After BTS Used this Stanford Professor’s Book as Inspiration, It Became a Bestseller in Korea

Written by Ikran Dahir.

BTS’s latest album, Love Yourself: Tear, features a song called “Magic Shop”. Before the song came out, it was hinted at in a live performance in December 2017 with the quote, “A magical time is coming. Come to the Magic Shop. Now, take off your mask and open your eyes.”

A teaser video for the song described “a psychodramatic technique that exchanges fear for a positive attitude.”

It’s from a book called Into the Magic Shop, by Stanford professor James R. Doty.

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