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.
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.
80
As a full album, 7 shows how determined the band are to make this record as cinematic and immersive an experience as possible.
80
Although the sound of the album is wide-ranging, it holds continuity through its lyrics and general sentiment.
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.
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.
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.
80
The K-Pop boy band’s latest blockbuster is full of stylistic experiments that all flow together.
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.
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.
60
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.
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.
12mo
favorites: jamais vu, louder than bombs, 00:00, friends, moon and we are bulletproof: the eternal
least favorites: make it right, respect
also: stop assuming that every positive rating is a bot, some people actually like this album
edit: i wrote this a few days before the bot invasion, i had no idea it would get this bad
people are saying this is the most liked review... sorry about that. i’ve seen SO many reviews on this website that are way better structured than this, with better ... read more
least favorites: make it right, respect
also: stop assuming that every positive rating is a bot, some people actually like this album
edit: i wrote this a few days before the bot invasion, i had no idea it would get this bad
people are saying this is the most liked review... sorry about that. i’ve seen SO many reviews on this website that are way better structured than this, with better ... read more
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.
pitchfork.com
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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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9mo
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
9mo
Dionysus is pretty good. Very sterile and basic sounding kpop, but still enjoyable enough to warrant at-least a 5/6
12mo
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 :///
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Added on: January 7, 2020