker 1: but A two hundred forty eight. It debuted at number
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  Speaker 1: one on the Hot one hundred, their fourth number one
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  Speaker 1: in nine months, making them the quickest act to achieve
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  Speaker 1: four chart toppers since Justin Timberlake in two thousand six,
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  Speaker 1: and the fastest group since The Jackson Five in nineteen
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  Speaker 1: seventy two hundred forty nine. Their next English language single,
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  Speaker 1: Permission to Dance, was released on July nine, two hundred
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  Speaker 1: fifty It became BTS's eighth number one on the Digital
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  Speaker 1: Song's Chart, extending their record as the group with the
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  Speaker 1: most number one entries on the ranking two hundred fifty one.
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  Speaker 1: On September twenty fourth, twenty twenty one, the band released
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  Speaker 1: the single My Universe with Coldplay two hundred fifty two.
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  Speaker 1: The single debuted at number one on the Hot one hundred,
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  Speaker 1: making it the first collaboration between two groups to debut
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  Speaker 1: at numberumber one two hundred fifty three. On October fourth,
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, My Universe became BTS six Hot one
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  Speaker 1: hundred number one, achieving the fastest accumulation of six chart
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  Speaker 1: toppers since the Beatles in nineteen sixty four nineteen sixty six,
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  Speaker 1: two hundred fifty four, two hundred fifty five. The band
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  Speaker 1: held an online concert titled Permission to Dance on Stage
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  Speaker 1: on October twenty fourth, twenty twenty one, in Soul two
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  Speaker 1: hundred fifty six. On November twenty third, Butter earned a
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  Speaker 1: Grammy nomination for Best Pop Duo Slash Group Performance at
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  Speaker 1: the sixty fourth Annual Grammy Awards two hundred fifty seven
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  Speaker 1: two hundred fifty eight. Between November twenty seventh and December second,
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  Speaker 1: BTS held their first live performances before an in person
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  Speaker 1: audience since before the pandemic. The band played four sold
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  Speaker 1: out shows at Sofi Stadium in Los Angeles as a
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  Speaker 1: continuation of their Permission to Dance on Stage Concert Series
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  Speaker 1: two hundred fifty nine, two hundred sixty, two hundred sixty one.
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  Speaker 1: On January fifteenth, twenty twenty two, a fictional webtune based
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  Speaker 1: on BTS titled seven Feates Chalco was released. The comics
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  Speaker 1: are passed fifteen million views globally in its first two
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  Speaker 1: days of availability and became the highest viewed title ever,
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  Speaker 1: launched by Webtune two hundred sixty two, two hundred sixty three.
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  Speaker 1: The band held three limited capacity concerts at Sole Olympic
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  Speaker 1: Stadium on March tenth, twelve, and thirteen, the largest music
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  Speaker 1: gatherings a approved by the South Korean government since the
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  Speaker 1: pandemic restrictions were imposed, with a total audience of forty
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  Speaker 1: five thousand people two hundred sixty four two hundred sixty five.
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  Speaker 1: On April third, BTS performed Butter at the sixty fourth
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  Speaker 1: Annual Grammy Awards two hundred fifty eight, though the song
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  Speaker 1: did not win the award for which it was nominated
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  Speaker 1: two hundred sixty six. On April eighth, the band earned
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  Speaker 1: seven nominations at the twenty twenty two Billboard Music Awards
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  Speaker 1: two hundred sixty seven and one three, making them the
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  Speaker 1: most nominated and the most awarded group in the show's
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  Speaker 1: history two hundred sixty eight two hundred sixty nine. On
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  Speaker 1: June tenth, twenty twenty two, BTS released their three CD
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  Speaker 1: anthology album Proof two hundred seventy two hundred seventy one,
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  Speaker 1: two hundred seventy two. On June fourteenth, during their ninth
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  Speaker 1: anniversary celebrations, The band announced a temporary suspension of group
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  Speaker 1: activities to focus on solo projects and other endeavors two
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  Speaker 1: hundred seventy three two hundred seventy four. Hibe Corporation, which
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  Speaker 1: owns Big Hit two hundred seventy five, clarified in subsequent
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  Speaker 1: statements that BTS was neither disbanding nor going on hiatus,
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  Speaker 1: but would be actively furthering their individual careers with the
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  Speaker 1: label's full support, while still participating in group activities, including
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  Speaker 1: the filming of Run BTS two hundred seventy six two
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  Speaker 1: hundred seventy seven. The incident caused Hybe Corporation stock to
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  Speaker 1: decline rapidly, resulting in a decrease in market value of
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  Speaker 1: one U s dollar and seventy cents billion two hundred
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  Speaker 1: seventy eight. On August twenty fourth, Billboard magazine reported that
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  Speaker 1: BTS would be performing in Bussan on October fifteenth in
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  Speaker 1: a benefit concert in support of the city's efforts to
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  Speaker 1: have a world exposition in twenty thirty, participating under the
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  Speaker 1: banner yet to come military service and contract renewal. In
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  Speaker 1: spite of the announcement of the October twenty twenty two
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  Speaker 1: benefit concert, Hype Corporation stock prices dropped to below its
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  Speaker 1: original IPO amid continuing market speculation about the implications of
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  Speaker 1: the upcoming mandatory military enlistment of the band's members two
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  Speaker 1: hundred eighty one. Under South Korean laws, all able bodied
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  Speaker 1: mails must complete between eighteen and twenty one months of
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  Speaker 1: military service, usually by age twenty eight two hundred seventy nine.
