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Although BTS is veneered with boyband stereotypes, they are also not. The band’s soft masculinity, conceptual music videos and political lyrics are deconstructing previous moulds of what a typical boyband should represent.

I was in a newsroom when I discovered BTS. I was shadowing a journalist – a serious journalist – who asked me a question – a serious question: “Are you an ARMY?” “…what?” I whispered back. Given my location, I was suddenly conscious that the following information might not be privy to everyone. “A BTS fan?” Confusion remained very stuck to my face – which, I suppose, answered her. “Honey,” she…