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Dedicated BTS fans buy tickets to join virtual K-pop concert

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Even fans in the US tuned in at 5:30 a.m. to watch the live BTS concert online. Culture critic Maria Sherman, author of “Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS,” joins us to talk about BTS fandom.

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