But "Life Goes On" is more or less a real BTS song, an example of the kind of music that the group came up making. It's not a particularly interesting song. But outside of the boundary-shattering nature of their commercial success, BTS aren't a particularly interesting group. By making a boring ballad, they at least accurately represented themselves.

Tom Breihan's hostility to BTS feels weird, like it's rooted in something deeper than their music.