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  Speaker 1: Bloomberg News reported the concert as a success, but also
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  Speaker 1: indicated that there were no further concert dates scheduled. It
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  Speaker 1: was estimated that if the band members completed their service,
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  Speaker 1: Hype Corporation would lose nearly ten billion U s dollar
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  Speaker 1: over ten years, with the loss to the South Korean
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  Speaker 1: economy at nearly thirty nine US dollars billion two hundred
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  Speaker 1: eighty two. In October twenty twenty two, Big Hit confirmed
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  Speaker 1: that Gene, the band's oldest member, aged twenty nine, had
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  Speaker 1: withdrawn his enlistment deferral request two hundred eighty three. The
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  Speaker 1: other members planned to enlist later, with the group planning
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  Speaker 1: to reunite in twenty twenty five. Following discharge two hundred
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  Speaker 1: eighty four two hundred eighty five. At the end of
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  Speaker 1: October twenty twenty two, BTS earned five nominations for the
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty two Momer Awards, with the band members receiving
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  Speaker 1: eight further nominations as solo artists two hundred eighty six.
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  Speaker 1: On November fifteenth, BTS earned three nominations at the sixty
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  Speaker 1: fifth Annual Grammy Awards, including a nomination for Best Music Video.
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  Speaker 1: Four Yet to Come two hundred eighty seven My Universe
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  Speaker 1: was nominated for Best Pop Duo Slash Group Performance, making
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  Speaker 1: BTS the only act to be nominated three years in
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  Speaker 1: a row in this category since its introduction in twenty eleven.
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  Speaker 1: Two hundred eighty seven. The and was also nominated for
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  Speaker 1: Album of the Year as featured artists on Coldplay's Music
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  Speaker 1: of the Spheres two hundred eighty seven. Gene enlisted as
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  Speaker 1: an active duty soldier on December thirteenth, two hundred eighty eight.
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  Speaker 1: On February twenty sixth, twenty twenty three, Big Hit announced
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  Speaker 1: that Jay Hope had requested cancelation of the postponement of
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  Speaker 1: his military service two hundred eighty nine following their scheduled separation.
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  Speaker 1: The band's BTS Yet to Come in Busson Concert film
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  Speaker 1: was released on February first, twenty twenty three, two hundred
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  Speaker 1: ninety j Hope enlisted as an active duty soldier on
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  Speaker 1: April eighteen, two hundred ninety one. On May twelfth, BTS
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  Speaker 1: released a soundtrack, The Planet for the South Korean animated
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  Speaker 1: series Bastions two hundred ninety two. To commemorate their tenth anniversary.
