yush’s Reviews > I'll Love You Forever: Notes from a K-Pop Fan > Status Update

i’m not even exaggerating, this is the first time she says it — “When I finally get into Bangtan and their mountain of content in 2022, I feel simultaneous joy and sadness because I know that girl groups are not allowed the range of expression and respect that Bangtan gets.”

and this is the second — “when I look at Bangtan, I think a girl group could never be like them-not because a girl group doesn't have the talent and skill that Bangtan does but because a girl group would never be allowed the freedom or given a similar kind of outsize veneration”