“Hope world meets Cole world.”  J-hope of BTS shared with fans an Instagram post showing that he met his longtime idol, American rapper J. Cole, for the first time backstage at Lollapalooza on...

I felt beyond devastated when I saw that the BTS Map of the Soul tour was officially canceled.  I would get a refund for my hard-earned tickets, which I had been desperately holding onto since February...

When “Dynamite,” the first BTS song completely in English, came out on Aug. 21, 2020, I remember initially thinking that this was an amazing way for BTS to publicize itself to wider audiences beyond...

On the night after the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards had aired on TV, I scrolled through my Instagram explore page and was surprised to see that it lacked any posts celebrating wins or achievements of their...

Three years ago, BTS entered the U.S. mainstream, attending the Billboard Music Awards and performing its “DNA” song at the American Music Awards later that November. Then last year, the K-pop band...

LIVING UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS This is part of a series of columns about students’ various experiences during the school closure because of the coronavirus pandemic. If you would like to submit...