www.rollingstone.com/music/features/inside-bts-mania-a-day-in-the-life-of-the-k-pop-superstars-w514229
This article was written by Chris Martins on December 19 and records the experience of a day in the life of a Korean Boy Band BTS. Martins uses informal diction throughout his paper. He uses contractions such as "it's" rather than spelling out the whole word "it is". Martins is writing as if he is having a casual conversation with a colleague by using terms, such as "ditching". The author is supportive of the group. He wants them to succeed and claims that they will because BTS "shows no sign of slowing down." Martins believes they will only go up from here. Martins was astonished when he realized that "BTS don't seem to be using any vocal backing tracks." Martins kept an optimistic tone on BTS because he was in awe of their ability to sing and perform: "They rap and sing every last part while doing constant choreography." Martins used all three appeals throughout the article. Martins appealed to all three appeals while describing the lyric content in their songs: "BTS songs tackle issues like depression...promote progressive social ideas like female empowerment." This appeals to logos because if someone where to find and translate BTS lyrics, the lyrics would in fact be about depression and women's rights. This appeals to ethos because members of the band struggled with depression and can relate to the fans. They are going through the same thing and this creates a strong bond and thus creates trust. This appeals to pathos because those who use to or still struggle with anxiety and depression are given something that could help them. The songs could give them something to listen to to know that everything is going to be okay. This would help those who are depressed see a light and give them hope. Martins uses an optimistic tone. Rap Master claims that their new songs will have "Better music and doper performances." This is something to look forward to considering how successful they already are now. Also, next year "BTS are planning a bigger US run." BTS already has a major fan base (ARMY). They ARMY is so abundant and together that they even created a fan chant. This fan chant takes place during their one of their songs "Save Me". Martins believes that BTS is going to take off. The overall goal of the article was to show the fans of BTS and those others interested what a day of their life looks like. The majority of the article is about how the day and their schedule went, along with some brief background explanations of who they are and what they have accomplished. This article impacts the reader to show how much effort goes into the band. The boys are constantly working and their managers and the others involved are hard at work as well. There is great value of the article. The article shows what kind of people the boys are and how they behave behind the scenes. This shows that everyone puts in a lot of effort into everything that is put out. This also shows that the boys are good people. This article is important because it leaves a perception of the boys of BTS to the audience who might not know much about who they are as people.
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