Bumping into BTS

"Bumping into BTS" is designed with an interest in three cultural symbols: K-Pop, BTS, and BTS's global fandom ARMY (Adorable Representative MC for Youth). However, what we have chosen to write about here is not the symbols in themselves, but the everyday activities surrounding them. All three authors in this book read cultural studies in their 20s, yet none of them offer here any grandiose theories, or try to subject these symbols to detailed analysis. Instead, what is offered is a collection of private stories and experiences, taken respectively from an editor who happened to fall in love with BTS; a part-time lecturer who happened to teach British students about K-Pop and BTS; and a Korean TV producer who fell into this area of interest purely because she used to work with BTS a long time ago.