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'''Multimedia projects'''
* The '''BU''' (also called the "Bangtan Universe", "BTS universe" or "HYYH Universe" until the current name was revealed in 2017), an alternate universe that has been unveiled through several video clips and short films, a book (''The Most Beautiful Moment In Life: The Notes 1''), notes included in their albums booklets (most of them compiled in the before-mentioned book), and a webcomic (''Save Me''); a mobile game and a drama based on this storyline (not starring the band members) have been announced for 2020. The plot, told in [[Anachronic Order|non-linear fashion]] and with [[Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory|a great amount of symbolism]], depict the group members in an [[Alternate Reality]] as a group of friends with dysfunctional lives, who had to confront their traumas and anxieties to get to the future. A great generator of [[Epileptic Trees]] within the fandom, and even when the webcomic clarified some things about the plot by telling what's going on {{spoiler|(a [[Groundhog Day Loop]] to [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]], it turns out)}}, it still left more questions than answers.
* The '''BT21''' project, a collaboration with the messaging service LINE where the group created [[Mascot|cutesy animal and pastry-based characters]] inspired on themselves to be used as stickers for said messaging service. It has generated [[Merchandise-Driven|a great amount of derivative merchandise]], including plushies, clothes, makeup and skincare products, a cellphone game, a special menu in a Korean cafe, and even an
'''TV Series and Variety Shows'''
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** The series of albums "Love Yourself" are said to be inspired by Erich Fromm's ''The Art of Loving''. Their official Korean e-store even sold a special edition of the book.
** "Magic Shop" was titled and inspired by the memoir ''Into the Magic Shop'' by James R. Doty
** Their song "Anpanman" was inspired by and named after [[Anpanman|the titular Japanese character]]. The choreography they use for this song had the members doing famous poses from superheroes of Marvel and DC (and, of course,
** Their albums ''Map of the Soul: Persona'' and ''Map of the Soul:7'' are named after Murray Stein's ''Jung's Map of the Soul: An Introduction''. The songs used for the comeback trailers for these albums, "Intro: Persona", "Interlude: Shadow" and "Outro: Ego", have several references to [[Carl Jung]]'s psychological concepts ("Persona" use more of the psychological terms, while the other songs are more descriptive of the concepts themselves).
** Their song "Attack on Bangtan" evidently references ''[[Attack on Titan]]''. This one is especially obvious because the Japanese version of the song was titled "Shingeki no Boudan", after the manga's original Japanese title "''Shingeki no Kyojin''".
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* [[Singer-songwriter]]: everyone in the group, some way or another. Notably, the rap line has sung their own lines from day one.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: For ''BTS World'', they decide to use the traditional Hangul romanization for the names, instead of the slightly modified romanizations they use in official BTS releases.
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: The concept for the ''Love Yourself'' albums is that such a person decides to pursue a relationship by hiding his true self (pain, flaws, dreams) from the person they love, and how the relation collapses when it becomes painfully obvious that the relationship was based on so many lies it
* [[Surreal Music Video]]: "IDOL".
* [[Take That, Critics!]]: "DDaeng", "MIC Drop", and "IDOL" are directed to every person that told them they couldn't make it or that questioned their artistic integrity. The video clip for "IDOL" even includes visual cues on the members wearing or doing things they had been criticized for online.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: In the ''Save Me'' webcomic, all the boys have ordinary-ish hair colors... except Yoongi, who has pink hair. And judging for his flashbacks to his childhood, it's apparently natural too.
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