BTS at the O2 Arena, review: Gigantic show offers two-and-a-half hours of sugary pop ecstasy

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If there wasn’t a fanbase demanding it, a 150 minute show might seem a little baggy for an act who released their debut album just four years ago. But there’s something about BTS's dedicated DNA as a band – part Michael Jackson, part Spice Girls – that allows them to get away with it

 

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You, honestly, could have kept this to yourself

Sugary pop 😂 The ballads are a 'break'? All sweaty teenagers...wow At least that's opinion (or a lazy write) but what excuse is there for saying they are the first Korean act to headline an arena here...2012.Big Bang.Wembley Arena.Research bro (my 'teen speak' as a 29y.o. fan)

Yeah. I'm sure it was great, if you actually got tickets that didn't cost a remortgage of your house! We were online seconds those tickets went on sale on 2 seperate sites and couldn't get tickets. The ticket sites then sold them for extortionate prices. Criminal.

Journalists do your homework. Of you can't do what you are suppose to do atleast ask us. We will feed ur empty head.

Time magazine just wrote an article about BTS, dubbing them Next Generation Leaders and praising their socially conscious lyrics and here we have someone calling it sugary pop? With all the media coverage BTS_twt has these days, it's not hard to do your research.

sugary pop ecstasy? it sounds disgusting. this article was so irrelevant. *sigh* smh. pls if you will do an article next time abt bts, can you pls be more professional? and ye, most of the fans of bts wasn't young anymore. we just have a younger face 😂👌

Seriously as a professional journalist, the least you can do is properly do your research on what you are writing on and be unbias about it. Your a professional in your field not a 15 yr. Old girl writing her school project.

please be more respectful of BTS, they do not just preform 'sugary pop ecstasy'. if you went to their concert or simply listened to their albums you would have known this. half the time you made assumptions about certain aspects. please, either take this down or rewrite it +

DO ARMY even read? who the hell gave this article a rt when it's obviously BIASED AGAINST BTS?

28 years old !!!!

The writer of this article must be an old white male who complains when the music is too loud. I think it's commendable that BTS performed for that long with no opening acts, just them. And although they debuted only 5 yrs ago, they have a huge library of songs under their name.

I am very disappointed with the contents of this article. I feel like there was no real research done at all. Do better.

I came here to be harsh and bad but you all here being nice ppl with an article that write such sht on all, make me cold down ^^

Nice that you took time to write an article but next time idk, please do more research, don't talk about BTS in such a degratory way and don't describe us all as 12 year old little screaming girls. I hope not all of your articles are this badly researched and shallow.

This whole article is a mess. A ridiculous, wrong mess.

This ain't it

This is so bad I don’t know what to say other than do your research before you write anything. The title is enough to show your dismissive tone. 😓

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Too many inconsistencies in this article,thanks to everyone for pointing it out,please do better research next time,thank you

I would appreciate any constructive criticism towards BTS but this review really just missed the mark. Poorly written. Seems like he forgot to leave his stereotypical views of (k)pop at home before going to the show.

Another sh*ty and poorly informed 💀👎

Not sure if we witnessed the same concert mate.

Disgusting

do not rt and do not click this article

I'm 35 y/o. I found BTS_twt in the lowest moment of my life. They help me to overcome depression and dream again. Their music gives hope truly inspirational. PCAs TheGroup BTS

Research pro bono for the paid journalist Errors: Content sugary pop ex. 1 Teenage only fans ex. 2 Follow the thread.

Another trash review. The fact that he/she described bts as sugary pop shows how clueless they are of BTS music. I guess anyone can write reviews now-days. Its amazing how these people can write whatever trash they want and put it out for millions to read.

Wow dude. Another unprofessional article. Are we surprised

this is wrong

the whole article smells

I usually regard your articles with relative respect, but this article lacks any research or attempt at understanding. If you wish for someone to write an article for you on BTS, I will do it for you, for free. But this article is appalling and misguided in it's representation of

“Directioners on crack” Just say we hate an asian act with korean songs outtalented and outsold our overrated white boybands and go 🤒

Tan malo sacar una nota con adjetivos exagerados tratandolo como algo cómico. Just no 😑

Here to tell ARMYs to READ before you retweet news articles Second to tell you that your assumption that fans are only 11-17 is wrong.

