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Aastha Agrawal

The BTS comeback album is almost here – and you best believe I’m slipping back into my K-pop obsessive era

A photo of Korean pop band BTS sits in the hands of a girl — ‘At the ripe old age of 14, I had mastered the art of lowering my screen brightness and switching tabs to hide my shameful secret,’ writes Aastha Agarwal of her obsession with Korean boyband BTS. Photograph: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters

When I heard the surprise news that BTS are releasing a comeback album, it pulled me back into a past version of myself, one that was all-consuming in its obsession but equally marked by shame.

At the ripe old age of 14, I had mastered the art of lowering my screen brightness and switching tabs to hide my shameful secret from any passerby or seat-sharer.

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