Jeff Benjamin

BE may be the most on-brand album BTS has ever made, recognizing hardship while offering healing and hope and a way to look past our current pain. It’s what BTS has been about since the start of their career.

4 Walls proves that f(x) is still wholly capable of creating yet another great full-length album.

For their first release in more than a year, the boy band seems to be aiming for a harmonious blend with vibe of their debut single while still pushing the sonic envelope in K-pop ... that only stumbles when the experimentation gets too bizarre to the point of sonic displeasure or stays too safe.

Exodus is one of the more ambitious full-lengths for a boy band in recent years. But past the standouts, a lot of these songs fail to make much of an impression on the listener.