MAP OF THE SOUL : 7
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.
Korea’s global heavyweights come of age with their fourth Korean studio album This is a record full of big ideas, strong conviction and unguarded emotion
Let’s be blunt: this album was never going to be bad – there was always too much at stake. Aside from the billions that K-Pop titans BTS are responsible for shoveling into the South Korean economy, it’s hard to remember any other time when a band’s output has been so feverishly anticipated. It might even eclipse Beatlemania, with a truly worldwide scope and a deeply committed fanbase whose digital reach has helped them grow into the hundreds of millions.
As a full album, 7 shows how determined the band are to make this record as cinematic and immersive an experience as possible
‘Map Of The Soul: 7’ has officially been released approximately 10 months after its equally highly anticipated predecessor, ‘Map Of The