02. Hustlin’ until Dope: How BTS’s Rap Line Cultivated Their Hip-Hop Identities

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Note on Terminology and Romanization xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Intro. On Bangtan Remixed: A Critical BTS Reader 1
6. I “You Can Call Me Artist, You Can Call Me IDOL!” contexts, genealogies, and aesthetics of performance
7. Introduction 29
8. 01. Tradition, Transition, and Trends: Contextualizing BTS’s Gugak-Inspired Performance of “IDOL” 33
9. 02. Hustlin’ until Dope: How BTS’s Rap Line Cultivated Their Hip-Hop Identities 44
10. 03. “Life Goes On”: Social and Musical Space in BTS’s Midpandemic Album BE 57
11. 04. Blood, Sweat, and Tears: BTS, Bruegel, and the Baroque 68
12. 05. Martha and the Swans: BTS, “Black Swan,” and Cold War Dance History 79
13. II “Mikrokosmos” The Universe of BTS
14. Introduction 91
15. 06. The Platformization of K-Pop: From Weverse to NFTs 95
16. 07. Under the Same Sky: Synchronicity in BTS Media, Online and Offline 107
17. 08. Bridging the Senses: Medium and Materiality from Music Videos to Graphic Lyrics 120
18. 09. Sweet Chili and Cajun: Tasting the Power of Language with the BTS McDonald’s Meal 133
19. 10. Fragmentary Redemptions: ARMY, RPF, and the AU at the Heart of the Bangtan Universe 144
20. 11. “Black Guy Reacts to BTS for the First Time”: Provocations from a Black ARMY 157
21. 12. “Your Story Becomes Our Universe”: Fan Edits, Shitposts, and the BTS Database 169
22. 13. Jung Kook’s Button, or the GIF That Keeps on Giving 180
23. III “Not Today” Geopolitics and Activism
24. Introduction 191
25. 14. Empire Goes On: Transpacific Circuits of Care Work 195
26. 15. Like a Criminal Undercover: Love, Hate, and the Performance of Inclusion 206
27. 16. Recoding the Bot: ARMY and Digital Transgression 221
28. 17. Break the Structure: BTS ARMY Digital Activism and State Surveillance in Indonesia’s Omnibus Law Protest 229
29. 18. From Purple to Pink: The Filipino ARMY for Leni and the Fight for Good Governance 241
30. 19. “Yoongi, Can You Hear Me?”: Demanding Justice for #Melisa and ARMY Activism in Turkey 254
31. 20. “Spring Day”: Nostalgia, Pop Mediation, and Public Mourning 264
32. Interlude · “Magic Shop”: So Show Me, I’ll Show You (My Fanart) 279
33. IV “You Never Walk Alone” Fandom and Community
34. Introduction 285
35. 21. The Skinship Diaries 289
36. 22. “Gender DOES NOT Exist Outside of Patriarchy”: Flower Boys, Gender Envy, and the Radical Possibilities of JIMIN GENDER 299
37. 23. Permission to Desire 313
38. 24. Fifty Shades of Butter: Consensual Nonconsent in BTS Fan Fiction 322
39. 25. Bangtan Scholars and the Ethics of Care 335
40. 26. Sincerely Yours, ARMY: Exploring Fandom as Curatorial Methodology 345
41. 27. The Digital ARMY-Ummah: Faith and Community among Muslim BTS Fans 357
42. 28. “Let Us Light Up the Night”: BTS and Abolitionist Possibilities at the End of the World 368
43. Outro. For Youth 379
44. Bangtan Glossary 385
45. Contributors 389
46. Index 399