The BTS Effect
UGC
This website contains a mix of Bangtan Universe guides and analyses, song and music video analyses, general articles on BTS and ARMY topics, research, and fan-submitted stories.
Courtney Lazore
The BTS Years
Media Coverage
To be in a stadium of BTS fans is to feel a lot of love: from the guys, who clearly enjoy what they do, and from the fans, who helped them build all of this in the first place.
Dodson, P. C.
2021
The BTS sphere: Adorable Representative M.C. for Youth’s transnational cyber-nationalism on social media
Journal Articles
By employing a critical discourse analysis on BTS fans’ social media posts and their online activities surrounding a few incidents, this article attempts to develop cyber-nationalism in the context of the BTS fandom.
Jin, D. Y.
2021
The Beatles and BTS - The power of Fandoms
NonProfit/Gov.
What is a band without its fans? Ellie Field looks at two of the most powerful fandoms in music history, those of The Beatles and BTS, and reveals the surprising parallels between them.
Field, E.
2022
The Book of BTS ARMY [IND.]
Books
BTS has been recognized as the biggest boy band in the world. ARMY, the name for the BTS fandom, was also named the biggest fandom. The relationship between idols and fans does not escape the attention of many people, especially non-Kpoppers. The relationship that exists between BTS and ARMY is based on love, pride, and mutual understanding. This book explains how all of this works.
Lee, J.
2021
"Yet To Come" the single is OUT NOW!
Buy from your country-specific charts/retailers to ensure "Yet To Come" sales account for local charts.
Listen to the track!