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A lot can happen in a decade. When BTS debuted under Big Hit Entertainment in 2013, there was no telling that the K-pop septet would become the biggest boy band on the planet, demolishing chart records and any insecurity that the world wouldn’t accept a group that didn’t perform in English. In those early days, the Bangtan Boys made self-empowered trap-pop, using their debut single album 2 COOL 4 SKOOL as an opportunity to articulate youthful injustices and societal pressures. Then came 2014’s DARK&WILD, their debut LP, a softer approach to their hard-hitting hip-hop; 2016’s Wings, which was inspired by the 1919 Jungian novel Demian by Hermann Hesse (seriously); and the Love Yourself series, birthing the global smash “MIC Drop.” They never slowed down. They toured the world. They challenged the confines of genre. They released their MAP OF THE SOUL series. They held off releasing an English-language song until seven years into their career, when they were already on top, redefining the way the world views crossover artists. They never lost sight of their fans, called ARMY, or their message: that they wanted to be a respite for the world-weary, that they wanted their listeners to l…