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.

K-pop superstars return with superb new record

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.

Review: BTS's 'Map of the Soul: 7'

As a full album, 7 shows how determined the band are to make this record as cinematic and immersive an experience as possible

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This year marks seven years that prolific K-pop unit BTS have been performing together. Fittingly titled, Map of the Soul: 7 is a reflective...

‘Map Of The Soul: 7’ has officially been released approximately 10 months after its equally highly anticipated predecessor, ‘Map Of The

K-Poppers don’t lift the soul so much as drain it. New music review by Guy Oddy