Black Swan

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It’s been fascinating to watch the South Korean pop-idol group BTS proceeding with their conquest of America. Through sheer flash and craft and charisma — without changing their language or doing much of anything else to appeal specifically to American audien…

BTS performed Black Swanthe MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 track released earlier this monthon The Late Late Show with James Corden last night. Check out the performance, set before an idyllic forest backdrop, below, along with a chat about their Grammys performance. T…

Hundreds of workers are toiling around the clock at the site of a field hospital that China is racing to build within days to treat a rapidly growing number of patients stricken by a deadly virus.The outline of a floor began to take shape and electrical switchboards were already up…

created by avihai mizrahi and neil nenner, ‘black swan lifeboat’ brings attention to the vast numbers of people that risk their lives by traveling on rubber dinghys to cross the mediterranean sea. fusing the shape of a refugee boat with an inflatable swan, the piece questions whether we are truly…

Makeup artist Charlotte Roberts showcased her artistic talents on TikTok by taking on a new challenge: transforming herself into Timothée Chalamet. In the video — which has been liked on the platform by nearly 400,000 people at the time of this post — the 16…

BTS have announced a world tour. The Map of the Soul Tour will take them across North America, South Korea, Europe, and Japan. Find the dates on their tour poster below, and find tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.) The…

BTS released a new song with an interpretive dance art film, performed in an abandoned shopping mall

The galactically popular South Korean boy band BTS have a new album called Map Of The Soul: 7 coming out next month, and they’ve got some strange ways of promoting it. For instance: There’s CONNECT, BTS, a global art project in which 22 different artists, in …