Shared Experienced of ‘Love Myself’ Word Among BTS Fans

Abstract: ‘Love Myself’ word is a campaign organized by BTS and in collaboration with UNICEF to voice the anti-violence movement to children and young adults worldwide to feel safe, happy, and get the attention they deserve. The Love Myself campaign is done so that more people can love themselves and share the love with others. This research aims to find out the experience and meaning of BTS fans about the word love myself. This type of research is qualitative research with descriptive research properties and interpretive paradigms. The method used is Husserl’s phenomenological method to find out the experience and meaning felt by BTS fans. The data analysis technique used is a phenomenological data analysis technique. In this study, data were obtained from in-depth interviews with six participants. This study showed that BTS fans interpreted the word love myself as a way to respect yourself and become a person who understands oneself better. In addition, the underlying experience of the meaning of the word love
myself is the sense of insecurity that BTS fans have because of their physical appearance.