Bts

Icons of K-Pop

Author: Adrian Besley

BTS is the breakthrough K-pop band. For the first time, this unofficial biography tells the story of the Korean boy band with a global army of fans, who have propelled their heroes to the top of the charts all over the world.

BTS, also known as Bangtan Sonyeondan or 'Bulletproof Boy Scouts', are the breakthrough K-pop band. For the first time, this book tells the story of the Korean boy band with a global army of fans, who have propelled their heroes to the top of the charts all over the world.

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Seven good-looking boys - Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook - who can dance as well as they can sing, are tearing up the global music charts. Nothing new? Think again. BTS, who rose to fame in their native South Korea in 2013 and who sing almost entirely in Korean, are now a sensation in the US, the UK, Australia and the rest of the world.

K-pop is a growing phenomenon in the West. Over the last three years, it's steadily garnered a huge following among social-media-savvy teen girls. With their clean-cut good looks, fabulously choreographed and perfectly executed dance moves, and catchy blend of pop, soft hip hop and RnB, BTS are leading the advance.

Extensively researched, and written in an upbeat and accessible style, this book interweaves the success stories of each of the boys with how the band got together, while documenting their amazing rise to fame in Southeast Asia, and then the world. It includes 16 pages of full colour photographs of the band playing live, posing and having fun.

About the Author

After working as a copywriter at the BBC, Adrian Besley became a freelance writer. He has written many successful non-fiction titles, including the recent official Monty Python Hidden Secrets, which told the story of Monty Python through artefacts from the archives; boy band biography 5 Seconds of Summer Confidential; a series of top-selling YouTube books such as YouTube World Records; and various humour titles such as The Retrosexual Manual (which made Amazon's top 100 best sellers), The Dangerous Book for Idiots and How to Fart at School.

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Meet BTS, the kings of K-pop, in the first unofficial biography of the band taking the music world by storm!With chart-topping albums and a host of international awards already to the band's name, BTS are a musical phenomenon. Their distinctive blend of pop and hip-hop, constantly evolving fashion choices and the amazing support of ARMY, their passionate fan base, has seen them achieve global acclaim.BTS: Icons of K-Pop tells the story of seven boys from South Korea, and the rise of the world's newest music sensation. With the inside track on each band member, their music andwhat makes them unique, this book charts their adventure - from debut to social media sensation and stardom . . . and now worldwide success.