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  Speaker 1: The group released the song Take two on June nine,
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  Speaker 1: two hundred ninety three. On September twentieth, twenty twenty three,
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  Speaker 1: HEIBE confirmed through a press release that BTS would renew
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  Speaker 1: their exclusive contracts. The members will sign these agreements sequentially
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  Speaker 1: considering their military service after a board resolution with Big
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  Speaker 1: Hit Music solidifying their commitment to future projects starting from
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty five onwards two hundred ninety four two hundred
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  Speaker 1: ninety five. On September twenty second, twenty twenty three, Suga
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  Speaker 1: enlisted as a social worker two hundred ninety six. R
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  Speaker 1: M and V enlisted on December eleventh, twenty twenty three,
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  Speaker 1: followed by Jimmen and Yung Kouk on December twelfth, two
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  Speaker 1: hundred ninety seven. On June twelfth, twenty twenty four, Jane
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  Speaker 1: became the first member to complete his mandatory military service
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  Speaker 1: when he was officially discharged Winkwi a Frown two ninety eight.
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  Speaker 1: He was followed by j Hope on October seventeenth, twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty four, two hundred ninety nine. R M and V
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  Speaker 1: were discharged on June tenth, twenty twenty five three hundred,
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  Speaker 1: followed by Jimen and Yung Kuk on June eleven three
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  Speaker 1: hundred one, and on June eighteenth, Suga was the final
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  Speaker 1: member to be discharged three hundred two. Return from military
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  Speaker 1: errang and twenty twenty six to twenty twenty seven world tour,
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  Speaker 1: the group reunited publicly for the first time on A
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  Speaker 1: Weaver's Live on July first. In the live stream, they
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  Speaker 1: confirmed they were preparing a new album for early twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty six, their first since Proof in twenty twenty two,
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  Speaker 1: alongside a new world tour three hundred three, three hundred four.
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  Speaker 1: On November first, Jim And confirmed that all of the
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  Speaker 1: tracks for the new album were completed and ready for
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  Speaker 1: release in the spring to accompany the group's plan tour
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  Speaker 1: three hundred five, three hundred six. On January first, twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty six, it was announced that the new album will
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  Speaker 1: be released on March twenty three hundred seven. On January thirteenth,
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  Speaker 1: the group announced their twenty twenty six to twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: seven world tour, with concerts around the globe and an
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  Speaker 1: expected revenue stream estimated at over one billion dollars USD
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  Speaker 1: for the concerts and new album revenue three hundred eight
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  Speaker 1: three hundred nine. On January fifteenth, it was revealed that
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  Speaker 1: the title of the new album is errang three hundred ten.
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  Speaker 1: On April twenty ninth, twenty nineteen, Time magazine named BTS
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  Speaker 1: one of the one hundred most influential people of the year,
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  Speaker 1: labeling them the Princes of Pop three hundred fifty one.
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  Speaker 1: Billboard executive Silvio Pietro Luongo compared the group's influence to
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  Speaker 1: that of the Beatles three hundred fifty two. MRC Data
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  Speaker 1: executive Helena Kasinski noted that although BTS weren't the first
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  Speaker 1: to open the doors to k pop worldwide, they were
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  Speaker 1: the first to become mainstream. They don't just appeal to
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  Speaker 1: young people, but also to the fifties and sixties age
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  Speaker 1: demographic three hundred fifty three. The first non English speaking
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  Speaker 1: artist to make the Global Artist Chart in twenty eighteen,
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  Speaker 1: BTS was the second best selling artists worldwide across multiple
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  Speaker 1: media platforms, second only to Drake three hundred fifty four,
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  Speaker 1: three hundred fifty five, three hundred fifty six. In twenty twenty,
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  Speaker 1: BTS became the first non Western and non English speaking
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  Speaker 1: artist to be named ifpi's Global Recording Artist of the
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  Speaker 1: Year two hundred forty two. In South Korea, BTS accounted
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  Speaker 1: for forty one point nine percent of album sales in
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  Speaker 1: the first half of twenty nineteen, up from their market
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  Speaker 1: share of twenty five point three percent the previous year
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  Speaker 1: three hundred fifty seven. In twenty twenty two, Unakim described
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  Speaker 1: BTS as having spearheaded the Korean Wave, representing the global
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  Speaker 1: expansion of Korean culture as effectively as SAI did in
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  Speaker 1: the previous decade and with the strength of influence that
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  Speaker 1: the Academy Award winning South Korean film Parasite had in
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty three hundred fifty eight. South Korea Central Bank
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  Speaker 1: the Bank of Korea found in twenty twenty one that
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  Speaker 1: BTS including a ripple effect that included increased tourism to
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  Speaker 1: South Korea, increased interest in Korean culture, movies and study