Another mischaracterization by the media! I urge you to search BTSNotYourAverageBoyBand on Twitter and read their lyrics on YouTube and you will learn to appreciate them more!

Perhaps this review is written by a neophyte who is a 'self-proclaimed' culture-consuming human being' but lacks sophistication and better insight and would rather stick to lazy research to appease his editor boss for a pay check. His acct is dead anw. Don't give him clout.

Nah, its not it 🚫

What's with all these journalist who can do the minimum research work? Isn't that your job? Embarrassing to read really...

Very poorly written. Very disappointed

The fuck is sugary pop I guess tear and all other songs combine in that category as well? Also majority of ARMYS that went aren’t young but thanks for saying we look young.

People... Please don't rt everything with BTS in it! This is a great example of this, a poor made article full of bitter words and misconceptions, don't give clicks or clout to such terrible work.

oh wow, please next time do at least a little bit of research. it's highly appreciated

Thanks for the review, though I'm disappointed that you neither took BTS nor their fans seriously. You consider BTS as another 'craze', their music as 'sugary pop', and their fans as 'sweaty hysterical teenagers'. This lackluster review spoke more of stereotypes than substance.

not worth your time. so much misconception in the article. an article was written only to showcase one's 'opinion' on bts fan base and music, definitely not a review.

ohaunoaulait Hi 29 year old fan of BTS and would not find their music appealing if it was sugary pop... Research would have informed you of their Hop core.

It would've been better to just not write an article if all you were going to do was add backhanded compliments..

Tak habis2 dgn 'young fans' 'crazed teens' 😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑

nahhhh this ain't it. no one give them clout and clicks.

Outro tear, sugary pop legend

No just no

if youre not going to do proper research then refrain from writing this stuff for rts, its disgusting and unprofessional asf not to mention you're disrespecting the boys' work and music

choi_bts2 This is shit article

choi_bts2 Thank you for the review! 🙌 whilst you have nailed the energy and dedication of the concert performance, I feel like I’ve missed a very important point of how the fans there r obsessed with bts themselves rather than kpop. Furthermore, the audience ranges diversely in terms of

choi_bts2 this isn’t a review of BTS or their show. This is a review of what you THINK their fan base is like.

BTS_BiTS This reporter really trying to pass off Tear, mic drop, singularity etc as “sugary pop” I’m 🤡

choi_bts2 I don’t know in which concert y’all were but outro tear is the complete opposite of sugary pop. Once again a typical article about BTS stereotyping the band and the fans and don’t really get the point why BTS is as big as they are rn.

choi_bts2 Once again a dismissive, middle-aged white man is chosen to review BTS_twt 😕😑

BTS_BiTS Regardless of some points here and there I appreciate the review

OnlyBangtanPH 'Either way, seeing BTS perform to hysterical fans felt like witnessing the birth of a new phenomenon. If all goes to plan – and I’m certain these young men have one – it might be a stadium they’re shutting down on their next visit to UK soil.'

bangbushim7 WTH now I'm offended

I'm 27 An architect and furniture designer... and I will hype up my boys as loud as I can... so don't judge me... 🤟🏻

choi_bts2 So much misconceptions It doesnt take 2 minutes to look deeper to what BTS has to offer

Sugary pop bothered me especially since they have sooo many different types of songs that are for sure not “sugary pop”

choi_bts2 While I appreciate you took your time to write about BTS, it would be better if you could have done a bit research on history of BTS and the messages they spread through their music. It's more than sugary pop music and crazed teen Fangirls

bangbushim7 Sugary what?

*Fans of all ages... there fixed it for ya! Im40 LoveBTS BTS LoveYourself LoveMyself

choi_bts2 Sugary pop ain't the right words

choi_bts2 Outro: tear the sweetest sugary pop song yes definitely😂

Thank you fro the review. But I ain't a teenager. I am 22..a med student. Don't generalize ARMYs.

choi_bts2 sugary pop? bruh did u even go lmaooo

choi_bts2 i mean i wouldn’t really call it ‘sugary pop’

choi_bts2 Tf is sugary pop lmao😂

BTS_BiTS s-sugary pop?

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