Jungkook of BTS Is Chasing His Pop-Star Dream
“As I grew up, I came to terms with reality.”
Lenika Cruz
Lenika Cruz is a senior editor at The Atlantic, where she covers culture. She is the author of On BTS: Pop Music, Fandom, Sincerity.
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Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS manages to layer an emotional history on top of the professional rise of the world’s biggest band.
Big Hit Music Suga of BTS’s World Tour Is Pop Subversion at Its Finest
In the U.S., the first member of the group to stage solo concerts delivered a thrilling declaration of artistic individuality.
Courtesy BIG HIT Music RM of BTS Is Embracing the Silence
On his debut solo album, Indigo, the South Korean rapper finds meaning within the noise of global stardom.
Big Hit Music / HYBE The Guilt-Free Pleasure of Airplane Movies
Amid the endless tiny indignities of air travel, only one true retreat remains.
DreamWorks Pictures; The Atlantic His Mother’s Life Was a Mystery He Needed to Solve
A landmark novel from the island of Guam is both a brutal story of war and a beautiful act of resurrection.
Courtesy Chris Perez Howard BTS Gets It
Why the world’s biggest band visited the White House to speak out against anti-Asian racism
Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty The Post-villain Era of Animation
Today’s Disney movies aren’t like the ones you grew up with. That isn’t a bad thing.
Pixar / Disney / Charlie Le Maignan / The Atlantic A Film That Finally Captures Murakami’s Writing
Drive My Car is a rare adaptation of the Japanese novelist’s work that brings his unique atmosphere to screen better than anything before.
Janus; The Atlantic Yellowjackets Is So Much More Than a ‘Female Lord of the Flies’
The real horror is the friends we made along the way.
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