About this item
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 an international sensation. Over the last three years, K-pop has steadily garnered a huge following among social-media-savvy teen girls. And with their clean-cut good looks, fabulously choreographed and perfectly executed dance moves, and catchy blend of pop, soft hip hop and r&b, BTS are leading the advance. They were recently profiled in US Vogue, the first K-pop band to be granted such an honor; they won the 2017 Billboard Music Award for Top Social Artist, beating Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and Selena Gomez; they were listed by Forbes as the most retweeted artist on Twitter in March 2016, and their fanbase has ballooned since then; they were named in Time magazine's "Top 25 Most Influential People on the Internet 2017;" and they've recently embarked on a sold-out tour across the globe.
About the Author
I have been a published author for many years now, with a string of titles to my name (although not always in my name!) . These include the bestselling first biography of K-pop kings BTS, the stories of other K-pop groups, Blackpink and EXO and a Billie Eilish biography. I have also written a range of football books and a number of YouTube focussed titles, including the popular, and annually updated, YouTube World Records as well as humour books such as the parodic Doctor Fatkins' Resolutionary Diet, a spoof detective novel called You Don't Know... Jack Schitt and the particularly successful The Retrosexual Manual - How to be a Real Man.
