The Boundless Optimism of BTS

In our Winter cover story, the biggest band in the world explains its ascension to the peak of pop, redefinition of fame, and challenging of traditional masculinity. If you have trouble reading this message, [view it in a browser](. [Esquire’s Winter Cover Story: BTS by Dave Holmes]( The biggest band in the world has ascended to the peak of pop, redefined fame, and challenged traditional masculinity. These are the twenty-somethings behind it all. And this is what they want now. For Esquire’s Winter 2020/21 cover Dave Holmes hung out via Zoom with RM, Jung Kook, j-hope, Jimin, Jin, SUGA, and V to talk about it all.[Read More]( [13 Outtakes from Our Winter Cover Shoot With BTS]( While making our Winter 2020/21 cover with BTS, photographer Hong Jang Hyun shot a ton of photos—a ton. More than we had space for in the magazine and in the cover story on Esquire.com. And so because we know you, like us, could never get enough of RM, SUGA, j-hope, Jin, Jimin, Jung Kook, and V, here are 13 photos of BTS you didn't see in the issue.[Read More]( [This Is the Beta Test for a Future Where Republicans Will Simply Never Accept a Democratic Victory]( The latest episode of the administration*'s ongoing hit legal sitcom takes place in Wisconsin, where the campaign's "observers" are pretty much super-spreading hecklers at this point, and where his legal teams continue their unparalleled performance as the biggest collection of boobs and yahoos to enter a courtroom since Curly was arraigned for the murder of Kirk Robin. This punchline comes as the president*'s Wisconsin lawyers essentially attempt to destroy the franchise for thousands of voters in Milwaukee and Dane County. (The latter is where Madison is located.) They are shooting the moon, they are. Charles P. Pierce unpacks the latest development.[Read More]( [The Story Behind Obama's (Extremely Good) Three-Point Bomber Jacket]( Ladies and gentlemen, the 44th President of the United States! We missed you, baby. You been up to anything exciting lately? I've got to say, you look good, guy. While on the road stumping for his former VP (showing off his downright dirty pull-up form in the process) the ex-POTUS made a strong case for his legacy as the country's straight-talking moral conscience, and its latest...style icon? The former President has a history of turning up unexpectedly in some pretty sweet outerwear—last year he came through to a Duke home game in a sleek black Rag & Bone bomber custom embroidered with "44" by the sleeve, a not-so-subtle nod to his last gig that had the internet going positively nuts. But on the road with president-elect Joe Biden, Barry O. pulled out all the style stops, putting on for the future of democracy in a perfectly cut stand-collar bomber jacket that seems to be from Lululemon Lab's 2018 collaboration with Vancouver-based retailer Roden Gray. Here’s Avidan Grossman with more.[Read More]( [The Best Black Friday Deals on Tech and Electronics That You Can Shop Right Now]( As you may have heard—as you perchance gathered from your neighborhood carrier pigeon or nearest grapevine—there is a rather large sales event coming up. It is, by all accounts, the sales event of the year. Neither pandemic nor democracy-spurning administration nor, hell, year-long national bad mood can derail Black Friday and its younger, savvier successor, Cyber Monday. There are deals to be had and sales to be scooped. Even this early in the game, with Thanksgiving still days away. Before you duck out for an extended weekend of eating too much food, watching too many movies, and plastering on a smiling face for Zoom Thanksgiving with the nonlocal family (the horror), we suggest scoping out the early deals on tech and electronics, since this stuff tends to go fast. Real fast. In years prior (remember those?), so fast it caused brawls in Best Buy parking lots and Walmart doorbuster lines. This year, all you have to do is take on the entirety of the internet. Easy! To give you a fighting chance, we've rounded up some sales that are already happening on cool stuff that requires a charger or a set of batteries.[Read More]( [Black Friday Sales Are Here. These Are All the Best Deals to Shop Right Now.]( If it seems a tad too soon to be heralding the arrival of the new year, no one told your favorite brands. Because retailers across the board are busting out the big guns in anticipation of Black Friday this year, and that means appropriately huge savings are in store—pun intended! Black Friday seems to start earlier each time it rolls around, and still, hordes of irritable people complaining about the wait show up well before the thing begins regardless. Which means even though Cyber Monday is still over a week away, there are a whole lot of serious deals that can be had online at this very moment. Here’s the best of what’s already happening.[Read More]( [Read More on Esquire.com]( [Check out the 6 essential, mobile-friendly, dumbbell workouts that you can take anywhere.]( Follow Us [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Notice]( esquire.com ©2020 Hearst Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Email Privacy, 300 W 57th St., Fl. 19 (sta 1-1), New York, NY 10019