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  Speaker 1: of the Korean language, and added approximately five billion US
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  Speaker 1: dollars per year to South Korea's economy, a growth of
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  Speaker 1: about zero point five percent three hundred fifty nine. A
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  Speaker 1: twenty eighteen studies showed that, on average, eight hundred thousand
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  Speaker 1: foreigners per year had visited South Korea over the past
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  Speaker 1: four years for BTS related reasons three hundred sixty writers
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  Speaker 1: identified BTS as leaders even among other highly influential K
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  Speaker 1: pop groups such as Girls Generation, Super Junior, Exo Twice,
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  Speaker 1: and Blackpink three hundred sixty one, and note that BTS's
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  Speaker 1: success shows the importance of a strong, active fan base
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  Speaker 1: in the age of social media, where fan campaigning can
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  Speaker 1: be as important as musical quality to a song success
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  Speaker 1: three hundred sixty two. The group has also distinguished themselves
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  Speaker 1: at the forefront of the business side of the K
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  Speaker 1: pop industry by pursuing less restrictive contracts with their management
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  Speaker 1: company to maximize their artistic originality and creativity three hundred
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  Speaker 1: sixty three, three hundred sixty four. With this newer approach
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  Speaker 1: to career management, BTS created closer ties to the South
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  Speaker 1: Korean youth and encourage individuality and authenticity among their audience
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  Speaker 1: one hundred forty seven Diplomacy. In his nineteen ninety essay
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  Speaker 1: soft Power, political scientist Joseph Nide developed the concept of
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  Speaker 1: a second type of power, different from traditional authoritarianism three
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  Speaker 1: hundred sixty five. Ni wrote this second aspect of power,
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  Speaker 1: which occurs when one country gets other countries to want
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  Speaker 1: what it wants, might be called co optive or soft power,
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  Speaker 1: in contrast with the hard or command power of ordering
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  Speaker 1: others to do what it wants. Three hundred sixty six.
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  Speaker 1: Researchers such as Maud Quessert have applied the concept of
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  Speaker 1: soft power to BTS and their influence on entertainment, diplomacy,
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  Speaker 1: and international relations three hundred sixty seven. Eunichim and Maud
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  Speaker 1: Quessert all read the currency of soft power as including culture,
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  Speaker 1: political values, and foreign policy, which applies to BTS's ability
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  Speaker 1: to be co optive in their approach to spreading their
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  Speaker 1: message of harmony, acceptance and addressing life setbacks via their
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  Speaker 1: broad appeal on the international stage. BTS was invited to
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  Speaker 1: address the United Nations General Assembly in New York in
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  Speaker 1: September twenty eighteen, three hundred sixty eight three hundred sixty nine.
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  Speaker 1: That same year, they performed in Paris before an audience
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  Speaker 1: of four hundred, including President Moon Jay Inn and other
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  Speaker 1: officials at the two thousand eighteen Korea France Friendship Concert,
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  Speaker 1: a summit celebrating the friendly relations between France and South Korea.
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  Speaker 1: Three hundred seventy That year, BTS became the youngest recipients
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  Speaker 1: of the Order of Cultural Merit, despite cultural medals traditionally
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  Speaker 1: being given to recipients with over fifteen years of achievement.
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  Speaker 1: Moon recognized the group five years into their career for
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  Speaker 1: their contributions in spreading Korean culture and language worldwide three
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  Speaker 1: hundred seventy one, three hundred seventy two. In September twenty nineteen,
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  Speaker 1: BTS were mentioned by Moon while announcing strategies for the
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  Speaker 1: content industries for having pioneered innovative business models through direct
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  Speaker 1: communication with fans three hundred seventy three. In twenty twenty,
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  Speaker 1: BTS received the James A. Van Fleet Award in recognition
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  Speaker 1: of their outstanding contributions to the promotion of US Korea relations,
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  Speaker 1: the youngest honorees to receive the award three hundred seventy four,
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  Speaker 1: three hundred seventy five. In July twenty twenty one, they
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  Speaker 1: were appointed Special Presidential Envoy for Future Generations and Culture
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  Speaker 1: by President Moon. In their role as envoys, they helped
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  Speaker 1: to raise awareness on global agendas such as sustainable development
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  Speaker 1: to our future generations and to strengthen the nation's diplomatic
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  Speaker 1: power across the world three hundred seventy six and appear
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  Speaker 1: at international events such as the seventy six United Nations
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  Speaker 1: General Assembly three hundred seventy seven. On May thirty first,
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, BTS visited U S President Joe Biden
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  Speaker 1: at the White House to discuss the recent rise in
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  Speaker 1: anti Asian hate crimes and discrimination three hundred seventy eight fandom.
