Dr. Jiyoung Lee’s book BTS, Art Revolution: BTS Meets Deleuze is an important work for BTS, ARMY, and global pop culture in general.

Following the cinematic release of BTS’s Burn the Stage documentary, a film version of their Love Yourself concert saw a limited release on January 26, 2019. The film played in theaters across the U.S. (as well as many other countries) in regular theaters as well as some Screen X theaters, where the 270-degree screen upped the immersive quality of the experience. Regardless of what type of theater the film is viewed in, watching BTS’s concert on the big screen is an enveloping, moving experience.

Never in a lifetime did I dream that I’d be sitting at my local theater watching a documentary-style film on a Korean artist. 10 years ago, when I first became interested in Korean music and culture, anything Korean-related was hard to come by in most places in the U.S., outside of large Korean-American communities. In my smaller city, there wasn’t even a Korean restaurant or grocery store. K-Pop concerts came to us only once in a while, and when they did, it was only to New York City and Los Angeles. Needless to say, times have definitely changed.

BTS is the only artist I have seen live more than once. Quite frankly, they’re probably the only artist I’d bother even going to live shows for anymore, because once you’ve seen a BTS concert, nearly everything else pales in comparison.