MAP OF THE SOUL : 7
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CRITIC REVIEWS
100
It is an impressive, exciting and moving album with slick production, accompanied by thought-provoking art, but it is so much more than a shiny pop album.
5mo
83
BTS are both the world’s biggest and most interesting act in pop music right now: 7 solidifies this position and smartly looks towards the future.
5mo
80
As a full album, 7 shows how determined the band are to make this record as cinematic and immersive an experience as possible.
5mo
80
Although the sound of the album is wide-ranging, it holds continuity through its lyrics and general sentiment.
5mo
80
This is an album full of big ideas, strong conviction and unguarded emotion, produced by a band who have every right to be proud of their journey.
5mo
80
With each album, they continue on the path of self-discovery and maturity, pulling off yet another effortless display of pop prowess without forgetting the fans that have helped them along the way.
5mo
80
The group made a conscious decision to experiment and give more of themselves rather than a rinse and repeat of what's worked before.
5mo
80
The K-Pop boy band’s latest blockbuster is full of stylistic experiments that all flow together.
5mo
80
Their latest album showcases the K-pop group embracing a more mature sound that both reflects on their past while looking to the future with equal measures earned trepidation and practiced brazenness.
5mo
63
The K-pop group’s latest is part memoir, part fan service, and part amateur psych eval. They can still tap into something enchanting, but the glimpses of personality here are fleeting.
5mo
50
While it has quite a few highlights, Map of the Soul: 7 is bogged down in some of the most derivative and thankless songs of BTS's career.
5mo
20
Some music can be completely transcendent, taking the listener out of their immediate surroundings. Map of the Soul: 7 seems to stop time, making the listener feel that they’ve been stuck with it for hours and hours, rather than just the 75-minute running time.
5mo
This is probably BTS' best album yet. I've seen some reviews complain about the diverse sound and the autotune. In response I'll say the diverse genres presented in this album make me love it more. Depending on my mood I can listen to R and B, EDM, rock, rap, or pop all in one album.
As to autotune, I like how it was used as a stylistic choice rather than to cover up vocal mistakes (BTS don't need to cover up anything).
Favourite Tracks: Moon, We Are Bulletproof: Eternal, JAMAIS Vu, ON, ... read more
As to autotune, I like how it was used as a stylistic choice rather than to cover up vocal mistakes (BTS don't need to cover up anything).
Favourite Tracks: Moon, We Are Bulletproof: Eternal, JAMAIS Vu, ON, ... read more
(edit: Hooo, that's a lot of bots. I haven't seen much of those outside of Mike Bloomberg's campaign rallies. Just like all the money in the world cannot buy you the US presidency, all the 100s in the world will not buy you Rob's approval. See you at the finish line.)
Excluding Persona, this starts off insanely strong with 'Interlude: Shadow', then plummets harder than Joe Biden at the polls.
Excluding Persona, this starts off insanely strong with 'Interlude: Shadow', then plummets harder than Joe Biden at the polls.
UNPOPULAR OPINION AHEAD!!
Idc, I actually really enjoyed this album. Once you read the translations, it really elevates a lot of the songs. In terms of music, it's not their best ever just because it feels all over the place at times (i dont mind it but i still wish some tracks would've been excluded), but I don't think the music itself was the strong part of this album, it's the lyrics and overall composition. If it wasn't for the Persona songs being included in the beginning I actually think ... read more
Idc, I actually really enjoyed this album. Once you read the translations, it really elevates a lot of the songs. In terms of music, it's not their best ever just because it feels all over the place at times (i dont mind it but i still wish some tracks would've been excluded), but I don't think the music itself was the strong part of this album, it's the lyrics and overall composition. If it wasn't for the Persona songs being included in the beginning I actually think ... read more
Incredible album- it is such a diverse and beautiful album. In no ways this album is a copy of what's popular right now : BTS are creating are new music genre. There is no such thing as a language barrier. We are united by music. BTS reunite people from around the world and make sure people know they have a place in this world. This album uses such diverse and hard technics! Lovely to hear real instruments and choirs.
Yeah i’ll say it: BTS aren’t that bad. Sure, it’s safe, secure, and unchanging, but man is their range of talent present. 20 tracks is a bit much, but a majority of them are definitely worth your time!
Color: Green
FAV TRACKS: UGH!, Dionysus, Jamais Vu, Intro : Persona, Black Swan, 00:00, Filter, Louder than bombs, ON, Moon, We are Bulletproof : the Eternal
LEAST FAV: Make It Right, Inner Child, Respect
Color: Green
FAV TRACKS: UGH!, Dionysus, Jamais Vu, Intro : Persona, Black Swan, 00:00, Filter, Louder than bombs, ON, Moon, We are Bulletproof : the Eternal
LEAST FAV: Make It Right, Inner Child, Respect
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Track List
- Intro : Persona
- Boy With Luv (feat. Halsey)
- Make It Right
- Jamais Vu
- Dionysus
- Interlude : Shadow
- Black Swan
- Filter
- My Time
- Louder than bombs
- ON
- UGH!
- 00:00 (Zero O’Clock)
- Inner Child
- Friends
- Moon
- Respect
- We are Bulletproof : the Eternal
- Outro : Ego
- ON (feat. Sia)
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2mo
K pop stans will try and cancel people for saying the n word 5 years ago but BTS says the N word like 200 times on this project alone
2mo
Dionysus is pretty good. Very sterile and basic sounding kpop, but still enjoyable enough to warrant at-least a 5/6
5mo
Comeback here again after one week since my last cmt :///// i feel like bh want bts to focus on their vocal line (which is not their strong side) more but the way they autotuned everything is not working well ://// pls, give bts a decent vocal coach and stop autotuning everything will make their works more barrable and the vocal line could actually shine through the whole works :///
5mo
So the bots finally die down :/// i hope bts could comeback to the days they have quality album like wings (there're few filler tracks in the album but that's ok 🤷🏻♀️) or young forever in the future. And also, more rapline's mixtape pls :3
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Added on: January 7, 2020