A little Christmas gift for fans of Korean pop superstars
#BTS
. The latest digital cover of GQ Australia features shoots and interviews with all seven members, available in English for the first time. Read them all:
@BTS_twt
@bts_bighit
From being street scouted in Sydney for idol training to joining one of K-Pop's most subversive and influential boy bands,
#StrayKids
' Felix Lee has had a hell of a journey in the last three years.
@_xTGx
tells his story:
As the leading light and producer behind
#StrayKids
, Sydney-raised Bang Chan isn't just one of Korea's most influential idols—he's taking the bounds of the genre to completely new places.
@_xTGx
charts his rise to the top of a global phenomenon:
In the first of our seven interviews with
#BTS
, we go deep on the similarities and differences between
#jhope
and the man behind the phenom, Jung Hoseok. #제이
"My team members drive me forward." In the seventh and final interview of our series with BTS,
#V
discusses his road to recovery from injury, being desperate for fan connection, and his desire to create things that are truly timeless.
#TAEHYUNG
"You’d think I live with super grandiose dreams, but I’m not like that at all." In the sixth of our seven interviews with
#BTS
, we examine the constantly evolving dreams of
#Suga
.
"They say the hexagon is the most perfect shape. But there’s a crack in mine." In the fourth of our seven interviews with
#BTS
,
#JungKook
reflects on his constant pursuit of perfection and perseverance. #정국
“The experiences that make me realise, revive, and release myself. I want to free myself in order to exist as the Real Me.” In the fifth of our seven interviews with
#BTS
,
#RM
makes his declaration.
"I’d like to tell all the young people that they’ve done a good job and that they’re still doing a good job." In the third of our seven interviews with
#BTS
,
#Jin
delivers a New Year message to everyone embarking on a new beginning.
By leaving their agency and going independent,
#GOT7
upended the rules of an industry that normally controls its stars with an iron fist.
@_xTGx
speaks to the Idol group about rewriting the
#Kpop
career arc from within:
#ENHYPEN
JAKE shares how he lost and found himself on the road to global fame. The star talks growing up in Australia, becoming an idol, and finding himself inside the K-Pop universe. Read more at
@ENHYPEN
“When I was at my extreme highs, I felt like I was on top of the world. In some sense I felt like playing God. But when I was in my extreme lows, it felt as if I was honing in on something very dark.” —
@DPRIAN_
Read the full profile:
As part of GQ and
@gucci
’s film series – The Performers –
@listentokai
travels back through time and place to share his memories of family, ambition and dance.
GQ's special May collector's edition, ft. an interview and shoot with
@TroyeSivan
, is available exclusively online, for a limited time only. Buy yours here:
Introducing GQ Australia's November/October cover star:
@F1
driver, Australian sporting icon and possessor of one of sport's most famous smiles:
@danielricciardo
.
Read the Honey Badger's full cover story here:
From three bankruptcies in the space of a decade to the world's most fashionable football club.
@bradgalriri
traces how
@VeneziaFC_EN
has become one of the World Game's true renaissance stories here:
.
@LiamHemsworth
is our May/June 2019 cover star! Read the crazy true story of how he lost his home in a fire, married the world’s biggest pop star and somehow came out the other side as the coolest, nicest Aussie actor this country has ever produced.
GQ talks to
@Ninja
about his booming industry, trying to help the next big gamers break through, and whether eSports should be included in the Olympics.
Nine years of stardom on from his debut album,
@CodySimpson
has his sights on a very different stage: the Australian swim trials for Tokyo 2020. We talk to the singer about the wild ride of his career so far, and his Olympic ambitions, below.
With his new album Orca,
@gusdapperton
is shedding his childhood innocence for a new age of maturity, and he’s finally tackling the deeper feelings of pain and suffering that aren’t confined to romance alone.
Over the past decade,
@chrishemsworth
has built a reputation as one of Hollywood’s hardest working – and most successful – superstars. And things showed little sign of slowing down anytime soon. But 2020 had other plans.