{"id":13095,"date":"2026-07-07T11:33:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T11:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/07\/07\/bts-review-pure-joy-and-astonishing-versatility-at-k-pop-titans-first-uk-show-in-seven-years-culture-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T11:33:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T11:33:41","slug":"bts-review-pure-joy-and-astonishing-versatility-at-k-pop-titans-first-uk-show-in-seven-years-culture-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/07\/07\/bts-review-pure-joy-and-astonishing-versatility-at-k-pop-titans-first-uk-show-in-seven-years-culture-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS review \u2013 pure joy and astonishing versatility at K-pop titans\u2019 first UK show in seven years Culture | The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London<\/strong><br \/>Fans and cynics are putty in the boyband\u2019s hands as the lads lark their way through a catalogue of tracks that ricochet from hard rap to buttery pop<\/p>\n<p>The 2001 film Josie and the Pussycats is about America\u2019s conflation of art and consumerism at the turn of the millennium. But it could just as easily be about the K-pop industrial complex, grinding out act after act to see what sticks (sometimes with a lack of care for the art or the artists). The film culminates with nefarious label execs selling branded headsets that broadcast subliminal advertising messages directly into fans\u2019 brains.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a film that comes to mind while watching BTS play their first UK show in seven years, an unbelievably enjoyable spectacle of pyro and panoptical staging, and the purest distillation of what makes a boyband precision-engineered to capture fans\u2019 hearts. BTS are the biggest K-pop group in the world. With more than 40m albums sold, they have a fanbase so fervent it is called the Army. This is the band\u2019s first tour since a three-year hiatus for each member to complete 18 months of compulsory military service \u2013 marked by a new album, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2026\/mar\/20\/bts-arirang-review-the-worlds-biggest-pop-band-return-with-dumb-fun-and-downright-weirdness\">Arirang<\/a> \u2013 and it\u2019s hailed by activations across the capital including a London Eye takeover. A cynical mind might think the in-the-round staging provides more opportunity to sell expensive pit tickets. A cynical mind might see the brands blacked out on the water bottles onstage and think \u2026 \u201cclearly Fiji Water didn\u2019t cough up sponsorship\u201d<em>. <\/em>A cynical mind might behold the light-up \u201cArmy Bomb sticks\u201d wielded by the crowd and think \u2026 \u201care those mind-control devices?\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2026\/jul\/07\/bts-review-k-pop-tottenham-hotspur-stadium-london-arirang-world-tour\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2026\/jul\/07\/bts-review-k-pop-tottenham-hotspur-stadium-london-arirang-world-tour\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\">Read More<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/caeb01c196086da8d1b7eb8093897168069530b4\/152_0_1665_1333\/master\/1665.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c30614bb9fece021f0d1ff941a0c2830\" title=\"BTS review \u2013 pure joy and astonishing versatility at K-pop titans\u2019 first UK show in seven years\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, LondonFans and cynics are putty in the boyband\u2019s hands as the lads lark their way through a catalogue of tracks that ricochet from hard rap to buttery pop The 2001 film Josie and the Pussycats is about America\u2019s conflation of art and consumerism at the turn of the millennium. 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