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    The Spectacular Vindication of BTS

    With four sold-out concerts in Los Angeles, the pop superstars proved their timelessness to critics, fans, and themselves.
    by Lenika Cruz Dec 16, 2021 6 minutes
    Source: Courtesy of BIGHIT MUSIC

    For 20 months, I was haunted by two fears: that some things (the pandemic, isolation, anxiety) would last forever, and that others (dreams, loved ones, entire years) would be lost forever. Time warped around me, as it did for so many people. Some days, it moved like molasses. On others, like when I saw family and friends, it seemed to flow like a river that I couldn’t stop or outrun.

    Then, for two weeks at the end of 2021, I tried to control time for myself.

    In September, as live music was returning in earnest, the South Korean pop group BTS announced their first in-person concerts in two years. They’d play four nights at the open-air SoFi Stadium, in Los Angeles, where the Super Bowl would be held in 2022. (Mask wearing and proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test would be required.) Knowing that demand was bound to be fierce, I hoped to attend once; after a lot of planning, stress, and luck, I had tickets to all

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