'Map of the Soul: 7' Listed in Best 50 Albums of 2020
Date: June 17, 2020
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Map of the Soul: 7 has been listed by Rolling Stone in the ‘Best 50 Albums of 2020 (So Far)’. BTS is the only Korean artists ranked on the list.
Map of the Soul: 7 is BTS’ most smashing album yet, showing off their mastery of different pop styles from rap bangers to slow-dance ballads to post-Swedish electro-disco to prog-style philosophizing. The seven members have been together seven years, and it’s inspired them to sum up where they’ve been even as they look ahead to their future. A few of the songs are already familiar from last year’s teaser EP, Map of the Soul: Persona — the thugged-out hip-hop bluster of “Dionysus,” the surprising Ed Sheeran co-write “Make It Right.” In “Intro: Persona,” RM drops the English word “superhero” into his Korean rap — he used to dream of being one, then he became one, but now he finds the work has just begun. R.S.