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  Speaker 1: According to Kyuang Hyun Kim, BTS's rise was facilitated by
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  Speaker 1: a great increase in music video programming and consumption on
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  Speaker 1: YouTube and the coming of an idle empire, including merchandising
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  Speaker 1: of non musical products, games and fantasy fiction, as well
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  Speaker 1: as an expansion of online music fandom three hundred seventy nine.
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  Speaker 1: The group has a large, highly organized online community of
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  Speaker 1: fans known as Army Adorable Representative MC for Youth, which
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  Speaker 1: translates the group's lyrics and social media posts into other
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  Speaker 1: languages and matches charitable contributions of BTS's members. As of
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty, some forty million Army members subscribe to the
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  Speaker 1: band's YouTube channel, with more than thirty million following the
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  Speaker 1: official BTS Twitter and Instagram accounts eighty five. The fan
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  Speaker 1: community helps generate BTS's number one chart rankings via coordinated
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  Speaker 1: campaigns on streaming platforms three hundred eighty as well as
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  Speaker 1: pushes to feature BTS's music on radio stations and television
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  Speaker 1: three hundred eighty one. Some Army members may even surpass
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  Speaker 1: the group itself in influence among BTS fans three hundred
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  Speaker 1: eighty two. Fans at the BTS World Tour concert Love
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  Speaker 1: Yourself in Los Angeles on September six, twenty eighteen, BTS
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  Speaker 1: interacted and engaged with their followers from their earliest days
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  Speaker 1: via social media three hundred eighty three, as well as
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  Speaker 1: via BTS Universe, an alternate storyline involving the members told
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  Speaker 1: through music videos, mobile games, books, short films, and more
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  Speaker 1: that gives fans room to theorize three hundred eighty four.
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  Speaker 1: Kim suggested that Army are drawn to BTS since The
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  Speaker 1: members are seen as underdogs originating from the Korean countryside
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  Speaker 1: and a relatively minor Korean entertainment company, which allows young
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  Speaker 1: fans to identify with them three hundred eighty five. BTS's
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  Speaker 1: lyrics speak to social values, and fans respond by trying
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  Speaker 1: to improve the world. As a result, the fandom regularly
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  Speaker 1: embraces activism on charitable causes and socio political issues such
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  Speaker 1: as refugee crises, racial discrimination, children's rights, climate change, and
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  Speaker 1: the COVID nineteen pandemic three hundred eighty six, three hundred
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  Speaker 1: eighty seven, three hundred eighty eight. Feedback from Army to
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  Speaker 1: BTS affects the group's actions and lyrics. BTS has eliminated
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  Speaker 1: d certain Korean words that sound like American racial slurs
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  Speaker 1: from their songs and ended collaboration with a Japanese producer
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  Speaker 1: when Korean Army members deemed his views extreme three hundred
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  Speaker 1: eighty nine. Per South Korean author J Young Lee, the
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  Speaker 1: relationship between BTS and Army is a mutual exchange between
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  Speaker 1: artists and their fans that is about more than merely
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  Speaker 1: insuring the band's primacy, but also extending the band's message
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  Speaker 1: of positivity into the world. Leopines that BTS and Army
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  Speaker 1: are a symbol of change in zeitgeist, not just of
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  Speaker 1: generational change three hundred ninety The band members themselves agree
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  Speaker 1: and have long acknowledged their fans role in their success
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  Speaker 1: three hundred ninety one. According to Sarah Keith, BTS embody
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  Speaker 1: a moment of generational transformation. Army represents a coming of
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  Speaker 1: age for the young, in which cultural production and influence
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  Speaker 1: are global and meaningful, and where the youth are politically
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  Speaker 1: and socially engaged three hundred ninety two.