{"product_id":"ill-love-you-forever-giaae-kwon-9781250886231","title":"I'll Love You Forever: Notes from a K-Pop Fan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJia Tolentino's \u003ci\u003eTrick Mirror \u003c\/i\u003emeets Cathy Park Hong's \u003ci\u003eMinor Feelings \u003c\/i\u003ein a meditation that blends memoir and cultural criticism to explore how the author's love affair with K-Pop has shaped her sense of self, charting K-Pop's complex coming of age through some of its big-name idols.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI'll Love You Forever: Notes from a K-Pop Fan\u003c\/i\u003e is a smart, poignant, constantly surprising essay collection that considers the collision between stratospherically popular music and our inescapably personal selves. Kwon explores different K-Pop stars, from H.O.T. to Taeyeon to IU to Suga from BTS, and shows how they illuminated and informed her own life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In centering personal experience to explore larger cultural topics Kwon takes cues from works such as\u003ci\u003e Trick Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e by Jia Tolentino. But \u003ci\u003eI'll Love You Forever\u003c\/i\u003e breaks new ground in its consideration of K-Pop, bridging the gap between criticism and the personal to span the history of K-Pop from its origins to the present from the perspective of a bilingual and bicultural Korean American. \u003ci\u003eI'll Love You Forever\u003c\/i\u003e interweaves profiles of different K-Pop idols with such themes as Korea's obsession with academics, plastic surgery, and female sexuality and desire, among others. Combining insightful critique and adoring analysis, \u003ci\u003eI'll Love You Forever\u003c\/i\u003e provides readers with a fuller picture of a culturally and socially complex industry and the machine and heart behind its popularity. Through it all, Kwon offers up the passion of a superfan, finding joy in K-Pop along the way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Giaae Kwon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250886236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250886231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Holt \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Giaae Kwon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45934155596031,"sku":"9781250886231","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9663ee19-7f31-4463-ae59-12459f083590.jpg?v=1721790477","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ill-love-you-forever-giaae-kwon-9781250886231","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}